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3 states, D.C. to vote on cannabis reforms Should marijuana be legalized?

• No: 45% • Unsure: 3% • Yes : 52%

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Mary Ann Bellissima, a survivor of cancer, waves her rose during the survivor recognition ceremony at the 2014 Komen Central Valley Race for the Cure on Saturday at Fresno State.

OF HOPE AND REMEMBRANCE

By Nadia Pearl @nadia_pearl_

By Nikki McCabe

Special to The Collegian There’s no finish line when it comes to fighting breast cancer. However, participants at the 16th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure fundraiser reached their goal Saturday, raising $8,775 at Fresno State.

Sharon S. Johnson, executive director for the organization, said it is important to have the event on campus. The fundraiser has been hosted at Fresno State for the past 11 years.

“Having it here has brought a lot of awareness,” Johnson said. “It also has helped build a lot of relationships with different departments on campus. From the NACCP club, to the sororities, the marketing department and the athletic depart-

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Participants in Saturday’s Race for the Cure were awarded honorary medals. The event raised $8,775 for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Commemorating Smittcamp "Because he came from nothing, he always gave back, but never robbed someone’s dignity while providing them with generosity."

— Rev. H. Spees on Earl Smittcamp

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Family, community shares memories of the late Earl Smittcamp at memorial service

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

Family, friends, students and alumni paid tribute to Fresno State alumnus Earl Smittcamp during an emotional, song-filled memorial service Friday at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis.

Hundreds packed inside the church. Chairs and screen monitors were placed alongside the hall and an outside tent with additional monitors was

set up to accommodate the overflowing crowd that came to pay final respects to a man who left a lasting mark beyond the peach trees where he found his initial success as a farmer.

With a family as big as the Smittcamps – four children, 14 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren – family members voted on who would speak on behalf of everyone. Grandsons Brent and Blake Smittcamp and granddaughters Jessica

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Crawl of the dead Zombies infest Tower District in annual pub crawl. P4 OPINION: Happy Holidays, please treat holiday retail employees with respect. P2 NEWS: Pen pal program mentors elementary school students. P3

Three states and the District of Columbia may pass new marijuana laws come Election Day, a potential second wave of cannabis policy reform following legalization in Colorado and Washington state in 2012.

Cannabis initiatives are on the Nov. 4 ballot in Oregon, Alaska, Florida and Washington, D.C. While Oregon and Alaska have proposals on the ballot to legalize marijuana possession, production and sales, Washington, D.C., is voting only to allow possession. All legislation would apply to adults 21 and older.

Florida, on the other hand, is voting to legalize medical marijuana, the first southern state to consider such legislation. Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., already have legislation in place that make the drug legal for medical reasons.

If these new laws pass, how will they affect cannabis legalization efforts in California?

Regardless of results, an initiative to legalize marijuana will be on the California ballot in 2016, said Dr. Dale Gieringer, director of the California chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

“There’s going to be a 2016 ballot initiative in California in any case,” Gieringer said. “Obviously, we hope that some of these state initiatives win, but come hell or high water, we’ll go ahead in 2016.”

If cannabis is legalized in other states, there will be greater pressure on California to do the same, said Fresno State political science professor Dr. Thomas Holyoke.

“This is especially true if no great problems develop in these states, and most especially if sales taxes on cannabis bring in lots of extra revenue for these states,” he said.

In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in March, Gov. Jerry Brown said he is looking to Colorado and Washington to “show us how it’s going to work.”

“How many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a great nation?” Brown asked. “The world’s pretty dangerous, very competitive. I think we need to stay alert, if not 24 hours a day, more than some of the potheads might be able to put together.”

Marijuana legalization was last on the California ballot in the 2010 midterm elections, an effort Brown was against. Proposition 19 resulted in 53.5 percent of the population voting no to legalization and 46.5 percent voting yes.

Opponents to the proposition included Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, as well as then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Gieringer believes around 10 percent more of the vote would move toward legalization in 2016 since Proposition 19.

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THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON

DON’T BE ONE OF ‘THOSE’ CUSTOMERS

By Troy Pope @darktroy

D

ear holiday consumers, As you may know, we are barreling toward the fourth-quarter-holiday-retail extravaganza.

As someone who has worked in retail for more than 10 years, there is some valuable advice that you, as the customer, need to hear.

As most of the big stores you’ll shop at this Christmas are billion-dollar corporations, the most important thing to take with you into the store is awareness that the worker inside isn’t to blame for things not going your way.

Because something that’s advertised is no longer available, it does not give you entitled authority to get upset with the store’s staff. Especially with the big companies like Target and Walmart, no one in the store has the ability to directly control what’s in stock.

