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Interim CFO, associate VP Presidential candidates for finance retires after 30 propose college-tuition years in higher education policies

By Johnsen Del Rosario @TheCollegian

Money makes the university go ‘round, and for the past nine years, Clinton Moffitt, interim CFO and associate vice president for finance was a key player in managing Fresno State’s finances.

But on Sept. 30, Moffitt, after almost 30 years in higher education, retired from his positions.

“I had a goal for about 20 years now,” said Moffitt on what prompted his retirement. “My goal was to go on a mission at the age of 62.”

And at 62 years old, Moffitt is set to achieve that goal. On Oct. 31, Moffitt and his wife will be going on an 18-month mission to Anchorage, Alaska, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“There aren’t any serious health issues, but there are some health issues to think about in the future,” Moffitt said. “There are things I want to do outside of higher education that I still want to do while I still have my health.”

As interim CFO, Moffitt’s duty was to manage the university’s budget, as well as being in charge of accounting and procurement activities.

“In my area of responsibility, the summer is extremely busy,” said Moffitt on his

decision to retire during the school year.

“We are closing the books; we are financially reporting because we are a June 30 fiscal year end.”

“My work is in the summer, more than any other time in the year. I’m more tied to June 30 and the subsequent audits after June 30, which basically wrap up by the end of September. That’s CLINTON MOFFITT why I chose Sept. 30.”

When asked where he sees Fresno State financially in the future, Moffitt said, “I think you’re going to see a stabilization, a flattening out of state support for higher education. I think the state revenues are going to – of course, this is my own economic viewpoint – are going to level out.”

“I don’t think we’re going to go down like we did nine years ago when I came here, but I don’t think we’re going to see the continual growth that we’ve had – but that’s my viewpoint.”

Although the news of his retirement

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By Marcus Karby @MKarby

Hillary Clinton wants to make college free, and Donald Trump wants to make sure the business of college works well.

The two presidential candidates have very different plans to try and help college students. Both could alter the system we have in place, and both would benefit students.

A fact sheet released by the Clinton campaign entitled, “The New College Compact,” said, “We will move toward a future in which no one has to take out a loan to go to college. Free tuition and fees at four-year schools for students from families with income up to $125,000, and free tuition and fees at community colleges for students of all income levels, which helps these students graduate debt-free.”

In addition, the Clinton campaign has designed policies with the idea of helping individuals with existing student loans and brand new student loans. The Clinton campaign has said it wants to help people “refinance their student loans at current rates.”

It also wants to “simplify, expand and develop options for auto-enrollment in income-based repayment.”

Clinton maintains that: “College debt should be forgiven after 20 years – 10 years if a borrower works in the public

interest.” She also wants to provide relief to debt holders who are trying to start a business or “social enterprise by deferring loans with no payments or interest for up to three years.”

Also proposed is a “three-month moratorium on federal student loan payments during Clinton’s first year.” This would allow all people with student debt to be given help to be able to save money on their loans.

Michael D. Evans, chairman of the Fresno County Democratic Party, said, college debt is an undue burden for students.

“The important thing to note is that Hillary Clinton is addressing a serious problem in a positive way,” Evans said. “Not only does her plan remove the burden of student debt, but it provides an economic impetus because graduates will be able to reap the benefits of their entire salary.”

The fact sheet released by the Clinton campaign says: “States must apply for funding under the New College Compact.

They will receive significant federal investments under the plan but must commit to reinvesting in higher education over time, eliminating tuition and fees for working families and keeping costs in check for families of all income levels while promot-

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OPINION

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SOCIAL MEDIA

On kindness and the internet

By Amber Carpenter @ambscarpenter

I used to have a rear-view mirror ornament of a cartoon owl saying “Kindness Matters.” This is an embarrassing truth, but a truth nonetheless. No one used to be a bigger proponent for optimism, random acts of kindness and seeing only the best from people than me.

However, I am no longer 17, and I no longer look at the world with that kind of optimism.

I no longer have a cartoon owl hanging from my rearview mirror reminding me to be kind and not flip off the jerk who cut me off in order to get to a red light faster than I did. Honestly, one of the best things I ever did was stop anticipating that people will give you their best.

Social media gives us such a thrill when it comes to random acts of kindness.

We – ok, mostly I – get tearyeyed watching an old man and a newborn baby giggle and coo at each other for minutes on end during the week’s most shared YouTube video. I almost always cry when Ellen gives people giant checks just because they work so hard at their normally thankless public service jobs.

But that’s the thing: their lives go on.

