October 9 2013

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CAMPUS CRIME

Repeat sex offender arrested

Man suspected of committing sexual battery against student in Henry Madden Library caught Tuesday night

By Jesse Franz The Collegian A man suspected of sexual battery Monday night in the Henry Madden Library was arrested Tuesday night in Downtown Fresno, said Fresno State Police Chief David Huerta.

The sexual battery occurred about 8 p.m. when a man, identified by police as convicted sexual predator Fidel Isaac Tafoya, groped a woman in a public area of the library.

Fresno State police and state parole agents arrested Tafoya in Downtown

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Fresno about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday At about 7 p.m. Monday night, night.

Tafoya allegedly cut off the GPS Tafoya, who has been arrested ankle monitor he was required to several times at Fresno State under wear while on parole. similar circumstances, has been State parole agents and the convicted on three sexual assault Fresno Police Department respondcharges. ed to the removal of the monitor “Mr. Tafoya has been contactand searched for him until 9 p.m. ed at Fresno State several times,” Fidel Tafoya By 8 p.m. Tafoya had allegedly Huerta said. “In fact, the parole that he is committed the act of sexual battery, which on is a result from crimes he committed here.”

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Care packages uplift Black Knights

ROCKS OUT

By Amy Jennings Special to The Collegian

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Rock band Bon Jovi’s “Because We Can: The Tour” stopped in Fresno, playing both old hits and new songs before a frenzied crowd Tuesday night at the Save Mart Center.

Frontman Jon Bon Jovi and the band complete their tour in December in Australia.

New store on campus brings ‘convenience’

By Megan Tweddell The Collegian Fresno State students will soon be able to quickly shop at the “Paws-N-Go Market” in the North Gym. The store is set to open during Homecoming Week, which will begin Oct. 14.

The hours of operation will be Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. Deborah Adishian-Astone, administrator of Auxiliary Services, said six students have been hired to help operate the market.

“Our goal with opening this operation on the west end of

campus is to provide a more expanded retail offering to our students who live on campus or who may be walking to and from campus,” Adishian-Astone said.

“We will be constantly evaluating our inventory offerings to ensure we are carrying the day-to-day items that would be helpful for our students so that they don’t have to necessarily go off campus to purchase.”

She said the market will be filled with various merchandise, such as personal care items, household items, basic school supplies, a variety of grab-and-go beverages and prepackaged food and snack items.

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The new convenience store, “Paws-N-Go Market,” is located in the newly renovated North Gym. The store will have school supplies and food for students and faculty.

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Fresno State students have pooled resources to send care packages to the Black Knights, a naval air squadron stationed on the U.S.S. Nimitz in the Red Sea. The squadron and the Nimitz were sent to the Red Sea in early September when the U.S. seemed on the verge of becoming militarily involved in the Syrian civil war, said Laura Bare, whose cousin is the wife of Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Fulwider of the Black Knights.

Bare said the family heard that the carrier and its sailors’ tour would be extended while the situation in Syria remained uncertain.

“They probably won’t come back this year,” Bare said. “We were told maybe Thanksgiving, then maybe Christmas and maybe the New Year. It looks like it’s going to keep being pushed back.”

For the months spent overseas, the Knights receive government rations, but Bare said she decided to put together a project to help the Black Knights cope with their extended time away from home.

“They were on a 16-month tour, getting ready to turn around and come home, and then this conflict in Syria came up,” Bare said.

“They got orders to stop where they were. They do not have any specific orders; they are there in case something needs to be done.”

Galina Shablian, a fellow Fresno State student and friend of Bare, said she decided to help Bare get the word out about the Knights to other students through social media and word of mouth.

“I have explained to students our current situation with Syria and have asked for their support to help our brothers and sisters protecting us,” Shablian said.

“Having been at sea for 16 months and then being sent right back must be heartbreaking.”

The past few weeks, Bare said she encouraged the Fresno State See CARE, Page 3

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OP-ED

Government Shutdowns: Are They Really So Bad?

By Toini Hiipakka

With the recent government shut-down due to the inability of Congress to negotiate and find common ground regarding the budget, (but more truthfully) the Affordable Care Act, (“Obamacare”) Americans have been in an uproar, and rightfully so.

More than 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed and many government services have been cut back.

News commentators, and journalists have called this “not normal” “very dangerous” and “a perversion of democratic governance” just to list a few.

Despite this, isn’t this the way our Founding Fathers intended it to be?

Political scientists and historians have argued the framers of our Constitution were fearful of the tyranny behind autocratic rule, and thus designed a system of governance that would prevent such domination of power.

The Founding Fathers were politically active men, with strong ideas regarding what a true republic and a true democracy should look like and how it should function.

As a result, we currently live in a system with elaborate and sophisticated checks and balances that make it incredibly difficult for the passage of any type of legislation.

Like it or not, our system is based upon the principle of compromise. In order for legislation to pass, it must be worthy enough for all competing interests to agree

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ment to “shut down?”

These “shutdowns” have only been happening since 1976, which is when the modern congressional budgeting process took effect. And not since 1980 when Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti reinterpreted the Antideficiency Act, (an act which was passed in 1884) have government services actually “shut down.” Civiletti argued the Antideficiency Act required a government shutdown if there was no consensus in spending bills.

So it is possible government shutdowns are not necessary. Not only are they not necessary but those hardest hit are ordinary, hardworking Americans.

Congress is still getting paid their usual $174,000 yearly salary, as are many others who work for the government who are considered, “essential.”

Aside from the major departments that will temporarily furlough employees, there is an even larger number of Americans who will be hurt as they are denied services.

For instance, the Women Infants and Children (WIC) program will no longer have funding — program that helps feed some nine million Americans.

Also many veterans will be denied their rehabilitation benefits. According to the Washington Post, if the shutdown lasts for longer than two to three weeks, nearly four million veterans might not receive their disability claims and pensions.

