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Construction on the New Student Union will require demolition of the Amphitheater and the Keats Building behind the Music and Speech Arts Buildings near the faculty parking lot off of Keats Avenue.

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NSU construction just months away

By Seth Casey Editor in Chief

Fresno State is just months away from breaking ground on its latest campus structure: the New Student Union (NSU).

Contractors for the project have already begun surveying the designated construction area, the Fresno State Amphitheater and the Keats Building, for utility lines. Preliminary underground construction will commence later this fall, according to associate vice president for facilities management Tinnah Medina.

“Around December, January – more likely January – the contractor will start mobilizing on the site, so fences up,” Medina said.

The project is estimated to be completed by August 2021, amounting to a total of approximately 18 months of construction.

The project will require the demolition of the Keats Building near the fountain across from the Kennel Bookstore, which will begin in March 2020.

During the construction phase, Keats Avenue (the road north of the Kremen Building) between Maple Avenue and faculty Parking Lot 31, will be closed to public traffic and will be used exclusively by construction vehicles likely beginning in January 2020.

Although, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking near the Lab School will remain accessible throughout the construction process.

“We have to give [the contractors] access to their [work]site,” Medina said. “So by closing Keats down, what we’re trying to do is isolate the heavy construction traffic with all construction machinery – the delivery of steel – separate from the operations our students, our lots.”

Medina noted that the Speech Arts and Music buildings will be impacted by the construction, including utility shutdowns in order to make various utility line connections, but said that her team has been meeting regularly to organize their communication plan to keep the campus community informed of any potential impacts.

The construction will not affect the Parking Lot 31 near the Amphitheater or access to the back entrances to the Speech Arts and Music buildings.

Medina said her team aims to limit campus impact by scheduling material deliveries during downtimes, such as overnight, winter holiday

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A rendering of the New Student Union, which will be located partially on the current Amphitheater near the faculty parking lot off of Keats Avenue. and spring and summer breaks.

Upon completion, the NSU will provide campus with three stories of roughly 85,000 square feet of offices, retail dining, multipurpose rooms and study spaces.

The first floor of the NSU will feature multipurpose spaces that can be sectioned off into up to three separate forum halls for presentations and finals studying, and will be the only section of the building that does not have floors above it. The floor will also include three new dining options that have yet to be determined.

The second floor will hold meeting spaces and conference rooms for students, while the third floor will house offices for administration, student affairs, clubs and organizations, student involvement and Associated Students, Inc. The exterior spaces of the building will feature five distinct functional spaces, including seating areas and what Medina refers to as an homage to the Amphitheater, which can be used for outdoor presentations.

After a referendum approving the NSU passed in March 2018, design-build team McCarthy | Harley Ellis Devereaux was selected to head the project in March 2019.

Because the NSU project delivery is design-build, all design, engineering and construction will be the responsibility of the design-build developers.

This means that should the estimated $60 million project go over budget due to errors or omissions in the drawing process of the blueprints, the university will not be financially responsible.

What the university would be financially responsible for are changes in scope, such as additional scope or new additions to the building that were not requested in the original proposal process, changes in code compliance and unforeseen conditions, such as discovering unexpected utility lines in the ground when digging begins.

“One of my primary responsibilities of governance of projects is delivering projects on budget,” Medina said. “I cannot go and deliver to campus, to the students, to the clients, to my boss and say, ‘Oh, my gosh, we went over.’”

The contractors have been utilizing ground-penetrating radar technology to scan for utility lines in order to anticipate what lies underground before digging begins.

Though the construction phase of the project is expected to take an estimated 15 to 18 months and will impact the campus, Medina insists that all of the inconveniences will pay off once the building is finished.

“Construction is messy. It’s going to be impactful. But at the end of it, we’re building something pretty cool,” Medina said.