Becoming angry with an employee who is probably only making minimum wage just makes things worse. You’ve now managed to one: bring down another person’s mood, and two: made the employee care less about you and your satisfaction.

Throwing a fit is not a good method to elicit empathy. The best way to get excellent, above-and-beyond service is to be nice. If you’re yelling or being rude, you won’t get very far.

“The customer is always right” is an adage from our grandparents’ era. It doesn’t really exist anymore. Big businesses got rid of that when they took out the mom-andpop shops. Although most companies have customer-oriented policies, mega corporations can only control the attitudes of their

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Shoppers got a jump on Black Friday sales as some stores opened late on Thanksgiving night, November 22, 2012. Here, late-night shoppers flood the aisles of Target’s Harbison store in Columbia, South Carolina.

individual employees.

Also, a social-communication rule is that when you raise your voice, you give the other person verbal permission to raise his voice. So don’t feel surprised if your hostility is met with hostility.

Another huge peeve employees have is being treated like your personal shoppers.

Please don’t act as if this is your first time in a retail store. No one is buying it. Also, you don’t sign their checks, so they aren’t your employees.

A lot of customer smugness comes from the idea that the purchase you make pays the salary of the store’s employees. While this is true on a large scale, since the customers who treat employees like their servants are only about 5 percent of shoppers, your $80 purchase isn’t going to make or

break Walmart.

All you’ll accomplish is making employees avoid you in the future. Remember, on top of helping every single customer in the store, employees have many more responsibilities that they are graded on for their timely completion. Don’t ever shy away from asking for help if you need it. Just don’t drag the employee with you through the store because you simply cannot be bothered to do your own shopping.

When the holidays cause large lines at the registers, every little bit helps to make the process go quicker. Please come to the register prepared. This will help any line situation you’re in no matter the time of year, but it’s even more vital when the lines stretch far away from the register area during the holidays.

This doesn’t mean you’re in the “soup Nazi’s” line and everything has to be perfect, but don’t be so distracted or overly cautious of the cashier’s scanning that you aren’t prepared to pay as quickly as possible.

If the cashier has scanned 40 items for you, and you haven’t even accidentally begun to go into your wallet or purse, you need to relearn efficiency. Your unwillingness to be prepared to pay immediately is what makes bad lines worse.

If you’re paying with a check, which people still, do believe it or not, the check needs to be filled out completely (except for the total) before the cashier is done scanning your cart of items.

If you pull out your checkbook after three minutes of item scanning to fill out your check, the cashier and everyone in line behind you will mentally shoot themselves in the head.

Customers are imperative for a company to be successful, but this does not mean that you are the center of the universe.

During the holidays, at any given time there will be several hundred customers in Targets and Walmarts, and there will be between 30 and 60 employees in the store.

While customers are essential, the employees are there for everyone, not just one person.

While providing excellent customer service is a must, and employees will bend over backward to accommodate your at-awhim requests, please just be realistic with your needs and expectations.

An employee who hasn’t been abused by customers is one who will help you the most, and employees who have already been beaten down mentally will do anything to make you happy if you just show them a bit of kindness.

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Family, university leaders share Smittcamp memories SERVICE from Page 1 Kimball and Courtney Copeland Kelly were chosen to honor their grandfather by sharing their memories of him.

Campus flags were flown at half-mast on Friday in honor of Smittcamp.

Rev. H. Spees called Smittcamp “a hard-working, dedicated, joyful” man who came from humble beginnings. A Kerman native, Smittcamp was raised by his mother after his father left them.

“Because he came from nothing, he always gave back, but never robbed someone’s dignity while providing them with generosity,” Spees said at Friday’s service.

Smittcamp was dedicated to attaining a higher education – he paid a friend $2 each week to drive him to Fresno State.

He graduated in 1939 with a business degree and met his late wife, Muriel, when they were both students. Muriel died in 2009.

After college, he worked as a milkman before he was shipped off to the South Pacific to serve in the Marines during World War II, where he received a Purple Heart medal. After his military service, Smittcamp returned to Clovis and began what would become one of the Valley’s most successful fruit packing and processing businesses: Wawona Frozen Foods.

Through a $2 million donation, Smittcamp and his wife helped create the Smittcamp Family Honors College and Smittcamp Scholarship in 1998 and provided the land for the Smittcamp Alumni House. The program, unlike any other in the CSU system, benefits Central Valley students in the top of their high school graduating classes with full four-year

IN BRIEF Fresno State President Joseph Castro has been selected to the governing boards of several Hispanic educational associations.

Effective Oct. 5, Castro was elected to a three-year term for

scholarships that cover housing and tuition.

