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Students celebrate life in death

Voters to fill record number of gov. spots

By Lucerito Salgado The Collegian

By Tom Raum Associated Press

The fifth-year celebration of Día de Los Muertos took place in the Free Speech Area at Fresno State where students, faculty and community members gathered together to celebrate and commemorate the life of their loved ones who have passed away.

T h e t wo - d ay eve n t , o n Monday and Tuesday, consisted of a display of altars, music from a American flutist, workshops, an open mic, and an opening and closing Aztec ceremony.

“Día de Los Muertos is a celebration that goes way back to our indigenous roots in México,” said MEChA President Alicia Orozco. “All the states celebrate it differently, but it’s a celebration of life.”

Orozco said that Nov. 1 is Día de los Angelitos, when people commemorate and honor the life of deceased children and on Nov. 2 of deceased adults.

Día de Los Muertos, which translates to Day of the Dead, is a celebration that not only takes place in different parts of México but also in Latin America countries, especially

Voters on Tuesday selected gover nors in more than two-thirds of the states, the largest-ever number of gubernatorial races on the ballot.

Re publicans sought large statehouse gains to match a hoped-for sweep in Congress.

Democrats braced for losses but looked for some consolation prizes amid the expected rubble: perhaps a win by Democrat Jerry Brown to get his old job back in California, the nation’s most populous state; and an expected win by Democrat Andrew Cuomo in second-most-populous New York to keep in Democratic hands the seat once held by father Mario.

But clearly, this Election Day was not one Democrats were savoring, with antiincumbent fever running rampant and unemployment stuck for months at near 10 percent.

Historically, the party holding the White House has lost around five gover norships in the first midterm election after a new president takes office. Analysts in both parties expected Democratic casualties to be higher this year.

Republicans anticipated a net pickup of at least six and possibly as many as 12. Democrats hoped losses could be held to half that.

Republicans eyed potential gains of governorships now held by Democrats across a wide swath of the industrial Midwest and Great Lakes, from Iowa to Pennsylvania. In addition to having some of the nation’s highest jobless rates, many of these rust-belt states have traditionally been presidential swing states.

The GOP fought hard to increase its foothold in New England, traditionally Democratic turf but t h i s ye a r ve r y m u c h i n play. Republicans sought to claim governorships held by Democrats in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine and to extend GOP reigns in Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut.

Both national parties spent heavily on the race.

The Republican Gover nors Association said it spent $102 million this year, roughly half of it in 10 states it deemed crucial to the 2012 presidential contest: Arizona, Colorado, F lorida, Iowa, Michig an, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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Dancers dressed in traditional outfits performed on Monday and Tuesday night in the Free Speech Area in celebration of Dia de Los Muertos.

in indigenous communities.

This celebration provided an opportunity for people to know more about themselves. “[It] forces people to remember their past, or at least to find out about their past,” said Chicano and Latin American Studies professor Ramón Sánchez. “It also reinforces your identity on a certain level.”

Sánchez said there are obvi-

CAMPUS MAIL CENTER WORKS WITH DISABLED

By Phillip Lochbaum The Collegian Fresno State’s Mail Center may be hidden away from the center of campus, but it is bringing something very unique to the student community, a place that utilizes the help of volunteers who have special needs.

The center, located near the corner of Woodrow and Barstow Avenues, has fulfilled the university’s mail needs for more than 15 years.

“All of the mail from across the world that is coming to Fresno State has to go through us,” said mail clerk Zafar Sumler. “We distribute

all of the mail to every campus department on a weekly basis.”

Operations are carried out

by California State employees, student workers and by Fresno County work program volunteers.

“The volunteers that are sent to us are a blessing,” Sumler said. I have been working with co-workers that are dealing with autism and other special needs for years, and they have become like family to me. It has been truly rewarding to work with these volunteers.”

The Mail Center is one of the only departments on campus that works together

ous differences in how Mexico and the United States celebrate this particular event. “ I n H a l l owe e n yo u a re afraid of the ghost and you are afraid of death, which reflects a big fear in our culture,” Sánchez said. “In Día de Los Muertos, you are not afraid of them, you are inviting the ancestors to come back.”