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Construction of the New Student Union will begin in January 2020 and is estimated to be completed

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Social work students recieve In honor recognition at Indonesia conference of Jane Addams

By Marilyn Castaneda News Editor

By Rachel Lewis | Reporter

A group of Fresno State students received national recognition over the summer at The International Consortium for Social Development in Indonesia.

The social work education department sent 14 of its graduate students and one undergraduate to travel around Indonesia for almost two weeks in July, as they presented research projects and visited different agencies.

The 21st biennial international conference is one of the four main conferences in the social work field which invites professionals and scholars from around the world to exchange views and perspectives. This year’s event was held at the University of Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“All of the students presented their own work,” said Dr. Dheeshana Jayasundara, associate professor for the social work department.

“It was the first time they were presenting from Fresno State.”

Students spent about six months preparing for their presentations. A lot of time, energy and organization went into each research project, said social work graduate student Ewan Duarte.

Duarte said he conducted about 60 interviews for his research project and thesis, which focused on trans youth in California.

“It was an incredible opportunity to prepare, speak and present after all that planning,” Duarte said. “I don’t think anything like this has happened here.”

Before the students were accepted to the conference, they had to submit an abstract of what they would be presenting and go through a blind interview.

After all 15 were accepted, the students were responsible for fundraising to cover their expenses.

A total of $60,000 was raised through different fundraisers, like college funding, a GoFundMe account and university funding.

“We were selling Jamba Juice cards, selling chocolates and meeting with President Joseph I. Castro asking to donate to our cause,” said James Borunda, a social work graduate student.

Borunda presented the ‘bring your own ballot’ initiative, an event that took place last November on campus. The goal was to get a lot of first-time student voters to vote for the mid-

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A group of 15 Fresno State students presented their research projects over the summer in Indonesia. term election in an effort to bring awareness to voting.

He describes the trip as an eye-opening experience and his first time in a fundamental Muslim country.

“There’s a lot of adjustments coming from the United States, so that was a big culture shock for me,” Borunda said. “It was interesting to see a lot of the issues that they face in developing nations that we still struggle with here, like clean drinking water, extreme poverty and child abuse.”

Christine Andrew remembers her experience as both extremely humbling and empowering. The social work graduate student presented perspectives on the challenges of professionals working with street children in India.

“It was a great opportunity overall. The trip was interesting too, because for me, it was one of the first times that I had been part of a minority group in another country,” Andrew said.

“I feel really hopeful for the future and very fortunate to be part of this cohort.”

The conference invited other universities, but no other school had a group with as many as 15.

“All the other schools had one, two or maybe three students representing,” said Dr. Marcus Crawford, assistant professor for the social work department. “All the other students were doctorate students, no master’s students.”

After all their efforts, the group won the Partners in International Education (PIE) Award. Normally, one student is awarded, but this time all 15 students won it as a group, said Jayasundara.

The group is planning to receive its plaques at the 2019 Commission on Global Social Work Education meeting held in October in Denver, Colorado.

Toward the end of September or early October, the students will be holding a community forum where they will present their experience as a way to thank and inform other students about it. Details on the exact date are still pending.

“Not only did we present, but we were there to hear other people’s research,” said Alejandra Rodríguez Perez, a social work graduate student. “So we gained a lot of knowledge about what other people are doing in the community.

I feel like now we can implement that in our own practice or just sharing with our peers.”

Fresno State’s Cross Cultural and Gender Center (CCGC) celebrated the annual commemoration of the Jane Addams statue in the Peace Garden on Friday in the Ellipse Gallery in the Henry Madden Library.

To celebrate the statue’s place in the Peace Garden, the CCGC invited The Raging Grannies from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Dr. Janet Slagter from the women’s studies department and Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor who helped start the Peace Garden.

“The completed memorial is the fruit of years of work by many people,” Slagter said.

“Much of the organizing and all of the research for it was completed by women’s studies, feminist activisist students who, beginning in 2003, lobbied to have a woman in the garden. So, the Peace Garden at Fresno State officially became a gender-integrated zone on April 6, 2006.”