We get snippets of people’s lives through minute-long Facebook videos, we replay Ellen giving away big check after big check, and we pay for the car behind us in the drive-thru coffee line because it gives us the warm fuzzies.

It is a truth fundamentally acknowledged that doing good things makes people feel good inside.

It’s not that being a good human is problematic. It’s the sensationalization of goodness that makes it an issue for me.

So much of our lives has been changed because of the iPhone. We are always one touch away from the rest of the world whether it be our high school history teacher, that one friend we made on the train or our grandma in Arkansas.

We post pictures climbing Half Dome instead of taking in the beauty. We live concerts through our Snapchat screens or we post about how we gave the sad looking homeless man $5 and a sandwich because we couldn’t bear to see him go hungry.

Whether we mean to or not, we do it for the comments that give us the warm fuzzies. We sensationalize our “random” acts of kindness because even if it’s not conscious, we want people to know that we are inherently good.

Social media is praised in its ability to bring people from far distances together, but is also harrowing in the sense that it can make us feel so alone. So alone, that sometimes the only way we can feel close to people is liking a status or double tapping on a post.

This week I’m challenging myself to be better, not for any kind of likes or nice comments from my grandma, but for the sake of bettering my life and the lives of others.

Be kind and compliment a stranger. In fact, compliment five strangers.

Even if you don’t post about it, I guarantee knowing you made another person’s day will still give you the warm fuzzies.

By Amber Carpenter @ambscarpenter

Q: Lately, I feel like I’m drowning.

My schoolwork is never-ending, my boyfriend and I never see each other and I’m getting scheduled to work 40 hours a week at work.

How do I manage to do all of those things, succeed in school and also not feel like I’m juggling 12 different kinds of responsibilities?

A: Reader, I get it.

I think every single college student struggles with this at least once in his/her academic career.

It’s really hard, and it really sucks, but the only real advice I can give you is to take it day by day. It’s now more common than ever to have at least one job and go to school full time, but balancing that with any kind of social life, a relationship or family makes it so much harder.

Manage your tasks by making lists. That is legitimately the only way I survive between two jobs, a relationship and 20 units. In terms of your sanity, accept that sometimes you feel like you’re drowning.

More often than not, you will feel like so many things are outside of your control, and that’s because

they are. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to be 100 percent in control of all aspects of your life. That has been the hardest truth for me to learn in all of the school, work and social craziness, but it’s true – there will always be things that are a little bit out of your control. There will more often than not be an assignment that makes you feel like all of the right answers are out of reach, you and your boyfriend will argue over really ridiculous things because you’re both stressed and you probably will only get to talk to your Mom on the phone for five minutes for the entire week.

However, all of the stressful outside things aside, there are resources everywhere. This includes resources at Fresno State that have been designed to make your student lives easier. The Student Health and Counseling Center offers counseling for individuals and couples, just in case the rough patch gets hard to handle on your own, the Henry Madden library offers workshops on note taking and time management, and there is always the tutorial center for the work that you can’t handle on your own.

In terms of maintaining a rela-

tionship, know this: misery loves company. It’s a cliche for a reason.

If instead of fighting, you and your boyfriend could commiserate over how a class has taken over your lives, you create a bond instead of a schism. But make sure that you each set aside time to disregard work and school to focus on each other. Make one another dinner, go on a bike ride or plan a low-key date day. It’ll make the difference and help your relationship survive the semester.

Stress is all-consuming, but leave knowing this: all of the pieces will fall together eventually. With every semester I guarantee that being that having so much going on will become easier. You will acclimate to a new normal, and you will master it.

Practice makes perfect! You’ll get the hang of it. This is the busiest you’re going to be in probably your whole life, and you are doing the best that you can. Give yourself credit. Once you’ve done that, pour yourself a glass of wine, turn on “The Bachelor” and set aside that paper and decompress. You’ve earned it.

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Moffitt, wife to do 18-month missionary for Morman church MOFFITT from Page 1 wasn’t made public until a few weeks ago, Moffitt, who is also chairman of the athletic corporation, said his colleagues have known since February.

“When I started to talk about my retirement with President Castro, he was shocked that I was thinking of leaving,” Moffitt said.

“But I think he’s gotten used to it, that it’s going to happen.”

Kristopher Westcott, the executive assistant for the CFO, said he found out about Moffitt’s retirement when he got hired back

in June.

“There was a little bit of uncertainty going in,” Westcott said. “I was looking forward to working with Clint.”

But Westcott, 26, who has known Moffitt since he was a student at Fresno State, said he loved working with him.