For the coordinator of the Día de Los Muertos event,

Daniel Mejía, it meant more to him than that. “[It] celebrates the life of our ancestors, those who passed away,” Mejía said.

This event was sponsored primarily by the Aztec Dance Club along with Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán and other organizations.

“Something that we try

with individuals dealing with autism or other mental disabilities.

“These volunteers are not disabled in any way,” Sumler said. “They do not let anything stop them from doing their best, and they will always be found working with smiles on their faces. They do not know how to quit, and I would say that they work as hard if not more than any of us here at the center.”

Budget cuts on campus have become a hindrance for the center with outdated equipment, increasing the reliance on the aid of these volunteers.

“The Mail Center used to be invited to conferences on new and innovative mailing systems in Las Vegas and Anaheim, but now we can’t go because of the budget cuts,” said mail clerk Thai Vang.

Billy Faught has been volunteering at the Mail Center for the last 10 years. Faught has autism, but he has become one of the most essential workers at the mail office.

“Billy is the best person to work with. He can remember everything from how to spell your name down to what you had for lunch that day,” Sumler said.

“I have fun here,” Faught said with a smile.

Volunteers and student workers are in charge of sorting the university’s received mail and making sure that the center is operational for daily use.

“It does not seem like that many people really think of the mail department, but imagine if one post office employee was in charge of delivering all of the mail for the campus, [you] would not get mail for over a week,” Sumler said.

Working together as a team is a high priority for the center. It receives help from new volunteers on a weekly basis from Fresno County.

“I think all of our departments should have programs that involve either students or volunteers with special needs,” said criminolo g y major Melanie Amador. “They should be allowed to become more involved in the campus activities as well. I believe that they would become more comfortable around their peers and that they would feel more like a part of the student community.”

Faculty, students and thepublic are allowed to bring mail packages to the office for shipment. The center can be reached during normal business hours at (559) 278-2941.

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Let’s get radical

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ast night, Republicans, left for dead after the ascendancy of Barack Obama in 2008, reasserted themselves in the U.S. Congress.

Republicans have gained more than 45 seats in the House of Representatives, taking back control from the Democrats, and at least five seats in the Senate, giving the Democrats a slim lead.

Many voters will see this as a repudiation of Obama’s policies, and they would be correct. Many of the administration’s policies have been unpopular, and since the Republicans have opposed virtually every action by the president, they will reap the benefits.

But don’t expect the Republicans to lead any differently.

Democrats and Republicans seem far apart on policy because of their rhetoric. Presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner said “hell no” to the Democrat’s health-care bill; President Obama called Republicans Latinos’ “enemies.”

Democrats are routinely called “socialists” by the tea party right while Republicans are “theocrats” or even “racists” to some on the far-left.

But reality belies this view.

Both parties basically agree on bailouts: They started under the Bush administration, only to be continued under the Democrats. Both parties basically agree on foreign policy: Nobody in either party’s leadership advocates the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from any place on the globe.

Both parties are similar on entitlements: Neither will seriously consider cutting them, and Republicans even opposed Obamacare because it would cut Medicare.

It is not for no reason that America’s major parties are called “Republicratic.”

Many have called for a moderation of our political discourse, asking where our nation’s civility went. This is noble, but if our leaders moderate their words while holding the same identical views, nothing in our country will have changed.

What the United States needs is for its leaders to have moderate words

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accompanied by radical views.

Those pundits pining for a bygone era of political civility are right in their hope for a more moderate tone— partisan bickering should not be a part of our politics. But there should also be evident differences between the parties.

Where is the party that is advocating U.S. bases to be pulled from places like South Korea and Japan, whose people don’t want us there anymore, and Germany, who can defend itself ?

Where is the party that seeks an honest conversation on entitlement spending, realizing that our current policy is unsustainable?

Where is the party that will stop worshiping the idols that are free trade and globalization and work to bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States?

Where is the party that will stop the bailouts and unplug the printing presses in the Federal Reserve?

This party does not exist.

What America needs is not more moderation—we have that in spades.

We need stark choices. No pale pastels, as Ronald Reagan once said, but bold colors.

The Republicans say they’re ready to govern. They say that they have learned their lesson. They say that they will offer up actual solutions to our country’s problems.

Well, Republicans, here’s your chance. I hope you are right. But color me pessimistic.

