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Nursing students Department consolidation remains possibility collect sleeping bags for the homeless

By Alejandra Garcia The Collegian Fresno State nursing students are teaming up with The Sleeping Bag Project of Fresno to bring awareness to students about the homeless community by holding a donation drive on campus now through Friday, Nov. 18.

Each semester, Fresno State nursing students participate in a project to help an area of need in the Fresno community. This semester a group of nursing students are helping to promote “The Sleeping Bag Project” donation drive as their class project.

“They are to find and meet one identifiable need in the community,” professor of community health nursing Dr. Ndidi Griffin said. “They collaborate with an agency to make sure they identify [a legitimate] need and based on that, they design a project.”

The Sleeping Bag Project of Fresno is a non-profit, volunteer effort sponsored by the Fresno Free College Foundation. Their mission is to provide sleeping bags and blankets to the homeless during the winter months.

“Homeless people are outside 24 hours a day until the cold season ends.

Our goal is to decrease the health issues they would encounter from their old sleeping bags and blankets,” Fresno State nursing student Junrel Sumagang said.

While the donation drive is primarilly focused on collecting gently used sleeping bags and blankets, Fresno State student nurse Cristen Collier said they would accept other donations.

“We’re not opposed to other donations and we’ll take any type of donation that is going to provide warmth,” Collier said.

Griffin explained the nursing students will benefit from the project both personally and professionally.

“These students will have just one more semester before they graduate and I think this experience will go out with them throughout their entire career,” Griffin said. “They typically come back in awe and they are no longer sheltered to the needs of the community.”

For these nursing students, the donation drive is more than just a class project. “[Our goal is] to increase awareness of the very real and pervasive problem of homelessness in our community,” Fresno State nursing student Derek Greenwood said. “The problem affects all types of people [including] families, children, even some Fresno State students.”

Greenwood’s awareness to the homeless community stems from personal experience.

“I was homeless twice in my life.

Once for four months in New York City where I was lucky enough to get into a shelter and once for four months when I lived in Colorado,” Greenwood said.

“I lived on the streets. It was cold.”

Professor Griffin also explained that the project helps nursing students develop professional careers and responsibilities that accompany the profession.

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By Johnathan Wilbanks The Collegian The Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Task Force has recommended the number of colleges at Fresno State be reduced from eight to seven or possibly six. The Oct. 26 report recommended a program consolidation and reorganization of schools and colleges in order to reduce administrative costs for Fresno State.

This reorganization has angered and concerned many Fresno State students, as the proposed plan involves moving

the College of Science and mathematics under the College of Agricultural Sciences.

“I think a merger would be a huge problem and would backfire almost immediately because they are planning on moving most of the sciences under a department that would both be overworked by having four or five more departments under it, and may not appreciate that the sciences are expensive,” Fresno State geology student Bryant Platt said.

The administrative costs would be reduced by approximately $250,000 by

the reorganization, but students continue to oppose the change.

Platt said a possible problem with this plan is that it would be much more difficult for professors and students to get grants for research.

“If we are trying to go to graduate school or medical school and we don’t have the proper training in our undergraduate schooling, we are not going to be admitted,” Platt added. “If we merge, a lot of the faculty will not be able to get more grant money easily, and we have the potential to lose a lot more than the $200,000 we would save.”

The task force identified a gap of $1.7 million to $2 million for the 2011-12 school year. Its report outlined shortcomings with the “Level B” allocation model, which was reportedly not responsive enough to the major budget cuts Fresno State is currently facing.

The task force also came to the conclusion that the budget does not allow for enrollment growth and is complex enough to limit transparency and make it ineffective in estimating how enrollment decisions will impact financing.

A survey of student opinion regarding the merger was put together by chemistry department professors and distributed by the Biology Club and other on-campus organizations. The results are set to come out this week.

“I feel the departments should not be split. I feel this would prevent many See CUTS, Page 3

Veterans fraternity addresses veteran needs

By Alejandra Garcia The Collegian Fresno State student veterans founded the first veterans frater nity at Fresno State to help other student-veterans’ integration into civilian life and to supplement services not provided by Fresno State. Omega Delta Sigma is the first veterans fraternity in the western region of the United States.

Last spring semester, a colony of the National Veterans Fraternity was established at Fresno State. Omega Delta Sigma was founded by Junrel Sumagang, a nursing student and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who noticed a lack of resources available to student veterans at Fresno State.

“On campus there are a lot of different organizations for civilians. But for veterans, how many resources can you see?” Sumagang said. “The real purpose of the fraternity is to add additional resources for veterans because the university only had one option: to join the student veterans club.”