“He’s a straight-talker. He’s very honest, has a lot of integrity and we have a good connection,” Westcott said. “It’s kind of rough sometimes, in terms of scheduling and making sure things are straight, but we have a strong open-minded communication. We have a very transparent relation-

ship, and I enjoyed working with him.”

Moffitt said the university has not selected his replacement.

“Dr. Castro has decided to extend the search,” Moffitt said. “The people who report to me have been assigned to different people. Some will report to Dr. Castro; the remainder will report to Vice President of Administration Deborah Adishian-Astone until a replacement is found.”

During his time at Fresno State, Moffitt said the biggest lesson he learned wasn’t about finance, but about the students – about who Fresno State students are and

what the university is able to provide for them.

“An education at Fresno State is a great tool for these students to be able to have a better life in the future,” Moffitt said. “We’re the best when it comes to that. We’re trying to make a better life for students, and I think we’re really focused on doing that.

“Managing finances was very difficult. If I had known the roller coaster of finances when I came to work here, I might not have gotten on that roller coaster,” Moffitt said.

“But when you learn what effect we’re having on students, that’s the important part.”

Moreno: ‘College should never be free’ TUITION from Page 1 ing innovation and accountability to ensure students are graduating and are prepared for the workforce.”

All students enrolled in college at that time will also be expected to work at least 10 hours per week to “help defray the full cost of attendance.”

In the fact sheet the Clinton campaign describes how the costs will be recovered as, “This cost is fully paid for by closing tax loopholes and expenditures for those at the top and will not add a dime to the debt over the next 10 years. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has found that the $500 billion cost could in fact be paid for by closing loopholes for high-income earners and businesses.”

Evans said that executive action may be needed if Congress won’t do its job.

“As for congressional versus executive action, long-term permanent change will likely require congressional action. And that will not be forthcoming if the Congress is Republican controlled or if the houses are split between the two parties,” Evans said.

“Therefore, it might be necessary for Clinton to piecemeal these measures through executive action. Unfortunately, that has become a new method of functional governance given the dysfunctionality of Congress.”

Sam Clovis, co-chairman and policy adviser for the Trump campaign, has proposed possible policies in regards to higher education policy.

He said there needs to be an overhaul of the federal student lending system back to private banks as it was before.

“Government should not be in the student loan business, which turned in a $41.3 billion profit in 2013,” he said. Clovis said

this should be an area where the government should not make money, Clovis said.

He added that colleges need to have skin in the game and share the risks of lending.

“These risks need to change the way colleges admit students and what programs are offered. Colleges should be admitting students who can complete their degrees and obtain employment which is a cooperation between the student, college and local banks,” Clovis said. “Too often — and I have a family member who went through this — students obtain a degree they cannot use and find minimum-wage employment.

Trump’s higher education ideas are putting a long term emphasis on the student and life after college, which is proving to be more effort than previous administrations.”

Guillermo Moreno, California Republican Party associate representative, said it’s important for college to not be free.

“As a conservative with six figures of college debt myself, I can attest to how expensive my education has been. My education has opened many doors, but at a great financial cost,” Moreno said. “College should never be free because someone, somewhere has to pay for this. Giving away such a precious opportunity would diminish its very value. As Secretary Clinton has said herself on the campaign trail … ‘If something is free … you better check the fine print.’

Moreno said the struggle of college is worth it.

Moreno said, “So, Bulldogs, work hard and never give up because it will be all worth it.”

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REVIEW

‘Hands Up’ don’t shoot ‘7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments’

By Johnsen Del Rosario @TheCollegian

On Sept. 30, Fresno State’s University Theatre had its opening night for the first production of the school year, Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments.

Directed by Professor Thomas-Whit Ellis, Hands Up is a play written by seven black playwrights inspired by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and the events that followed in Ferguson, Missouri.

“The play is based on the series of needless killings at the hands of the police,” Ellis said. “White Americans feel it’s justified because police have the ultimate power and African-Americans feel that there is no reason for the people that are hired to protect and serve to murder them. This play addresses that issue.”

As those attending walked into the Dennis and Cheryl Woods Theatre, they

were met with TVs showing videos of police brutality and unjust murders that have happened recently, such as the pool party incident in McKinney, Texas.

The ensemble cast of six Fresno State students – Arium Andrews, Ashlyn Davis, Deandre Jean-Pierre, Nwachukwu Oputa, Joshua Slack, Jalen Stewart – gives an emotional, powerful performance that explored being black in an era of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The original play intended there to be seven voices; one voice for each testament.

“I didn’t really care for that because it doesn’t work for educational theatre,” Ellis said. “So I took the same lines that were there and split them up between six actors.”