Do you prefer to buy digital music or CDs? Louie Mouy Mechanical Engineering Freshman “Download. I can’t remember the last time I bought a CD.”

Solomon Her Undeclared Freshman “The last CD I bought was Eminem’s ‘Recovery,’ but I barely buy CDs compared to downloading.”

Lorin Medina Chemistry Junior “It depends on if I have money or not or if I’m at the store and I want it. I buy CDs once in a while. The last CD I bought was ‘Pierce The Veil’ by Selfish Machines.”

Juan Mesa Electrical Engineering Junior “I haven’t bought a CD in 10 years.”

Hair can challenge society’s standards

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omen place a big portion of their self-confidence in their hair.

The New York Times is the latest to confirm this cultural phenomenon. Two weeks ago, writer Dominique Browning chronicled her decision to keep her hair long at mid-age. Standard social conventions imply that after a certain age it is inappropriate for women to wear their hair long, that it is a privilege reserved only for young women.

What Browning wrote, though, flies

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in the face of normalized views of what is and isn’t age-appropriate.

“No one seems to have any problems when a woman of a certain age cuts her hair off,” wrote Browning. “It is considered the appropriate thing to do, as if being shorn is a way of releasing oneself from the locks of the past.”

Those who think short hair on older women is most acceptable hold on to their traditional standard of the way an older woman is supposed to identify herself despite this new take on older women’s identity.

Mothers, famous nitpickers if there ever were any, are especially prone to fuss over their daughter’s hair. There are many times over the course of my childhood when I was forced to get a “trim,” only to come out with a chin-length haircut that I did not ask for.

Browning, by the same token, is still fussed over by her mother at 55, with queries like “Where did you get that shirt? Did you forget your makeup?” She adds that hair is still a common issue between her and her mother, as with my mother and me.

The biggest question this raises is one that women of all ages need to ask themselves: How does my hair reflect me?

Like the clothes we wear and the way we present ourselves, the ability

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to go beyond social norms and wear our hair the way we deem appropriate takes strength that many women lose after a certain age. The social convention that mandates long hair on women is inappropriate after 35 or 40 doesn’t have to be a social convention anymore, and women like Browning who buck tradition and do what they please are, unfortunately, few and far between.

It is normal for most women to fold under the pressure of looking a certain way, of adhering to strict social standards of what is and isn’t acceptable or age-appropriate. The act of rising above, though, suggests a sense of self that most women either lose over time or never had in the first place.

Hair, though most people think of it as a superficial way to measure self-confidence, plays a bigger role in how we women see ourselves than we think.

Whether you’re 20 years old with short hair or a woman in your 50s with gray hair down to your waist, the strength to challenge social conventions, even if it’s just sporting a different hairstyle, is an admirable act indeed. Even if it doesn’t change the world, the chance that it could change even one person’s idea of what’s socially acceptable is a risk worth taking.

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VOTE: Record number IN MEMORY: Day of the Dead of gov. seats to be filled CONTINUED from page 1 Association spent roughly $50 million.

Some 37 gover norships were on the line. Why so many? A coincidental combination of the usual rotation plus races to fill unexpired terms and some states changing their election cycles.

Of these races, 24 were for “open” seats, ones in which no incumbent was running.

Some incumbents were termlimited; others decided not to run in such hard economic times.

In F lorida, Re publicant u r n e d - i n d e p e n d e n t G ov.

Charlie Crist decided to run for the Senate.

Florida’s was among the hardest-fought races in the country, with both parties spending millions on the race between Republican businessman Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink, the state’s chief financial of ficer. Another closely watched race, and one of the fiercest, was in Ohio, where Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland is battling for a second term against Republican

Jon Kasich, a former chairman of the House Budget Committee.

M a ny i n c u m b e n t s wh o chose to run, as did Strickland, faced stiff competition.

Democratic Govs. Chet Culver of Iowa and Deval Patrick of Massachusetts were among this year’s endang ered Democratic incumbents.

In Califor nia, Democrat Brown, currently the attorney general, was in a fierce battle with billionaire Republican Meg Whitman. The for mer CEO of eBay poured more than $150 million of her own money into the campaign, making it the most expensive nonpresidential race in the nation’s history.