S u m a g a n g w a s p rev i o u s ly t h e president of the Student Veterans Organization, a club on campus also stemmed from a national organization, Student Veterans of America.

Nursing major and current president of Omega Delta Sigma, Anthony Graves, served in the U.S. Army for three years. His first experiences at Fresno State were not what he imagined.

“A lot of the things we experience in the military are life-changing events.

The culture tends to define us,” Graves said. “It was a very lonely experience for the first two years, but then Junrel approached me about starting the fraternity and it was a brotherhood from the beginning that has helped me in my everyday life.”

Sumagang saw the need for a different resource and pursued the establish-

ment of a student veterans fraternity.

“In a club, anyone can be in it and there are no requirements of joining,” Sumagang said. “Because there are no requirements people come and go as they please and they don’t put the organization as their priority. I didn’t like that.”

Sumagang approached Tanya Crabb, an outreach counselor for University Outreach Services and together they researched veteran fraternities and discovered the National Veterans Fraternity. Sumagang contacted the national president and soon found out there was not a chapter or colony of the National Veterans Fraternity in the western region of the country.

“This motivated me and I recruited 17 veterans and five civilians, people who were highly motivated and could also see the goals of the fraternity to

help veterans in the future,” Sumagang said.

Before the fraternity could be officially established, it had to find an advisor.

The members’ first choice, Crabb, was relocated to Hawaii on her husband’s military orders. While searching for an advisor, the establishment of the fraternity met some opposition.

“Our only barrier was finding an advisor. First they said yes, then they said no,” Sumagang said. “They would question our reasons for starting a fraternity. They could not see the need for a fraternity when there was already a student veterans club in place.”

Sumagang explained his views on the necessity of starting a student-veteran fraternity, but to no avail.

“They did not understand that a fraSee VETERANS, Page 3

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Fresno State veterans fraternity Omega Delta Sigma founder Junrel B. Sumagang and members Devon Mathis, Kevin Piercy and Jose Guerrero use the fraternity to help fellow student-veterans.

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THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

hen you graft a multimillion-dollar entertainment industry anomalously onto higher educa“W tion, you produce a bubble of entitlements and exemptions, and eventually, a simple moral derangement.”

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GOP wrong on foreign policy

The Right Tone Tony Petersen

“T

he illusions about the possibility of managing historical destiny from any particular standpoint in history,” the great 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said, “always involve … miscalculations about both the power and the wisdom of the managers and of the weakness and the manageability of the historical ‘stuff’ which is to be managed.”

It seems most of the Republicans

vying for the party’s nomination for president — Ron Paul and John Huntsman excepted — suffer from this same illusion.

On Saturday night, the top eight GOP candidates — Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Paul, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Huntsman — squared off for a foreign-policy debate in South Carolina sponsored by CBS News and National Journal, dubbed “The Commander-in-Chief Debate.” All it showed is that we shouldn’t want most of these guys (and gal) anywhere near the White House.

Every nominee excoriated President Barack Obama and his foreign policy, from his handling of Afghanistan to his administration’s interrogation techniques to his supposed mishandling of Iran. This seems to be a mistake: the president, though weak on nearly all domestic affairs, is a veritable powerhouse on foreign policy; he is perhaps the strongest president on these issues since Bush the Elder.

The polls bear this out: According to Gallup, the president receives a 49 percent approval on foreign affairs, well above his 30 percent approval the economy, with 63 percent of the American people approving of the president’s

combating terrorism.

Why the candidates think this is a successful campaign strategy is anybody’s guess.

The “illusions” that Niebuhr argued against were on full display when it came to the issues of Iran and Pakistan.

Both Romney and Gingrich advocated going to war with Iran to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, arguing that a nuclear-capable Iran is “unacceptable.”

Even George W. Bush sought to avoid war with Iran.

A war with Iran would be supreme folly. Our troops are stretched thin as it is. And, even supposing we take out its nuclear facilities, what would replace the Iranian government we would depose? Would we have any assurance that the Iranian people wouldn’t be more radical than the current regime?

Even if Iran did become nuclearcapable, our best deterrent is our strength: if Iran ever thought about attacking Israel or the United States, we could bomb them into oblivion. As the great philosopher Jim Croce said, “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape.”

The candidates sounded even worse on Pakistan.

Cain said he didn’t know if Pakistan

was a friend or foe: “That relationship must be reevaluated,” he said. Romney characterized it as “close to being a failed state.” Both Perry and Gingrich criticized Pakistan.

The leader of America’s foreign policy cannot be someone who will treat Pakistan, a perilously important country in the Middle East, in such a derogatory manner.

Amazingly enough, it was Santorum who brought a sense of prudence and wisdom to the discussion.