More than a benefactor, Smittcamp was spoken of as a “true Bulldog” who frequently attended athletic events and encouraged his grandchildren to enroll at his alma mater.

Granddaughter Courtney Copeland Kelly said her grandfather wore many hats in life.

“He was of the opinion that there was nothing better than being a Bulldog. He expected more from Smittcamps,” Kelly said. “His love of life has been contagious. A philanthropist, peach farmer, proud Bulldog, smart businessman and big family man, it’s an honor to carry on the Smittcamp legacy that he built.”

Dr. Honora Chapman, former director of the Smittcamp Family Honors College, said she would often joke that, thanks to his generosity, Smittcamp had a thousand more grandchildren through the Smittcamp students.

“He was so inspiring, and he clearly loved all of us, everyone associated with the honors college – all the kids, all the staff, all the faculty,” Chapman said.

“He was a very loving person and that came through the service today, and it’s very true. It’s not just empty words. He really was inspiring, joyful, hardworking and he expected all [Smittcamp students] to work hard, too.

“These students picked up on, it and that’s what’s really his legacy.”

Emma DenBesten, a Smittcamp honors student, said she admired his efforts to create change in the community.

“It’s so inspiring. I really think he sets the mold for what all people who are that

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Castro was also elected to serve as chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Hispanic/Latino Presidents group on Oct. 20 in Washington, D.C.

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successful should be like,” DenBesten said. “His devotion to hard work and giving back to the community that he’s from, it’s inspiring.”

Smittcamp also contributed to Fresno State athletics. Along with other donors and fundraising efforts, he helped secure donations for the construction of Beiden Field and Bulldog Stadium.

Eldest grandson Brent Smittcamp touched on his grandfather’s dedication to Bulldog athletics.

“He was passionate about them and was in support whether they played good or bad,” Brent said. “He was the quickest to get to the car from a stadium seat.”

Fresno State football coach Tim DeRutyer, who’d only met Smittcamp a few times, said, “Knowing what a great benefactor he was, what he’s done for this whole community, but in particular Fresno State, I wanted to come here and honor his legacy. He’s got a fantastic family, and I wanted to be here for their sorrow.”

“He set just an impressive example in how to live a life,” DeRuyter said. “You hear the stories of how many lives he touched and how gregarious he was and how giving he was. What a great example for the rest of us.”

Smittcamp served on many community foundations and boards and also ran for public office twice. He was appointed

by President Richard Nixon to the White House Conference on Food and Nutrition in 1969.

The family encouraged those interested in preserving his memory to donate to the Smittcamp Family Honors College, Children’s Hospital Central California Foundation or any preferred charity.

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Flags across the Fresno State campus were at half-mast on Friday in memorial of Earl Smittcamp, who passed away at age 96 on Oct. 20.

Fresno State pen pal program teams with Wolters Elementary

By Gilbert Magallon Special to The Collegian

With the help of Fresno State sociology professor Dr. Sarah Whitley and her pen pal program, students have been given the opportunity to positively influence sixth-graders at Wolters Elementary School near Fashion Fair Mall.

“They’re trying to teach us how to become little adults and how to be prepared for college like them,” said James Bowmen, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Wolters. “They teach me how to get good grades, and they help me and make sure that we’re trying to do good in school.”

Whitley chose to do the pen pal program with Wolters Elementary as part of a service learning partnership with the school.

“Service learning is a pedagogical tool that we use to give students a real-world experiential experience about what they are learning in the class,” Whitley said. “The goal of it is to provide Fresno State students an opportunity to link what they are learning in the classroom to what’s happening in the real world, and at the same time providing an important community service that is needed in our area.”

The pen pal program requires students to complete a total of 20 hours writing letters and visiting their pen pals at the school.

The pen pal program stays with the students as they move from grade to grade. Starting with fifth graders at Wolters, the program has now followed them into

"Without providing them the opportunity, they might not have known what college is like, or that they are somebody who can go to college."

— Dr. Sarah Whitley Fresno State sociology professor the sixth grade. Whitley hopes to follow this same group of students until they are promoted to high school.

The majority of students going to Wolters Elementary belong to minority groups in America. Fifty-one percent are Latino, 20 percent are black and 14 percent are white. Whitley said the school has a high number of economically disadvantaged students.

The academic performance index (API) rate at Wolters Elementary is three out of 10, while other comparable elementary schools rate at a seven. The index rates schools on a scale of 1 to 10, with one being the lowest and 10 being the highest.

“I wanted to choose a school that was struggling a bit in terms of having high poverty levels, low achievement levels – lower than some, not the lowest,” Whitley said.

The close proximity of the school to the Fresno State campus also allowed for students to have “easy access to be able to go out there and do observations, to have interactions at the school and have that experience,” Whitley said.

