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Court upholds immigrant law Ohio State upset by bomb threat

Undocumented ASI president and other students to be affected

By Ana Mendoza The Collegian The Califor nia Supreme Court ruled on Monday to preserve Assembly Bill 540, Califor nia’s state law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition.

This ruling will affect Associated Students, Inc. Pedro Ramirez, also undocumented, who is serving as the Fresno State ASI president without pay.

T he Colle gian recently received an anonymous e-mail questioning the legal status of Pedro Ramirez. Ramirez confirmed this information.

Ramirez will not be the only one to benefit from the ruling.

According to the Los Angeles Times and KMPH Fox 26, AB 540 will benefit 231 Fresno Sate students and 25,000 stu-

dents in California.

These students will continue to pay $2,115 per semester. If the law was repealed, undocumented students would pay out-of-state tuition, which is almost doubled.

As an AB 540 student, Ramirez cannot receive federal or state aid. Because of his legal status he cannot be employed in the United States.

R a m i re z s a i d t h at A S I administrators were aware that he would not be paid for the ASI position, but he willfully accepted it as a volunteer position.

There has been speculation that the university is paying Ramirez through ASI scholarships. Ramirez denied such speculation as being false. He affirmed that he signed a legal

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Protesters in October hoped to persuade the California Supreme Court to keep Assembly Bill 540 in place.

By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press

UHS moves into new building

By Alexandra Zentner The Collegian

August 27, 2009

January 20, 2010

After months of construction and years of planning, the students at University High School will experience a major change when they attend their classes on Thursday, Nov. 18, in the newly completed building next door to the Smittcamp Alumni House.

Students will attend class as normal on Tuesday, Nov. 16. However, after the completion of the school day, teachers will finish packing up their personal items in their classrooms and moving trucks will begin to move everything into the new building, according to Head of UHS, James Bushman.

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t’s one thing to see this sketched on paper, but to see it finished, I’m more than pleased with it now than I was before. ” — James Bushman, Head, University High School

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The move in date for faculty and teachers is today.

Classes will be cancelled for students as the staff of UHS moves their items into their new classrooms and offices.

Teachers will have the day to move all of their belongings before instruction resumes on the following day.

Volunteer opportunities were extended to students to help assist in the move. Any student that assists in the

move will be able to select from one of the many lockers that are included in the new building earlier than students that did not help, according to sophomore Karla Timbang.

Bushman said the moving process happened in various stages. During the first week in November, large items like desks and fur niture were moved into the new school.

That was followed by teachers beginning to pack up their classrooms in preparation for the move, according to several UHS students.

Bushman, who joined the staff of UHS four years ago during the planning stages of the project, expressed a mixture of excitement and anxiousness when asked about the move.

“It’s one thing to see this sketched on paper, but to see it finished, I’m more pleased with it now than I was before,” stated Bushman.

Throughout the construction process, Bushman had spent many days on the job site insuring that the work being done would not only benefit the students but also allow for the teachers to teach in the best way they can. The end result is a building in which Bushman feels accentuates the campus of Fresno State.

As students move into their new building, they will notice several things. One of the most exciting things for the students at UHS is the creation of three band rooms.

Previously, band members had to share a multi-purpose room with physical education classes.

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O h i o S t a t e U n ive r s i t y reopened two labs Tuesday night that were targeted in a bomb threat that prompted the school to close four buildings, including the main library, and three streets, disrupting campus life for hundreds of students, staff and faculty.

The library and a third lab were scheduled to reopen later Tuesday. No bombs were found in the two buildings that were reopened, and an earlier search of all four turned up nothing out of the ordinary, officials said.

The threat was in a message received Tuesday at FBI headquarters in Washington, said Paul Bresson, a spokesman based there. The bureau had several leads and was continuing to investigate, its Cincinnati spokesman, Michael Brooks, said late Tuesday.

Ohio State is one of the nation’s largest universities, with more than 56,000 students at its main Columbus campus.