T here are cur rently 26 Democratic governors and 24 Republicans.

Governors were directly in the line of fire in high unemployment states, and many had already been casualties of the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. Unlike the federal government, most states can’t borrow to spend or print money.

CONTINUED from page 1 to do with the Aztec Dance Club is to show tradition and culture through our Aztec dance,” said Pedro García, president of the Aztec Dance club. “We are just a subset of a community, Danzantes Yoztaltepetl, which has been here for 15 years. We try to show through dance, through music, through our trajes and through our stories our culture.”

García said that instead of mourning for those who passed away, people should honor their lives.

“You do that by having different altares or altars, where you would have a picture of the person that passed away; a grandparent, an uncle, cousin, a family member, a friend,” said García. “With that, you have things associated with them: their favorite food, their favorite book or poem that represent them, cempasúchil flowers, candles, and stuff that represented them when they were alive.”

On Monday morning, students and faculty members had the opportunity to be part of this tradition by setting up an altar in honor of their loved ones. These altars stayed

until the closing ceremony, which was Tuesday night.

Spanish instructor Isolina Sands has been attending the event for four years and always encourages her students to participate. This year they helped her set up an altar for her son who died in 2003.

Sands said she sees this as a way to remember him.

Sands said she wants to create social awareness about suicide and the importance of this tradition.

shops “Día de los Muertos: Traditions from Oaxaca,” “The Struggle of The Zapatista and Trying to Keep Their Traditions Alive” and “Hueseros and Indigenous Medicine” at the Henry Madden Library.

Be ginning at night, the Aztec ceremony was lead by Los Danzantes Yoztaltepetl, who performed an hour-long session of Aztec dances for those who have passed away. “[The purpose of this event

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n Día de los Muertos, you are not afraid of them, you are inviting the ancestors to come back. ” — Ramón Sánchez, Instructor, Chicano & Latin American Studies

“If we forget our traditions, we forget a big part of who we are,” Sands said.

Students were able to listen to Martín González, a community artist and musician, who played his flute for an hour during the event.

Afterwards, students learned more about the celebration by attending the work-

is] to instill a sense of pride and hopefully get them [students] to learn and continue to be part of this tradition,” said Fresno State graduate student Hector Cerda, who was also one of the dancers.

“Each year it gives us a chance to dance, to celebrate and honor the people who have died in a very healthy way rather [than in sadness],” Cerda said.

On Tuesday afternoon, students were able to listen again to González’s flute songs and gave testimonials and said prayers for those that passed away, sharing their stories about them in the open mic session.

Art major Mauro Carrera, 23, believes that this event has changed his life.

“After coming to Día of Los Muertos celebration [for three years], I was able to meet a lot of people,” Carrera said.

“It affected my life in a lot of ways. I started to do a lot of cool things around here and I got to know a lot of good people.”

Carrera added that as an art student, culture in Fresno is not fully developed to its full potential and events like these provide more cultural awareness in the community.

“In the United States, [Día de Los Muertos Celebration] is an ethnic marker,” Sánchez said. “It’s part of the way Mexican-Americans can find something, a ritual, by which they can identify themselves as a community.”

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NORML club cleans up stereotype

By Phillip Lochbaum The Collegian The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws club at Fresno State treated communities with their time and service this Halloween weekend.

Two volunteers and NORML club president Idell Tarver met at 8 a.m. Saturday t o cl e a n u p a s e c t i o n o f Highway 168 near the Fowler and Bullard off ramps.

The NORML club has been a sponsor in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Adopt-AHighway” program for the last year.

“There are many perceptions about our club, or marijuana smokers in general, as being lazy and not contributing anything to our society,” Tarver said. “The clean up that we do every month has such a drastic effect on the community.”

Tarver has been the president of the F resno State NORML club since the spring of this year.

The campus organization is often judged because of their stance on marijuana, and the hard work by its members goes unnoticed.

“We as a group would like to have more volunteers for the clean-up events,” Tarver said.

“It has been something very rewarding to both our student members and volunteers.”

The three of them picked up everything from cigarette butts to candy wrappers.

“People would be shocked to know how many beer bottles we find by both the on and off ramps,” Tarver said. “It makes us question how many

people are abusing alcohol on the road and why nothing is being done to stop it.”