Although we as Americans certainly have a right to be angry about the inability

of our congressmen and women to come to a compromise for not only the general and common good, but for the continued operation of government it is important to remember our system is one in which laws are not meant to easily pass.

Having that said, for one group of politicians to hold our government hostage in order to override even the Supreme Court is a little more than upsetting, and is what makes this shutdown different from others in the past.

The way in which the budget is now being used as political leverage is something that we, as Americans, do not need to passively accept, especially considering the massive amount of people who will face serious financial difficulty as a result of this political power play.

Thomas Jefferson, one of our most prolific Founding Fathers once said with each new generation, the Constitution should be rewritten. If this is true, maybe it is high time we start to rethink the connection between budget consensus and operation of government, a silly if not misplaced connection that does very real harm to Americans in a way many of our Congressional leaders will not ever really know.

Toini Hiipakka is a graduate students studying history. She would like to thank Paulette Alatriste for her contributions to this piece.

Why Should Muslims be the Only Ones to Speak Out Against Injustice?

By Andrew McMillan Recently, the op-ed section of this paper has seen some heated debate. Mark Twain once said, “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.”

Against his sage advice, I have thrown my hat into this arena.

For those of you who have not followed Sumaya Attia’s, Haley Lambert’s, or Megi Hakobjanyan’s articles (Opinion page, Sept. 27, 30, Oct. 2, 4) I encourage you to read them. However, for those of you who are lazy like I am, the “TL; DR” (Too long; Didn’t Read) version is whether or not Muslims, or people from any religious or social group for that matter, should be held responsible for crimes and atrocities committed by fellow members of their group.

Ms. Attia first brought up this issue in response to an on-air rant made by Bob Beckel during an episode of Fox News’ “The Five.”

Beckel argues that no Muslim students should be allowed in the United States and no new mosques should be built until moderate Muslims take a stand against jihadist violence.

I would like to point out that any opinion of a person who is paid to stir up argumentation onair may not hold the most moder-

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and come to a large general consensus.

Make no mistake, this structure is not whimsical, it is the way our founders engineered it. It takes an incredible amount of political maneuvering, and finesse for legislation to pass through our structure with effectiveness.

This may not be the most efficient system, but the alternative is easily passed legislation, without general consensus, that concentrates too much power in one particular place.

This argument certainly is not lost upon our Republicans in the House of Representatives, especially those Republicans who are holding the budget hostage in a last-ditch effort to prevent “Obamacare” from taking shape.

As the Washington Post recently reported, this is not the first time the government has “shutdown” due to a lack of compromise.

Since 1976 the government has “shutdown” seventeen times due congressional inability to agree on a budget.

If Congress cannot agree on a budget, the government has no funding to pay for certain services, thus, many of our federally funded programs are forced to “shut-down” a true compromise can be reached.

These notions are worthy for us to consider, and certainly make one consider the real foundation and history of our country, as well as the intent and complexity in the ideas of our Founding Fathers. Despite this, would they ever really expect a govern-

ate of opinions.

Attia states that, “If Muslims have to apologize every time a terrorist claims ties to Islam, shouldn’t they then consider every attack the United States has made on a Muslim country to be a war against Islam?”

In many ways, Attia is right. It is tiring to be expected to defend your faith every time a radical portion brings shame to the whole.

I know every time I see the strange or hateful evangelical preachers who occupy Fresno State’s Free Speech Area, I get a knot in my stomach. I pray each time I see them that people don’t lump me in with their impressions of Christians, but I know people do.

This is a sad fact of being human. We make sense of the world by putting things in boxes, making generalizations and creating rules of thumb. That doesn’t make it right, but it is a fact of life, and it is what differentiates us from the pure logic of computers.

I try to explain that not all Christians like them, but I can only reach a fraction of those the preachers have completely turned off.

In her article, Hakobjanyan said that she feels compelled to

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stand up for the honor of the Armenian people when a specific group of Armenians chose to commit fraud.

We choose what political, social and religious groups we associate ourselves with, so we cannot simply wash our hands of what deviant members do.

Injustice is injustice, and in the words of the philosopher Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of good over evil in this world is for good men to do nothing.”

Should Muslims have to speak out against every act of terror?

No. But they should. Just as every member of a political party should speak out against injustice in their ranks. Just as every religious group should. Just as every cultural group should.

In a society such as ours we vote with our voices. We enact change by discussing things with our friends. We cause politicians and corporate executives to step down by making a fuss. We march, we blog, we protest.

We may not be able to stop every wrong, but we can let people know where we stand. We can educate them, and show how we are different from the “bad apples” that exist in every group.

Then what does Attia want?

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Will bigotry and ignorance be solved simply by complaining about being lumped in with radicals?

In many ways, Islam suffers unduly in the news from blowhards like Beckel because there are few Islamic leaders who are household names in the Western World.

For better or for worse, on issues of Catholicism we turn to the Pope, for Protestantism we turn to mega-church pastors, and for black culture we turn to leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. However, I don’t know of any spokesperson for Islam who has enough star-power to be known to most Americans.

Yes, it is unfair the amount of negative attention average Muslims receive from morons like Beckel, but the answer to idiots is not to complain about how stupid they are. The answer is to show them how wrong they are.

At Fresno State, clubs like the Muslim Student Association (MSA) are already doing a great job of showing what Islam really looks like in Fresno and the United States.

So if the answer to injustice is to speak out against it, then where is the best place for all of us to start?

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Let’s start with our own military, the organization that Attia and many around the globe point to to show the United States’ hypocrisy and lack of moral authority.

It has been disturbing to see a cult of the United States armed forces” (as I call it) surge in the years since 9/11, one that is nearly immune to criticism.

Even after scandals like Abu Ghraib and the Wiki-Leaks’ count of Iraqi civilian casualties, too many are blinded by their own patriotism and refuse to actually acknowledge that a broken system may exist.