Campus police said they were alerted at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday that the threats involved the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library and three laboratory buildings.

Authorities did not identify the source of the bomb threats. Bresson declined to provide infor mation about where the e-mail appeared to come from or whether the FBI believed the threat was real.

University of ficials did not give details on the nature of the threats and declined to speculate on why the four buildings were targeted.

“It’s a little wor risome.

Maybe there won’t be a warning next time,” said Todd Elder, 21, a psychology major from Columbus.

Staff members outside one of the labs had thought they were being evacuated for a routine fire drill. Many left purses, coats and car keys in their offices and were stuck waiting for hours in the cold rain as investigators went through the buildings with bomb-sniffing dogs.

Art history professor E. Okechukwu Odita was stranded because his car was parked behind police tape.

“I appreciate what they are doing. We don’t want the whole place to blow up,” Odita said as he waited on a bench near the labs.

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U.S. audiences still love ballet

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s of Tuesday night, The New York Times featured eight stories about ballet on its Dance webpage, furthering my excitement about the upcoming Christmas season and the various ballets that come with it.

“The Nutcracker,” the always popular winter classic, and “The Black Swan,” a dark film yet to be released about a professional ballerina’s journey through her career, are both subjects of discussion on The New York Times’ website. Both performances, while each a portrayal of ballet, illustrate drastically different sides of one

of the most graceful forms of dance to ever cross the stage.

My own experience with ballet as a little kid wasn’t dark by any means, but growing up taking dance lessons nearly every week for nine years will show you both the highs and lows of a career in dance. On one hand, if you’re good enough, you’ll travel the world dancing beautifully choreographed ballets. On the other hand, negative elements that sometimes accompany a dancing lifestyle, like eating disorders and the pressure to be the best, are often too much to take.

The New York Times’ Alastair Macaulay reported in his most recent article that American audiences have continually loved “The Nutcracker” since its first American performance in 1940 in New York. This ballet, while written for an old-world Russian audience 118 years ago, has become such an ingrained part of American culture (at least at Christmas) that ballet in general became a subject of fascination for many Americans. After all, don’t American audiences love a good dance movie?

However, American fascination with ballet isn’t limited to dance films and “The Nutcracker.” Ballet-infused bridal fashion made its way into Martha Stewart Weddings magazine last year, and Teen Vogue features upand-coming ballerinas training in New York from time to time.

Not to mention that Natalie

Portman’s role in “The Black Swan,” which comes out in theaters on Dec. 3, is a role that explores the darker aspects of ballet. Pressure to beat the competition is stressful in any field, of course, but the specificity and intensity of ballet is incomparable to most forms of dance out there. Mental breakdowns, while not as frightening as the one Portman’s character has in the film, happen more often in ballet than they do in most mainstream sports.

Growing up taking dance lessons, at least from my perspective, was a fun activity that most of my friends did with me. Unfortunately, dance is generally one of those things where if you’re not good enough or you can’t take the pressure, you get out early.

That’s what I did (but not for lack of sanity, mind you). Although ballet is a pressure-filled form of dance, it was still an extremely rewarding hobby that I was passionate about for many years. Although dance isn’t a part of my life anymore, it’s still something I appreciate seeing in any form.

Thankfully, I live in a country where ballet is greatly celebrated and I get to indulge my ballet craving every Christmas.

In this day and age, where MTV and blonde techno-pop singers rule American culture, I’m just glad that we still have ballet as a part of our culture, even if it’s really only celebrated at Chrismastime.

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Gerardo Torrez Earth Science Senior “I plan on going if they start winning. I support them at first but if they start winning I’ll go. I don’t like to watch my team lose. It’s kind of depressing.”

Ignacio Lopez Undecided Sophomore “No, not really. I’m not a basketball fan.”

Nancy Cadena Pre-Nursing Sophomore “I don’t think I’m going to go cause I’m not into basketball that much.

