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Kids Day celebrates 25 years on Tuesday

By Stephen Keleher The Collegian The 25th anniversary of Kids Day will draw 60 Fresno State student organizations to take part in Fresno’s largest volunteer event of the year on Tuesday.

Starting at 5 a.m., Fresno residents will come out by the hundred’s to sell a special edition of the Fresno Bee on street corners around campus and all around Fresno. The papers, which come with an outside page of special stories about Children’s Hospital, sell for $1 and all proceeds go to Valley Children’s Hospital.

This year, Fresno State alumni and NFL players New England Patriots James Sanders, Richard Marshall of the Carolina Panthers, and free agent Therrian Fontenot will be selling papers at the Kids Day ‘celebrity corner,’ on the southwest corner of Shaw and Blackstone. Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, Police Chief Jerry Dyer and Fresno State football Coach Tim DeRuyter will be at the corner as well.

The event is coordinated by Fresno State’s Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning.

“We g et a lot of suppor t from Fresno State not only through Service Learning, but fraternities and sorori-

ties and other clubs get involved, and they sell papers as well,” said Jill Wagner, public relations manager at the Valley Children’s Hospital.

“Around campus is a hot spot for sure, but we run into other organized groups of Fresno State students all over the city. They’re everywhere.”

Out of the 5,000 volunteers that fan out through a 10-county area, more than 1,350 are Fresno State students.

“It is the largest group of organized volunteers we have for the whole event and they are always the top. They have raised the most amount of money of any group, too,” said Wagner. “They’re very important to us.”

Last year’s goal of $435,000 in donations during the 10-hour event was successful, due in part to the contribution from Fresno state fraternity and sorority students raised $22,000 of the $31,000 total raised by Fresno State.

“We get started early in the morning to claim the best spots and the papers sell themselves,” said Michael Eberhard, president of the Fresno State Interfraternity Council. “We’re looking forward to even bigger numbers this year. For some of the fraternities this is an annual competition of who can raise the most for Valley Children’s Hospital.”

File photo by Sarah Gilbert / The Collegian

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More than 5,000 volunteers will help sell papers that benefit Valley Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, Last year’s goal of raising $435,000 was achieved in 10 hours.

Story of teacher-student romance goes national

By Nan Austin McClatchy-Tribune

Debbie Noda / McClatchy-Tribune

The Modesto, Calif., teacher-student couple who revealed their romance this week now must cope with national celebrity.

“I know, it’s crazy!” said Enochs High School senior Jordan Powers on Thursday.

Powers, 18, moved in with her 41-yearold teacher James Hooker on Feb. 22, the day he resigned from Modesto City Schools. Hooker said he left his wife and three daughters the week before.

The school district had suspended him Feb. 3.

Powers and Hooker appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday. They were taping another segment Thursday for Friday.

“We have to stay exclusive with them,” Powers said, but added after their run on “Good Morning America” is done they are scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Today Show” as well as a CBS affiliate. The “Dr. Phil” and “Inside Edition” shows also want them.

None of the shows is paying them, which Powers didn’t think is right. But she feels their side needs to be told to counter widespread criticism led by her mother, Tammie Powers. “We’re just trying to get the story out,” Jordan Powers said.

The couple met when Powers was a freshman, but both say the romance didn’t bloom until months after she became of legal age Sept. 5. Hooker

Jordan Powers and James Hooker received national attention after making their student-teacher relationship public on Feb. 22. Hooker, a 41-yearold teacher resigned from Modesto City Schools and left his wife and three daughters for the 18-year-old.

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

Responses:

‘ASI receives warning from ACLU’ ‘Terence’: “Kudos to the story writer for covering this, for it is actually something that is newsworthy. We can only hope she follows up to see if there will be such possible ‘litigation’ which costs students so much money.

Alexandra Norton, please keep this up and investigate how much in student fees we will have to pay for the university attorneys to draft up that letter sent to the ACLU. Remember last year’s expenses, what was it about $5,000 for Selena Farnesi’s issues with Pedro Ramirez?

Also kudos to that senator that brought this to attention because we only know Farnesi would have possibly got us sued with our own student money. Farnesi, you need to read up on your law. You’re an embarrassment to those of us students who actually want to become law students. It’s just sad that more of those senators like Moncayo or Kiernan who claim to be political science majors and wannabe politicians couldn’t grow a backbone and stand up to Farnesi and put her in check. Lap doggies all the way. Embarrassing! If they even think of running for ASI positions again this spring they can count on me and my crew of friends not voting for them.”

THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY

ribaldry (noun) Language characterized by broad, indecent humor.

Source: The Lexicon by William F. Buckley Jr.