Do I have pride in the United States’ military? Yes. Do I think it has been, and is capable of being a force for good in this world? Yes. The moment we stop speaking out against injustice in our nation, our cultures, our religions and our politics, we risk not only losing the moral high ground, but also letting evil prevail by doing nothing.

Andrew McMillan is president of the Fresno State chapter of Young Americans for Liberty.

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THE COLLEGIAN NEWS

Plant Science Club helps create zoo exhibit

By Monique Bienvenue Special to The Collegian

Visitors to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo can now look at crops grown in the Valley or pet farm animals thanks to a new exhibit opened with the help of Fresno State’s Plant Science Club.

On Sept. 27, the new Valley Farm exhibit opened in the former Small Wonders petting zoo.

Visitors can walk in a chicken coop, chase a baby goat or even learn where Fresno’s crops are sent after they’re grown.

The crops include fruit trees.

Visitors will also learn how Valley farmers grow and irrigate local produce and its contributions to people around the world.

The Plant Science Club, made up of students majoring in plant health and crop production, helped develop the exhibit.

“Graduates of both majors are in high demand statewide,” said Dr. Bruce Roberts, the J.G. Boswell chair of Agronomy. “The

Plant Science Club’s involvement with this project allows our students to showcase the diversity of our region’s agriculture, apply their academic skills and be a part of this public service opportunity.”

Club members advised the zoo on what agricultural commodities to show, but the students also contributed to the construction of the exhibit itself.

“Agriculture is such a huge part of this community,” said club president Elizabeth Mosqueda.

“The more young people are exposed to it, the more they are willing to understand what agriculture is all about.”

The idea of the exhibit was first formulated by Karen Musson, managing partner of Gar Tootelian Inc., one of the oldest protection/fertilizer retailers in the nation.

Inspired by a conversation she had with a friend regarding California’s produce supply, she contacted the zoo and Roberts,

the club’s adviser.

“The idea to bring Fresno State into the component was really important,” Musson said. “We needed somebody that could oversee the project from beginning to end and could also be a long-term partner in the history of the zoo.”

Although the exhibit is now open to the public, the club’s involvement with the zoo isn’t over.

In order to capture the true essence of California’s diverse agriculture, the club members will plant seasonal crops so that the public has an idea of what can be grown in a Mediterranean climate.

Roberts said the club will be in charge of maintaining the exhibit’s plots, assisting with irrigation systems and educating zoo employees on crop knowledge.

The public may have different questions about the crops, Roberts said, and the club wants to make sure the employees are

Photo courtesy of plant science department.

Club members (left to right) Zach Borges, Nadia Juarez, and Elizabeth Mosqueda with Dr. Sharon E. Benes helped create the new Valley Farm exhibit in the Chaffee Zoo.

well versed on how each commodity plays a role in the agricultural industry.

In addition to working on the exhibit, Roberts said the Plant Science Club has a lot on its hands.

Ten members are preparing to represent Fresno State at the National Agronomy Society Conference in Tampa, Fla. and are also preparing to assist with

various annual Future Farmers of America events held on campus.

Regardless of this semester’s schedule, however, Musson said the members are excited to help promote agricultural education to Valley youth.

“Kids are naturally fascinated,” Musson said. “If you can turn that fascination into something educational, it really is a great benefit to the community.”

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Ricky Serrano the current manger of the Starbucks on campus and the Satellite Student Union snack bar, will manage Paws-N-Go. Adishian-Astone said Serrano worked with an architect to design the market’s

improvements and with student constituent groups like Associated Students, Inc., University Student Union Board and Residents Hall Association to get input and recommendations on naming the operation.

He also reached out for feedback on the types of products that should be sold.

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“I just want to make sure that the student body understands that this store is open to the public and everybody who visits our campus, whether that be tailgating or passing through for swim meets,” Serrano said. “We want the students to know that we are here for them, and we want to make sure that we can cover all of their absolute needs.”

Fresno State is a Pepsi campus and the new store will keep in line with that policy by selling products ranging from Naked Juice to Rockstar energy drinks.

Serrano said the store will have everything a student on the go might need.

“A Campbell’s soup bar will also be in the convenience store,” Serrano said. “The stainless steel countertops will have warming ovens with pizza pretzels and things like that. Campbell’s will be doing that [the soup bar], so it will be perfect timing as we are going into the winter season.”

Serrano said that the Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market will have a small display, including nuts, fresh fruit and seasonal items such as corn.

Serrano said he is open to suggestions on merchandise options and encourages students to share any thoughts with him and the staff.

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really hard. Sixteen months away from family is really difficult,” Fulwider said. community to send anything from nonperBare said she will continue to send packishable food items to handwritten letters to ages to make their stay as comfortable as show appreciation for the squadron and the possible. other sailors.

“Everything you guys are doing for us “A lot of guys on the ship broke down has made this delay a little bit better,” once they found out what students were Fulwider said. “It’s been really hard on all doing for them and to know there were the families looking forward to us coming other people thinking of them besides fam- home. Receiving packages like this from ily,” Fulwider said in an email relayed by home is really comforting.”

Bare.

Once the squadrons are back from their Bare said the men and women on the tour, they will throw a welcome back ball carrier have yet to for families and receive any packages friends. This year, because they had even though the date to be repackaged. the ball cannot yet lot of the guys on the of She said so far she be determined, the has sent 10 boxes of plans to ship broke down once squadron about 20 pounds and invite the students four larger boxes so they found out what students w h o d o n a t e d t o far. them while they were “ M y f a m delayed near Syria. were doing for them...” ily donated some Bare said she things and then my plans to take a picchurch, University ture with all the stuPresbyterian gave a dents who donated couple of monetary the project. The — Ryan Fulwider to donations,” Bare Knights told Bare said.

Lt. Cmdr. of the Black Knights that they will enlarge The past 16 the picture to hang months of rarely geton a wall to remind ting to communicate them there are peowith family, the Knights are low in spirits ple thinking about them while they are knowing this will continue to be a problem, away.

Bare said.