I’ll play every now and then, but I’m not that into it.”

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Earmark elimination won’t save budget

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ongress’ much-maligned spending on earmarks, derided by activists as “pork-barrel spending,” will be the first casualty of the Tea Party Congress when the next Congress is inaugurated in January.

The rabid conservative base of the Republican Party has long called for the end of earmarks, a practice of directing funds on a particular bill toward specific projects in congressmen and women’s districts and states, and now they have it—many House and Senate Republicans have agreed to a moratorium on earmarks.

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members of Congress, has agreed to the moratorium. President Barack Obama, of all people, supports the ban.

Critics of earmarks label them wasteful, citing the oft-cited “Bridge to Nowhere,” and calling them representative of Washington D.C.’s addiction to spending taxpayer’s hard-earned dough.

Senator Jim Demint, a Tea Party favorite, said, “If we can’t decide as a federal government that it’s not our job to pave local parking lots and build local museums, then we don’t understand what constitutional limited government is.”

Senator Tom Coburn claimed that eliminating earmarks “is an important step toward getting spending under control.”

With respect to conservatives and Tea Partiers in general, with whom I have much sympathy and agreement, they are just plain wrong on this issue.

Eliminating earmarks is a purely symbolic gesture, and does little to actually cut into the budget deficit.

According to Coburn, Congress spent $16.1 billion during the 2010 fiscal year, which is about 1 percent of the United States’ $1.4 trillion budget deficit.

Cutting 1 percent of the deficit is not what I would call “getting spending under control.”

Talk of limiting earmarks is a distraction from more pressing matters, like the looming entitlements crisis. According to The Heritage Foundation, spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will

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consume all government revenues by 2052. The budget will never be balanced without entitlement reform.

Also, earmarks actually help people.

McConnell, in his statement announcing his support for the moratorium, admitted as much, saying, “Make no mistake, I know the good that has come from the projects I have helped support throughout my state.” That some earmarks are wasteful is not an indictment of the entire practice—some are very helpful to their communities.

Earmarks also contribute to the constitutional concept of separation of powers. When congressmen and women earmark funds to a bill, it gives Congress a say in appropriating the money, which is what they are constitutionally required to do anyhow. Without earmarks, the executive branch could appropriate money where it wants at a whim—without the accountability that Congress has.

Only Republicans are taking part in the ban, meaning Democratic members of Congress can still use all the pork they want. Thus, no money will be saved, and Democrats will receive all of the benefits. This does not sound like a smart political strategy.

Balancing the budget should be the aim of the incoming Congress, not passing symbolic measures that accomplish nothing of consequence.

Tea Party candidates were accused during the election season of not knowing how to govern. Their first move has not repudiated that charge.

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“It was so crowded,” Raphael Geddert said, a sophomore at UHS who later added that the room had the “worst acoustics” for the band to practice in.

Geddert’s fellow band members and sophomores Greg Bellis and Jason Holiday nodded in agreement as he expressed his feelings about the old room.

Bushman echoed the frustration felt by band members.

“During the day, the PE classes would use the multi-purpose room and the band instruments would be set to the side of the room,” Bushman said.

“And then at night, the room would be changed to accommodate the band members.”

“At one time we would have six different band sections trying to play in this [multi-purpose] room.” Bushman stated.

The new building will now boast three separate rooms for the band, choir and physical education classes to take place in. In addition Bushman said

the school would have its own weight room, yoga room and a modified gym for students.

But students are not the only ones that are benefiting—teachers are also finally g e t t i n g t h e i r ow n t e a ch ers’ lounge where they can meet and relax in a way they couldn’t before.

“To have an actual lunchroom where teachers can eat their lunches is an exciting thing,” Bushman said.

All these amenities, common in many other high schools, has Bushman hopeful about the possibilities this fresh structure holds.

“Having these things meant asking ourselves questions we hadn’t asked ourselves before and has now given us the opportunity to do exciting things,” Bushman said.