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‘Philosotroll’: “‘Neither public meetings laws nor the First Amendment give anyone the right to record public meetings.’ – Selena Farnesi California Government Code: §54953.5. (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of a legislative body of a local agency shall have the right to record the proceedings with an audio or video recorder or a still or motion picture camera in the absence of a reasonable finding by the legislative body of the local agency that the recording cannot continue without noise, illumination, or obstruction of view that constitutes, or would constitute, a persistent disruption of the proceedings.

I suppose the university attorney would know (certainly better than I would; it may be that the above only applies to government bodies, which excludes ASI) whether there was a legal issue to be raised here. However, given the scope of application for recording under Wilkins v. NBC I find it hard to believe that Nava’s recording wouldn’t be protected in court.

The question, it seems to me, will likely be whether or not the recording is disruptive.

I doubt leaving a cell phone on the table to record meets the standard for disruption outlined above; anyway, I’m not a legal scholar.

Just some rambling. It just seems a strange (and particularly un-nuanced) comment to make, especially from someone looking to go into law.”

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‘Jaime’: “How the hell did I get dragged into this? As far as I’m concerned, recording the meetings is fine: Hector Cerda never had a problem recording the meetings during my time at ASI, nor did Neil O’Brien.

The main problem at hand is cell phone use. I have yet to be shown the specific cell phone that requires the user to actively interact with it in order for it to record.

I take offense to being called a ‘wannabe politician’ as an elected official of the Fresno State student government, as the member of a board that has been twice now [inconsequentially] threatened with legal action by the ACLU, and as one of the few senators that can actually be bothered to discuss the issues considered by the Senate, I would prefer to be considered a full-fledged politician.

I even get libeled on the Internet.”

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‘SpectacleStudy’: “This is a public meeting.

I understand the concern about politicians using phones to communicate in meeting, but recently the Senate and House have looked at revising their rules as the use of cellular technology, smartphones, tablets and laptops is now commonplace. My question is, if I asked Senator Nava to enter his texts in the public record would he be willing to do that? That’s disclosure. There is no reason cell phones shouldn’t be allowed if people are willing to be forward about their use. If Neil O’Brien and Hector Cerda can record from the audience I don’t know why Senator Nava can’t record from his seat.

By Rodolfo F. Acuna McClatchy-Tribune

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or Mexican-Americans and others trying to get ahead, education had been the stairway to the middle class. Education meant security and basics such as health insurance. This heaven meant better jobs and a small house for old age.

But now this stairway has fallen into disrepair. One rung after another has been destroyed.

The first rung was financial assistance. Many Latino students and poor blacks and whites could afford college only through grants and subsidies. But over the last two decades, colleges have diluted financial aid while shrinking funding.

The second rung was inexpensive tuition, which is now a thing of the past. At the California State Universities, tuition will rise to more than $10,000 a year, which will put education out of the reach of students from barrio schools. Putting this in perspective, I paid about $10 a year when I attended a California State University in the late 1950s, and in 1969 fees amounted to about $50 a semester.

Among 16 developed nations, the United States ranks 13th in affordability. Repairing this stairway should be our first priority. Education is a basic right, and we who are active with youth know the consequences of having a population that is not able to educate itself.

Latinos and others need to come together to establish a nonprofit university that would keep the costs under $1,000 a year. We have the human resources to do this, with all the retired teachers and professors who would be more than willing to lend their talents to such an endeavor.

We can utilize the Internet. And we can make use of public places, like parks and community centers, where we can hold classes.

It is simply unacceptable that so many Mexican-Americans and other young people can’t afford to go to college. Since our public colleges won’t address this problem, we’ll have to do it ourselves.

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ROMANCE: Mother weighs in on relationship CONTINUED from page 1 said he is confident that fact will be confirmed by Modesto police, who are investigating.

The story got 375,000 page views on Modbee.com between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 5 p.m.

Thursday, said Bee director of interactive media Dan Day. National media Web sites drove 65,000 views of the original article on Modbee. com Thursday, just during the noon hour, Day said.

Hooker’s and Powers’ willingness to speak out in response helped move the story forward and The Bee’s Facebook site helped rocket it to prominence once it broke, Modbee.com site records show.

Univision has run an article in Spanish. Bloggers have picked up the controversy online and the story accounted for three of the Sacramento area’s top 10 trending Twitter feeds Wednesday morning.

Doug McIntyre of TalkRadio 790 KABC-AM in Los Angeles hoped to interview Tammie Powers on this mor ning’s drive time segment. Tammie Powers said she taped a segment Thursday for CNN’s “Nancy Grace” show.