For information about how to donate, “Things on the ship for the first week contact the Fresno State sorority Kappa after we heard about the delay have been Alpha Theta through its Facebook.

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DEE JAY SILVER

By Megan Rupe The Collegian

Megan (M): Because you have a country background, you take country music, and you’re kind of putting a new spin on it. Do you think you could tell me a little bit about that?

Dee Jay Silver (DJS): Yeah, actually I’ve been a nightclub DJ my whole life, and I’ve always played country music. In order for country music to go over in big nightclubs, I’ve had to put a different beat behind it and kind of sneak it in. Once you get it in, people know it; it’s familiar. It’s just when you hear people saying, “Oh, you play country in a nightclub, I don’t know about that,” but once you do it, they’re like, “Oh, it worked, absolutely,” because you know, all the women liked it. That’s what a nightclub’s about, you know?

M: So do you feel like you’re getting a pretty good response to what you do?

DJS: For the most part. Of course there’s always a person in the group that doesn’t like it, but God bless, you know?

M: Yeah, and I mean, I would think that the most important thing is that you are enjoying what you do.

DJS: Oh, I love it. I can’t wait to do it tonight. You know, last week we did nine straight days in Canada, and we hadn’t been home for two weeks. I got to go to Austin, Texas, last night, did a show, came here, then I’m flying to Fresno tomorrow. It’s just been a, you know, [I’m] very blessed to do what I do for a living. I can’t wait to do it tomorrow night.

M: So cool, that sounds like a blast for sure. I looked at some of your songs, and some of the music that your organizers sent me, and I thought they were really cool, really fun, and I noticed you have remixes of Carrie Underwood songs, Taylor Swift songs. What inspires the song choice behind the songs you choose to remix?

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Tricks, treats and TRENDS

Students and Spirit Halloween store assistant manager share fun costume ideas for all and safety tips for little ghouls

Photo of Dee Jay Silver by Jamie Vess

DJS: A lot of times I’ll hear a song, and I’ll be like, “Wait, this is awesome,” you know, I’ve got a radio show called “The Country Club,” and hopefully you guys will be hearing a lot more about it pretty soon, and I wanna incorporate that in my mixture. So I’ll take the song, and I’ll remix it, and sometimes the songs are given to me, like the Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton…and I just fit it together. Most of the time, I just hear a song and I really like it, and I wanna play it, I wanna put a mix to it and make you hear it a different way.

M: That is so cool, so it’s just based on what you like, and you’re just kind of playing around with it.

DJS: Oh absolutely, if I don’t like it I don’t play it. I don’t mean to be rude, but if I can’t relate to the song and pull it off, I just don’t play it.

M: I also think that the way you get to mix songs and change them up a little bit, have you noticed that that maybe makes it more See SILVER, Page 6

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Since its opening in 1957, the store Valley Novelty, located on 2902 Ventura St. in Fresno, has had three owners. The store has kept the same type of products since its opening, and stocks holiday items year-round.

By Veronique Werz Special to The Collegian Halloween is “creeping” up on us with exciting costume ideas for all ages.

Steve Curtis, assistant manager at the Spirit Halloween store on Shaw and West avenues in Fresno, said since the television show “The Walking Dead” has become very popular, zombie looks have been picking up with people of every age group.

“For adults, the most popular costumes have been super heroes,” Curtis said.

“Everybody wants to do what’s new in the movies.

“For boys, it’s the action characters.

They want the zombie, zombie hunters and super heroes.

For girls, Curtis said the “Monster High” dolls and Barbie-type looks are popular, but said costumes for women have less of a variety.

“For women, it’s the risqué, sexy adult costumes, but then again that’s getting borderline because that is what a lot of teenagers fit into,” Curtis said. “So that is all that is available, and then that is what they get.”

Curtis said this year, he is going to dress up as a zombie and create his own makeup

look.

“I want to be a zombie to scare little kids to be honest,” Curtis said. “I have four kids myself, but I think Halloween is supposed to be scary.”

Although Curtis said he tries to be more traditional when it comes to costumes, because “back in the day” when he was a kid, he made his own costumes.

“I don’t want to go as Scorpio from “Mortal Combat” and walk two blocks and see somebody with the same costume,” Curtis said.

Curtis said one of his favorite costumes was dressing up as a giant white teddy bear.

“I decided to do it for my kids’ sake and purchased a giant white teddy bear costume off of ebay,” Curtis said. “It was really hard to get into the costume, I couldn’t drive, and it was really hot inside.

“It was fun to see little kids come up and want to give me a hug, give me a high-five, shake my hand and take a picture.”

Ultimately, Curtis said Halloween is for kids, and as long as they’re having fun, that is all that matters.

Aleecia Evans, a Fresno State student majoring in liberal studies, said Halloween is a fun holiday for her to spend time with

friends, some of whom come to Fresno from out of town.

Julian Paredes/ The Collegian For Valley Novelty sells a number of classic costumes, from Batman to Frankenstein outfits. For her cos- more information, interested shoppers can call (559) 237-6617. tume, she said unique with your makeup.” she purchased a Minions T-shirt from the Curtis said it is important to always be Universal Studios movie “Despicable Me,” aware and safe on Halloween, especially and already has a pair of overalls and a those with children. hat.

“Regardless of how old a child is, they “I want to dress up like this because my shouldn’t be out by themselves without brother really likes Despicable Me, and I an adult because it’s just too dangerous,” like it too because they’re so cute, and I Curtis said. loved the movie,” Evans said.

Curtis also said parents should check Judy Xiong, a Fresno State student the candy children get. majoring in community health, said this “Just because they get candy and it’s Halloween, she is definitely thinking of do- sweet, yeah the kid will want it, but you ing something scary since scary costumes never know what is inside that piece of have been popular. candy,” Curtis said.

She also wants to do something creative Curtis also encourages parents to not be with her makeup. too lenient, even though it’s Halloween.