A formal dedication of the school will be held for the public on Nov. 30 and will also include self-guided tours of the completed building.

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Ramirez decided to take the position because he wanted to make a positive difference for

dent,” Ramirez said.

“I’m going to g raduate soon,” he said. “What am I going to use my degree for?

And in the next few weeks they will be voting on the only hope that I have,” Ramirez said, referring to the DREAM Act.

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or me, it’s an emotional issue. Not a whole lot of people know that I am undocumented. A lot of people I go to class with...students, faculty, staff and staff administrators think I’m a normal student. ” — Pedro Ramirez, President, Associated Students, Inc. students at Fresno State.

“I thought I could make a possible impact to clean up the organization and use whatever resources and power that we have to benefit the stu-

The Development, Relief a n d E d u c at i o n fo r A l i e n Minors Act will be discussed during the lame-duck session in Congress. If passed, it will give many high school undoc-

umented students who are qualified the option of joining the military or attending higher education and be considered eligible for legalization.

“It’s almost like a cruel joke, a cruel reality for these students when they have invested thousands of dollars that were very hard to come by because they cannot work legally in the U.S,” Cesar Sanchez said, ASI vice president of finance.

AB 540, known as the state DREAM Act, was passed into law on October 12, 2001.

The bill allowed all students regardless of their legal status to pay in-state-tuition.

“I live by that law, it’s the reason why I’m here, it’s the reason not just me, but a lot of students are here,” said Ramirez about AB 540.

The lawsuit was made by 42 students and by Kris Kobach, one of the many authors behind the Arizona immigration law. The students claimed that AB 540 was violating the 1996 Illegal Immigration Refor m and Immig ration Responsibly Act, which states that undocumented individuals should not be g ranted rights if legal residents or citizens are not given the same right.

The students claimed that the law was unjust to the residents and citizens because out-of-state documented students had to pay more money for than undocumented students who lived in California.

“For me, it’s an emotional issue,” Ramirez said. “Not a lot of people know that I am undocumented. A lot of people I go to class with…students, faculty, staff and staff administrators think I’m a normal student.”

Ramirez affirmed that he arrived in the U.S. when he was three years old and that he found out his legal status when he tried to join the military.

“But I have been hiding in the shadow, I have been hiding part of me since I was in high school,” he said. “I found out… when I was about to graduate.”

Ramirez is coordinating an event in the Free Speech Area this Friday from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. to support the DREAM ACT. He hopes to have several university officials in attendance.

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Maddy Students swing their way to an ‘A’ Institute deadline Friday

By Oscar Perez The Collegian To get paid to live four blocks away from President Barack Obama was exactly what political science major Andrew Bishop was given the opportunity to do when he traveled this past summer to Washington, D.C. as an intern for The Maddy Institute.

The Maddy Institute is about citizen participation, government leadership and policy analysis. It's also a way for all majors to learn how local, state and federal legislative governments operate. “Our goal here [at The Maddy Institute] is to engage Fresno State students in public service and encourage them to become future leaders,� Ian Wieland, The Maddy Institute program coordinator, said.

Bishop was able to intern for Senator Dean F lore z’s office in the spring of 2009 and for Congressman George Radanovich in Washington, D.C. this past summer. “What I lear ned in both inter nships is something I know I wouldn’t have learned anywhere else,� Bishop said.

Mass communication and jour nalism major Cassidy Smith was also able to intern i n Wa s h i n g t o n , D. C . f o r Cong ressman Jim Costa’s office last summer. “I think it was really neat to experience our nation’s Capitol as a student,� Smith said. “I got to go there and see the things that I had been learning about in my political science and history classes.

Smith said that there is no better place that she would have rather lear ned about our country’s history and our laws and policies than in our nation’s Capitol. “ I t w a s a r e m a rk a b l e experience to be able to see the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and be in the middle of everything I hear people talking about all the time,� Smith said.