Whitley chose pen pal letters in order to aide Fresno State students with understanding course material, as well as help Wolters students with their reading and writing skills.

“It gives [Wolters students] more of an opportunity to practice their reading, to practice their writing skills, to have a positive role model,” she said. “Because in a lot of cases, there is a lot of transition, people coming in and out of these students lives.”

Whitley said the pen pal program has been very positive for the students at Wolters Elementary and has not only received positive feedback from the students’, but teachers as well.

“It’s been encouraging in terms of writing skills being improved on by the students. Attendance in some cases has improved in the students, because they look forward to these activities, and they have somebody else to talk to,” Whitley said. “A lot of them didn’t have any aspirations to go to college and after one semester know they want to go to college.

“They want to come to Fresno State, or they know they want to go to some other college or university. Without providing them the opportunity, they might not have known what college is like, or that they are somebody who can go to college.”

For Rose Gomez, a sixth-grade student at Wolters, the pen pal program has taught her a very valuable life lesson.

“I’ve learned that I have a choice in life,” she said.

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ARTS & ENTE Zombies invade Tower

Photos by Logan Downing • The Collegian

Participants at the annual Zombie Pub Crawl showcase their various zombie outfits in the Tower District on Saturday.

By Briana Montemayor @brimonte_carlo

Zombies took over Tower District Saturday night, with thousands of locals participating in the fifth annual Zombie Pub Crawl.

People from all over the Central Valley dressed up as either zombies or zombie hunters and hopped from bar to bar or just walked around the Tower District to scare or entertain.

Patrick Quiring the founder of the Zombie Pub Crawl said the idea for the event started online.

Quiring had heard about other zombie events in different parts of the world and wanted to have one in Fresno. His friends encouraged him to start the event.

“This year, we’ve added a lot of things, and I just like to do something new every year and try and just keep people involved, keep people enjoying it and to grow it every year,” Quiring said.

Quiring said although there is money donated to put on the event; he pays for the majority of the expenses.

Local restaurants and other venues within the Tower District participated in the pub crawl as well.

Score Sports Café & Lounge was one of the participating venues. Michael Reyna, a manager at Score, said the Zombie Pub Crawl is one of their busiest nights

to work on, but still thought it to be a fun event.

“It’s a really cool event, all the crawls,” he said. “Patrick runs the crawls, and every time he does a crawl it’s amazing. We have a good turn out, and we get a lot

of people not from Tower, but like North Fresno, out in Clovis, even like the out lying cities who normally don’t come to Tower.”

Joey Couture, a returning Zombie Pub Crawl participant, dressed as a zombie.

“It’s good to see everybody in different themes.” he said. “Even taking like cute, princess and turning them into zombies or whatever you like, you can turn it into a zombie so that’s pretty cool.”

Next year, Quiring plans on hosting the sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl that he expects to have an even better turn out than this year’s.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014

Local costume contest barks up competition

By Antonio Henriques @TheCollegian

Tower District hosted the 8th annual Whitie’s Pets Pooch Parade on Saturday, uniting dog-lovers across the city. The event also hosted a canine carnival and costume contest with prize categories such as “best dog costume” and “cutest dog.”

One of the dog owners, Becky Case, enjoyed seeing all of the dogs participating in the parade and hoped her “Game of Thrones” themed costume for her dog, Scout, would win the costume contest.

“Just to see all the dogs here and people together for an event like this is awesome,” Case said.

Another owner, Tyler Lester, was hoping to win the “best dog and owner costume combo” with his dog Daisy.

“I used to live in Tower and always came to this event but never had a dog,” Lester said. “Then I got a dog and came back. I’ve always enjoyed this event, and it’s fun to be a part of it.”

Contestants and onlookers; like Debby Maryily, saw this event as a great way for their dogs to socialize.

“It’s not just good for Tower [District], but it’s good socialization for the dogs,”

Maryily said. “It’s the first event where a part of, and we’re excited to support the Tower District.”

“I heard about this event and wanted to come down here and socialize,” dog owner Cassandra Capriotti said. “I came to socialize and they’re [my dogs] here to hide behind my legs.”

“I love that it brings dog owners together, and I’m happy to bring out my dogs for them to socialize,” dog owner Rebecca Krantz added.

One thing to note is the amount of creativity contestants put into their costumes, from movie to circus themes, as one contestant Cisco Mendez did with his dog.

“I do clowning for a local circus group and perform around town,” Mendez said.

“It’s nice to see the community come out in support and see people dressed up.”

Another contestant, Darla Lawrence, had a costume designer help out with her “Lone Ranger” themed gown along with her Tibetan terrier, Brandi.