“I want to be something scary because “They let kids go wherever they want by it’s different, you can make it yourself and themselves, and Halloween is the one day a lot of times it’s not something everybody that you don’t want to let them do that,” else is,” Xiong said. “It allows you to be Curtis said.

CCA brings artists to Fresno It also honors and celebrates different institutions on campus by bringing in guests who inspire innovation and creativity.

Moreman said Applebaum inspires by encouraging Fresno New Music, in collaboration with the Center for people to find their own voice when performing classical Creativity and the Arts, will bring composer and Stanford music. He said Applebaum wants people to stop being University associate professor Mark Applebaum to Fresno “purists” and to interpret music in their own way.

State to perform for students and the community begin“I hope students ning today. come and see AppleDr. Shane T. Moreman, executive baum,” Moreman said. director for the Center (CCA), said he usic reaches everyone...It has a univer“This is an opportunity is excited to see Applebaum perform sal appeal.” to think different. because he sees this as a way to draw in “I think that this is a younger crowd. the challenge of our “When you look at the Fresno Phil— Dr. Shane T. Moreman, generation: to see harmonic, there is no low average age,” Executive director, Center for Creativity and things differently.”

Moreman said. “The average age is the Arts Nathaniel Musso, a really high. junior music com“This has the potential to encourage poser major, said he is younger people to attend a concert.” excited to see Applebaum perform live in concert.

Moreman said CCA inspires creativity, innovation and “It’s always exciting to have composers come,” Musso inspiration through the arts. said. “You always learn something new, and I heard he He said CCA offers a broad range of programming.

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has a very interesting view on composition.”

Moreman said that his role in helping to bring Applebaum to Fresno is to encourage and excite people about it and said he expects 150 people to attend.

Moreman said the lecture and performance are sure to draw in the public and students because they’re relevant and interesting to anyone interested in the arts.

“Music reaches everyone,” Moreman said. “It has a universal appeal.”

Hand in hand with the arts, Moreman said critical thinking is something the younger generations need.

“A large component of critical thinking is creativity,” Moreman said. “Applebaum can spark that creativity.”

Moreman said Applebaum will give a lecture in the Henry Madden Library in Room 2206 at 7 p.m. today.

Applebaum will perform on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Walhberg Recital Hall, and Moreman said a second performance will take place on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall (both halls are located in the Music Building).

General admission tickets are $15, $10 for faculty, staff and seniors, and admissioin is free for students.

For more information visit fresnostate.edu/music.

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SILVER: DJ puts ‘spin’ Leader of poultry program honored on country music

By Esra Hashem The Collegian

try—the CEO of Foster Farms, the CEO of Pitman, all the big producers—they all know her by heart.”

Michelle Ganci, a Fresno Ganci is the owner and State animal science professor, operator of California Poultry received the California Poultry Consultants and teaches at Fresno Federation’s highest honor at its State. annual conference in Monterey In 2005, Ganci started the last month. poultry production program, in The federation’s awards com- which students at the Jordan mittee unanimously voted to College of Agricultural Sciences grant Ganci the Golden Rooster and Technology get practical eduAward for her major contribu- cation to prepare them for jobs in tions to the poultry industry. the industry after they graduate.

“It’s such a special award for Ganci also helped bring the me to be honored in the same Foster Farms Poultry Education way some of and Research our amazing Facility to the uniindustry leadversity in March. definitely want to grow the ers have been She said the facilipoultry program and continue awarded,” ty, which is on the to do science-based education and Ganci said.

Fresno State farm “There are so north of Barstow research.” many people Avenue, meets that do so all the standards — Michelle Ganci, of the American many great Animal science professor H u m a n e things for the industry – Association, and for moving it every chicken forward, for raised there is American Humane students – so it was a really great Certified. surprise for me. It was an honor.”

It is the first humane-certified Nick Wolfenden is a Fresno university poultry facility in the State student studying animal sci- nation. ence and livestock management.

“My focus is making sure we do He said he cannot think of anyone quality research and do the best more deserving of the award than job we can to make sure we take Ganci. care of the animals at the Fresno “She’s really a leader in the State farm,” she said. “The indusindustry of poultry,” he said. try is very viable here, and we “Anybody you talk to in the indus- have a lot of great students.”

“I

Wolfenden said he can speak from experience that students involved in the poultry program at Fresno State are benefitting from Ganci’s expertise.

“She’s such an informative teacher,” he said. “She’s there for her students. She helps you with your résumé; she can get you jobs when you graduate. There’s so many reasons why she’s deserving of this award.”

Ganci said that her main goal is to help students prosper in the poultry industry.

“It’s about being able to work with students and help them realize their abilities and successes through getting good jobs and internships,” she said. “To see so many students that come from Fresno State be so successful in the animal science and poultry industry—that’s probably my greatest accomplishment—to be involved in that and help them.”

Ganci said she hopes to continue her career in the animal science industry by expanding what she started at Fresno State.

“I definitely want to grow the poultry program and continue to do science-based education and research,” she said. “I think we’ve got a great thing started that we can continue to expand upon.”

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A verbal confrontation with the victim ensued and she eventually alerted library personnel.

Library security and Fresno State police searched the building, but the suspect was not found.

“We were able to identify Mr.

Tafoya based on knowledge we had on him from prior contacts and a positive ID by the victim that it was Fidel Tafoya,” Huerta said.

This case is similar to one involving Tafoya on Nov. 12.

In that case, he was arrested after accusations from a female student that he touched her inappropriately in the library.

Police said the similarities in the cases have indicated that Tafoya has a modus operandi.

“He touches someone, and his M.O. is, ‘oh, I thought you were my girlfriend,’ or, ‘oh sorry, my friend Joan, I thought you were her,’” Huerta said. “Something like that, you know, so a number of times the women have just dismissed it and let it go.”

