November 10 2010

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The Collegian online reads UPD’s police reports, with a twist

WEDNESday Issue NOVEMBER 10, 2010 FRESNO STATE

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SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922

CSU PASSES TUITION HIKES we have the ongoing resources to support them.”

The CSU will request a “buy out” of the 2011-12 academic year tuition increase from the governor and legislation. If enough funding is provided, the CSU could repeal the increase.

CURRENT FALL 2010 COST OF TUITION

10%

5%

By Garance Burke Associated Press

Fall 2011

Yesterday, the CSU Board of T r ustees Committee on Finance approved a two-step increase in tuition for the upcoming spring and fall semesters.

According to a CSU press release, a 5 percent increase for the spring semester means that undergraduates who have 6 or more units, their tuition fees will increase by $105.

In the fall 2011 s e m e s t e r, a n a d d i tional $225 will be charged.

“While we appreciate the funding that

we did receive in this ye a r ’ s bu d g e t , t h e reality is our state suppor t is roughly the same as it was five years ago and we have 25,000 more students,” said Dr. Benjamin F. Quillian, CSU execut ive v i c e c h a n c e l lor for business and finance. “In addition, part of the funding w e r e c e ive d — $ 1 0 6 million – was onetime federal stimulus money that is being used at the state’s direction to admit 30,000 more students.

These students will be on our campuses long after this onetime funding has been exhausted, and we have to ensure that

Spring 2011

By Andrew Veihmeyer The Collegian

$2,115 $2,220 $2,442 Infographic by Michael Uribes / The Collegian

UPD stays vague on revenue use

Photo Illustration by Matt Weir and Mike Howells / The Collegian

More than half a million in citation money from the 2009-10 fiscal year was collected, but it remains unclear where all of it is going.

PARKING INVESTIGATION

By Megan Morales The Collegian A stream of orange envelopes lying against vehicle windshields is an ordinary picture around Fresno State. But once the ticket is processed and the citation fee is paid, some students are wondering where that money is actually going.

Fresno State’s policy is consistent with other California State Universities, but when asked to provide some documentation regarding the revenue or how it is being dis-

persed—the proof was unavailable.

Initially, Fresno State Chief of Police David Huerta said the proof of the amount of revenue made from parking citations at Fresno State would be unavailable until an ongoing process involving Fresno County is resolved.

But when the amount was eventually disclosed by public information officer Amy Armstrong, the $668,957 collected in the 2009-10 year from parking citations was still not accounted for.

Multiple attempts and over a week of time transpired

before receiving the requested public-record infor mation from Fresno State. Two other

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n the short term, the only projects we’re working on right now are the red bikes.”

— David Huerta, Chief of Police, Fresno State

schools in the CSU system responded to The Collegian’s requests and provided statis-

EPA demands Valley cleanup

tics from their universities within 48 hours.

Debbie Richeson, MS Director of Auxiliary Services at San Diego State University, sent The Colle gian statistics that revealed they issued 24,000 citations and collected about 840,000 in fines in 2009.

Alfredo Orozco, Assistant to the Director of Transportation and Parking at Sacramento State University, sent information that documented 24,877 parking citations in 2009-2010 and collected roughly $800,000 in revenue.

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Two Califor nia re gions plagued with the nation’s worst air quality must send in plans to clean up their sootladen air or risk losing federal highway funding, a top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said Monday.

R e g i o n a l E PA Administrator Jared Blumenfeld said state air quality managers are years late in submitting plans to meet federal pollution standards for airborne dust, smoke and soot in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley.

The microscopic pollution particles have been linked to premature deaths, as well as respiratory problems, heart attacks and lung cancer.

“If you’re living in the worst air quality neighborhoods in the nation, you expect EPA to deal effectively with getting reductions that have been promised,” Blumenfeld said.

“We need to make sure that we are getting back on track and that we are getting clean air for residents.”

Monday’s announcement effectively puts the California Air Resources Board on notice to show EPA how the regions will lower emissions of soot from fireplaces, dust from farming and exhaust from diesel engines to acceptable levels, Blumenfeld said.

The proposal and any potential financial sanctions wouldn’t become final until regulators get public input over the next 60 days.