“My girlfriend is a costume designer who helped me out; and I thought it would be fun, ” Lawrence said.

In all, nearly $2,000 in prizes such as dog food, treats and gift certificates were awarded to winners of the contests.

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Otto, a miniature schnauzer, dressed in a pirate costume for the annual Whitie’s Pets Pooch Parade on Saturday.

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Race for the Cure raises $8,775 for cancer awareness CURE from Page 1 ment, we feel that we have a great relationship here.”

Johnson is a two-time cancer survivor and her husband is currently being treated for lymphoma. She encouraged all women to be checked by their doctors for the disease.

She also noted the youngest breast cancer survivor in Fresno is only 14 years old and stressed how important it is to receive support from people in the community.

“We want to continue programs where we’re funding free mammograms for women and men who can’t afford them,” Johnson said. “Also, funding lymphedema treatments, financial assistance to breast cancer survivors, patient navigation and we even have a hospice assistance program.

“In order for those programs to sustain and to expand, it’s imperative that we have support from the community.”

People who participated had the choice of running in the men’s or women’s 5K race or a co-ed fitness walk. The race began on Barstow and Woodrow avenues. Participants raced two laps around campus, and ran through a finish line near the Satellite Student Union.

Johnson estimated that 50 to 75 volunteers helped out during this year’s event.

Eric Frazer has been helping out for the last 14 years since his late wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Maggie Fraser had been active in the community and acted as the team’s chair for the event for four years until she passed away.

“She was involved in the race, and

that is what she was really passionate about, and I couldn’t let that fail. That’s why I keep volunteering every year,” Frazer said. “Most of the people in the organization knew her. She was pretty wild. She left her mark. She was very passionate about the cause.”

Participants in the race, Diane Foster and Rebecca Lyles, are a mother-daughter team who have been attending the event for the past 10 years since Foster was diagnosed with breast cancer. Lyles said the diagnosis had blindsided her.

“She wasn’t going to go in, because she had been sick previously,” Lyles said. “She almost died from her procedure. Breast cancer had never run in our family.”

Foster said there are some cancers that can’t be found from a lump. Foster had a slow-growing cancer that could only be picked up by a mammogram.

“Always make sure you have your mammograms. Don’t think that you don’t need it, because a mammogram can save a life,” Foster said.

Lyles said even though she has moved out of state recently, she still plans to make the trip out to the event to be with her mom and show support at the event together.

“For us, it’s like a bonding experience between us. It’s important to my mom, and so I will continue to do it, because I know that that could be me someday, and I would want my support team.”

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Alina Smith, 7, holds a sign for the team she is supporting during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Fresno State on Saturday.

California 2016 prop a go ‘come hell or high water’ CANNABIS from Page 1 “Five percent is a real swing in opinion, and then there’s probably another 5 percent we get by running in a presidential election year, opposed to an off-year election,” Gieringer said.

He attributes the expected swing in opinion due to cannabis being legalized in Colorado and Washington.

Holyoke also said attitudes in California since Proposition 19 have likely changed a “fair amount.”

“Much of the opposition came from older votes, and many of them are no longer with us,” Holyoke said. “Younger voters tend to be more in favor of legalization.”

A nationwide poll conducted by Pew Research Center this month showed 52 percent of those surveyed voting for marijuana to be legal. Forty-five percent voted it should be illegal, and 3 percent were unsure.

In March 2013, a Pew poll showed a majority of Americans favoring legalization for the first time in the organization’s four-decades of polling on the issue. That poll saw 52 percent voting yes to legalization.

Following that poll, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, an interest group opposed to cannabis legalization, said the survey indicated “more than anything, of the careless discussion about legalization currently going on in this country.”

“We owe it to ourselves to have a careful dialogue about the possible downsides of the legalization of marijuana, which includes health care costs, car accidents, mental illness, learning dysfunctions and addiction,” the organization said in an statement.

Yet advocates still face barriers in passing legislation.

“People associate legal cannabis with greater crime,” Holyoke said. “Of course, many argue the opposite, that making it legal will reduce crime associated with it, because making it legal means criminal industries will lose their markets.

“That is something California should be watching other states to see.”

Gieringer said other than the normal difficulties of raising money for a statewide initiative and formulating polling, a 2016 ballot will not be a challenge.

“I’m confident that we’ll have a propos-

al that will be acceptable to the majority of California voters, and I’m not terribly concerned about opponents,” he said.

Another complicating issue is that marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

However, the federal government has yet to intervene in any state legislation that has legalized the drug, as seen when Colorado and Washington passed their laws.

President Barack Obama told ABC News in December 2012 that the federal government has “bigger fish to fry” than state legalization laws.