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DJS: My whole thing is, I’m just adding energy to the song, I’m not changing the song, I’m adding energy, and I’m maybe speeding the tempo up, maybe even a little of both. The thing is, country music, I’m so proud to be part of country music, and anybody that says, “I don’t like country music,” it’s kinda like people that say, “I don’t like eating sushi,” they’ve really never tried it. And once they try it, you’ve got a fan for life. So all I’m trying to do is give people a chance, that have never listened to country music, to come over and see that it’s not all about lonely people and your dog runnin’ off.

It’s a good time. It’s a way of life you know?

M: In a couple days, you’re going to hit the Save Mart Center in Fresno. Like you said, you’re hopping on a plane and coming over here. Are you ready Silver?

DJS: I would move to California, if I could. I love California. I’ve spent a lot of time in Fresno, a lot of time, all the way up and down the coast of California, got a lot of friends out there. I don’t know if students are involved in Instagram or Facebook, but I put on there, this is a big West Coast run we’ve been looking forward to all year, good people out there, crowds always come to get down, and like I said, if I wasn’t from Texas, I’d be in California.

M: Well everyone here is excited for sure. Just kind of a fun question: If you could do your life over again, would you take the same path that you’re on now? If you were talking to a college student, and they asked you if you could do anything over again or anything differently, would you change anything?

DJS: I mean, there’s always things that you would have changed. I would have listened more, you know what I mean, but I would’ve definitely followed

my heart. As far as music-wise, I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve been doing this my whole life, I’ve been told no my whole life.

Finally, now what you hear and what you see, it works a little bit.

All the people that tell you no are asking you to come do [shows].

I was talking to the University of Nebraska the other day, and what I like to tell people is just, you know you’re gonna make mistakes, trial by error almost, and you’re gonna learn what to do by [mistakes], but you’re not gonna learn unless you make mistakes.

So as far as making mistakes, I think that’s part of it. I wouldn’t change anything of it, but I’m just really happy to where it’s leading today, and I can’t wait to see where it’s gonna go tomorrow, you know?

M: Very cool, well Fresno State is looking forward to the concert!

Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me. Anything else you would like to add?

DJS: Yeah, you can find me on my website at deejaysilver.com, it’s got my Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and all this stuff. It’s got stuff from my radio show called “The Country Club,” my album, everything’s on there, so please stay in touch with me. And I respond. There are other people that do run my Facebook and Twitter and all that, but I respond to everything.

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Chemistry club recognized for community outreach Fresno State among small pool to earn honor

By Erica Heinisch The Collegian Fresno State’s chemistry club knows how to give back, and the work is paying off.

The club, also known as CHEM club, received the American Chemical Society’s (ASC) outstanding student chapter award this year for the fifth time. The club also received the green chemistry award for the third time.

Fresno State student and club president Mee Vang said the club fulfills community outreach activities on campus and at other schools to promote science and instill knowledge.

“Last year, we went to Sunnyside High School, and we did an outreach with the Junior Doctors Academy program, which is a student-parent conference,” Vang said. “We hosted a hands-on science activity for the students to learn more content about the basics of science.”

Vang said the club also participated in an outreach program with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center and Fresno State’s American Sign Language Club for

deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

“What we do is promote science literacy because not a lot of people know much about science,” Vang said.

She said that she and the other officers in the club create a report of all the outreach activities they have performed the past year to send to ACS as a review to receive the awards.

To receive the green chemistry award, at least three activities must incorporate and promote green chemistry.

Fresno State chemistry instructional support technician Donnie Golden said he regularly helps the club with its activities and meetings. He said the club sends out a 50-to 60-page report to ACS covering all the community outreach work over the year.

“It’s amazing because just preparing all those documents and being organized teaches the students a considerable amount of professionalism,” Golden said.

Melissa Golden, an associate professor of inorganic chemistry, has been the faculty adviser of the club for six years.

“I review a lot of the awards from other universities across the country, so I know what people are looking for just because there are certain categories that you want to have in entering,” Golden said. “When we plan our events at the beginning of the year, we make sure we hit every category, as well as document every event, so we can meet all the criteria for the grading rubric for the actual final award.”

Golden said about 300 to 400 colleges apply for the ACS’s outstanding student chapter award each year. Only about 30 to 40 receive the award.

“When we go to the national meetings, people now recognize us,” she said. “They’ll say, ‘Oh, that’s the Fresno State chapter.

They know what they’re doing.’”

“Even people within the ACS organization at the national level will call us when they need something because they know we have our act together. They rely on us to help them out.”

Vang said receiving the outstanding student chapter award helps the students of the club stand out academically and pro-

fessionally.

“The club will help the active members because it will make them look better on their résumés and also it will help their letter of recommendation,” Vang said. “If the chemistry professors see that they are involved in the chemistry club, it will make the student look even better, based on their par-

ticipation.”

Officers of the CHEM club will travel next spring to Dallas to receive the two awards.

“It makes us feel proud,” Vang said. “I’m actually like, ‘Wow, we have momentum,’ because this is our fifth year getting the award.

It’s really awesome.”

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Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds used his legs more than his arm in the contest. He only threw for 54 yards – completing six of 10 – but ran for 126 yards and three scores.

The Falcons only scored twice in the contest and had a 10-7 halftime lead.

The Midshipmen dominated the fourth quarter. They outscored the Falcons 21-0 and forced three turnovers. Navy linebacker Chris Johnson had two fourth-quarter interceptions that sealed the victory for his team.

Air Force (1-5, 0-4 MWC) will try to end its five-game losing streak at home against San Diego State on Thursday.

New Mexico Lobos 66, New Mexico State Aggies 17 Three first-quarter touchdowns by Lobo running back Kasey Carrier summed up New Mexico’s dominance last Saturday.

Carrier ended the game one yard short of his quarterback, Cole Gautsche, in rushing.

Gautsche had one rushing and one passing touchdown in the contest.

Lobo defense improved in the victory. In the Sept. 28 matchup against UNLV, the team allowed 56 points and 568 yards. In its win last week, New Mexico forced three turnovers, and defensive end Brett Bowers had three sacks.