The Maddy Institute gives students the opportunity to intern in legislative offices not only in Washington, D.C., but also throughout the Central Valley and Sacramento.

History and political science graduate Andrew Madden was given the opportunity to intern for City of Clovis this past spring. “The things I lear ned through my inter nship are invaluable and I learned more than just book stuff, I learned reality," Madden said.

Students who are interested are required to turn in an application to the Maddy Institute office by this Friday, Nov. 19. The Maddy Institute office is located in the Thomas Administration building.

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The swing dancing class, KAC 13, encourages both men and women of all majors to enroll. The class will be offered next semester, same day and times.

By Mia Munoz The Collegian Every Monday and Tuesday on ABC, millions of viewers watch celebrities compete in "Dancing with the Stars."

Since its start in 2005, it has quickly become a television phenomenon.

With the popularity of the show, there’s also an increase of interest in different styles of dancing. Fresno State has always offered dance classes, but one in particular has become more appealing to students since shows like "Dancing with the Stars"—the swing dance class.

T h e r e a r e t wo c l a s s e s o f f e re d t h i s s e m e s t e r by instructor Kim Morund on Mondays and Wednesdays

from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and the other one right after from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Morund grew up here and has taught ballroom dancing for about 25 years and she has taught dance classes at Fresno State for 11 years. Within the last couple of years, there has been an increase in enrollment in her swing dance classes. Morund credits this change to television shows like "Dancing with the Stars."

She has also seen a definite increase in the number of males that enroll in the class. “They see it on TV and know that it’s OK for guys to dance,� Morund said.

In general, younger generations, such as college-age students, are more inspired because they are becoming more aware of it. It is also a

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Ag ricultural business major Pat Chimienti transfer red from a junior college and this is his first year attending Fresno State. “I took the class because it seemed like fun and a good opportunity to meet people since I just started here,�

Chimienti said. “It has definitely improved my dance moves, I didn’t have any before.�

Students said Morund has a very lively and quirky personality, which puts people at ease and her class is a reflection of that. The class starts off with warm-up moves and throughout the class, boys and girls partner up and she plays different music that they swing dance to. During a song, they switch partners about

two to three times with guys alternating from girl to girl.

Liberal studies major Danielle Esmay is also a fan of "Dancing with the Stars." “Me and my friends always watch the show,� Esmay said. “Out of all of the different dances they do, swing was one that I thought I was capable of doing.�

Morund thinks that students also like taking this class because it goes back to the social aspect with a boy and a girl. It also teaches coordination and rhythm. “It brings people together,�

Morund said. “By the end they all know each other and go out together and dance.�

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International students celebrate cultures International Culture Night featured traditional dances, fashion show

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The Satellite Student Union at Fresno State came alive with vibrant colors and rhythmic music during Inter national Culture Night on Sunday.

The event, which marked its 27th anniversary, served as the kick-off celebration for Fresno State’s International Education Week.

Referred to by organizers as the “one night when the world unites,” the event featured a traditional cultural clothing fashion show, as well as perfor mances by Fresno State students from a number of cultural backgrounds.

“We want to bring students and community members together to show them different cultures at Fresno State and celebrate the diversity,” Fresno State graduate student Ming Xu said.

Xu serves as a finance officer for the Association for the Promotion of International Culture (APIC), which administered and organized the event for the past several years.

Xu also performed at the event with the Malaysian Student Organization.

“Our dance was the Malaysian lion dance, which

mimics the movements of a lion to tell a story,” Xu said.

“The dance and music show a traditional part of our culture.”

While the aim is to entertain, Xu said he and other members of APIC also hope that the audience learns more about the number of cultures at Fresno State.

Eight countries were represented at the event including Mexico, Japan, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Africa, the United States and Egypt.

Shakeya Rhodes, an environmental and occupational health major, performed a traditional African hymnal piece with colleagues from the B.D.X. Dance Express.

Rhodes said she felt inclined to perfor m at Inter national Culture Night because she wanted to represent and express African culture.