Powers believes Hooker pur-

sued her daughter. She has documented thousands of text messages to her daughter’s phone, most during the fall.

Many days show dozens of texts, including during hours when Jordan Powers would have been sitting in Hooker’s class.

Tammie Powers vented her fury on Facebook after discovering the extent of the pair’s involvement, using the social network to castigate the teacher.

While the police investigation will likely take weeks or longer, Facebook fans can comment now on a “James Hooker to Jail Page” created Thursday by self-described Silicon Valley marketing executive Danny Maddox.

Tammie Powers said Thursday she hopes all the publicity will put Hooker in legal jeopardy.

“James Hooker is reveling in his short-term spotlight and notoriety. I have always contended that my ultimate goal is to gather facts and as a result of the publicity, someone will come forward with pertinent information,” she said. “At the end of the day, my daughter’s still with James Hooker.

KIDS: Biggest volunteer event in Fresno area CONTINUED from page 1 Last year, some of the fraternities spent the Monday night before staking out a specific corner. For example, across the street from the Kids Day media corner at Cedar and Nees, a fraternity laid out a mattress and spent the night.

Other fraternities went as far as Blackstone and Shaw with some sororities at Blackstone and Nees.

“The Greek community is very dedicated to giving back and the annual Kids Day event is no exception,” said Eberhard via email. “About 15 Greek organizations are participating this year and we plan to have just as big of a presence than last year.”

However, a student doesn’t have to belong to a student organization to participate.

“Most of the volunteers are part of clubs and organizations, but individuals are more than welcome,” said Renee Delport, special events and projects coordi-

nator for the Richter Center.

“In fact, when they volunteer we always encourage them to go out to the corners that are reserved for Fresno State and join up with other Fresno State students because that always makes it more fun.”

All the cor ners on Shaw from Chestnut to Cedar and from Cedar up to Bullard are reserved just for Fresno State students, but volunteers are free to go anywhere.

“Our goal this year, and we know its ambitious, is to raise $450,000,” said Wagner.

“We’re hoping that because it’s the 25th year anniversary that people will give more. The papers are sold for a dollar but many, many people often give more to support the cause.”

Donations can also be made via phone by texting the word “George” to 90999, which will automatically donate $5. George the giraffe is the mascot and logo for Valley Children’s Hospital, which is located on Highway 41 just north of River Park.

BRIEFS New conference mission to motivate Latino students A new conference organized

by Fresno State students, “Motívate! Discover Your Passion for Success” will feature international motivational speaker María Marín.

The free, public event is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 17 at Fresno State’s Satellite Student Union. It will address challenges facing Latinos in college, recognize outstanding Fresno State students and inspire Valley Latino youth to pursue higher education.

Registration infor mation can be found at www.csufmotivate.com. Day-of-event registration will be from 8-9 a.m.

For more information contact Lucerito Salgado at motivatecsuf@gmail.com.

Women in the economy is Fresno State lecture focus Dr. Heather Sumner, a business consultant, will discuss “Women in the Economy” during a presentation 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday at Fresno State to the university’s Women’s Campus Connection and Leadership California.

Sumner is a consultant in the Silicon Valley Office of McKinsey and Co., where she focuses on pharmaceutical companies, particularly understanding strate gies related to pricing, contracting and reimbursement.

She was the key lead on McKinsey’s research on Women in the Economy, presented last year during a Wall Street Jour nal conference.

Sumner is part of McKinsey Women and West Coast with

Children within the firm.

Sumner’s doctorate in physical chemistry was awarded by the Califor nia Institute of Technology. In addition to journaled research, she taught a variety of chemistry courses and was heavily involved in the Graduate Student Council at CalTech.

For more information, visit w w w. c s u f r e s n o . e d u / w c c or call 559.278.2083. RSVPs should be addressed to nipalo m i n o @ c s u f re s n o. e d u by Wednesday, March 7.

Women’s Campus Connection was established in 2011 and offers women faculty, staff and administrators at Fresno State an environment in which to socialize and build connections that provide professional and personal benefits for support and success on campus and beyond.

Leadership Califor nia is a network of accomplished women, dedicated to advancing the leadership role women play in business, social issues and public policy.

Students from across the state March on the capitol T h e S t u d e n t S e n at e fo r Califor nia Community Colleges (SSCCC), California State Student Association (CSSA) and the University of Califor nia Student Association (UCSA) invite the media to “Fund our Future,” a huge march and rally at the State Capitol in support of higher education. Over 10,000 students will converge on Sacramento to demand that Governor Brown and the Legislature increase higher education funding, protect the Cal Grant program, and support legislation that would give much needed relief to students and their families.