In August 2013, the Obama administration said it would not challenge the Colorado and Washington laws. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said the Justice Department was “committed to using its limited investigative and prosecutorial resource to address the most significant threats in the most effective, consistent and rational way.”

“I think the federal government, whose resources are limited, had better things to do like worrying about really dangerous drugs, as well as problems in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, ” Holyoke said.

“Federal lawmakers can only concentrate on so many things at a time, and cannabis just does not come to the top of the list, or anywhere even close.”

Even if this new wave of cannabis initiatives pass in November, Congress is unlikely to act either way, Holyoke said.

“Congress, which would have to make a new law, is becoming increasingly conservative and is not likely to want to pass new legislation legalizing cannabis in the future,” he said.

However, with Washington, D.C., partially under federal law, Congress is able to override the cannabis legalization Initiative 71 if passed by the council of the District of Columbia.

“A more conservative Congress might be inclined to do just that if D.C. legalizes it,” Holyoke said.

Both Oregon and Alaska have attempted to legalize cannabis in the past.

Oregon voters rejected Measure 80 in 2012, 53.42 percent voting no to legalize marijuana for recreational use, and 46.58 percent voting yes. In Alaska, the cannabis legalization ballot, Measure 2, was defeated in 2004 when 55.7 percent voted no and 44.3 percent voted yes.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014

THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

Riding high

RODEO

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Fresno State rodeo team shows passion outside the classroom

Photo courtesy of Matt Cohen

Fresno State student Justin Lawrence rides Iron Maiden during the Clovis Rodeo Festival. Lawrence is one of four scholarship recipients from the Bronc Riders of California, a nonprofit organization created to raise awareness of intercollegiate rodeo.

By Conrad Kimball @ConradKimball

Four years ago, there was no scholarship program available for kids who wanted to enter rodeo competitions at Fresno State.

Therefore, these students were going to other colleges out of high school, since they were offered scholarships.

Enter Dr. Allen Clyde, a podiatrist and horse-packing-station owner who created the Bronc Riders of California, a nonprofit organization that pays for 90 percent of a student’s tuition and allows him or her to pursue dreams of rodeo while still getting an education. Rocky Steagall, a current national judge for rodeos, is the vice pres-

ident. Clyde’s wife, Deborah, helps out the organization as secretary.

“Five years ago, I started getting interested in what I could do to rodeo to enhance and promote it,” Clyde said. “There was decreasing participation in bronc riding. I wanted to do it in a way that would promote it educationally, while focusing on techniques and safety. It had to be tied to education in the form of scholarships as well.”

That vision has given four students bronc-riding scholarships. On average, their GPAs are 3.4.

Justin Lawrence, a fifth-year student at Fresno State and current scholarship recipient, is ineligible to play because of rules against riding after the fourth academic

Fresno State alumni perform on NFL stage FOOTBALL from Page 8 weapons in the passing game, Carr continues to be a productive force for the Raiders and a guy that they can lead on moving forward.

Davante Adams, WR, Green Bay Packers (5-3) Stats: 17 receptions, 188 yards, 2 TD Review: The former Bulldog was selected in second round of this year’s draft with the 53rd overall pick. Like Carr, Adams was also a two-time All-America selection and twice named to the All-Mountain West first team. Adams has played in all seven games for Green Bay. The Fresno State record-setter is serving as another weapon for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. He scored his first NFL touchdown in Week 5 against the Minnesota Vikings on an 11-yard catch.

Last week, against the Carolina Panthers, he scored again on a 21-yard play.

Adams along with Bear Pascoe and Stephone Paige will return to Fresno State Saturday as an honorary captain, when his former team takes on conference opponent Wyoming.

Isaiah Burse, WR/PR, Denver Broncos (6-1) Stats: 16 attempts, 97 yards, 0 TD Review: The dual-threat receiver earned second-team All-Mountain West honors as a punt return specialist last year and was named to the All-Mountain West honor-

able mention team as a wide receiver. Burse went undrafted in this year’s draft, but was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Denver Broncos. He has played in all seven games as the starting punt returner.

So far, Burse has not had many opportunities to return, but when he has, he’s shown elusiveness and displayed quickness in the open field.

Marcel Jensen, TE, Jacksonville Jaguars (1-7) Stats: 1 reception, 8 yards, 0 TD Review: The big target garnered a second-team All-Mountain West selection as a senior in 2013 at Fresno State. He went undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft but shortly after was picked up by Jacksonville. The 6-foot-6, 270-pound Jensen has played in one game for the Jaguars. However, he was placed on the Jaguars’ practice squad injured list on Oct. 14 with a knee injury.