“We agree these rules are critical to achieving federal air quality standards,” board spokeswoman Gennet Paauwe said in a statement Monday.

“The rules go before the board in December, and we expect to submit them to EPA before the end of the year.”

Fine particle pollution — composed of airborne specks that are just one-thirtieth the width of a human hair — is endemic in the agricultural valley and the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

“Unfortunately, the state regulators have been willing to trade people’s health to avoid upsetting polluting industries,” said Paul Cort, an attorney for the Oaklandbased nonprofit Earthjustice who has worked on numerous Clean Air Act cases in California.

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Parents need not reject kids over lifestyle choices

Going Madd MADDIE SHANNON

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hey say that home is where the heart is.

Home is, of course, where family is. It is supposed to encompass all that is comfortable and familiar, and a place where one goes to receive love and support. Unfortunately, when it comes to major life decisions, familial support isn’t as readily available as some would hope.

Big decisions like becoming a vegetarian, coming out, or even something as simple as refusing to wear leather, often spark a lot of controversy in families. An adult child opting out of a practice that they grew up with is a source

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Office hours help students Have you ever notice that many students do not attend professors’ office hours? As a student, I can understand why many students do not attend office hours because of complicated schedules. But students should start taking advantage of their office hours.

Office hours allow professors to work along with students during a one-on-one discussion to answer their questions. Office hours give students the opportunity to get to know the professor better or allow the professor to know the students better. Professors may teach more than one course per semester; moreover, he/she has a hard time knowing all the students as individuals. In this situation, meeting with the professors in office hours can help the student know the expectations of the professor and get their questions answered.

Professors also suggest meeting in office hours rather than during class time because office hours are set aside to help students in providing additional support. Therefore, professors highly encourage students to attend and take advantage of the help that is provided.

Students should meet with their professors throughout the semester because they can be a resource to help them succeed. They can also be a reference for a résumé. Professors have many connections with other faculty members and can suggest many options of courses that can further students in their major.

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of confusion for many parents.

In an ideal world, a young adult’s life decisions that stray from a parent’s views would still warrant their support, simply because the parent is supporting their child. A gay friend of mine once told me that he didn’t come out until he was ready to give up his family because there was a chance they wouldn’t support who he was. While my big decision to become a vegetarian didn’t require me to give up my family, it did cause some conflict.

I’m not the only one to feel the pressure, though. In Chinese elementary schools, students are pressured by their parents to compete for class government positions in ways that would make Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman blush. In a video clip on the New York Times’ website, students who couldn’t have been older than eight years old were encouraged by their parents to resort to brutal tactics to psych out the competition, including taunting, bullying and outright lies—which teachers allowed. Kids who considered dropping out of the race received comments from their parents like, “Are you out of your mind?”

On an even more drastic scale, Eunjung Kim, a psychologist at The University of Washington, conducted a study on Korean-American teenagers that measured their self-worth with connections to their relationship with their parents. Using two separate questionnaires that assessed what the students

thought of themselves and what they thought of their parents, Kim found that the teenagers with low self-confidence often had low levels of maternal and paternal warmth. Similarly, he also found that teenagers who had poor relationships with their mothers had low levels of psychological adjustment.

The conclusion of the study was that a parent’s love was important in a child’s psychological development, backing up Kim’s parental acceptance-rejection theory.

On the other hand, rejection is a twoway street. Some kids, no matter how loving and warm their parents are, ask for rejection. Teenagers, famous for their ability to get in their parents faces and demand respect after making stupid decisions, really just demand rejection from their parents after picking at what makes them tick.

For those of us adult children, however, the decisions we make that our parents don’t approve of shouldn’t be a root cause of rejection. Whether the parent rejects the decision or rejects their grown-up child, understanding and support should come into play on both sides. It doesn’t matter if you come out of the closet, change your diet or switch your major—the ability of parents to at least respect the decision their adult children makes is essential if they want to continue to have a good relationship with them.

CAMPUSSPEAK What do you think of the CSU’s 5 percent tuition increase?

Tyrone Brazzel Mass Communication & Journalism Senior “I think it’s horrible. I think that the students are already paying too much as it is for everything else. I think that if they do that, there will be an even worse time for students to enjoy college. The fee increase is stupid.

There are things that can be changed, but the fee increase is not positive at all.”