“Our performances might inspire people to find out more about what we’re about and the history of African culture and how it influences the present,” she said.

Fresno State’s International Education Week events will continue until Friday, Nov. 19.

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Congratulations to Club & Organization Advisor of the Month Winner (October 2010) Dr. Kara Zografos Club Advisor, Student Public Health Association

Dr. Kara Zografos is the advisor of the Student Public Health Association (SPHA) and was nominated by her students.

Below are some comments made by some of the students within SPHA:

"Dr. Zografos does more than just attend meetings, she volunteers side by side with club members and is never too busy to assist with club activities."

"She is more than just an advisor; she is someone members could turn to for advice and complain to when situations become tough."

In receiving this award Dr. Zografos will receive an automatic nomination for the Club and Organization Advisor of the Year Award which will be announced at the Leadership Recognition Ceremony taking place Thursday, April 28th at 3 p.m. In addition Dr. Zografos will receive a $25 gift card to the Kennel Bookstore.

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Milk Can defines rivalry’s history

By Vongni Yang The Collegian With a Western Athletic Conference title no longer on the line against Boise State, the Fresno State football team still has something to play for on Friday night in Idaho: the Milk Can Trophy.

In 2005, a group of local dairymen from both the Fresno and Boise areas came together to establish a traveling trophy that was awarded each year to the victors of the game.

Visalia dairyman and donor Roger Fluegel and his group of followers

wanted to add a sense of substance and uniqueness to the newly formed Western Athletic Conference rivalry by awarding a trophy that related well to both areas.

“Its kind of a combination with Pat Hill because the team represents the Valley and agriculture by having a ‘V’ on the back their helmets,” Fluegel said. “So we wanted to add to that by creating the Milk Can.” According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, California is the nation’s leading dairy state while Idaho is the third largest milk producing state in the country.

Fluegel said that they decided on the Milk Can as a trophy because it defines the region where each school resides.

“The Milk Can is a symbol of Fresno and Boise because the dairy industry is one of the biggest industries in both states,” Fluegel said.

The football series between Fresno State and Boise State started in 1977 when the Bulldogs were playing in the Pacific Coast Conference Association and the Broncos were a member of the Big Sky Conference.

In their first-ever meeting, the ‘Dogs trounced the Broncos 42-7 and won the

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between the two schools in Fresno and presented the trophy to university officials and players, but the trophy wasn’t officially integrated into the rivalry until after that season.

“In 2006 it became officially a part of the series,” Fluegel said.

Boise State has owned the series since Fresno State’s 27-7 victory in 2005. Since then, the Broncos have won four straight and have held onto the Milk Can during that streak.

The all-time series currently stands at 8-4 with Boise State winning eight of the last nine games.

he Milk Can is a symbol of Fresno and Boise because the dairy industry is one of the biggest industries in both states.”

— Roger Fluegel, Milk Can donor

next two games in 1984 and 1996. Both schools would not meet again until Boise State became a member of the WAC in 2001. That year, the Broncos galloped into Bulldog Stadium and upset the David Carr-led Fresno State team that entered the game with a No. 8 national ranking.

Both teams would continue play as conference members from 2002-04 before the Milk Can trophy was created.

“We bought the can and started it as a way to enhance the rivalry,” Fluegel.

Fluegel and his group of tailgaters brought the Milk Can to the 2005 game

Although the Milk Can trophy hasn’t been a part of the entire series, its unique from different traveling trophies that is awarded throughout the country.

Following the game, the players on the winning team each have their names engraved onto the Milk Can. “We used that as an example to give the game more of a meaning and a sense of history.”

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BASKETBALL HOME OPENER The Bulldogs host a doubleheader today beginning with the women’s team at 6:00 p.m. and conclude with the men’s team at 8:00 p.m.

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‘Smurf Turf ’ gives opponents fits

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian The Boise State Broncos have a lot of things most teams in major college football do not have, including an AllAmerican under center, the reining Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year and a national-leading 23-game win streak.