Austin Wentworth, OL, Minnesota Vikings (3-5) Review: Wentworth served as Derek Carr’s blindside tackle at Fresno State, where he was a two-time 1st-Team All Mountain West selection. About a month ago, Wentworth was promoted to the Vikings’ 53-man active roster from the practice squad. He saw action in the pre-season at both tackle and guard but so far hasn’t seen any action in the regular season.

year. Since he is not able to compete this year for collegiate competition, Lawrence is currently a teacher’s assistant to the rest of the rodeo team.

“I came here because of Fresno State’s academics,” Lawrence said. “I even thought I wasn’t going to be able to come here because of my financial situation. Then Dr. Clyde offered me a five-year scholarship here. He is one of the most generous guys I’ve met.”

Unlike other sports at Fresno State, rodeo is NCAA exempt, which means that the students have the opportunity to ride professionally and make money.

“Every weekend is a new adventure,” said rider K.C. Nabors. “I get to travel every weekend and do what I love. Every weekend is a new memory.”

Bronc riding is not an easy sport to master. It’s physically tolling and therefore results in a lot of injuries. In high school, when competing for his second state championship, Lawrence had not been healthy.

“When I went to state for the second time, I rode with a broken shoulder, a torn rotator cuff, a cracked sternum, a bruised tailbone and torn ligaments in my foot,” said Lawrence.

The sport has its dangers – primarily concussions. Lawrence has had seven

of them. Nabors, who competes in both bronc- and bull-riding contests, had eight and recalled a frightening moment that happened during a meet last August.

“This bull came down and split this $600 helmet I was wearing and knocked me out,” he said. “I blacked out for five minutes. I wasn’t able to talk for another hour and a half. The next day, I was just in my mom’s office shivering. My brain had swelled up so much, it touched my skull which made my nervous system go haywire, and I wasn’t able to move my legs for a while.”

Another scholarship recipient, Colin Letson, admitted he has had a lot of injuries doing rodeo as well.

“I have had five or six concussions, lacerated my liver, broken my ribs, leg, and have broken both collarbones,” he said.

Knowing the dangers of the sport, it is always a wonder why these students would put themselves in harm’s way. There’s no guarantee that an injury is not going to happen. As Letson said, “You’re going to get bucked off. It’s not if, but when.”

In the end, these riders don’t see it as just a sport.

“It’s more like a way of life; it’s something you’ve got to love,” said Nabors. Most people do it to impress their girlfriends. For me, there’s nothing else I love to do more.”

‘Dogs fall short to Colorado College SOCCER from Page 8 “Unfortunately, the winning goal came in the strangest way, when I thought we had a good share of the run of play in the second half,” said Zwaschka. “We did a good job regrouping in the second half, considering we were going to have to continue to play with a man down for the rest of the game. I’m really proud of the team for doing everything that was asked of them, but it just wasn’t enough in the end.”

The loss eliminates Fresno State from

a chance at the playoffs. Its last game will be at home for Senior Night against the San Jose State Spartans on Friday.

Seniors Bingham and Joana Lopez will be honored before the 7 p.m. match.

“The exciting thing is always to look forward to the experience gained for these young players in the games this season,” said Zwaschka. “We still have one more game to play, and we still want to make sure we finish strongly. It is our Senior Day, so we want to make sure we send them out in style.”

Bulldogs drop home contest despite first-set win BULLDOGS from Page 8 weekend on an exactly opposite note: a five-game losing streak with only one set win.

But the first set on Saturday’s match quickly became something that neither team has been used to lately.

After UNLV scored the first two points, the Bulldogs scored the next 10, unanswered, on five Rebel attack errors.

Senior outside hitters Bowens and JamieLee Morrow tallied two kills apiece. UNLV was never able to recover, only coming within four points, before the Bulldogs took the set 25-21.

“We haven’t opened with a set win, I think, in a while,” Fresno State head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell said. “[I’m] really happy with the first set and how we came out ready to play.”

A Fresno State serving error got momentum rolling for the Rebels in the second set, leading to two quick fourpoint runs. UNLV never let up on its early 12-4 lead and won the set by a wide margin of 25-11.

UNLV appeared to be rolling through the third set with a 16-9 lead, but Fresno State got back into the game with another big run. Multiple UNLV errors and a pair of kills from Bowens led the Bulldogs to eight unanswered points to take a 17-16 advantage. UNLV regained a three-point lead, yet the ‘Dogs stayed alive thanks to Morrow, who scored the team’s last four

points on kills.

Trailing 24-23, an attack error by Bowens closed the set and gave UNLV a 2-1 set advantage.

“Coming back in the third set the way we did is very, very difficult in our sport,” Netherby-Sewell said. “It’s such a game of momentum. I saw a lot of bright things.

We played even better tonight than we did on Thursday.”