The three official state stu-

dent associations, collectively representing millions of students across California, have come together for what could be one of the largest student organized rallies in California in recent memory. “Thousands of UC, CSU and community college students are coming to Sacramento, and we are united with a simple message: Our future depends on the state fully funding higher education. Balancing the state budget on the backs of students and their families must end,” said Kevin Feliciano SSCCC President.

This March is the first time in years that UC, CSU and community college students have united for a single action in Sacramento. Many other ally groups will also be joining students for this March.

“Year after year, the state has chosen to disinvest in p u bl i c h i g h e r e d u c at i o n .

Students at the CSU, UC and community colleges have seen fees skyrocket, courses and departments cut, and services slashed.

CineCulture screens ‘Harimaya Bridge’ on Friday The bond between father and son is the focus of “Harimaya B r i d g e, ” t o b e s h ow n by Fresno State’s CineCulture at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center in the Student Recreation Center. Fresno State counselor Katsuyo Howard; Fresno County Superior Court Judge Dale Ikeda; Dr.Tomoko Kozasa, a linguistics professor; Hiromi Kubo, a public services librarian; and Dr. James Walton, an English professor, will lead a post-screening discussion.

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Camp Darfur to teach students about genocide

By Thomas Pearson The Collegian The term genocide can spark thoughts of the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. USU Productions hopes to raise awareness for genocides past and present by hosting "Camp Darfur" today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Memorial Gardens lawn in front of the bookstore.

Camp Darfur is an interactive event that allows students to walk through a simulated refugee camp.

"Camp Darfur is an event that travels to different cities and universities," said Denise Altounian, who organized the event and is a member of USU Productions. "Camp Darfur uses real refugee tents, and each tent is representative of a genocide."

The event will have six tents and the genocides that will be represented are the Holocaust, t h e A r m e n i a n G e n o c i d e, and the genocides of Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur.

The event's goal is to put the current genocide into historical context by showing statistics and pictures of past genocides.

"The main goal of Camp Darfur is to raise awareness for the ongoing genocide," Altounian said. "The event is meant to put the genocide into context by showing genocides

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Each tent will teach students about a different genocide. Each tent has pictures, statistics and other information about the specific genocide it represents.

of the past."

Altounian got the idea to bring the event to campus after experiencing it in high school and hearing that it had never been in the Central Valley before.

"I wanted people to know about these kinds of things," Altounian said. "People need to educate themselves. Things are happening in the world and we aren't hearing about them. Genocides aren't talked

about enough outside of the Holocaust."

Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the Butterfly Project. The goal of the Butterfly Project is to create 1.5 million handmade paper butterflies. USU Productions is taking part and will encourage students to participate. They will then send them to the Holocaust Museum Houston where they will be a part of an exhibit

that is scheduled to open in Spring 2014. Each butterfly will represent a child killed during the Holocaust.

The Jan and Bud Richter Center for Communuty Engagement and Service Learning will host an advocacy booth at the event. The booth will give students the opportunity to get involved.

The booth will also show students ways to get involved such as calling their elected

officials and utilizing social media to spread awareness.

Speakers at the event will be Dr. Mathew Jendian, chair of the Sociology Department and whose family survived t h e A r m e n i a n G e n o c i d e.

Lejla Trijic, a professor in the Department of English and a survivor of the Bosnian Genocide will also speak along with Michael Blackbull, former professor of American Indian Studies at Fresno City College.

For mer Fresno State students Stephanie Stockdale, and Khoeun Chhan Bae za will also speak. Baeza's family survived the Cambodian genocide. Dr. Jan Slagter, associate professor of women’s studies will discuss “Rape as the New Weapon” as well.

O r g a n i z a t i o n s i nvo l ve d in planning the event are the Ar menian Students Organization, Student Dietetic Association, Combodian Collegiate Association, and Richter Center Ambassadors.

Also involved are the USU Board of Directors, Center for Women and Culture, Black Law Students Association, National Association for the A dva n c e m e n t o f C o l o re d People (NAACP) and USU Productions.

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Boost your workout, sports game with the right shoes

By Leslie Barker Garcia McClatchy-Tribune Working out has such potential for simplicity. You decide on an activity, set aside a time, find a decently cute outfit.

Check, check and check.

Then you put on your shoes, and that dainty checkmark can easily become a big bold X: If you chose your shoes because they were a) the least ratty in your closet, b) the flashiest at the store or c) your best friend swears by them, chances are they'll make your feet hurt. And who wants to exercise with painful feet?

"Getting the right shoe is really important," says Brian Conway, director of sports m e d i c i n e fo r B e n H o g a n Sports Therapy Institute of Texas Health Resources. "The No. 1 rule of thumb is that your shoes can't multitask."