“Pakistan must be a friend of the United States,” Santorum argued. “It’s important for us, with a nuclear power with a very vast number of people in Pakistan who are radicalizing, that we keep a solid and stable relationship and work through our difficulties.”

Indeed.

This debate showed the American people that on foreign policy, the single most important executive function, many of the GOP candidates are at best misguided, and at worst deranged.

They think that they can, to paraphrase Mr. Niebuhr, manage the historical destiny of the United States by bombing Iran and “defriending” Pakistan; this illusion is based on a misguided sense of the power and capabilities of the United States.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the editor: On Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, the ASI Senate passed a resolution to promote a tobacco-free campus. The resolution indicated that ASI would urge President Welty to create a tobaccofree policy for our campus. The resolution was developed by a senator, reviewed in our Legislative Committee and then forwarded to the ASI Senate.

As president of ASI, I felt that there were several issues with the way this particular resolution was passed.

First, it wasn’t formatted like our standard resolutions. Second, it was not an informational item in the Senate before it became an action item, meaning senators had a limited amount of time to gather student opinion on the issue before making a vote. Third, it was vague as to what constituted “campus” — what about areas like the SaveMart Center, Bulldog Stadium, University Courtyard or agricultural fields?

Additionally, the resolution gave no indication of what the potential enforcement piece could be: will students receive a huge fine, or just a warning ticket for infractions? And can University Police even enforce such a policy given it’s just that — a policy, not law?

Finally, one professor in particular spoke to the senate regarding the resolution in a way I could only describe as bullying. The professor’s presentation also contained misinformation about the effects that the resolution may have on the campus.

Since the time the resolution was passed, the above issues have become clear, and many students have come

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forward indicating their dissatisfied with the decision ASI has made.

Response and feedback have been so strong that a few senators who voted for the resolution have indicated they wish to reconsider the resolution now that they are aware of the discontent it has caused their constituents.

To this effect, ASI will be reconsidering the resolution to support a tobacco-free campus at our next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. in USU 312/314. If you are interested in this resolution, whether you support or oppose a tobacco-free campus, please feel free to email your respective senators and/or attend the ASI meeting to make a public comment on the issue.

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To the editor: The “Occupy” movement pales in comparison to the impending collapse of Social Security and Medicare.

These are the sacred cows which most newspapers won’t seriously investigate.

Bankruptcy of such federal schemes will cost university students in excess of one million dollars over their 40-year working careers.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is running for president, has correctly called Social Security, a Ponzi scheme; however his terminology needs to be refined.

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Bill Cade To the editor: I really liked the article written by Maddie Shannon about bias in the news media. As she mentioned, she is a Republican; I must mention that I am a libertarian who is for smaller government and less taxes. But, it’s really dangerous to the American people how the news is “tossed” in the media these days.

The news does not remain objective when you call a courteous bow from President Obama to Hu Jintao “bowing down to the Chinese.” And you have audacity enough to call all liberals, “weed smoking hippie slobs.”

I think we get enough false rhetoric from the politicians, so it wouldn’t be unfair to not expect it from the news media.

But is it really possible to deliver news without passing a judgement?

I am not sure. But we can certainly expect a certain consistency. As an example, to stay consistent, if you openly voice your protest against Obamacare for being unconstitutional, you also should voice your protest against the Patriot Act, for it is just as unconstitutional. Until you do that, there is no difference between you and the politician who “spins” the real news and gives the public their own version of the story. I think we can and should expect more responsibility from a news channel that calls itself “fair and balanced.”

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To the editor: I am writing in response to the amount of coverage, or lack of coverage, regarding the Rally to Defend Education in the Nov. 9 issue. This was one of the biggest events in regards to student participation/attendance I have seen on campus since transferring here this semester, so I was surprised to see that the only coverage in the paper was a photo of Matt Shupe yelling out “Get a Job” with a small caption describing the photo. There was no mention of what the rally represented and what the students were there for. I was expecting at least some type of article relating to the event.

I understand that there was an article and video posted on the website that went into further detail on the rally and its critics, but online postings are usually a supplement to the stories in the paper, not the other way around. I feel like there is also a larger potential audience that would have read the article if it was printed in the paper rather than being online. What was the reasoning behind this decision?

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NURSING: Students collect for a cause CUTS: Fresno State may reduce number of departments CONTINUED from page 1 “It’s a way of demonstrating the fact that they actually care what happens to other people. It’s a part of their role as a nurse to care for other people,” Griffin said.

Student nurse Patricia Saulog said the donation drive is a way for Fresno State students to get involved in the community this holiday season.

“This would be a great way to share our blessings with others and to not only pro-

vide physical but emotional warmth during the holidays,” Saulog said. “Our general goal is to get as many [sleeping] bags and blankets as possible to donate before the holidays.”