Volunteers are required by the De par tment of Transportation to wear neon yellow jackets and hardhats.

The department also issues the group a safety video that must be shown to new volunteers prior to scoping the sides of highways.

The early mor ning start time and safety training didn’t have any effect on the eagerness of volunteer Kelly O’Boylan.

O’Boylan is the Information Technolo g y Services liaison for Fresno State’s Health Center and has been volunteering his time in other community programs since the 1990s.

The rain also made clean up conditions harder for the group, but volunteer Ronald Ransom advanced onward to reach the hilltop near the Herndon Avenue on ramp. “ We ’ r e o u t h e r e eve r y month breaking the stereotype of just being a stoner,” Ransom said. “I just like being able to improve the community because a lot of people don’t take the time.”

The club has adopted the section of Highway 168 for the next five years and will be in charge of maintaining its appearance.

“I’d love to see the clean-up program be carried on even after our five years are over,” Tarver said.

The national organization is non-profit, so it depends

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“I really enjoy being a part of these events because I feel better as a human being afterwards,” O’Boylan said.

“We can only do so much in the way to change how people dump their trash, but the NORML club is moving in the right direction.”

The club is responsible for a stretch along Highway 168 that looks small, but the terrain can be challenging to work with.

mainly on students and volunteers that take pride in giving back to local communities.

“We are out here every month because we choose to help,” Tarver said. “We’re reaching out in a time where the smallest good deed goes a long way.”

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Entrepreneurs use online media to their advantage Fresno State students get head start on careers

By Brandy Flores The Collegian Both graduate and undergraduate students at Fresno State have found a new way to take their passion and excitement to a new level, utilizing their education and love of social media to become entrepreneurs before they even exit school.

Sean Chamberlain, a graduate student working on his

master’s in sports psychology, said he and his friend talked about their deep interest in their craft and about one day starting their own business.

T h a t d ay c a m e a b o u t f ive m o n t h s a g o, wh e n Chamberlain decided to start taking the steps necessary to create their business, Over the Edge Sports Psychology Consulting.

“I just pretty much googled and researched everything,”

Chamberlain said. “I’m a gogetter, so I went ahead and did it. I bought the LLC for it; we bought the website, bought everything we needed to start our business. It’s a way for us to do consulting and look more professional with a business behind it.”

Along with getting all the legal paperwork in order, Chamberlain said that one of the things he’s focusing on to help his business grow and become a presence in the community is the constant use of networking.

“We’re part of Fresno’s L e a d i n g Yo u n g Professionals, so it’s a way for us to promote ourselves to Fresno,” Chamberlain said. “We’re part of sportspsychology.com, which is a network for sports psychology consultants, so any type of networking we can find to be a part of if we try.”

While Chamberlain is quickly forming partnerships and building clientele, there are many other entrepreneurs on campus that are still in the process of transferring their passion into a viable source of income.

Hilary Wyckoff, an undergraduate majoring in business administration, is currently in her senior year at Fresno State and has started her own photography business on the web, Hilary Jane Photography.

“I first had the idea when I was in high school,” Wyckoff said. “I would always really

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think about my answer when teachers would ask, ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ I’ve never been able to see myself working for a company for the rest of my life. When I take photographs I capture what I see in nature, the little things, the world around me, and try to inspire others with my vision.”

Wyckoff began her enterprise by using social media, posting her work on Facebook to let family and friends know

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what she was starting. She soon moved to WordPress and created her own webpage to fully showcase her art and got herself business cards to pass out.

Christopher Clark, an electronic media major, also started his own business called Barking Cat Productions.

His company films wrestling matches and creates entrance videos for wrestlers throughout southern California.

Wyckoff, Chamberlain or Clark used Fresno State classes or instructors to help them start or progress with their businesses. However, there are several entrepreneurship classes offered at Fresno State.

Betsy Hays, a public relations professor at Fresno State, previously taught a public relations entrepreneurship class and said that while the class is directed at public relations students, everyone is welcome.

The information given applies to anyone who is interested in becoming an entrepreneur regardless of major or background.

“We go over a lot of client management,” Hays said. “We go over the business side of having a client-related business, billing, proposals, letters of agreement, how to pitch clients, all of that stuff, which is really transferable over into a lot of different industries.”