In other words, there really are reasons (other than paying the salaries of shoe-company employees) that you shouldn't swap out running shoes for tennis shoes, or basketball for lacrosse, or soccer for volleyball, or Zumba for racquetball.

With each sport, feet move in different ways, and shoes need to provide support or flexibility for such endeavors.

Thus, the $17.5 billion that Americans spent on athletic shoes in 2010, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. " W h e re a r u n n i n g s h o e needs to be flexible, a court shoe needs to be a little more firm because of what you're trying to do," says Conway, 52, who lives in Arlington. "In basketball, there's a lot of forward, backward, side-to-side.

You need a firm sole of a shoe

to give support through those motions."

A tennis shoe needs support to compensate for side-to-side movements and toe cushioning for the sport's stop-andgo movements, says Angie Brown, director of rehabilitation services at Medical City Dallas Hospital.

"If it doesn't fit and you're constantly coming to a stop quickly, your foot can hit the end of it and get jammed into the toe area," Brown says.

"You're getting blood under your toenail and you can lose the toenail."

If you have a hammertoe that is, toes curled under or bunions, the pain and foot trauma could be even worse, she says.

As purchasing manager for Run On, Katie Pyle's vocation is shoes. An athlete from a young age, Pyle has known the importance of buying sportsspecific shoes. She would never, she says, have dreamed "of wearing a running shoe to compete in a basketball game or a softball cleat to a soccer game."

Pyle, 32, says specific shoes give what every athlete wants: an edge. "It could be in the form of preventing injury or a better grip on the surface or increasing speed. Could you use a running shoe to play basketball? Sure, and you may even make a few shots."

Similarly, says Pyle, who lives in McKinney, "you could bring a Toyota Prius to go offroading in rugged terrain. But the person who shows up in a four-wheel-drive Land Rover stands a better chance every time. That's what a Land Rover is built for."

Maybe nothing bad will hap-

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Exercise shoes take a beating, especially with regular use. Generally, a pair of running or workout shoes should be able to endure 500 miles of running or walking.

pen if you don't wear the right shoe. But you could end up paying a visit to Brown or one of her fellow physical therapists.

"If your shoes don't fit right, you can end up getting blisters and then jam your toe and then you start to run or walk funny because you're compensating for the shoe," says Brown, 42, of Allen, Texas. That could lead to pain or injury in the ankle, hip and lower back.

"It might start as knee pain," she says. "'Why does that hurt?'

Because you're walking funny.

'Why am I walking funny?'

Because your shoe doesn't fit."

Here are some tips on how to buy the right shoe: Do your research on what type of shoe is best for your

sport. You'll have more of an idea of what to look for. This doesn't entail asking friends what they wear, because your feet are not their feet.

Seek help. At running stores such as Run On and Luke's Locker, employees are trained to watch customers walk or run, and offer a selection of shoes most likely to fit according to their gait and how they move. Sporting goods stores have shoes arranged by sport.

Bring your old shoes. The wear pattern on their soles can help experts determine how you've worn them down; i.e., if you pronate (walk inward on your shoes) or supinate (walk on the outsole).

Shop at the end of the day.

Feet swell; the pair of shoes

that fits fine at 10 a.m. will probably be too snug by dusk.

Try them on. Walk around the store. Jog up and down the aisles. If you just take them for looks alone, you won't care about appearance once your feet start hurting.

Buy the right size. Yes, even if it is bigger than what you think you wear. In running and walking shoes, you'll need a pair at least a half to full size larger than usual.

Make sure they're comfortable NOW. Don't tell yourself, "Oh, they'll stretch." You should be able to put them on and start walking right this very minute. Or playing tennis. Or sashaying through your aerobics class.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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Fresno State graduate student and assistant professor Vanessa Addison-Wilson featured her artwork in a solo exhibit at the Conley Art Gallery on campus. Her work is inspired by family, religion and African-American culture. The exhibit is on display until Tuesday.

Grad student explores African-American culture in art

By Esteban Cortez The Collegian Some people called Vanessa Addison-Wilson’s artwork “enlightening” at her solo exhibit Thursday night at the Fresno State Conley Art Gallery. Fresno State student Tara Wren enjoyed it because it provides viewers with a different point of view regarding African-American culture. “[The collection] is a very different element of AfricanAmerican people throughout history and how society views us and sometimes how we view ourselves,” Wren said Thursday night at AddisonWi l s o n ’ s o p e n i n g r e c e p tion. “It’s very creative and thought-provoking.”

These are the thoughts and emotions Addison-Wilson hoped to evoke in viewers through her pieces.