David Weber History Senior “The increases are inevitable, but it seems like we get less for our buck. It’s disappointing but it’s to be expected, because California is in a bad spot right now.

It’s part of the recession. It doesn’t surprise me and I’m sure it will continue.”

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING

By John MacIntyre Universal Press Syndicate Despite screaming headlines proclaiming the death of the printed book due to burgeoning digital content and electronic reading devices, the percentage of college students who purchased an electronic book of any kind during July, August and September, according to findings of a study by OnCampus Research:

13 56 74

Of that 13 percent, percentage who stated that the primary purpose of their e-book purchase was required coursematerials for class: Percentage of students who said they preferred printover digital: Source: National Association of College Stores.

Percentage of adult children with retired parents who said they had detailed discussions with their parents about their parents’ income and expenses, according to research from EBRI, the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute:

47 42

Percentage of adult children with retired parents who said they knew the approximate amount of their parents’ income: Source: EBRI.

Percentage of Americans who are in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana, according to Gallup’s annual crime survey:

46

Percentage of Americans who would rather get up early than sleep in while on vacation, according to the relaxation survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Princess Cruises:

55

Brooke Johnson Pre-Nursing Sophomore “It’s ridiculous. I don’t think there should be a 5 percent increase, especially to students that are already paying out of pocket. It’s too much. For myself, being on the board of directors at the USU, we discuss this many times. We don’t see the point of paying an extra 5 percent when the legislators haven’t paid anything, and actually, that’s their job, to be on top of it.”

While on vacation, percentage of respondents who said that they would rather be spontaneous than schedule their day:

60

Ranks of reading (25 percent), having a drink (20 percent) and listening to music (19 percent) on the list of activities that most aid their relaxation while on vacation:

1,2,3

Source: Ipsos Public Affairs.

Estimated percentage of the nation’s estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants who are of Hispanic origin, according to a survey of Latinos by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center:

80 53

Percentage of Latino adults who say the unauthorized immigrants should pay a fine but not be deported:

John Clark Industrial Technology Senior “I think it sucks, totally.

They’re making education unreachable for people.”

Percentage of Latinos who support providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants if they pass background checks, pay a fine and have jobs: Percentage of the general public who feel the same:

86 68

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CITATION: Where money goes Woman illegally fired over Facebook remarks CONTINUED from page 1

Unlike Fresno State, both Richeson and Orozco gave detailed descriptions of how their universities’ money is dispersed.

Armstrong said parking is a self-sustaining entity and the money received through citations is not regulated by the school itself, but by the law. “ A l l m o n i e s re c e ive d through parking citations support alternative transportation,” Armstrong said. “When it’s collected it is stipulated through a California Education code that says where it goes.”

T h e l aw A r m s t ro n g i s referring to is the California E d u c at i o n C o d e, S e c t i o n 89701.5 that states the following: “Monies in the State University Parking Revenue Fund received as parking fines and forfeitures shall be used exclusively for the development, enhancement and operation of alternate methods of transportation programs for students and employees, for the mitigation of the impact of offcampus student and employee parking in university communities, and for the administration of the parking fines and

forfeitures programs.”

This means the 2009-10 fiscal year revenue from the citations, more than half a million, is restricted from funding anything other than rideshare parking for when people carpool to campus, the red bike pro g ram and redeemable money called scrip.

However, the revenue does not go towards paving parking lots, painting lines or building new structures, Armstrong said. Instead, it is drawn from revenue through parking permits, meters and daily passes.

“In the short term, the only projects we’re working on right now are the red bikes,” Huerta said.

When asked how the large sum of money was being used to benefit the program, Huerta said it was for everything within the program but also stated that no new bikes will be purchased.

The restrictions that Fresno State’s police department is under regarding funds is not unique, Armstrong said.

“That’s how it is across the state for all CSU’s.”

By Sam Hananel Associated Press A Connecticut woman who was fired after she posted disparaging remarks about her boss on Facebook has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case by federal authorities who say her comments are protected speech under labor laws.

The National Labor Relations Board alleges that American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. illegally fired Dawnmarie Souza from her job as an emerg ency medical technician late last year after she criticized her supervisor on her personal Facebook page and then traded Facebook messages about the negative comments with other employees.