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20 Guarantee 21 Christmas bulb, e.g.

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57 “Little piggies” 58 Sicilian hothead?

60 Name spelled out in a Kinks song 61 Decorative liquid-holder 62 Added conditions 65 Long weight?

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U.S. actress Julianne Moore receives the Marco Aurelio prize by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino during the awarding ceremony at the Rome Film Festival at Rome’s Auditorium, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

News Briefs

Brief news for the brief attention span NEW YORK (AP) — TV Land is reuniting Mary Tyler Moore with her 1970s sitcom sidekick Betty White.

The network announced Tuesday that Moore will guest star on the second-season premiere of White’s hit comedy, “Hot in Cleveland.” TV Land says the episode will air in January.

Moore’s guest appearance will be the first time she and White have acted on screen to gether since “The Mary T y l e r M o o re S h ow ” we n t off the air more than three decades ago. On that classic

sitcom, Moore was an assistant news producer at a TV station, while White played the host of a homemaking show.

On “Hot in Cleveland,” White plays a landlady to three eccentric best friends from Los Ang eles who move to Cleveland. It also stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick (MA’-lik).

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — T h e O r e g o n S h a ke s p e a r e Festival closed its 2010 season in Ashland with record-breaking numbers for tickets and revenue.

The Mail Tribune reported the festival sold and gave away 414,783 tickets to its plays and brought in nearly $18.5 million in revenue — breaking last year’s record of 410,034 tickets and $17.1 million in revenue.

Officials said the three festival theaters played to 94 percent capacity for the season, up from 89 percent capacity in 2009.

The musical “She Loves Me” was the most popular at 100 percent capacity.

Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” anchored by the strong performance of Dan Donohue in the

title role played to 99 percent capacity.

MONROE, Ohio (AP) — Two Cincinnati artists have been selected to design the replacement for a giant Jesus statue destroyed by lightning last summer.

The 62-foot foam and fiberglass bust of Jesus overlooked a highway in southwest Ohio and was one of the area’s most familiar landmarks. It sat in front of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati. It was destroyed June 14 when a lightning strike

sparked a fire.

The statue was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way its arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown.

The Hamilton Journal News newspaper reported Monday that Steve Brauch (brahk) and Tom Tsuchiya (soo-CHEE’yah) were chosen to design and sculpt a new 51-foot statue depicting Jesus’ full body.

Church officials say the statue should be completed by spring or early summer.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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Head trainer impacts team Head football trainer Tony Hill has worked nonstop this season to rehab injured players

By Jerry Huerta The Collegian During the season, every college football team has to deal with injuries. Sometimes there are numerous amounts of injuries and occasionally there are few.

But for Fresno State this season, there have been a significant number of players who have missed time because of injuries. A.J Ellis, Rashad Evans, Zak Hill, Andrew Jackson, Matt Lindsay, Robbie Rouse, Phillip Thomas and Devon Wylie have each missed at least one game in 2010.

Head football athletic trainer Tony Hill has had his work cut out for him with all of these players missing time, but he’s seen his fair share of injuries.

“Actually, I don’t really think we have that many injuries to be honest with you,” Hill said. “Last year was definitely better, but this is football. It’s a collision sport. You can’t even call it a contact sport it’s a collision sport, and things are going to happen. I don’t think this is all that bad. Actually, when I was a graduate student at the University of Kentucky we had 40 surgeries in one season, so I’ll take that as my bar and we are well below that for the season.”

Even though Hill has not reached the bar set at the University of Kentucky, he still has dealt with injuries. But that hasn’t altered how he works with the players.

“It hasn’t really changed my job,” he said. “I’ve got to have good time management skills by making sure I can

get the time to be with the guys individually [and] work with them and talk with them [to] find out where they’re at mentally and physically and carry out my other duties that I take care of throughout the day as well.”

Depending on a player’s injury, Hill uses certain treatments to get the players back onto the field.

“We work in a step by step fashion everyday and the guys know my drills that I do everyday. We always work on range of motion first, then we work on strength. Then we work on proprioception. You’re setting yourself up for a setback if you don’t incorporate all those three facets of rehab.”