Slack, a fourth year theatre arts and Africana studies major, said getting the narrative right was important to him, but it wasn’t hard to do.

“I remember the day Mike Brown and Ferguson happened and the anger that

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Jalen Steward, Ashlyn Davis (back to camera), Nwachukwu Oputa and Joshua Slack rehearsing during their final dress rehearsal.

filled within me at the time,” Slack said. “All I had to do was channel that rage and anger because I felt the writers on an emotional level. Every word that they had written and said, I felt and connected with that.”

Ellis said the play is topical; something relevant right now, today. The play raises awareness of what’s happening in our country and continues that discussion.

“It will encourage more people to get on board with some necessary changes,” Ellis said. “Put more political pressure on our city councils, our governors and the members of Congress to change some of these policies.”

Slack hopes the audience gets that this is

not an issue that began with Ferguson, but one that has been going on for years.

“These are things that happen on a daily basis no matter where you are or what class you’re from. As an African-American, there is always going to be racial injustice that is done upon you. For the audience, this is the kind of a wake-up call to realize that this is real life,” Slack said.

Hands Up will be in production for five more days, Oct. 4-8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 and $10 for students. Please note that this contains explicit language, depiction of violence and intense situations. The production is intended for mature audiences.

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“Based on true story” movies always seem more emotional because they really happened. Though the actors in these films aren’t actually harmed, someone in the real world was, and that idea is terrifying.

“Deepwater Horizon” is no exception as it tells the tragic story of the oil drilling rig explosion that killed 11 people on April 20, 2010. The explosion caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history which flowed for 87 days, contaminating the Gulf of Mexico and its inhabitants.

The film focuses on one worker, Mike Williams, played by Mark Wahlberg, who saves several crew members from the fire and lives to tell the tale and expose British Petroleum (BP), the company responsible for the explosion.

“Deepwater Horizon” does a very good job of explaining how the oil spill occurred.

Since oil drilling is a very complicated process, it was important that the film clarify

how it works. Even if you went into the theater knowing nothing about oil, you will leave knowing exactly what happened.

The film also showed an aspect of the tragedy many may have never thought of: the families at home. Since this type of drilling occurs in the middle of the ocean, the people who work on those rigs are often away from home for weeks at a time.

Felicia Williams, played by Kate Hudson, shows the worry and panic of a wife whose husband is at sea on an oil rig. Felicia has the difficult job of keeping her daughter calm when she finds out that Mike is aboard Deepwater Horizon as it is burning.

This film brings light to an American tragedy that didn’t receive enough publicity considering how many people were affected. Its extremely graphic scenes of the explosion really pull the audience into the water and successfully demonstrate the severity of the blast.

The movie ends with real footage of Mike Williams’ testimony of what happened that day and a memorial slideshow of the men who died as a result of the explosion.

If you’re going to see “Deepwater Horizon,” bring your tissues and be prepared to be shocked by the horrifying events that resulted from the BP oil spill.

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WINE

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Taste the ‘Flavor of the Fall’

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Fresno State students and staff members of the Viticulture and Enology Department, pick out stems and leaves from grapes at the campus winery, Sept. 29, 2016.

By Ron Camacho @ron_camacho4

Wine enthusiasts enjoyed several new wines at the Fresno State Winery’s Flavor of the Fall Wine Tasting event on Saturday afternoon.

The Fresno State Winery started hosting the event 10 years ago. This year, the event featured four newly-released wines. They included the 2015 Pinot Noir, the 2015 classic Chardonnay, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2012 Saviez Syrah. The event also featured pumpkin painting for children.

Fresno State Winery marketing director Kevin Smith said the event benefits the wine tasting community in Fresno and allows them to sample upcoming wines.

“Wine lovers really enjoy being able to taste new releases,” Smith said. “There are a lot of wine enthusiasts in Fresno. If it weren’t for the Fresno State winery and other wineries in the county, they would have to travel to places like Napa to go to a nice winery.”

Smith said the event costs $400 to $500 to host. The revenue earned from the event will go to the College of Agriculture’s general budget. Some of the revenue will help fund

research programs for the winery, Smith said.

Most of the wines featured at the event were created by Fresno State winemaker Matt Brain. Brain joined the Fresno State Winery in June of 2015.

Around 80 to 150 usually attend Flavor of the Fall, Smith said. The winery also hosts a similar wine tasting event during the spring.

Fresno State Winery club members were invited to pick up their wine shipments during the event and voted for their favorite of the four newly featured blends. The winning blend will be released to the wine club in 2017. Winery club members also received a 10 percent discount off of featured bottles.