The complaint, filed Oct. 27 by the board’s Hartford, Conn., regional office, could set a precedent for employers to heed as more workers

use social networking sites to share details about their jobs.

“It’s the same as talking at the water cooler,” said Lafe Solomon, the board’s acting general counsel. “The point is that employees have protection under the law to talk to each other about conditions at work.”

Federal labor law has long protected employees against reprisal for talking to co-workers on their own time about their jobs and working conditions, including remarks that may be critical of managers.

The law applies whether or not workers are covered by a union.

NLRB officials claim the Connecticut ambulance company has an unlawful policy that prohibits employees from making disparaging remarks about supervisors and depicting the company “in any way” over the Internet without permission.

“This is the first complaint we’ve issued over comments on Facebook, but I have no doubt that we’ll be seeing more,” Solomon said. “We have to develop policies as we go in this fast-changing environment.”

The trouble for Souza started when her supervisor asked her to prepare an investigative report when a customer complained about her work, according to the complaint.

Souza claimed she was denied representation by her union, the Teamsters Local 443.

Later that day, Souza logged onto her Facebook page from a home computer and wrote: “Looks like I’m getting some time off. Love how the company allows a 17 to be a supervisor.”

A 17 is the code the company uses for a psychiatric patient. Souza also referred to her supervisor with two expletives. Her remarks drew supportive Facebook postings from other colleagues.

John Barr, an attorney representing the company, said the real reason Souza was fired was because of two separate complaints about her “rude and discourteous service” within a 10-day period.

He said Souza would have been fired whether the Facebook comments were made or not.

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Fresno State honors American veterans

By Karlene Mello The Collegian The Fresno State Student Veterans Organization gave a special thank you to American veterans yesterday, presenting a ceremony to veterans in the Memorial Court in front of the Kennel Bookstore in honor of Veteran’s Day tomorrow.

The free event caught the attention of students, faculty and staff with the sounds of bagpipes and the voice of Dr. Paul M. Oliaro, vice president for student affairs and U.S. military veteran.

Physical recreation major Julie Audell served in the Air Force for four years and

means much to anyone who doesn't have a tie to the military,” Audell said.

Accounting major Emily Mederos feels that this day needs to be recognized more for its true meaning.

“It’s very important that we appreciate all that our troops do for us,” Mederos said. “It’s important because these people are or have been overseas, away from their loved ones, risking their lives for all of us in America.”

This day, held in dedication to those who have lost their lives and who have and are willing to put their lives at stake for our country, is a day Cliff Rogers said we should all appreciate and respect.

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t's very important that we apprecite all that our troops do for us.”

— Emily Mederos, Accounting major

three months as a Ground Radio Journeyman, where she helped maintain and repair radios.

“To me, Veteran’s Day is a reminder of all the sacrifices that I, veterans before and after me and current active military members make for our country,” Audell said.

Audell said that she thinks most students don’t recognize the true meaning of Veteran’s Day, other than a day off from school. “ U n fo r t u n at e ly, I d o n ' t think that Veteran’s Day

“These men and women made it their mission to make sure that our country remained protected, no matter what the cost,” Rogers said, an agricultural education major.

F i n a n c e m a j o r Vi c t o r Cabias said having a day set aside for veterans is the least we can do to honor them.

“Not everyone is cut for or qualified to serve in the military, it takes talented people to be a part of the military and to do what they do,” Cabias said.

In many countries people aren’t allowed to choose

Photo courtesy of Thomas Uribes

Keynote speaker Paul M. Oliaro partcipated in the Army ROTC in graduate school before becoming an Army officer for two years. He's now the vice president for student affairs at Fresno State.

whether they want to be in their military or not. In some countries they are forced into military service. In America, our military now consists of people who gladly joined to fight for our country voluntarily.

“The reason America has the greatest military in the world is because its members

chose to fight for our country on their own and were not compelled or forced to,” Cabias said. “They are fighting and have fought for the people and homeland that they love.”

Audell encourages us all to do two things tomorrow on Veteran’s Day—enjoy your freedom and thank a veteran.