Hill said that some of the treatments he uses to rehab players is myofascial release which eliminates pain and restores motion. Hill also uses an ultrasound machine that helps ease painful joints and muscles. Electric stimulation is used to improve endurance, reduce fatigue and chronic pain.

Hill also indicated the key to recovery isn’t always the physical methods.

More often than not, mental rehabilitation works just as well.

“The biggest thing is having a positive mindset,” Hill said. “I tell the guys all the time having a positive mindset will set you up for a fast recovery. A lot of guys will get down in the dumps, and don’t necessarily have the right mindset. It kind of holds them back from taking that next step to getting back on the field so that is the biggest thing I preach to them.”

After exploding on the scene against Utah State with a career-high 165 yards

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Sopohomore A.J. Ellis has missed two games this season with an injured toe, but after nearly a month of rehab, Ellis is starting to return to form after seeing action against San Jose State.

rushing and two touchdowns, running back A.J. Ellis missed two games after injuring his toe against Ole Miss. Ellis said he has been impacted by Hill and has taken his advice. “[I’ve done] everything the trainers have told me to do,” Ellis said. “I went to the store and bought a bucket and I’ve been filling that up with ice and water and have been sticking my foot in that every night. And just all the rehab and everything they tell me to do to try to get back.”

Ellis also acknowledges who has helped him get back on the field.

“I give him [Tony Hill] a lot of credit, he just tells me what to do,” Ellis said.

“He gives me all the exercises, everything to get my toe strong.”

Evans is another player who has battled through injuries this year. The redshirt sophomore injured his hamstring earlier in the year and has been

trying to play through the pain.

He has gotten back on the field with some extra motivation. “[I’ve rehabbed by] going in the training room three times a day,” Evans said. “It’s not fun sitting out watching your team. It kind of feels like you are letting [your teammates] down. Deep down you know you want to be out there with your team, so its motivation to go out there to get healthy faster.”

Even though the team has been plagued by injuries, Evans knows that it still hasn’t stopped the way they prepare for each game. “[Injuries] don’t really hurt the gameplan at all,” Evans said. “People just got to step up and fill their spot in the gameplan. Our backups are going to do the same things as the starters do.

That is their time to prove it. I got my first shot because someone got hurt so that’s just how it works.”

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Under first-year head coach Sonny Dykes, the Louisiana Tech defense is allowing 29.4 points per game

TECH: Defense has struggled at times this season CONTINUED from page 7 think, does really good on defense [is that] they been a good tackling team,” Hill said.

Despite seeing improvements in the last three weeks, the Tech defense has struggled in many games this season.

The defense has given up 35 or more points in five games in 2010, including a season-high 49 points to No. 3 Boise State just last week.

The Louisiana Tech secondary is also allowing opposing quarterbacks to complete more than 62 percent of their passes for 18 touchdowns.

Although the Tech defense has struggled and played well at times this

season, Hill stressed that the game in Ruston, La., will be challenging, especially with it being the longest road trip of the year.

“They’ve got talent,” Hill said. “They always had good talent. Not only are they talented, but these cross-country trips are always tough.”

The Louisiana Tech defense might be able to disrupt the Fresno State offense, but Hill said that for the first time this year the receivers and running backs are all healthy.

Louisiana Tech hosts the ‘Dogs on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Joe Aillet Stadium in the annual Battle for the Bone game.

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f he can not practice and play this year, he is eligible for a redshirt year because he played as a true freshman.”

– Pat Hill, head coach

On Devon Wylie’s status for the remainder of the season

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Bulldogs make the grade Fresno State football Graduation Success Rate reaches an all-time high 89 percent

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian With all the national recognition Fresno State football has amassed this past decade, the Bulldogs are starting to make some noise in the classroom as well.

In his recent weekly Monday morning press conference, head coach Pat Hill, who is currently in his 14th season as the Bulldog leader, announced the NCAA Graduation Success Rate for 2003-04 season of 89 percent, 10 percent better than the national average. The rates are tallied and announced every six years.

The number is easily the highest total in Hill’s tenure since taking over the program in 1997, a year to forget 13 years ago for Fresno State football academics.