The Peace Garden, located in the grass between the library and the Family Food and Sciences Building, also displays statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar E. Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To kick off the event, The Raging Grannies from WILPF sang four songs, two of which were parodies. They sang: “Half the Sky;” “A Song for Immigrants,” a parody of “This Land is Your Land;” “The Border Song,” a parody of “Bring Back My Bonnie to Me;” and “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”

The parodies were written in recognition of the current struggle of immigrants along the southern border trying to get into the U.S. Since Addams was a proponent of immigrant causes, The Raging Grannies used the songs to highlight the continuous battles immigrants have to fight, according to Kay Tolladay Pitts, spokeswoman for The Raging Grannies.

During the last song, The Raging Grannies had the audience stand up, form a circle, hold hands and sing “Let There Be Peace on Earth” with them.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Food drive offers free fair tix

By Anthony De Leon Managing Editor

The Big Fresno Fair and Fresno State once again will be teaming up to combat hunger as the fifth annual “Feed the Need” food drive to help benefit the Fresno State Student Cupboard (FSSC) will take place outside Bulldog Stadium on Sept. 25 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Community members who participate in the event and donate 10 or more cans of food will receive one Big Fresno Fair admission ticket, good for admittance on any day during the 2019 fair run, according to a university news release.

The FSSC started as an initiative by the Fresno State Food Security Project in order to provide free food and hygiene items to Fresno State students in need.

Since its inception in November 2014, the FSSC has helped more than 15,374 students

across the campus and has amassed more than 204,000 total visits during that time.

Donors will have the opportunity to be greeted by Fresno State first lady Mary Castro, multiple Fresno State coaches and Fresno State athletes who will be randomly giving away 2019 football game tickets to donors throughout the day.

Along with Athletics, Maya Cinemas Fresno 16 will be handing out popcorn coupons while supplies last.

Multiple radio stations will also be broadcasting live from the Fresno State Red Lot throughout the day including New Rock 104.1, 940 ESPN, 95.7 The Fox and 99.3 Now FM. The livelihood of the FSSC hinges on the support of the community, as many of the food and hygiene items donated come from community organizations or are purchased at discounted prices through strategic partnerships with donor funding.

“Community support for basic needs greatly helps our students achieve their academic goals … nearly 44 percent of our students struggle with food insecurity, and it is a high priority of ours to reduce it,” Dr. Frank Lamas, Fresno State vice president for the division of student affairs and enrollment management, said in the release. "Food insecurity is not something that is limited to our campus. Throughout California, campuses are working together to address this crisis and empower student success."

During the academic year, the FSSC averages 4,600 student visitors, and 563 student applications were submitted to the CalFresh program.

The Collegian reported in 2018, last year’s “Feed the Need” food drive gave away nearly 4,000 fair tickets with the help of 200 volunteers, including student athletes and community members, who gathered food and money donations.

John C. Alkire, CEO of the Big Fresno Fair, hopes that this year's “Feed the Need” event will once again have the support of the community and provide Fresno State students with the basic needs to succeed.

“Last year, with the amazing support of our community, we collected 67,000 pounds of food at our food drive at Fresno State – this went directly to serve students and help them with a basic need,” Alkire said. “We want our community to rally around Fresno State and this drive by showing up in big numbers to top our collection totals from last year.”

The Fresno Fair runs from Oct. 2-14. The donation of 10 or more unexpired cans is limited to four Fair admission tickets per car while supplies last.

Those who are unable to make it to the food drive and donate in person can still support Fresno State students by making contributions online.

Constitution Day celebrates 232 years

By Rachel Lewis Reporter

Fresno State celebrated Constitution Day on Tuesday with a rundown of the First Amendment, a history of the 19th Amendment and discussions about the 14th Amendment and its impact on race dialogue.

Constitution Day was established by Congress, which passed an act after 9/11 to raise students’ awareness of what is included in the Constitution and the rights it provides citizens.

This was done in response to the call for restrictions on rights, specifically religion, after 9/11.