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Arts & EnterTainment WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, MADDIE SHANNON • COLLEGIAN-FEATURES@CSUFRESNO.EDU

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Coming to the big screen Movies to see this weekend

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian This weekend, movies that cater to every moviegoer’s interests come to theaters. Big explosions, alien invasions and cartoon princesses rule the big screen along with allstar casts. Here is a lineup of movies to see this weekend.

Unstoppable What it’s about: A massive, unmanned freight train filled with explosive materials hurdles down the tracks through highly populated areas, threatening to explode if it derails or crashes. Two railroad engineers attempt to chase it down in the hopes of saving the lives of thousands of people in the expected explosion radius.

Why you should see it: Great actors, fast trains and big explosions…gentlemen, have at it.

Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Cor rig an, Kevin Chapman, Lew Temple, T.J. Miller, Jessy Schram and David Warshofsky.

Skyline Photos courtesy of Associated Press

Four movies that cater to all audiences will be released in theaters this weekend.

the city’s skyline, beaming L.A. residents up to the spaceships by the thousands.

Why you should see it: Greg and Colin Strauss, special effects artists for the films “The X-Files,” “The Nutty Professor” and “The Volcano,” take to the big screen once again with “Skyline,” which is highly anticipated by fans of alien invasion films.

Starring: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Robin Gammell, Tanya Newbould and J. Paul Boehmer.

Cool It What it’s about: “Cool It” is a documentary about global warming. But unlike Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” it doesn’t place much of the blame on people themselves. It instead proposes an alternate way to deal with the issue of global warming.

Why you should see it: Documentaries on hot topics like global warming are always fascinating, and this one is no exception.

Starring: Bjorn Lomborg

What it’s about: Two friends wake up in a Los Angeles highrise one day to find that a fleet of alien ships has taken over

Israeli artists boycott new theater in settlement

By Karin Laub Associated Press ARIEL, West Bank (AP) — An artists’ boycott of a $11 million performing arts center opening Monday in the Jewish settlement of Ariel is giving a new twist to a pressing question — where should Israel’s permanent borders run?

Leading Israeli playwrights, actors and artists say they will not cross the “Green Line” — Israel’s frontier before it captured the West Bank in 1967 — to perform in the new theater in Ariel, an Israeli enclave of 19,000 people.

The artists wrote in a letter explaining the boycott that Ariel was built in the heart of a war-won land to prevent creation of a Palestinian state.

Ariel’s defenders say most Israelis want the settlement to be annexed to Israel in any future peace deal. In an angry backlash led by hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, they have threatened to strip the protesters of their government subsidies.

T he argument flared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived Sunday in the U.S., where Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton were expected to press him to renew a moratorium on settlement housing starts. Netanyahu has refused to reimpose the construction curbs that ended in September, but the Palestinians say they won’t resume peace talks without such a step.

Israelis have been arguing

about what to do with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem ever since Israeli troops occupied them in the 1967 Mideast War. Devout Jews claim the territories as part of the God-given Land of Israel, while the Palestinians see them as a site of their future state.

Over the years, the demographics of the occupied areas and the parameters of debate have changed significantly.

Nearly half a million Israelis have settled there among 2.5 million Palestinians, making partition increasingly difficult. But Israel’s mainstream is also ready to embrace the idea of Palestinian statehood — a position once considered radical — and to relinquish large parts of the occupied lands.

At the same time, the “Green

Line,” the old cease-fire line from 1949 that marks the West Bank’s boundary, has become blurred by Israeli settlements and roads linking Israel and the West Bank, though Israel never annexed that territory the way it did east Jerusalem.

A four-lane highway connects Ariel to Israel’s coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, giving settlement residents a sense that they are part of Israel — even though they live in the center of the West Bank.

Successive Israeli governments have said they want to annex Ariel as one of the large “settlement blocs,” while Palestinian and Israeli peace activists argue that Ariel would drive an impossible wedge into a Palestinian state.

Perhaps that’s why Israeli debate gets particularly heated

when it comes to the future of Ariel. Earlier this year, leading academics protested attempts to upgrade Ariel’s college to a full-fledged university.

In August, more than 60 Israeli actors and playwrights signed a letter saying they would not perform in Ariel’s cultural center. The letter drew support from dozens more Israeli academics and authors, including writers Amos Oz and David Grossman, as well as foreign artists, among them Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, Cynthia Nixon of “Sex and the City” and playwright Tony Kushner.