The Sleeping Bag Project is presented by the Fresno State Chapter of the Califor nia Nursing Student Association.

Drop boxes are located i n t h e N u r s i n g Re s o u rc e Center, McLane 183 and the Smittcamp office, McLane 200.

Donations can be dropped off until Nov. 18.

CONTINUED from page 1 future dentists and pharmacists from coming to Fresno State,” pre-dental student Mark Takeda said.

This proposal is attempting to cut out the superfluous options, emphases and minors. They are also attempting to reduce redundancies in the curriculum with a proposed consolidation

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as a whole,” chemistry, biology and philosophy major Jeff Cole said in a written statement.

“We are now faced with a point of regression concerning the future of the science and mathematics department.

When humanity stops reaching out toward the unknown, we stop evolving,” Cole added.

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Nursing Students set a table and donating sites to collect sleeping bags to help the homeless in Fresno.

of lower-division statistics classes into a single department. Streamlining like this could potentially save Fresno State $100,000. The effect of these reforms on the quality of education is not yet known.

“The pursuit of science is integral to the understanding of the world. I think that a basic understanding of the sciences is crucial for the advancement of society

ternity would provide a brotherhood that the club could not. We wanted a sense of camaraderie and brotherhood like we had in the military,” Sumagang said. “Finally, we were referred to Wendy White and she could see our purpose, stepped up to the plate and is our advisor today.”

White, an educational TRiO professional with the Educational Talent Search at Fresno State, is also a veteran.

She received her commission from the Fresno State Army ROTC program and served in the California Army National Guard as a transportation officer from 1988 to 2002.

“They [veterans] are not the typical college student and this opportunity of networking through the fraternity will help them navigate through the college experience,” White said. “They served their country and now they want to make the transition and hopefully get their degree and have a successful career.”

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have options and we continue to work on those options more and more,” Sumagang said.

Graves senses validation of the fraternity’s establishment through the fact that its members have already started to rely on each other.

“We want to make sure that there is no veteran left that feels alone and we want to make sure they know that we are here for community, support and for brotherhood,” Graves said. “We have created a community of brotherhood and support that wasn’t there before.”

Fresno State student-veteran Devon Mathis is a charter class pledge at Omega Delta Sigma. Mathis was president of the veterans club at Porterville City College and notes the difference between a club and a fraternity.

“With a club, you don’t have to be there. It is not mandatory, but with a fraternity you know everyone is dedicated and committed,” Mathis said.

“It’s a brotherhood, these guys have my back and I have theirs.” “ W h e n yo u ’ re i n [ t h e military], you have ‘Battle Buddies.’ These guys, my brothers, are my ‘Colle ge Battle Buddies,”’ Mathis said.

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The frater nity’s mission follows that of the National Veterans Frater nity where “gallantry and camaraderie during military service is the foundation for this collegiate brotherhood.”

“We founded the fraternity because we recognized that there was a lack of the brotherhood that is very prevalent in all the military services,” Graves said. “The main goal is to create a community of veterans within the Fresno State collegiate arena to be able to connect them and be able to support each other when they are facing difficulties.”

Graves added that studentveterans face more struggles than the typical college student and therefore have different needs. The fraternity is at work to ensure these needs are met and is currently in the process of recruiting five members in an effort to build its community and support system.

Sumagang, who is now president of the United Sorority Frater nity Council (USFC) is proud that he has helped broaden opportunities for student veterans.

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'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,' the newest and greatest edition to the COD series

By Dylan Patton The Collegian "Call of Duty: Moder n Warfare 2" was a great game.

It had some impressive graphics and a gripping story-line. A terrorist, Vladimir Makarov, executed a terrible act of violence and managed to frame the U.S. for the action. Russia then declared war on the U.S. A few brave soldiers stood up and tried to stop the war.

However, the cliff-hanger ending left a lot of gamers frustrated.

"Call of Duty: Black Ops" was released, but still questions remained unanswered.

Where is Vladimir Makarov?

When do I get to kill that guy?

Well now the wait is over.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3," the latest installment, answers all question you may have had that were previously left unanswered.

Russia has not continued its war on the U.S., but has now declared war on Ger many, London and France. As armed forces from all over the world are fighting back, Captain Price and his friend and partner "Soap" McTavish are looking for terrorist Vladimir Makarov.

Like most COD games, you switch between and fight alongside many characters.

T hese i n cl u de U. S . D e lt a Force soldiers, "Sandman," and "Frost." SAS (Special Air Service) troops, as well as

Price and Soap.

The campaign missions will send players across the globe.