In her first solo exhibit titled “Signifyin,’” Fresno State graduate student and assistant professor Addison-Wilson explores the themes of religion, family and her AfricanAmerican culture. Through the use of collage, painting a n d a n i m at i o n , A d d i s o n Wilson created a vibrant 11-piece collection that comments on society’s views of African-Americans.

“The body of the collection is reflective of AfricanAmerican culture,” AddisonWilson said. “It shows what African-Americans see of their self and what society sees.”

In her “Strange Fruit” piece, the artist placed printed paper images, magazine cut outs, colored tissue paper, fabric and acrylic paint to form a face on a giant canvas.

A d d i s o n - Wi l s o n c a r e fully selected the images in “Strange Fruit” to comment on the public’s perception of African-American culture. A

small portion of the collage, for example, features a magazine cut out with the portrait of an African-American child with the text “Don’t shoot.

I want life.” To the right, an image of an African-American man forming gang hand signs with a bandana covering his face is placed.

Every symbol in the collection is a piece of social comm e n t a r y, A d d i s o n - Wi l s o n explained.

While some gallery viewers praised the collection for its bold statements, others praised it for aesthetic reasons.

“It’s very unique and the patterns are all very different,” Fresno State student Lilian Leon said.

Addison-Wilson has always been interested in art, she said, but she just recently began to create art pieces in a formal way. Her focus is graphic design, which she teaches at Fresno State parttime.

She plans to create new pieces for the 2013 San Francisco Bay Area exhibit “The Art of Living Black,” which features regional artists of African descent. She was invited to feature existing and new pieces in the 17th-annual exhibit, and if she shows next year, she might be the first artist to feature animation art.

With her Fresno State exhibit closing this week, AddisonWilson is happy that she was able to show her work to her family and the Fresno State community.

“It was nice to show to family who hadn’t seen my work,” she said. “It’s such a privilege to show as a solo artist because it doesn’t always happen as a grad student.”

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TOP: Malee Yang analyzes two pieces from Vanessa Addison-Wilson’s collection at the Conley Art Gallery Thursday evening. Yang enjoyed the collection’s bright colors. BOTTOM: Addison-Wilson’s piece “Strange Fruit” features printed images and magazine cut outs that portray the self-images of African-Americans, as well as the views of society.

Photos by Esteban Cortez / The Collegian

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The daily crossword Across 1 Stands 7 Load in a basket 11 Label 14 Busts 15 Potent introduction?

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Disposal sites in Japan refuse to accept 140,000 tons of radioactive waste

By Yomiuri Shimbun McClatchy-Tribune

TOKYO — At least 140,000 tons of sewage sludge, ash and soil contaminated with radioactive materials has yet to be disposed of in Tokyo and six prefectures in the Kanto region of Japan following the crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a survey shows.

Under the central government-set criteria regarding radioactive materials, sewage sludge and ash with radiation levels up to 8,000 becquerels per kilogram can be put in landfills. But an increasing

number of final disposal sites refuse to accept contaminated sludge and ash even if it meets the criteria, according to a survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun. In other situations, soil removed during decontamination work has been left at the original sites.

When The Yomiuri Shimbun asked local governments in Tokyo and six other prefectures with waste water processing facilities how they have handled sewage sludge, it found a total of 103,100 tons of sludge — including that which has been incinerated and reduced — was still at the facilities. Of that, about

52,700 tons was in Saitama Prefecture, the most among the seven prefectures.

The Yomiuri Shimbun surveyed 24 facilities in Tokyo and four other prefectures where radioactive cesium above 8,000 becquerels had been detected in ash.

The survey revealed about 6,500 tons of ash from general waste was still kept at the facilities.

As for polluted soil removed in decontamination work, The Yomiuri Shimbun looked at 51 municipalities in five prefectures, which have been designated by the central gover nment as areas for close

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SPORTS BRIEFS Women’s basketball wins on Senior Night Seniors Blakely Goldberg and Veronica Wilson were honored at Fresno State’s 79-43 win over New Mexico State.

Wilson and Goldberg were honored before tip off and started in their final regularseason game as Bulldogs.

The two seniors have guided the ‘Dogs to a 50-13 record, a WAC regular-season title, a WAC Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament appearance.

The ‘Dogs were almost on fire from the floor, sinking 48 percent of their shots, including 11 3-pointers. Junior Rosie Moult led the way for Fresno State, scoring a team-high 21 points. Moult made five 3s and shot 50 percent from the field overall.

Goldberg finished with 10 points, four rebounds and two steals. Wilson had seven points and one rebound for the ‘Dogs.

Fresno State, which clinched the 2012 regular-season WAC c h a m p i o n s h i p l a s t we e k against Louisiana Tech, is the top seed in this week’s conference tournament.