In the loss, Aggie quarterback Andrew McDonald completed 20 of 34 passes for 269 yards. He didn’t throw any touchdowns and had two interceptions.

New Mexico State’s Brandon Betancourt carried the ball 23 times for 139 yards. He lost a

fumble in the third quarter that led to a Lobos field goal.

New Mexico (2-3, 0-1 MWC) will visit Wyoming (3-2, 1-0 MWC) on Saturday.

San Jose State Spartans 37, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 27

Sept. 28, Hawaii head coach Norm Chow picked Ikaika Woolsey over Sean Schroeder as his starting quarterback against Fresno State.

By the third quarter of the game, he regretted that decision.

In the Week 5 matchup, Schroeder got the nod as the starter and led the Rainbow Warriors to a 14-10 lead in the first quarter.

Hawaii’s offense took a nosedive in the second quarter.

Schroeder had two interceptions and Chow tried to use his running game, but that attempt was futile.

The Warriors totaled 87 rushing yards in the game.

Schroeder ended the game completing 28 of 50 passes for 342 yards, three scores and had three interceptions.

The Spartans used a mix of pass and rush offense to build a 13-point lead at halftime.

The second-quarter production was all San Jose State needed.

The Spartans and Warriors traded touchdowns in the third quarter, and Hawaii outscored the Spartans 7-3 in the fourth, but San Jose State held on for the 37-27 victory.

This Saturday, the Warriors (0-5, 0-3 MWC) will seek their first win of the season against the UNLV Rebels (3-2, 1-0 MWC), while San Jose State (2-3, 1-1 MWC) will visit Colorado State (2-3, 0-1 MWC).

SOCCER

Castain, DeVault win weekly honors after successful home stand

By Christopher Livingston The Collegian

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Fresno State goalkeeper Katie DeVault (1) earned Mountain West Player of the Week honors after the Bulldogs went 2-0 over the weekend.

After an undefeated weekend, Fresno State women’s soccer team senior Morgan Castain and junior Katie DeVault were named Mountain West Players of the Week.

Castain won her third career award in the offense category after playing a large role in both Bulldog victories. She tied the matchup against Nevada in the 22nd minute Friday and scored an insurance goal in Fresno State’s 3-1 win.

Then Sunday, she scored the lone goal in the Bulldogs’ 1-0 victory over UNLV. Her gamewinning header was her third goal of the weekend.

Currently, she is third in the conference in shots (38), second in points per game (1.31) and tied for first in goals (8).

The midfielder was also named the College Sports Madness Mountain West Player of the Week and Fresno State Sysco Student-Athlete of the Week.

DeVault won in the defense category, the second of her career.

The goalkeeper saved 11 of 12 shots and led the Bulldogs to their third shutout of the year over UNLV. She had eight saves in that game alone.

She is now second on Fresno State’s all-time list with 290 career saves. She is third in the conference in saves per game (4.77) and second in saves (62).

The last time the duo took both awards was one year ago after a 2-0 victory over Wyoming on Oct. 6, 2012.

The Bulldogs will remain at home this week to host Utah State on Friday and Boise State on Sunday.

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That’s what senior inside linebacker Jeremiah Toma intends to do for his child development class, an elective course.

“It’s a class that I really enjoy,” Toma said. “… This will give me a chance to read and understand what’s going on.

“I think [the bye] came at a good time, not just for football, but for school, too. We’re student athletes. Students first.”

Bulldogs break in new black helmets

The Bulldogs broke in the black helmets they will be using in their Nov. 9 home game against Nevada – when they debut their all-black uniforms – during Tuesday’s practices.

Fresno State, which practices today and Thursday before taking Friday through Sunday off, will continue using its black helmets this week and revert back to wear-

ing its red helmets for next week’s practices.

The new lids, Motta said, were a hit with the team. He had his tucked in his arm after Tuesday’s practice, trying to preserve its newness.

“They’re pretty sweet,” he said.

“You see how I’m holding it right now – like a baby. Nobody wants to put them on the ground.”

The Bulldog Bulletin ‘Dogs tennis go double-digit at Davis The Fresno State men’s tennis team went 10-13 over the weekend at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational.

The tournament saw the Bulldogs win both their doubles matches.Nikolas Papic and Ethan Lopez had an 8-6 victory over Pacific’s Alex Hamilton and Eric Cederwall. Sai Kartik Nakireddi and Sam McNeil defeated San Francisco’s Johann Samuelsson and Timothy Tan. In Day 1 singles action, Fresno State went 4-4. McNeil, with victories over San Francisco’s Chris Brockstedt and Stanford’s Anthony Tsodikov, was the only undefeated Bulldog. Papic dropped his game against Oregon’s Joey Swaysland 6-2, 6-1.

Both Kartik and Lopez went 1-1. Kartik lost to San Francisco’s Rich VanHout, but defeated Saint Mary’s John Stormans in three sets. Lopez defeated Cederwall 6-1, 6-4 and fell to Davis’ Parker Kelly 6-3, 6-3.

In Day 2’s doubles showdowns, Kartik and McNeil went 1-1. They won their match against Davis’ Alec Adamson and Brett Bacharach 8-5, but dropped their game against Michael Hukwo and Reid DeLaubenfels of Portland 8-4.

The Papic-Lopez duo suffered an 8-4 loss against Santa Clara’s Ashot Khacharyan and Sam Bertram.

In singles play, the Bulldogs were swept in all their matches.

Fresno State recovered in Day 3 and won its singles games – all against Saint Mary’s College.

Papic defeated Mathias Olsen 6-4, 7-6 (3). Lopez won in three sets 7-6 (2), 6-2, 11-9 tiebreak.

Kartik was victorious over Alec Wagner in two matches 6-4, 6-3.

The Bulldogs’ next tournament will be in Moraga, Calif., from Oct. 18-22.