You start in New York, from there you go to India, Africa, Germany, London and finally the Arabian Peninsula.

The missions are intense.

The first mission has you fighting through the streets of New York. From there you make your way to the Stock Exchange.

Later, you'll find yourself boarding then escaping from a submarine. In later missions, you'll find yourself manning a fully armed drone, gunning down enemies with a gatling gun aboard a helicopter and using an underwater craft.

As you fight through the campaign, you find yourself closer and closer to getting Makarov. Will you finally be able to bring this terrorist to justice? Will the war with Russia end in peace? Or will evil prevail?

The multi-player option has been improved with a few tweaks. The kill streaks are back, but some new ones added. You can now call in five attack helicopters. You can now use a remote controlled drone that acts as a permanent marker. Another drone is equipped with a mini-gun and grenade launcher. There are now two different styles of kill streaks, "attack" and "support." "Attack" focuses more on rewarding players for achieving kills without dying,

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Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3 is the latest game in the Call of Duty Series. The newest game answers many questions previously left unanswered and also has many new features.

and "support'" keeps your killstreak going even after you die and awards you for the total number of kills.

The "Spec-Ops" mode has returned. There is a new mode, similar to "HALO-Reach" Firefight mode. In this mode, you earn experience points that you can use to buy better equipment to help you fend off the endless waves of enemies.

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Patrick Stump finds life beyond Fall Out Boy

Patrick Stump finds life beyond Fall Out Boy

By Greg Kot McClatchy-Tribune CHICAGO — It doesn’t take a musical genius to read between the notes of Patrick Stump’s first solo album, “Soul Punk” (Island), to realize that the Fall Out Boy singer and songwriter left a few things unsaid in his old band.

Whereas Fall Out Boy focused on pop-rock, blending Stump’s melodies with bassist Pete Wentz’s lyrics, to become one of the more successful bands of the last decade, “Soul Punk” draws heavily on ‘80s dance-influenced pop and R&B. Stump not only played all the instruments on his debut, he wrote the lyrics – if nothing else, it marks a personal breakthrough for a multi-faceted musician and singer who often stood in Wentz’s shadow in Fall Out Boy. When Fall Out B oy we n t o n hiatus a couple of years ago, Stump got to indulge some of the musical

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interests he had to suppress.

“I wasn’t necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn’t get satisfied, desires left wanting,” Stump says. “We didn’t all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences. (Fall Out Boy bassist Joe Throhman) is a metal head, a straight-up hard rocker. I’m sort of an R&B cat, a jazz guy.

Pete (Wentz) is more interested in playing with

words as a lyricist, almost beat poetry, whereas my style is a lot more simplistic, minimalistic. There’s also a lot of folk story-telling influences in what I do — all the things the

band wasn’t into.”

On the last Fall Out Boy album, the 2008 release “Folie a Deux,” Stump says the overblown sound was due in part to his desire to stretch the band’s framework.

“I tried to sneak some things in there to see if anyone would catch it,” he says.

“Like I’d throw in a second guitar track that would basically be funk. It ended up hurting the material, because we’d end up with these almost funky verses, with a normal rocksong chorus. It was kind of schizophrenic.”

The title of “Punk Soul” hints at a pull of opposites too.

“I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop – all these genres that get slapped under the soul genre,” Stump says.

“T hat spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn’t

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fit comfor tably in either world. I thought that would be the most punk-rock thing you could do, to call a record ‘Soul Punk’ and not have it sound like the Buzzcocks covering Otis Redding. To me it’s more about the spirit of it. ‘Punk’ doesn’t mean Mohawks and safety pins. It’s about not conforming.”

Stump’s fascination with ‘80s R&B and dance pop may surprise some Fall Out Boy fans. But he says it’s a part of his musical DNA. “ D r u m s we r e m y f i r s t instrument, my first love,” he says. “I need rhythm, something that moves. So people who were thinking I’d move more in a singer-songwriter direction with this, it’s not natural for me. Rhythm speaks more to me than a guy strumming a guitar.”

His first musical obsessions were from that early MTV era, and he never let go of them, even when he was playing in punk bands in Chicago’s allages scene as a teenager.

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STUMP: ‘Soul Punk’ CONTINUED from page 5 “Back then, I was every bit the indie-rock snob who criticizes my records now,” he says. “I had all the frustration with cliches, the status quo, the easy pop thing. That didn’t mean I don’t like pop. I can’t help but sound like Prince and Michael Jackson sometimes.

The pop music of the ‘80s was such a smart era: (Jackson’s) ‘Thriller,’ (Prince’s) ‘Purple Rain,’ Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance.’

Phil Collins had some great stuff, Peter Gabriel’s ‘So.’ Those are smar t records.