Men’s basketball suffers second-half collapse; lose regular-season finale in OT Head coach Rodney Terry’s inaugural re gular season came to close Saturday night in an overtime loss to New Mexico State.

In just more than 16 minutes, the Aggies erased a 19-point Bulldog lead, sending the game into extra minutes before pushing Fresno State’s conference record to 3-11, its worst since the 2008-09 season.

Kevin Olekaibe, who was named second-team All-WAC over the weekend, dropped a game-high 23 points, but New Mexico State’s Bandja Sy scored 22 after halftime.

Olekaibe finished second in the WAC regular season in scoring average with 18 points per game. The Aggies’ win set up a rematch in this weekend’s WAC Tournament in Las Vegas.

The game was also the final appearance for two Bulldog seniors at the Save Mar t Center. Jonathan Wills and Steven Shepp were honored before the game in front of an announced crowd of 6,135.

FOOTBALL

Women’s tennis upsets No. 50 Georgia State The Fresno State women’s tennis defeated No. 50 Georgia State, 4-3, Friday afternoon at the Wathen Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs, who improved to 3-5, swept in doubles play winning all three matches.

Marianne Jodoin and Olga Kirpicheva defeated Abigail Te re - Ap i s a h a n d M a r y n a Kozachenko in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (3).

In singles play, 42nd-ranked Jodoin lost her first match of the season to No. 54 TereApisah, 6-3, 6-4. Jodoin is now 2-1 against nationally ranked opponents.

Georgia State gave the ‘Dogs a scare, taking the No. 2 singles match as Tereza Lerova downed Kirpicheva, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2, tying the match at 3-3.

Fresno State’s No. 4 singles p l aye r M e l i s s a M c Q u e e n clinched the win for the ‘Dogs in a comeback victory over Kozachenko, 0-6, 7-6(5), 7-5.

Fresno State will be on the road the next two weekends, as it takes on New Mexico State and UNLV, on March 10 and 17, respectively.

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Sophomore Marianne Jodoin returns a serve in her singles match on Friday against Georgia State. Jodoin, ranked No. 42 in the nation in singles, fell to No. 54 Abigail TereApisah, 6-3, 6-4.

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Fresno State releases 2012 schedule

By Angel Moreno The Collegian

The Fresno State football team released its schedule for the 2012 season last week.

It will be the Bulldogs first season competing in the Mountain West Conference.

“Well it’s exciting,” said first-year head coach Tim DeRuyter. “We knew going i n t o t h e M o u n t a i n We s t Conference it’d be a heck of a challenge. To see it finally put in writing, to know who exactly we’re playing and when, gives us a little more umph in practice, I think.”

The Bulldogs start the season at home against Weber State Sept. 1, giving DeRuyter the opportunity to showcase his new offensive and defensive schemes in front of the Bulldog faithful. The ‘Dogs will play at home one week at a time, as they don’t have any consecutive home games next season.

DeRuyter said the schedule pattern wouldn’t affect them in terms of preparedness, but actually drive them to perform.

“It’s a neat challenge to go in and hear that silence when you make plays [in opposing stadiums], and that’s what our guys will rally around,” he added.

The ‘Dogs will then play back-to-back Pac-12 opponents, at Oregon Sept. 8 and at home against Colorado on Sept. 15. Fresno State will

close out its nonconference competition the following week at Tulsa.

Fresno State will host San Diego State Sept. 29 in its inaugural game in the Mountain West. After the league opener, the ‘Dogs will play at Colorado State Oct. 6, and Boise State Oct. 13 for their only two consecutive road games. Fresno S t at e w i l l t r ave l t o Fo r t Collins, Colo., for the first time since 2003. The Boise State game will mark the 12th consecutive meeting between the two teams.

The Bulldogs will retur n home to host Wyoming on Oct. 20 before travelling to Albuquerque on Oct. 27 to play New Mexico.

The ‘Dogs will have three games in November, hosting Hawaii Nov. 3 and then at Nevada a week later. The Bulldogs will then have a bye week after playing 11-straight weeks to start the season.

After the bye, Fresno State will host its season finale ag ainst Air Force Nov. 24, the Saturday after the Thanksgiving holiday.

T he ‘Do gs will play six games at Bulldog Stadium and six on the road.

The schedule announcement coincides with the team’s annual ticket-renewal period, said Senior Associate Athletic Director Paul Ladwig. Kickoff times and games selected for television will be released later.