Last week, those calling for a boycott wrote another letter urging artists scheduled to perform in Ariel to reconsider.

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News Briefs Brief news for the brief attention span NEW YORK (AP) — Conan O’Brien was welcomed back to television by more than 4.1 million viewers, while his winning numbers had minimal effect on his late-night opponents.

The former host of “The Tonight Show,” who left NBC eight months ago, returned on Monday with a new talk show, “Conan,” premiering on basiccable network TBS. In the 11 p.m. Eastern hour, O’Brien’s opening night throttled his direct rivals on Comedy Central. “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” was seen by 1.3 million viewers, followed by “The Colbert Report” with 1 million.

But the curiosity factor clearly brought new viewers

to the scene. Even against the debut of “Conan,” the “Daily Show” audience dropped by just 200,000 viewers from its season-to-date average for Monday episodes. Viewership for “Colbert” dropped by only 150,000 from its season-to-date average.

Conan beat Jay Leno, the host who reclaimed the “Tonight Show” chair from him.

Starting at 11:35 p.m. Eastern, “Tonight” attracted 3.5 million viewers. But “Tonight,” which overlaps with “Conan” by 25 minutes, was down by just 100,000 viewers. Season-to-date, “Tonight” is averaging 3.6 million viewers, according to the Nielsen Co.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Famed architect Frank Gehry s ay s a n e x p a n s i o n at t h e Philadelphia Museum of Art won’t be visible to people from the outside but will “knock their socks off inside.”

Gehry joined dignitaries, philanthropists and art aficionados Tuesday at the city’s 82-year-old neoclassical landmark for the start of construction on a humbler part of the project: a new loading dock that will serve museum operations and allow the museum to reopen some beautiful pedestrian entrances. That work should be done in 2012.

Afterward, tons of dirt and rock will be excavated for a

massive underground gallery space.

Gehry is known worldwide for creating structures with undulating exteriors, among them the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

BERLIN (AP) — Artwork deemed “degenerate” by the Nazis and believed to have been destroyed has been unearthed during constr uction near Berlin’s city hall and is going on display.

T he Pr ussian Cultural Heritage Foundation says the works will go on display at Berlin’s New Museum starting Tuesday. Details are being

released at a news conference Monday.

B e rl i n n ew s p ap e r D e r Tagesspiegel reports construction workers found the pieces, including several bronze statues of female figures and a case of other works, while digging four weeks ago.

The Nazi regime sold or destroyed thousands of artworks done by Jews or that they otherwise believed contained “deviant” sexual elem e n t s, a n t i - n a t i o n a l i s t i c themes or challenged the Nazi ideology.

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Travis Brown (9) and the Fresno State linebacking corps will attempt to slow down Nevada’s Pistol offense which torched the ‘Dogs for 600 total yards at Bulldog Stadium in 2008.

CONTINUED from page 8 to individual assignments and not trying to do too much.

“Nevada has always played us well,” Brown said. “We’ve got to come out and execute our jobs and just do whatever it takes to win. Everybody [needs to do] their jobs. Their offense is an option offense and we’ve played them before.

Everybody’s got their certain job they’ve got to take care of, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”

Brown leads the team in tackles with 48. Brown and the Fresno State defense will face Kaepernick and Nevada’s dangerous offense on Saturday in Bulldog Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

“We’re excited about this challenge and it’s going to be a great challenge for our football team,” Hill said. “Our players have been looking forward to the month of November. We just needed to get to the month of November in a position that meant something and right now this game means a lot.”

to his team the November stretch’s importance and the potential rewards at stake.

“We’re off to a good start,” Hill said.

“Now we’re in the meat of the schedule in November, just the way it’s supposed to be and we’ve got a big one [this weekend]. In round two there’s a lot on the line for this game. There’s a lot of good things that can come out of this game because the next week [at Boise State] we’re on national TV again against one of the top five teams in the country.”

Although the potential rewards for success in the mock playoff are great, just one loss down the stretch essentially means tournament elimination for the Bulldogs’ 2010 WAC season.