“We’re really proud of the changes we’ve made here academically,” Hill said. “I still carry the same newspa-

per I take into all the houses with me from 1997 when Fresno State was rated the worst in the country in graduation rate.”

That newspaper reported Fresno State of having a graduation rate was a dismal 33 percent, but has since nearly tripled. The dramatic increase has given Hill some extra selling points when entering homes on the recruiting trail.

“It helps a lot,” Hill said. “But you know the number one thing that I say to parents when I’m in the house, the only graduation rate that you should care about is your son’s. Just as long as you’re 100 percent at your house, that’s all that matters.”

Hill credits former Fresno State special teams coordinator John Baxter, who is in his first season as USC’s special teams coordinator, for much of the rise in academic numbers and graduation rates. Baxter implemented what is known as the Academic Gameplan,

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Kicker Kevin Goessling is a prime example of academics and athletics after receiving both Academic All-WAC and first team All-WAC honors in his two years as a starter.

a time management program that Hill said helps prepare his athletes for life after football.

During Baxter’s 12 seasons with Fresno State, academics became a priority for the program, not an afterthought. Although the process has been time consuming, Hill said upperclassmen leadership has changed the makeup in the locker room from strictly football to student-athlete.

“All of the sudden it became OK to be a good student,” Hill said. “We had to change the culture of what was important. It has taken time. It took us time to do it, but it’s been established and now when young kids come in the older kids do a great job of making sure they understand that it’s serious around here.”

While Hill insisted that academic success does not exactly correlate to on-field execution, the program has caught the nation’s by eye not only in academics, but on the field as well.

Over the course of the past decade, Fresno State football ranks 18th nationally in wins and 24 former Bulldogs are on current NFL rosters.

Through the years, Fresno State has proven to be an academic anchor in the Western Athletic Conference, produc-

ing 18 academic All-WAC performers, a record in the history of the conference for a decade. Five players were nominated for academic All-American honors last season as well with Andrew Jackson, Ben Jacobs, Kevin Goessling, Bryce Harris and Lorne Bell.

Fresno State’s academic success is just a small portion of an ongoing trend spreading across the country in all sports. The NCAA’s web site reported a Division-I record high 79 percent national GSR, which began in 2003. Although Fresno State football is well above the national GSR average, rival Boise State, who has dominated the WAC this decade and is currently ranked fourth in the BCS Standings, is below the national line at 65 percent.

Stanford, Iowa and Virginia Tech are the only schools in the BCS top-25 that are at or over the national average. The entire BCS top-10 is below 79 percent.

“I’d like to say we’re very, very proud of that here at Fresno State,” Hill said.

“For my first six years I had to go into houses and defend what we were going to do for young men when they came to Fresno State... I look to see another good [year] in the 80s, hopefully next year.”

By Vongni Yang The Collegian

“Their linebackers are probably, as a set of linebackers, as a good [as any] we played this year,” Hill said. “They remind me a lot of Mississippi’s [linebackers], they can really run. Maybe not as tall, but they can really run and they tackle really well.”

Junior linebacker Adrien Cole leads an improved Louisiana Tech defense that has forced 14 turnovers this season with eight fumble recoveries and six interceptions. Cole, a 2009 firstteam All-WAC performer, leads the team and is third in the WAC in tackles with 66.

“Their linebackers are back in tact,” Hill said. “They’re a good football team.

Athletically, [they are] a very good football team, they always are. Louisiana Tech is always very gifted physically.”

The trio of linebackers–Cole, Jay Dudley and Solomon Randle–have combined for 159 tackles through eight games.

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Ryan Colburn and the Fresno State offense has not faced a quality defense since a 49-27 home loss to Hawaii nearly a month ago.

But against Louisiana Tech this Saturday, head coach Pat Hill believes that the Bulldogs will be tested offensively after playing against a pair of struggling defenses in their past two games–New Mexico State and San Jose State–are currently ranked 118th and 107th respectively in total defense.

“I think they’re playing very well [on defense], they lost one outstanding player who was drafted I think in the third round,” Hill said of Louisiana Tech. “I think they’re a good football team. Defensively, they’re very good.”

Louisiana Tech’s record might be a dismal 3-5, but Hill insists that the linebacking corps for Louisiana Tech will be the most athletic group the offense has faced since a road loss to Mississippi.

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