Almost none of those songs are about ‘Baby, let’s get together.’ The majority of those songs, even something lighthearted like ‘The Girl is Mine,’ there is something interesting going on.”

For “Soul Punk,” Stump wanted his lyrics to match the standard set by his ‘80s heroes with some darker-than-usual subject matter: the addict’s confession in “Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers),” the mid-life crisis gone horribly wrong in “Explode,” the recession blues of “Dance Miserable.”

“It’s not autobiographical, but everything is a cathartic reaction to something that I’ve seen or experienced through other people,” he says. “There are serious things I wanted to deal with in these songs through metaphor and stories.

Sometimes you look at what (other artists) aren’t addressing in their music, and you think to yourself, ‘Why can’t I do this in pop music?’”

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Box office gods smile on ‘Immortals’

By Amy Kaufman McClatchy-Tribune LOS ANGELES — “ I m m o r t a l s , ” Re l a t iv i t y Media’s first big-budget bet, battled to the top of the box of fice this weekend, hewing down rivals from Clint Eastwood and Adam Sandler.

T h e f i l m , a n e x p e n s ive 3-D sword-and-sandals epic, claimed the top spot with a solid $32 million, according to an estimate from its distributor. That was enough to fend off Sandler’s cross-dressing comedy, “Jack and Jill,” which took in a decent $26 million. “J. Edgar,” the Eastwood-directed biopic of the longtime FBI director, meanwhile, collected a modest $11.5 million.

“Immortals” marks Re l at iv i t y ’ s b i g g e s t s e l f released opening ever — good news, since the film is also one of the most expensive the company has made to date.

The Ryan Kavanaugh-headed entity spent about $80 million to produce the Tarsem Singhdirected picture and at least $50 million more to market it.

The good start for “Immor tals” comes at an important time for Relativity, many of whose films — including “Machine Gun Preacher” and “Take Me Home Tonight” — have failed to resonate with audiences in recent months.

If the film continues to draw audiences, that may help Relativity in its bid to raise new cash as it seeks to become a well-funded independent studio.

The audience for “Immortals” was composed largely of young males, a demographic that has proved difficult to lure into theaters in recent months. About 66 percent of the audience — 75 percent of which was younger than age 35, and 60 percent of which was male — opted to shell out a few extra bucks to watch the movie in 3-D. “I think the market was a little concerned as to where that demographic was, but this weekend’s result shows that there was pent-up demand for this kind of picture,” said Kyle Davies, Relativity’s president of worldwide theatrical distribution. “I think we’ve got the action-adventure market covered for the next few weeks, but the good news is that we brought in a diverse audience — 70 percent nonwhite. The film played broadly with different races in big and small cities.”

Indeed, the film attracted a diverse crowd, as roughly 35 percent of the audience was Latino. Moviegoers assigned “Immortals” an average grade of B, according to market research firm CinemaScore — the same score that both “Jack and Jill” and “J. Edgar” received this weekend.

“Immortals,” set in ancient Greece and starring future “Super man” Henry Cavill, was produced by the filmmakers behind the 2006 blockbuster “300.”

“Immortals” will fail to generate the kind of revenues that film did, however, as “300” ended up raking in more than

$450 million worldwide. This weekend, “Immortals” opened internationally in 35 foreign markets, collecting an estimated $36 million. The film performed especially well in the United Kingdom, Russia and Greece, claiming the No. 1 spot in each country. Relativity is not self-releasing the film overseas, however — the company presold it to a number of foreign distributors, minimizing the upside if “Immortals” is successful abroad.

“Jack and Jill” is one of the lowest debuts Sandler has had with a broad commercial comedy. In the last decade, most of the actor’s similarly themed films have opened to between $30 million and $40 million.

The opening for “Jack and Jill” is only slightly higher than that of 2009’s “Funny People,” the Judd Apatowdirected comedy about cancer that premiered with about $22 million.

Sony Pictures spent about $79 million to make “Jack and Jill,” which appealed to a 53 percent family audience this weekend. While Sandler’s f i l m s t y p i c a l ly m a i n t a i n strong holds at the box office, a number of kid-centric pictures are opening around Thanksgiving and will present some serious competition.

“All of Adam’s pictures have great multiples,” insisted Sony’s distribution president, Rory Bruer, referring to the figure the first weekend’s g ross is eventually multiplied by. “Heading into Thanksgiving, I think we’ll get a big bump and play out to

a very positive result, because this is a good family choice.”

The film could make up some ground overseas, where Sandler’s big comedies have crossed the $100 million milestone in recent years. The movie, which received a dismal 3 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, grossed $2.7 million in Mexico and Colombia this weekend.