Dr. Andrew Fiala, director or the Ethics Center and professor of philosophy, said, “We are just trying to get people thinking about our democracy and how we can do it better. If we are going to make a better democracy, we need to have the education, and this needs to be education on everything. Understanding the system is helpful, and we need to get our students engaged.”

At Fresno State, Constitution Day was put on by the Ethics Center at Fresno State, the political science department and the Institute for Media and Public Trust. In the past, each entity has had separate events and activities

on different days, but this year marked the first time these entities hosted Constitution Day in conjunction with one another.

The political science department focused on the 19th Amendment, because this year is the 100 anniversary of the ratification of the amendment. The department had three speakers, Dr. Lisa Bryant, Dr. Natalia Kasianenko and Associated Students, Inc. Vice President of External Affairs Elizabeth Rocha Zuniga.

Bryant presented on the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. She highlighted the key influencers of the movement, while also vocalizing the separatatist movement that formed due to racism and classism. When women obtained the right to vote, according to Bryant, they were slow to go to the ballot box, but have since voted at higher rates than men.

“One of my goals was to highlight that women’s participation and women’s right to vote has always, sort of, intrinsically tied to social justice issues,” Bryant said. “Even if it wasn’t completely inclusive, that underlying idea of social justice has always been part of women’s participation.”

To compare the efforts of women's suffrage on an international scale, Kasianenko spoke about the women’s movement in the Soviet Union. Contrasting the long battle of American

women to win the right to vote, women in the Soviet Union won this right with little confrontation.

Soviet women were able to accomplish suffrage in 1917, two years before the U.S. obtained suffrage ratification in 1919. Despite the ease of obtaining suffrage, Russian women had, and continue to have, little power within the political system.

“The biggest idea was that even though women might have the right to vote, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will have actual political rights and their voice will actually make a difference,” Kasianenko said. “Like with the Soviet Union, women had the right to vote, but there was no democracy.”

Rocha Zuniga concluded the panel presentations with the importance of voting, especially for young populations like those in attendance at Fresno State.

Rocha Zuniga also shared her progress on Assembly Bill 963, which would require all state campuses to share election related information with students and is currently waiting for a vote in the California State Senate.

“This was an important event for me because I want students to know that I really care about student engagement, and I want to increase the awareness of what is going on in the

state,” Rocha Zuniga said.

The panelists encouraged audience members to make use of their right to vote and to participate in the political system in whatever way they can.

Viviana Montes, a student of Kasianenko, seemed to be especially receptive to this message.

“I feel more empowered to vote now and I want to look into the current political candidates and what they’re running for,” Montes said. “I will for sure be voting in the next election.”

Besides the 19th Amendment, the day also highlighted the First and 14th Amendments.

The Institute for Media and Public Trust led the charge on the First Amendment. It set up tables dedicated to the separate protections the First Amendment entails.

Each table represented a different right and taught students more about the freedoms within this amendment.

The Ethics Center focused on the 14th Amendment, celebrating its 150 year ratification anniversary, by holding discussions on the protections of the amendment from an attorney’s point of view and discussions on race.

This event also featured a video on the history of civics and race.

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'IT Chapter Two' doesn't quite have it

By Christina Tran A&E Editor

The embodiment of evil and fear returns to the town of Derry, Maine, again in clown form after 27 years of being forced into the darkness of the sewer system’s abyss in “IT Chapter Two.” Beginning the movie with a flashback of the ‘Loser Club’ kids from the first movie’s ending, “IT,” fans were able to see the connection between how much the familiar children have grown up as they all moved away from their hometown, except for Mike.

A firm reminder of the children’s bloody friendship ritual is brought up in memory of Pennywise’s murderous reign when Bill, the group’s leader, says: “Swear, if it ever comes back, we’ll come back too.”

The movie continues this sequence of switching back and forth between the children’s flashbacks of trauma and the transition of where they all ended up in their adult lives.