Fresno State Enology students from Smith’s marketing class worked the tasting booths during the event. Enology student Ryan Miller said one of the most popular bottles was the newly featured Pinot Noir.

“It has a fruitiness to it, but it still has a good balance of acidity,” Miller said.

Smith said he enjoys seeing the community come together to enjoy new blends of wine.

“I love seeing the wine club members and our repeat guests chatting and connecting,” Smith said. “Having a glass of wine in your hand brings people together.”

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Fresno State’s Department of Viticulture and Enology held the semester’s last Student Wine Grape Crush and Processing Day at the campus winery on Sept. 29.

Matthew Brain, the university’s winemaker, said of the processing day, “This is the last fruit of the year. This is all red fruit that we’re processing. And when we do red fermentations, we ferment in contact with the skins so that we get lots of color.”

Brain said that the winemaking process has many steps.

“We are separating the stems from the berries; the berries will go in the fermentation and the stems will go to the composter. We’ve got a number of people right here that are sorting the fruit. What they are looking for is anything that we wouldn’t want in the fermenter,” Brain said.

“From this point, the fruit will get inoculated with yeast, and we will punch them every day so that they get some air in there,” Brain said. “The skins and everything will go in this big press, we will press the skins away from the juice. The juice will go to the tanks and then eventually into barrels for aging.”

Brain, who is also a lecturer on campus, said the most fun part of the process is making great wine.

“In the context of teaching and education, it’s awesome to have fruit that is a little bit challenging, that we need to work with a little bit and we need to apply our skills of blending, fermentation management, flavor manipulation so that we can take that fruit that is kind of good and make it really good,” he said.

Students in the wine-processing class are experiencing a challenging year for winemaking.

“It was quite hot, water is low,” Brain said. “So we are starting to get fruit that is a little more challenging, but the students do an excellent job with it and I think what we’re making is really good, so far.”

Brain credits the hands-on aspect of winemaking to students creating and maintaining a lasting career in the wine business.

“There is a career long adventure to get motivated for.

So to have the students out here for them to feel like what they’re doing is meaningful and that it’s going to be an exciting career,” Brain said. “So there’s a big motivational side. But then I think there is a real aspect of work ethic, and Fresno State students are known to have grit. They’re known to be able to get out there and work hard with their hands.”

Enology student assistant Alec Fraser hopes to be a winemaker after graduation.Fraser said the hands-on program is beneficial because students are able to get “real, working experience.”

“As an enology student, our learning crosses a lot of different paths. We do a lot of chemistry. We do a lot of plant physiology with viticulture, as well as a lot of sensory science,” Fraser said.

He said his favorite part of enology is seeing the finished product in stores.

“Seeing the entire lifespan of a few wines that we have now bottled. Working with the fruit last year, working with the fermentations, aging them last year and bottling them this year… then we go out to grocery stores and see them on the shelves,” Fraser said. “Realistically, the whole thing is very fun. It’s very, very hard work and very tiring, but it is enjoyable.”

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016

GANDHI

Peace advocate celebrates 147th birthday

By Marina McElwee @MarinaMashelle

Sunday marked the 147th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest peace advocates of all time.

The United Nations has declared his birthday as a National Day of Nonviolence.

Fresno State is commemorating Gandhi by displaying a photo exhibit in the Henry Madden Library titled “The Life of Gandhi.”

Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor, professor emeritus of social work education, said Fresno State has been celebrating Gandhi’s birthday since his statue was installed in the Peace Garden in 1990.

“We have a much larger exhibition but the library doesn’t have space for all of it,” Kapoor said. “We have about 40 panels about the life of Gandhi from the start of his childhood all the way to when he was assassinated.”

The mini exhibit, located on the first floor of the library, features black and white photos that shed some light on what Gandhi was all about. The 10 photographs and eight descriptive quotes by and about Gandhi are featured alongside the photos and pose questions for the reader. The pho-

tos show Gandhi doing what he was most famous for: playing with children, meditation, working hard to help others and, of course, nonviolent conflict resolution.

“We try to share Gandhi’s contribution, because his relevance increases every day,” Kapoor said. “Every day we hear someone was murdered, someone was shot or someone was killed. This is why we need to learn more and more about how to address peaceful conflict.”

One of the concepts that Gandhi was most passionate about was manual labor.

One of Gandhi’s quotes featured in the exhibition says “There is sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” Simply put, Gandhi preached that if every man worked hard for what he needed, nothing more and nothing less, then all people would be equal.