“It’s definitely [a playoff situation] for us,” standout linebacker Travis Brown said. “If we end up losing a game that pretty much means our WAC title goals are out of the picture. That’s what we’re striving for right now, to beat Nevada then we have a good shot at beating Boise the next week.”

As the standings currently sit, Boise State is atop the WAC as the lone unbeaten in conference play. Following Boise State are three schools with one conference loss: Hawaii (5-1), who was destroyed by the Broncos last Saturday, Fresno State (4-1) and Nevada (3-1).

Fresno State, Nevada and Boise State

control their own destiny, with the Broncos having the most realistic shot at an outright WAC championship.

Because Hawaii has already played the conference’s top-three teams, they need a Boise State loss to happen for a shot at the WAC title.

The Broncos still have an important date at Nevada in three weeks, and can only have their WAC title quest derailed if the improbable happened: losing two of their final four conference matchups.

If Fresno State is able to take down the top-two ranked opponents the next two weeks, it would share the WAC title for the first time in 11 years, likely with Boise State and Hawaii, assuming those two schools win their other conference games.

Fresno State has never beat both Nevada and Boise State in the same season, but looking down the road could spell trouble for Hill’s squad as it tries to focus at the task at hand.

“We’re excited about this challenge and it’s going to be a great challenge for our football team,” Hill said. “Our players have been looking forward to the month of November. We just needed to get to the month of November in a position that meant something and right now this game means a lot.”

Soccer to face UCF in NCAA first round

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian A day after upsetting top-ranked San Jose State in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship, the Fresno State soccer team received its bid to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Head coach Brian Zwaschka’s team, which concluded the regular season just 7-8-4, caught fire in the conference tournament, pulling three straight upsets to claim Fresno State’s second WAC title in three seasons.

The conference tour nament victory automatically qualified the ‘Dogs for the national tournament. Fresno State will play its first-round game in the Los Angeles bracket at UCLA this Thursday, Nov. 11 against Central Florida.

The Knights travel cross country with a 14-4-3 record but lost in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament to Memphis. The NCAA Tournament consists of 64 teams, and Zwaschka is delighted to be a part of the mix.

“It’s a thrill and exciting to be going on to the NCAA Tournament,” Zwaschka said. “It’s an opportunity that a lot of players and teams don’t get to take. We’re going to relish the moment and do our best.”

Central Florida’s loss in its conference tournament was just the team’s second loss in 16 games. The Knights are lead by Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year Tishia Jewell who lead the conference in points with 32 and was third in the nation in assists with 12.

The first-round game is slated to begin at 8 p.m.

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Senior Colin Kaepernick dominated the Fresno State defense the last time he played at Bulldog Stadium. Kaepernick threw and ran for 246 total yards and three touchdowns in a 41-28 rout.

Fresno State will face its toughest test of this season against Nevada

By Vongni Yang The Collegian Fresno State g ave Colin Kaepernick his first opportunity.

In 2007, the Bulldogs defense knocked then-starter Nick Graziano out of the game, paving way for Kaepernick.

In his first live-game action as the replacement quarterback, Kae per nick almost rallied Nevada from a 42-20 third quarter deficit, eventually losing 49-41. Kaepernick terrorized the ‘Dogs in twoand-a-half quarters of play, passing for 348 yards and four touchdowns while also adding 60 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Since bursting onto the scene against Fresno State as a redshirt freshman, Kaepernick has caused head-

aches for opposing defensive coordinators and players alike in the past four years.

“He’s a big guy that can run and he’s got a very strong ar m,” head coach Pat Hill said of Kaepernick. “They’ve developed his passing skills and he has outstanding running skills that they have incorporated in an offense that they can take advantage of it.”

Kaepernick leads an explosive Nevada offense that is ranked second in total offense in the country, behind only No. 1 Oregon. The Pistol offense is averaging over 556 yards per game and is also second in the nation with 317.8 rushing yards an outing.

With Kae per nick at the helm, Nevada is the fourthbest scoring offense, averaging well over 44 points per contest.

Nevada is coming off a dominating performance against Western Athletic Conference foe Idaho, where the Wolf Pack racked up a team-record 844 yards and nine touchdowns en route to a 63-17 beat down of the Vandals.