Stepping away from Bill as the main character, around whom everything is centered, Mike clearly becomes the new person who has to find a way to bring everyone back together after several decades have passed.

The stories of how each character is brought back to Derry happen simultaneously, as Pennywise finally returns with more gore and sus-

pense than ever before.

Compared to “IT,” jumpscares were brought down to a minimum, while blood, guts and gore are exploited in scenes of victims attacked by Pennywise.

In fact, there’s even an unfortunate scene where movie fans get to see Richie throw up, close and in gruesome detail, whether it was something that people wanted to see or not.

To help visualize the personalities of young children growing into adults, several actors continue to keep the well-known personas that fans grew to love. Bill has a stutter when he speaks. Eddie drives a car while simultaneously having a nervous breakdown. Beverly, obviously, is noted for her auburn hair.

Focusing on themes of friendship and conquering individual fear to purify the town of Derry for good, each character must find a way to retrieve an artifact from their childhood that both helps them remember what happened during Pennywise’s reign of terror and realize that getting rid of that same artifact is necessary to participate in a Native American ritual to capture Pennywise and trap him forever.

Stephen King, the author of “IT” and “IT Chapter Two” even awed movie fans as he made a cameo as the antique shop owner where Bill finds the bike he always rode as a kid.

The collection of memories each character must accomplish pursuing serves to fill in the holes of what each character was, and is still

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Pennywise (right) lures Victoria (left), a small child, to come to him with a firefly as her parents neglect their attentions from her at a baseball game.

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(From left to right) Richie, Beverly, Bill, Eddie, Mike and Ben search for Ben's secret hideout to uncover the memories that they have forgotten. scared of as an adult. These childhood fears that come to life incite a similar, twisted feeling of a fight or flight reaction.

Georgie, Bill’s younger brother from “IT,” continues to remain a psychological problem that Pennywise exploits. The innocence of children plays an important role in the movie to make each adult focus on why they all came back to Derry.

Bill, Eddie, Beverly, Ben, Mike and Richie are not kids anymore and realize that Pennywise can’t continue to push them around if they find a concrete way to fight against him to defend each other. That’s why they’re all trusting in Mike as the sole person who knows some obscure solution to defeating Pennywise.

Childhood bullies Henry Bowers and Patrick Hockstetter drive a parallel story of their own as they use ill intentions to wreak havoc on the ‘Loser Club’ when they head back to Derry.

This side story diverges from the main plot and seems to be a part of the movie as a filler.

The first “IT” already runs longer than a typical scary movie, and “IT Chapter Two” adds up to a total of two hours and 50 minutes. That’s a lot of time spent focused on this random update on the bullies that doesn’t necessarily add anything meaningful to the battle against Pennywise.

Something that was finally fixed, and well deserved, revolved around the short-lived romance between Ben and Beverly.

The young boy who never really stopped be-

ing in love with Beverly admits that he was the one who wrote her a love poem that Bill ended up getting credit for. In a sweet moment of romance, movie fans welcomed the long-awaited couple that should have gotten their first kiss when they were children.

Balancing friendship and love with fear and destruction, Pennywise ended up outsmarted in a quickly wrapped up defeat that left some wondering how it could have happened.

The Native American ritual to seal Pennywise away forever failed, because Mike lied to everyone. Attacking Pennywise with words to demean his existence with their lack of fear was already something that happened in “IT” to force the clown into slumber, and it worked again in this movie.

While tying together the battle between the ‘Loser Club’ and Pennywise seemed rather short and easy after Stanley’s and Eddie’s deaths, there did seem a simple way to kill the demonic clown. Just tear his heart out and squeeze the life from it. A simple and done solution to a century of death and mutilation for the townspeople of Derry.

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Ocean Celebration travels to Fresno State

By Larry Valenzuela Opinion Editor

Hundreds of people were at the Satellite Student Union (SSU) on Sept. 13 to experience a unique show of Taiwanese dancing, lights, music and the dancing tool: the diabolo.