One of the most fascinating photos shows Gandhi kneeling down to help a person who has leprosy. This disease is extremely contagious and terrifying, but Gandhi believed in human kindness, no matter the circumstances.

Kapoor expressed his concerns for the recent shootings involving Black men and police officers and his concerns for America’s gun control policies.

“We have too many guns in this country and people find it easier to use the gun to

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The Life of Gandhi photo exhibit is on display in the Henry Madden Library through Oct. 7.

solve their problems,” Kapoor said. “ Maybe guns don’t kill but they do make it easier to kill.”

The exhibit serves as a reminder to be kind and strive for peace in our communities and will be available through Oct. 7.

Fresno State will continue to honor Gandhi with a candlelight vigil for world peace and community celebration on Oct. 5 in the Peace Garden at Fresno State.

After teaching for 50 years at Fresno State, Kapoor said Fresno State campus has a very peaceful environment in comparison

to other schools.

“Fresno state in my opinion is a very peaceful campus and that is due to positive leadership,” Kapoor said.

One of the things that makes Fresno State such a peaceful campus, according to Kapoor, is it’s diversity.

“We celebrate diversity on our campus and respect each other,” Kapoor said. “But it is important to remember, we are more alike than unlike.”

SOIL

Fresno State has new team for judging soil

By Razmik Cañas @raz_canas

The newly formed Soils Judging Team at Fresno State will have the opportunity to get down and dirty with hands-on experience studying soils in preparation for its national competition next semester.

Soil Scientist Michael Sowers is volunteering to be the coach of the team that has only been around only since last year.

Sowers said that although the team is very young compared with the competing universities, this competition gives the students time to have more experience.

“Each year they’re going to be able to build and hone their skills to be able to score better in the competition,” Sowers said.

The seven-day competition will be held at Northern Illinois State next April. Sowers said the first five days are reserved for studying the local soils in the area, while the remaining two are for the competition.

During the competition the students will analyze a specific area of soil and score it based on a number of features, including color, texture and land use.

The data of the competing schools will then be compared with those of the National Resources Conservation Service. The school with the most similar results wins.

Sowers says the creation of this team was based on the realization that Fresno State, which has such a large role in agriculture research in the Central Valley, didn’t have this program.

“There’s a whole world underneath our feet that you don’t ever see, but it’s amazing,” Sowers said.

Sowers and fellow soil scientist Phil Smith put together this program similar to ones they participated in when they were

Coach Michael Sowers adds water to soil at the Agricultural Science Building on Sept. 30, 2016.

in college.

“We had all the perfect pieces to a puzzle, and here we are,” Sowers said.

Smith said soil judging played a tremendous role in his journey to his career and hopes his students have the same outcome.

“I would say that with the work that I do now in soil surveying, the most directly related activity I did in college was soil judging,” Smith said.

The hands-on experience is what is the most beneficial part of the whole process, he said.

“When you practice a lot in the field hands-on you, really learn something and you know it forever,” he said.

Smith said this program will be a real enhancement to their agricultural program. It will give the students the hands-on experience in studying issues that they will face as professionals in their career.

“If a consultant knows about soils and available water holding capacity it will lead

to better water management which is critical, especially during this drought,” he said.

Smith added that he is inspired to see how interested the students are in this concept in such a small amount of time.

“I’ve always wanted to continue doing it with other people, giving back to the next generation, what I learned,” Smith said.

One who takes pride in being a leader in the next generation of soil scientists is team captain Georgina Reyes Solorio, who says joining the team was “the best decision of my life.” Although she doesn’t care for the title much, she is honored to be part of the growing program at school while juggling two jobs and many volunteer programs.

“This is the dirtiest competition you’ll ever get involved in, but it’s the funnest,” Reyes Solorio says.

She has been involved in the program since the beginning and is amazed with all the opportunities she’s come in contact with.

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“The whole experience is actually pretty cool. I really like learning about different soils. Getting to meet professors who have written the soils book was really interesting,” she said.

She admits she was skeptical about joining because she had no idea of how much there was to study just about soil.

“Try something new that scares you,” Reyes Solorio said.

The team is only beginning and has a long road ahead.

“The doors are still open,” Reyes Solorio said to students who think this is something they would like to try out.

From just an idea to an up-and-running program, Sowers is happy his passion is being passed on to the next generation.

“Phil and I had this dream of bringing this team together for people to get a really true understanding of the importance of soils,” he said. “Without them [soils] we don’t eat.”

THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016

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SKI/SNOWBOARD TEAM

Skiing and snowboarding: a unique sport for the Valley

By Yesenia Candelaria Special to the Collegian

“Pray for snow” is what Logan Doss said he wants fellow teammates to do the most.

Doss is a plant science major and president of the Fresno State ski and snowboard team. This is Doss’ first year as team president, and he said he is looking forward to furthering the work of presidents before him while still having fun during the team’s next season.

In November as soon as there is enough snow on the ground for the skiers and snowboarders to slide around on, the team typically travels to China Peak Mountain Resort and Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort to practice and start training.

“You can expect that the team is going to go out and be competitive and represent Fresno State to the best of our ability,” Doss said.

During the season, the team meets about two to five times a week including weekends.

Practices start with team members warming up their legs, then traveling up to the top of the mountain to do runs from top to bottom to get used to the high speeds that they generate. They repeat this about five times.

Next, the team members split up depending on which type of races they participate in and practice on courses along with freestyle on the slopes. All these routines prepare the athletes for the six regular-season competitions, a regional and a national competition.

The new season will officially begin New Year’s weekend at the Mammoth Moun-

tain Ski Resort. This season the team will compete in the Southern California League against schools such as UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, USC, California State Long Beach and Northern Arizona University.

Adam Palecek, fourth-season competitor and business major, said the competitions are very relaxed. The athletes get to meet other students who share the same passion for the sport while watching each other compete until it is their turn to go out and give it all they’ve got.

“My favorite part of the team is the competition weekends,” Palecek said. “It’s fun hanging out and riding with all of the other teams in our league.”

Jarett Shinoda, captain of the slope-style snowboarders and social media representative of the team, said that even though he is still new to the team, he has already proven his position. He said he is extremely excited to travel back to Mammoth Mountain this season and possibly qualify for nationals in Oregon.

“My favorite thing about the sport of skiing and snowboarding is the overall culture that these two sports have created,” Shinoda said. “You get to meet these people from all walks of life with completely different interests…except for two, the love for the mountains and for skiing/snowboarding.”

To keep up with the ’Dogs’ skiers and snowboarders, follow them on Instagram at @fresnosnowteam and on Facebook at Fresno State Ski and Snowboard Team. On those pages, you can find the latest updates on meetings and events, along with pictures and videos of the team in action.

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The Fresno State Ski and Snowboard Team at Mammoth Mountain last season.

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS SPORT Men’s Golf Nick Watney Invitational

Volleyball

DATE

TIME

Mon., Oct. 3- Tues., Oct. 4

TBA

• Thurs., Oct. 6 • Sat., Oct. 8

• TBA • TBA

• Fri., Oct. 7 • Sat., Oct. 8

Soccer

• Fri., Oct. 7 • Sun., Oct. 9

Swimming & Diving Fresno State Invite

Fri., Oct. 7-Sat.Oct. 8

1 p.m.

Men’s Tennis UCSB Fall Invitational

Fri., Oct. 7Sun., Oct. 9

TBA

Football

• 2 p.m.

• 11 a.m.

Fri., Oct. 7-Sun., Oct. 9

TBA

Sat., Oct. 8

11 a.m.

LOCATION Fresno, California San Joaquin Country Club

• 6 p.m. • Colorado State • noon • Nevada

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Women’s Golf Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate

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FOOTBALL

Rebels run over ’Dogs

By Daniel Gligich @DanielGligich

The Bulldogs’ first Mountain West Conference test of the season ended in major defeat, losing on the road 45-20 to the UNLV Rebels.

Fresno State falls to 1-4 on the season; UNLV improves to 2-3.

Rebels quarterback Dalton Sneed had previously thrown only one pass in his career. But he gave the Bulldogs fits, passing for 129 yards and a touchdown while adding 147 yards and another touchdown on the ground.

Fresno State struggled with many missed tackles, most notably letting Sneed escape in his own end zone to sprint down the field for a 91-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

The game had been touted as a fresh start for Fresno State. However, the team’s struggles continued as the same issues from previous losses plagued the ’Dogs.

The Bulldogs’ defense again failed to stop the run, giving up over 300 rushing yards for the

third straight week. To go along with the porous run defense, Fresno State’s own running game again struggled to get anything going, with running back Dontel James only managing 53 yards on 18 carries.

Bulldogs quarterback Chason Virgil threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns, but he was inconsistent completing 16 of 45 passes for a 36 percent completion rate.

One bright spot on the Fresno State offense was wide receiver Aaron Peck, who finished the game with five receptions for a career-high 194 yards and two touchdowns.