2012 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 24

vs. Weber State at Oregon vs. Colorado at Tulsa vs. San Diego State* at Colorado State* at Boise State* vs. Wyoming* at New Mexico* vs. Hawaii* at Nevada* vs. Air Force*

*Mountain West Conference opponent

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The Fresno State softball team will host its annual Bayer Cropscience Classic that runs Friday through Sunday.

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Cardinal too much for Bulldogs Fresno State handed No. 1 Stanford its first loss of the season, but the win wasn’t enough for the ‘Dogs as the Cardinal came back to take the three-game series

By Tim Salazar The Collegian

Photos by James Ramirez / The Collegian

ABOVE: Sophomore pitcher Tyler Linehan started for the ‘Dogs Friday night. Linehan pitched 5.2 innings, allowing five hits for two earned runs for a no decision.

BELOW: Sophomore Aaron Judge (No. 29) is congratulated by his teammates after the second of his two back-toback home runs in Friday’s 7-4 win over No. 1 Stanford.

The Fresno State Diamond ‘Dogs took the reigns of the opening game of a three-game series on Friday and did something no other team has done this season — take down the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal — by a score of 7-4. The ‘Dogs, however, were then subsequently beaten back by the Cardinal, losing the final two games of the series, 16-0 on Saturday and 9-2 on Sunday.

F r i d ay ’ s s e e s aw b a t t l e featured sophomore Tyler Linehan taking the mound against junior Mark Appel.

Aaron Judge led the way for the Bulldogs, hitting back-toback home runs, his first two of the season.

The Bulldogs got the lead first in the second inning off a 2-run home run by Judge, which sailed over the left field fence.

“When I go out there I have confidence knowing that the person behind me is going to get the job done if I don’t,” Judge said. “So having that freedom really helps out a lot.”

The Cardinal answered back in the third with its own 2-run double by Brian Ragira to take even the score at 2-2.

The Bulldogs briefly reclaimed the lead in the fourth inning on Judge’s second home run of the night, bringing the score to 3-2.

With the bases loaded for the Cardinal in the fifth, Stephen Piscotty connected for a 2-run single and advanced to second on an error. The Bulldogs escaped the inning without further damage, stranding three Cardinal baserunners as they closed out the inning.

In the sixth, the ‘Dogs loaded the bases and tied the game on an Austin Wynns’ RBI single.

Chris Marscal followed, clearing the bases with a 3-run double to right-center field to cap the four-run inning, 7-4.

Bulldog pitcher Justin Haley took the win after entering the game midway through the fifth inning. Haley retired all ten batters he faced, three by strikeouts. Linehan finished after five and two-third innings, giving up four runs on two hits with six strikeouts.

The second g ame was a disaster for the Bulldogs both offensively and defensively, as they were silenced 16-0. The ‘Dogs did nothing offensively against left-hander Brett Mooneyham who registered his third win for the Cardinal.

Mooneyham lowered his season ERA to 1.29, allowing two hits and striking out 13 before giving way to Spenser Linney and Sam Lindquist to finish off whatever life remained in the Bulldog bats that night.

“You’re looking at a 6-foot-5 lefthander who’s liable to go in the first round,” Bulldog head coach Mike Batesole said of Mooneyham. “Throwing 94 [mph] with two other pitches for strikes, that’s no easy task for Division-1 hitters.”

Stanford exploded right out the gate, scoring seven runs in the first two innings. The onslaught began to subside after many of the starters were pulled for reserves.

Bulldog starter Cody Kendall, who was a staple of stability with last year’s team, was only able to pitch just more than an inning. Kendall surrendered seven runs.

Sunday’s game looked like it would be a repeat performance of Saturday, with the Cardinal going up to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Errors plagued the Diamond ‘Dogs all weekend, allowing 3 unearned runs on 6 er rors over the three-game series.

“At the end of year if you make 56 errors in 56 games you’re probably in the top 10 in the country defensively,” Batesole said. “We’re a long way from that and that’s our goal.”

The Bulldogs’ Tom Harlan and the rest of his teammates surrendered only one run over the next five innings, the only run coming off a throwing error on a single.

The Bulldogs finally got back on the board in the sixth, ending their 16-inning scoring drought with an RBI double by Aaron Judge that scored Pat Hutcheson from first. Kenny Wise collected the Bulldogs’ second run of the inning with a bases-loaded walk, but the pristine scoring chance ended as the next batter Justin Charles struck out.

The Cardinal offensive merry-go-round continued the next inning as Bulldogs gave up four more runs in the seventh.

“That’s a fantastic ball club,” Batesole said after Sunday’s game. “They’re big, strong, fast and physical and that’s why they’re No. 1 in the country. That’s as good as it gets in college baseball.”

The ‘Dogs will continue their homestand on Thursday in a four-game series with San Francisco.