Eastwood’s film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, appealed largely to an older crowd this weekend. About 66 percent of those who saw the picture were older than age 50.

While “J. Edgar” earned the best reviews of any new film released this weekend, critics did not like it nearly as much as some of Eastwood’s other recent movies. In an effort to spread positive word-of-mouth about the picture, War ner Bros. released the movie in seven theaters on Wednesday.

Including those midweek g rosses, the film has now made $11.6 million. “ J. E d g a r, ” w h i c h w a s produced for about $35 million, opened to slightly less than Eastwood’s last film, “Hereafter.” That movie also ear ned middling reviews, debuting last year with $12 million and ultimately collecting $32.7 million domestically.

The film did far better abroad, however, where it grossed $72.5 million. It remains to be seen how “J. Edgar,” which has far more American themes than the supernatural “Hereafter,” will fare internationally.

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Fresno State finishes its fall season

By Angel Moreno The Collegian It has been two weeks since the ‘Dogs have hit the course and Fresno State is back in full-swing preparation for the spring season with interim head coach Alexis Edwards pushing her team to climb another 20 spots in the collegiate rankings during the fall season.

The Bulldogs are currently ranked 88th in Golfstat.com’s NCAA Division I rankings, a 20-place jump since the start of the fall season. Edwards wants her team to match the improvement in the spring as well.

“I don’t think it should be a problem for the girls, but with their playing ability they should have no problem moving up 20 spots,” Edwards said. “With time, effort and practice it should be a nice, fair goal to achieve.”

And that goal isn’t unattainable as the ‘Dogs ear ned two second-place finishes in the four tournaments they competed in during the fall. Fresno State finished second at the Rose City Collegiate Tournament and the Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate, respectively.

The reason for the Bulldogs’ impressive finishes rest on senior Louisa Lies and freshman Madchen Ly. The two have combined for four top-10 finishes this season.

Lies’ return this season was uncertain due to major knee surgery, but she has recovered fully and has taken charge of the ‘Dogs on the green with a 75.75 scoring average.

Ly is a freshman from Clovis High School and the lone recruit for Fresno State this season. She has risen to the occasion with second-place and fourthplace finishes at the Rose City and Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate tournaments, respectively.

Ly leads the team with a 74.92 scoring average after four tournaments.

Edwards recognizes that Fresno State has been consistent in recent tournaments.

“They played very well and were confident,” Edwards said. “Heads held

Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletics’ Keith Kountz

Fresno State finished its fall season at the end of October during the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Now, the ‘Dogs won’t be competing until February at the Stanford Invitaional.

high throughout the event so it’s just keeping that momentum from those tournaments into the rest of the season.”

There is a lot for the ‘Dogs to build off of going into the spring season as they were relatively successful during the fall.

Edwards is confident in her team, but concerned that the players need to carry the momentum into the spring season.

“There’s always up and downs in golf,” Edwards said. “The goal with golf is to figure out how you’re taking that momentum from one tournament, one round, or even one hole or one

shot to everything else in the future.

You have to practice your mental game too. As long as everyone is practicing and doing what they need to then the spring should be a success.”

Lies agreed with her coach that the first three tournaments were her best performances of the season, compared to her final outing at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown where she tied for 70th place and shot a final score of 236 over three rounds.

Born and raised in Germany, Lies grew up around the game of golf and has become the team’s No. 1 player.

She has led the ‘Dogs in scoring average in both her sophomore and junior

seasons, as well as a second-place finish at the Western Athletic Conference Tour nament during her freshman year. Lies was also named second-team All-WAC the past two seasons. Lies realizes that Fresno State’s play in the fall season could dictate how they fare in the spring.

“I think it’s very important to know what we’re capable of now,” Lies said.

“That self confidence you go into a tournament with, you have to keep that going. That’s the only way to win a tournament, if you don’t doubt yourself.”

Fresno State defensive coordinator steps down

By Collegian Staff After giving up at least 41 points in losing efforts for the third straight week, Fresno State football announced that defensive coordinator Randy Stewart has decided to step down effective immediately.

The Bulldogs traveled to New Mexico

State over the weekend and were dropped in a shootout, 48-45, eliminating Fresno State’s chances at receiving a bowl bid. “[Sunday], Randy Stewart has decided to step down as defensive coordinator at Fresno State,” Pat Hill said in a statement. “Together, we looked at our defense over the past year and a half and he said we were making progress,

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but it was not going as we had hoped over the past four weeks and a change was needed.”

Fresno State currently ranks last in the Western Athletic Conference in scoring defense, giving up an average of 37.4 points per game. The Bulldogs also rank 103 out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in total defense.