Punter Blake Cusick again found himself busy, averaging 41.8 yards on eight punts. Cusick and the punt team allowed just one return yard total.

Although the Bulldogs fell to 1-4, they will get a chance next week to pick up their first conference win and put themselves in a better position to compete in the Mountain West. Fresno State travels to Reno to face Nevada, which lost to Hawaii 38-17.

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UNLV quarterback Dalton Sneed (#18) jumps over Fresno State defensive back JuJu Hughes (#23) Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES

@fsjennawilson

JW: What is the most challenging aspect of golf for you?

GB: Probably just the mental side, like you need to be in the right—I don’t know what to call it—but the right momentum and right mind. Just get all that you have to do, done. So I think that’s the hardest thing.

JW: What’s your favorite club to use?

GB: It has always been my putter, but for the last years I’ve been struggling a little bit, but it’s now coming back, so I’m going to stick with the putter.

JW: Do you have any prematch rituals or superstitions?

GB: I’m not really superstitious, like not at all. I don’t do anything particular, but I always do my routine before I play. So that’s just kind of my warmup routine, but I don’t do anything weird. I al-

ways do the same warmup in the same order. I start with going to the range and warming my body up, and then I hit from my wedge and up until my driver. Probably around five balls is what I do, but then if I hit a bad one, I hit maybe one more. If I feel comfortable, I maybe just hit four. After that, I normally like go to the bathroom, get water, get everything ready and then I putt. I always use three balls, and I start with long putts.

I always—that’s kind of one—I always need to finish, I finish with the short putts and I use three balls, and I always need to finish making them all in a row.

JW: What do you miss most about Iceland?

GB: I mean, I mainly miss my family and my friends. I do really miss the food. I do not miss the weather, though it’s really nice in the summer. And being here now, I’m kind of excited to go home for winter for a little bit of snow, but I wouldn’t want to stay there for the

are only 320,000 [people] in the whole country, so you know a lot of people and a lot of connections.

You can always connect to someone like “Oh, you’re her friend.”

You always know people, I mean it’s good and bad.

JW: Does being here make you appreciate the weather in Iceland?

GB: Actually, yeah. Kind of both. I really miss it, but it’s like I don’t want to be there for a whole winter.

JW: What’s the best golfing moment you’ve had at Fresno State, so far?

GB: I would say winning the Mountain West [individual championship] my freshman year. I shot 71, 71, 76. I mean, it was tough conditions the last round. It was really windy. I just remember being on the fairway because I didn’t know the score, but I felt that I was close and my assistant coach came up to me and he was like, ‘just hit it to the green’ and I was like, ‘OK, I need to get a par here.’ I made a par, so it was a nice moment.

JW: What are your plans after graduation?

GB: I’m going to turn pro. I’m going to go home for the summer and play as an amateur and kind of just figure out what I really want to do and put the schedule down. I’m going to go qualify for Q [qualifying] school in the fall.

My plan now is to be in Newark, but I’ve kind of been looking into here or back there, so it just depends on when it happens.

JW: What does it mean to you to be a Bulldog?

GB: It’s an honor. I mean you’re representing a whole school and a whole valley. People are expecting and depending on you. I think it’s an honor. It’s just a fun time.

Name: Gudrún Björgvinsdóttir Sport: Women’s Golf Year & Major: Senior, KinesiologyExercise Science Hometown: Hafnarfjördur, Iceland

Courtesy of Fresno State Athletics

By Jenna Wilson

whole winter.

JW: What’s your favorite American meal or restaurant?

GB: I honestly never go out here. I cook my own meals, so I just like to cook something simple.

JW: Are there any certain meals in Iceland that you try to cook here?

GB: Not really. I mean the food in Iceland is really similar to American food, like type wise.

It’s just different with like ingredients, and the taste is different.

Like we don’t use as much grease and oil and fat. That’s kind of the main difference, but we eat pizza.

We eat hamburgers. It’s just the taste is different. I don’t know what my favorite restaurant is.

Probably just my apartment, and what I cook.

JW: There are a lot of misconceptions about Iceland, so how can you describe it to people who don’t really know about the country?

GB: The funniest thing is like when people know I’m from Iceland, the sentence they say is: “Oh, Iceland is green and Greenland is ice.” I mean, I’ve kind of figured out that this is something that you guys [Americans] learn in history in high school or something. Which I mean this is true, but it’s just funny.

I mean, Iceland is really pretty, and we have a lot of landscape and mountains and glaciers and waterfalls. The weather there kind of sucks. We have a long winter and not warm summers, but it’s a really pretty and peaceful country. We are a small country. We