The program also has something no team in the Football Bowl Subdivision can boast, and it is making life a lot more difficult for opposing coaches: a blue playing surface.

The Broncos’ blend of uniforms and playing surface has forced coaches into film study overtime in an effort to slow down Boise State’s elite combination of offense and defense, making it arguably the top non-automatic qualifying team in the past decade.

Since 1999, the Broncos have posted an unsurpassed 71-2 record in Bronco Stadium. Boise State’s last conference loss was by way of a 27-7 defeat to head coach Pat Hill and Fresno State. But since that game on Nov. 10, 2005, Boise State has ripped off 60 wins to just four losses, including 31 straight on the infamous Smurf Turf. The Broncos’ last loss on their home field came in the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl to Boston College. Boise State has not lost a regular-season contest at home since falling to Washington State 41-20 nine years ago.

Despite the apparent advantage head coach Chris Peterson and the Broncos have with their abnormal home field, Hill insists it has more to do with the talent filling the blue uniforms rather than the color of the grass.

“It’s really not the blue field and the contrast,” Hill said. “It’s that the guys in the blue jerseys are real good. From a coaching standpoint watching film is difficult because of the blend in. It’s hard to get numbers. They’ve got silver numbers. The preparation time is hard. Once you get to the game everybody will see each other that’s—not the problem.”

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Since 1999, the Boise State football team has gone 71-2 in Bronco Stadium. Since the stadium originally opened in 1970, the Broncos have posted an impressive 202-49 record, only having three losing seasons at home in 40 years.

the coaching staff began studying film of Boise State in the early hours of Sunday morning trying to cram two days worth of preparation into one and a half.

“You do whatever you have to do to get prepared,” Hill said. “If you’ve got one less day to do it, you just do it in one less day. So I’d say we’re equal, they’ve just got a little bit more time to get it done.”

In the short week, Hill said he would have his team working substantially on silent counts and audibles in an attempt to neutralize the raucous

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t’s really not the blue field and the contrast. It’s that the guys in the blue jerseys are real good. ” — Head Coach Pat Hill, On Boise State players blending in with the blue field

players on home film, the Boise State statistics are eye-popping on paper.

The Broncos are ranked second in the country in both points for (47.6) and points against (12.8) and are led by the nation’s most efficient quarterback Kellen Moore.

Like last Saturday’s narrow loss at home to Nevada, Fresno State will be competing once again before a national television audience, giving the ‘Dogs plenty of exposure as they try to do what no one has done since the 2008 San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. “(We) get to play, once again, a national TV game against an elite team in the country,” Hill said. “Those opportunities are very, very tough assignments but they are great opportunities if you can go win the game.”

Boise State is coming off a 52-14 drubbing of in-state rival Idaho last Friday, giving Peterson two extra days to prepare for Fresno State. Because this week’s matchup will be played on Friday night, the Bulldogs have to adjust quickly from the heartbreaking loss to Nevada. Hill said immediately following the loss to the Wolf Pack,

32,000 fans that will be in attendance in Bronco Stadium.

Game planning for hostile territories is nothing new to Fresno State, however. The Bulldogs have already played in front of close to 60,000 in Mississippi’s Vaught-Hemingway Stadium earlier this season, and battled in front of 80,000 fans in Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium, one of the rowdiest venues in the country.

“Those fans there are on it from snap to whistle,” Hill said of the Bronco faithful. “They’re on their feet the whole time when you’re on offense.

They don’t just step up on third down.”

But harsh crowds and conditions aside, if Fresno State is going to knock Boise State out of Bowl Championship Series contention, Hill said it will come down to the Bulldogs’ readiness for the tall task.

“It’s going to come down to execution, bottom line,” Hill said. “Preparation.

It’s not about the hype, it’s not about jumping up and down, it’s not about running through a banner, and it’s about executing. And when the play has to be made we’ve got to make it.”