“Randy will remain an assistant

until his contract terminates, helping in recruiting and film breakdown of upcoming opponents ... Starting [Sunday], Tim Skipper will take over the duties of defensive coordinator.

I feel Tim is one of the truly fine and upcoming coaches in our game,” Hill said.

DOGS: Bowl-game aspirations dashed CONTINUED from page 8 ished the game with 23 carries for 86 yards and two touchdowns, his second consecutive week of less than 100 yards rushing.

With only three minutes left in the game and Fresno State nursing a fourpoint lead, New Mexico State got the ball and put in Christian’s hands to get the win.

Christian would deliver in his second game against Fresno State since he left the program in 2007. On third- andseven, Christian beat the Fresno State blitz and found Rogers for the 37-yard touchdown to give New Mexico State

the 48-45 lead. Christian finished the game going 25 of 43 for 360 yards and two touchdown passes.

The Rogers touchdown would prove to be enough as Fresno State was unable to put any more points on the board. The loss was Fresno State’s first against New Mexico State in the series between the two schools.

With the loss, Fresno State’s bowl chances were dashed for the first time since the 2006 season.

The ‘Dogs will hit the road again next week as they will make the trip to Hawaii to face the third-place team in the WAC.

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Latest loss pushes ‘Dogs out of bowl contention

Photos by Dalton Runberg and Mike Howells / Collegian File Photos

Junior running back Robbie Rouse scored two touchdowns on Saturday. On the right, senior Matt Christian won his first game against Fresno State in the two tries since he has been an Aggie.

By Jerry Huerta The Collegian Going into another Western Athletic Conference game against New Mexico State, Fresno State’s chances of making it to a bowl game were already very slim with losses against the top two teams in the conference in back-to-back weeks.

A couple weeks ago, the ‘Dogs lost a tough game at Nevada, 45-38, and last week were dropped by second-place Louisiana Tech, 41-21.

With two losses in the WAC already, there was a lot at stake in this week’s game against the Aggies as Fresno State needed to win out to have a chance at reaching a bowl game for the 12th time in Pat Hill’s Fresno State career.

C o m i n g i n t o t h e g a m e, New Mexico State had shown marked improvement from last season as it had played two of the top teams close in Hawaii and Nevada. The Aggies lost to the Wolf Pack, 48-34, and to the Warriors, 45-34.

Although the Aggies lost these two WAC games, they have been in every conference game this season so it was expected that Fresno State would be in for a tough time.

New Mexico State started the game off fast with the help of former Bulldog Matt

Christian. The senior found junior wide receiver Kenny Turner for a 29-yard pass to give the Aggies the early 7-0 lead.

Fresno State would answer back with sophomore quarterback Derek Carr leading the ‘Dogs down the field. The drive ended with junior running back Robbie Rouse finding the end zone from six yards out to tie up the score at seven apiece.

The Aggies got on the board again in the beginning of the second quarter with Christian driving New Mexico State down the field. Turner finished off the drive again with another touchdown, but this time it was on the ground with a one-yard touchdown run to give the Aggies the 14-0 lead.

The Aggies’ special teams also put some points on the board in the second quarter when Taveon Rogers shredded the Fresno State kick coverage to the tune of a 99-yard touchdown, giving New Mexico State a 20-10 lead.

With less than five minutes left in the first half, Carr led the Fresno State two-minute offense to perfection, marching the ‘Dogs down the field.

Carr finished the drive off with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Rouse to cut the Aggie lead to 20-17. Carr finished the game going 22 of 34 for 391 yards and three touchdown

passes.

After halftime, the game turned into a shootout starting with Carr bringing the deep ball back to the Fresno State. Sophomore wide receiver Jalen Saunders scored the first touchdown of the second half, but it wasn’t through the air. Saunders turned a 15-yard run to give Fresno State its first lead of the game, 24-23.

On the next drive, Carr found his go-to target Saunders for a 59-yard bomb to extend the lead to 31-23. Later in the quarter, Carr hit Saunders again this time it was of the 64-yard variety to give the ‘Dogs the lead back after the Aggies scored again, 38-31. Saunders finished the game with seven catches for 174 yards and two touchdowns.

New Mexico State answered back on the ensuing drive with Christian driving the Aggies down the field again. Turner would end the drive again with a six-yard touchdown run to tie the score 38-38 before the end of the third quarter.

In the final quarter the scoring slowed down a little, but Fresno State still found the end zone with a little over eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. Rouse would plow his way to pay dirt for a two-yard touchdown run to give the ‘Dogs 45-41 lead. Rouse finSee DOGS, Page 7

Dalton Runberg / Collegian File Photo

Sophomore quarterback Derek Carr had his first big game since earlier in the season, passing for 391 yards and three touchdowns.