“This is the big test,” Hill said. “This is the one that got our attention as a coaching staff. We’ve done our due diligence and worked hard to prepare for this, and now we’re going to play against as good an offense option team as there is in the country.”

“You’re going to see one of the better offenses in the nation in Nevada,” Hill added.

“It will be a great challenge for our defense.”

While Nevada has generated video game-like numbers, the Wolf Pack offense has not faced a defense ranked

in the top 40 in total defense since the team’s 52-31 rout of California.

Fresno State is ranked 38th in total defense and fourth in the nation in sacks with 26.

The ‘Dogs have improved dramatically on the defensive side of the ball this year after finishing next to last in the country in sacks with 13 for the entire 2009 season.

“Our defense is playing well,” Hill said. ‘We’ve made great strides on defense. We haven’t been anything like that for a long time. And we’ll get a g reat test this week against the No. 2 offense in the country.”

Linebacker Travis Brown stressed that the key to cont a i n i n g N ev a d a ’ s p o t e n t offense is by players sticking See NEVADA, Page 7

‘Dogs tab November schedule as playoff Fresno State’s 41-day stretch is make-or-break for WAC title

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian With nearly the entire country begging to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system, Fresno State football is already in the semifinal of its self-imposed November playoff.

When the ‘Dogs were routed in Bulldog Stadium 32 days ago by Hawaii’s high-flying offense, the pursuit of Fresno

State’s first ever outright Western Athletic Conference title virtually went out the window. Instead of hanging up their cleats and calling the season short, however, Pat Hill and his coaching staff circled the five-game stretch from Oct. 16 to Nov. 19 as Fresno State’s playoff in pursuit of a possible shared conference title.

The proverbial “first round” of the playoff included a pair

of must-win and should-win games in New Mexico State and San Jose State. The two teams ranked second-to-last and dead last in the WAC respectively, and the ‘Dogs handled their counterparts by a combined score of 66-28.

The two-game, first-round playoff was in the books.

But the Aggies and Spartans were just a stepping-stone toward the ultimate goal. The two teams currently have a

combined record of 3-15 and proved to be little competition for Fresno State.

The “semi-final” round of Fresno State’s month-long playoff comes Saturday in the form of the BCS-ranked Nevada Wolf Pack, who have blown out the ‘Dogs by an average margin of 25.5 points their past two meetings between the schools. But Hill has stressed See PLAYOFF, Page 7

aturday’s game against nationally-ranked Nevada should be the biggest game of the year at Bulldog Stadium.

A win Saturday and the Bulldogs control their own destiny for a Western Athletic Conference championship, but a loss could all but plummet a season that began with high hopes and expectations.

But there is just so much more at stake o n S a t u r d ay than a conferYin and Yang ence champiVONGNI YANG o n s h i p. L e t s face it, Fresno State is not going to win the WAC outright this year, especially with the Cinderella Darlings of Boise State standing in their way.

Saturday’s game will also determine where Fresno State will ultimately end up in the postseason. A win against the Wolf Pack and the ‘Dogs are probably headed to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against a quality Pac-10 team in San Francisco.

A loss? A trip right back to the ever-so attractive New Mexico Bowl, where the ‘Dogs have suffered back-to-back losses against Mountain West Conference opponents.

But is a win against No. 21 Nevada realistic for head coach Pat Hill’s squad?

Maybe not, considering Fresno State’s injury woes to the offensive line. Andrew Jackson’s status is still up in the air after missing nearly the entire season while Joe Bernardi, Leslie Cooper and Kenny Wiggins are questionable after all three missed significant playing time against Louisiana Tech. That leaves one healthy offensive lineman that started the season as the team’s starter: Bryce Harris.

But Fresno State’s chances of an upset won’t really ride on the offense. The offense has managed to score over 34 points a game despite a shuffling of running backs and receivers all year. Fresno State will score its fair share of points, but at the end of the day, the game is going to be determined by the play of the defense.

If the defense plays well and generates a sack attack, the ‘Dogs might just have a chance to knock off the first ranked opponent that the team has played all year.

But it’ll be tough to topple a hot Nevada team unless the Bulldog faithful piles into Bulldog Stadium and gets behind this Fresno State team.

So, I’m asking you, Red Wave, to get off your butt and support your ‘Dogs for the biggest game of the year.