Trailing 20-12, the Bulldogs made a push to get within three points of UNLV, but the Rebels closed out the set with three straight scores to win 25-19. The set closed out the 3-1 defeat, which was a better showing than when the Bulldogs were swept at UNLV last month.

“The last time we played UNLV, honestly, we were all over the place,” freshman middle blocker Lauren Torres said.

“From then to now, I would say we fought a lot harder. And we didn’t give up, and obviously our spirits and energy were up.

That just adds an extra boost. Last time we played them, it wasn’t like that.”

The loss drops the ‘Dogs to a record of 6-18 overall and 1-9 in conference play.

The Bulldogs stand at 10th of 11 Mountain West schools and are only one of three teams under .500 in conference standings.

Fresno State next heads on the road to play the two schools that fall in that category - San Jose State (3-19, 0-9) on Thursday at 6 p.m. and Nevada (5-14, 2-7) on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014

SOCCER

Fresno State eliminated from playoffs The second game of the weekend was a much closer match. Playing for a playoff berth, the Bulldogs hosted Colorado College Sunday in their second-to-last home game. The Dogs scored two minutes into the game, as freshman midfielder Alissa Pham netted the ball off senior forward Jaycee Bingham’s assist.

After the goal, a red card on Fresno State’s Dani Rodrigues left the ‘Dogs down a player for the rest of the contest.

“Having to play 88 minutes with a player short was the biggest factor in the game,” said Zwaschka. “So Colorado College was going to find spaces we weren’t going to be able to cover.”

The rest of the game went the Tigers’ way, as they scored in the 17th and 64th minutes, leaving the final score at 2-1. This dropped the ‘Dogs at 3-7 in conference play with one game remaining.

By Conrad Kimball @ConradKimball

The Fresno State women’s soccer team lost matches over the weekend to the Air Force Falcons and Colorado College Tigers, eliminating the ‘Dogs from the Mountain West Conference playoffs.

In the first game, the Dogs traveled to the Cadet Soccer Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to play Air Force in their final away game of the season Friday night.

Air Force scored first in the 19th minute of the game, then put three more goals past Fresno State goalkeeper Domenique Banta in the 27th, 39th and 78th minutes.

“I am disappointed that our team effort was not good enough in the first half,” Fresno State head coach Brian Zwaschka said. “We got punished, and we were left with too big of a hill to climb. Credit to Air Force for putting the game away in the first half.”

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Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Fresno State junior defender Rianna Cota (center) battles Colorado State forward Gianna Bertana (9) over the ball during the ‘Dogs’ 4-2 victory over the Rams Oct. 19.

FOOTBALL

VOLLEYBALL

Where are they now?

Fresno State loses second match to UNLV

An update on last year’s Bulldogs in the NFL

Logan Downing • The Collegian

Fresno State outside hitter Zana Bowens attempts a kill during the ‘Dogs’ 3-1 loss to the San Diego State Aztecs last Thursday.

By Jackson Moore Chris Sweda • Chicago Tribune/TNS

Green Bay Packers wide receiver, and Fresno State alum, Davante Adams (right) celebrates with teammate Randall Cobb after a touchdown during the Packers’ 38-17 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sept. 28.

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

Derek Carr, QB, Oakland Raiders (0-7) Stats: 118/195, 1,189 yards, 8 TD Review: Carr earned All-America honors and Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year awards during his junior

and senior seasons with the Bulldogs. Selected with the 36th overall pick, he earned the starting job in Oakland by beating out veteran Matt Schaub in the preseason. Since then, he has started all seven games for the Raiders. The former Fresno State signal caller is being asked to do more as a rookie and so far has stepped up to the challenge.

Despite going through a head-coaching change and lacking

@JacksonMoore_BB

The Fresno State volleyball team won the first frame of the four-set contest, then lost the next three to the UNLV Rebels Saturday at the Save Mart Center.

Led by junior outside hitter Zana Bowens’ 12 kills and nine digs, the ‘Dogs started off on the right foot, winning 25-21, but UNLV bounced back with 25-11, 25-23 and 25-19 victories for the 3-1 match win.

The Rebels came into Saturday’s game having won five-straight games and dropped only one lone set over that stretch. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, entered the

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FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS CALENDAR NDAY

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Volleyball @ San Jose State 6 p.m.

FRIDAY Cross Country MW Championship 10 a.m.

WTennis Bulldog Classic MTennis @ St. Mary’s Fall Invite

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Wyoming 7:45 p.m.

Volleyball @ Nevada 1 p.m.

MGolf @ Pacific Invite

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UC Davis 1 p.m.

MGolf @ Pacific Invite MTennis @ St. Mary’s Fall Invite