Fresno State men’s basketball team picked to finish eighth in Mountain West preseason poll The Fresno State Bulldogs men’s basketball team was picked eighth in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) preseason media poll.

Last year, the Bulldogs finished seventh in the conference (11-19, 5-11 MWC).

Fresno State will host exhibition games on Nov. 1 and 4 at the Save Mart Center.

Afterward, it will open the regular season Nov. 8 at UC Irvine.

Defemding champion New Mexico finished first in the poll with 263 points. Below is the list of the full ranking.

Team - Points 1. New Mexico - 263 T2. UNLV - 214 T2. Boise State - 214 4. San Diego State - 212 5. Utah State - 156 6. Colorado State - 142 7. Wyoming - 112 8. Fresno State - 96 9. Nevada - 84 10. Air Force - 61 11. San Jose State - 30

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MOUNTAIN WEST WEDNESDAY

A look at the Week 6 Mountain West Conference football games

By Christopher Livingston The Collegian Last weekend, there were only six football games in the Mountain West Conference, as Wyoming, Colorado State, Boise State and UNLV had bye weeks.

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After an ESPN-televised 40-12 win over San Jose State, the Aggies returned home to host their in-state rivals last Friday.

Things went sour for Utah State in the first quarter, when BYU’s Kyle Van Noy intercepted a pass from Aggie quarterback Chuckie Keeton for a 17-yard score.

Afterward, Keeton left the game with a knee injury.

Keeton remained on the sideline on crutches to cheer his backup, Craig Harrison. The 6-foot-2-inch junior completed 18 of 41 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown.

BYU quarterback Taysom Hill had a more-productive game. He threw for 278 yards and three scores – all to wide receiver Mitch Matthews.

The Aggies scored their second touchdown of the game in the fourth, but the Cougars had done enough damage.

Utah State (3,-3, 2-0 MWC) will remain at home to host the Boise State Broncos (3-2, 1-1 MWC) on Saturday.

San Diego State Aztecs 51, Nevada Wolf Pack 44

In what was almost a San Diego State collapse, Quinn Kaehler completed a 13-yard touchdown for the overtime win.

The Aztec quarterback ended the game completing 23 of 32 passes. Adam Muema, the 5-foot-10 junior from Covina, rushed the ball 24 times for 134 yards and two scores.

At the end of the third quarter, San Diego State shouldered an 11-point lead.

Nevada rallied in the fourth by keeping the ball on the ground, and running backs Kendall Brock and Don Jackson scored.

With 1:38 left in the game, Wolf Pack quarterback Cody Fajardo drove his team downfield and completed a 5-yard, gametying pass.

In overtime, the Aztecs only needed five plays to regain the lead. In the ensuing drive, Fajardo threw three consecutive incomplete passes to seal the victory for the Aztecs.

Nevada (3-3, 2-1 MWC) will have a bye week then visit Boise State on Oct. 19. San Diego State (2-3, 1-0 MWC) will visit the Air Force Falcons on Thursday.

Navy Midshipmen 28, Air Force Falcons 10 Despite the government shutdown, the Navy-Air Force game carried on.

The Department of Defense suspended athletic activities at U.S. service academies.

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Defensive surge reflected in numbers

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian

win “fun.”

“I think it’s a little different when a fat guy gets one … I think it’s a little more speFresno State defensive coordinator cial,” Motta said of his interception.

“Curtis was a little upset with me because Nick Toth said the turnovers and sacks would come heading into the team’s game I got an interception before him, and he against Idaho, confident that the pressure ended up getting one later in the game. He the Bulldogs have been forcing on opposing was excited about that.”

The Bulldogs’ presquarterbacks would soon sure on defense, Toth be quantified in the stat said, has remained sheets. consistent, though o see the takeThey did, and now it the offensive schemes does. aways we had last Fresno State faced in its The No. 21 Bulldogs earlier games – stacked racked up the numbers week, I think it’s great fronts against Cal Poly’s – six sacks, four interceptriple option and similar momentum going into tions and five turnovers offenses in Rutgers and in all, Costco-style, by the off week.”

Boise State whose fronts the bulk – in their 61-14 tended to outnumwin over Idaho Saturday, ber Fresno State’s 3-4 a byproduct of finishing — Tim DeRuyter, defensive front – have tackles and pass rushes. limited the Bulldogs Fresno State leads Fresno State head coach from getting to the quarthe Mountain West terback quickly enough.

Conference in sacks (19 The Bulldogs, like last total). year, set a goal before “Our defense is predicated on getting tackles for loss and sacks, pressuring quar- the start of the season to force 30 taketerbacks into making bad decisions and aways. Last season, Fresno State forced 35 forcing takeaways,” Fresno State coach Tim turnovers, a drastic turnaround from the 13 it had in 2011. The Bulldogs have forced 12 DeRuyter said.

“I think Coach Toth and our defensive turnovers so far – eight interceptions and guys have done a great job establishing four recovered forced fumbles.

The majority of that output was beefed that. We’re a work in progress there, but to see the takeaways we had last week, I up against Idaho.

“It’s a morale booster,” Motta said. think it’s great momentum going into the “Things are finally starting to click togethoff week.”

Defensive backs Curtis Riley and Charles er. We’re trying to become the defense that Washington and defensive lineman Nikko we know we can be each week.”

Motta recorded their first career intercepPlayers use bye week to hit the tions against the Vandals, who Fresno State books (5-0, 2-0 MWC) led 47-0 at halftime.

Redshirt sophomore Dillon Root, who Fresno State coaches will be using this switched positions from slot receiver to cornerback after the Bulldogs’ win over Cal bye week to reinforce the fundamentals, Poly, grabbed two sacks in back-to-back work on developing the team’s depth and get a head start in installing its game plan plays in the fourth quarter.

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Fresno State defensive end Nikko Motta (52) points at the crowd during a Bulldogs’ home game at Bulldog Stadium. Motta recorded his first interception in his career Saturday in the Bulldogs’ 61-14 win over Idaho.