The Diabolo Dance Theatre had a showing on campus, and the SSU had a sea of people nearly filling up every seat to catch the performance of Ocean Celebration.

The dance group’s stop in Fresno was only one of the 14 cities it will be performing in this year in the U.S. The group utilizes the diabolo, a juggling and circus prop, which consists of two cups and a string. The cups are spun using the string attached to two handles, similar to a yo-yo.

The night began with a word from Director General Joseph Ma of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco. Ma spoke about how the group was chosen to travel to America to promote Taiwanese culture all over the world. “This performance will capture the beauty of the island of Taiwan, integrated with music, dance, gymnastics and multimedia effects,�

Ma said. “I believe, through this performance,

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Singer Usay Kawlu and ballerina Lin Yi Jiun perform a song and dance number during the first act of the Ocean Celebration put on by the Diabolo Dance Theatre at the Satellite Student Union on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. you will be able to understand the beauty and vibrancy of the Taiwanese culture.�

The 14-act performance began with the show’s vocalist, Usay Kawlu. Kawlu was then joined on stage by ballerina Lin Yi Jiun for a song and dance duo.

The rest of the show featured drum solos from percussionist Huang Sheng Yun, gymnastic performances from acrobat dancer Tsai Pao Ching and a comedic showing from Liu Nai Wen, who played the Clown Fish.

The diabolo was seen continuously through-

out the show, utilized in a variety of ways by the performers. Most notably, there were two large strings suspended over the crowd as the diabolo cups were spun down, back and forth, above the crowd.

Two children were called up to the stage by Wen to perform with the diabolo as well.

The show featured a large amount of colorful lighting, which Fresno Area Taiwanese Association president Wen Leu said was brought in by a team of specialists.

The show concluded with one last singing number from Kawlu, and the rest of the dancing group followed through in one last demonstration of their individual skills.

Director of the show Liu Le Chun said that he believes that he not only promotes the Taiwanese culture but showcases how the island of Taiwan is also inviting of other cultures with the use of the Japanese drum integrated by a Taiwanese style. The performance has no language. “When you see the diabolo dance, you’re not only seeing an Asian tradition or performance.

You see a modern concept that combines theater, dance and everything you could imagine,�

Chun said. “So I hope you can imagine Taiwan as a creative island and a creative people, and I welcome all of you to come visit our island.�

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Win free sandwiches for a year in contest

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The closest Ike's Love & Sandwiches to Fresno State can be found at Campus Pointe at the address 3071 E. Campus Pointe Drive.

By Christina Tran | A&E Editor Ike’s Love & Sandwiches celebrated National Coloring Day on Sept. 14 by holding a social media contest in which artists win free sandwiches for one year.

The contest is open for anyone who wants to use their creative abilities to decorate a sandwich bag as their submission piece.

To enter, artists must use an Ike’s Love & Sandwiches bag as his or her canvas and use the Instagram social media app to post a picture of the decorated bag with the tag #ibaggedike.

Plain bags will be available for anyone interested at two local locations for Ike’s Love & Sandwiches in Fresno.

The closest Ike's Love & Sandwiches to Fresno State is located at Campus Pointe, 3071 E. Campus Pointe Drive. The other location can be found at 786 W. Palmdon Drive.

The winner will be named by the restaurant chain owner Ike Shehadeh on Friday, Sept. 20.

Each person will be limited to one entry.

If participants have their Instagram accounts on private, they must make sure to send their artwork submission in a direct message to the Ike’s Love & Sandwiches official account with the username @ikessandwiches.

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Student Recreation Center’s overrated torso rule

By Christina Tran A&E Editor

Fresno State’s Student Recreation Center’s (SRC) gym is a place where students and faculty should be able to be comfortable in what they wear to work out and get into shape on their own terms.

However, a recent incident with Fresno State student Leila Mori brought to light a rule of women and men covering their torsos when entering the SRC, which seems to present a double standard of enforcement.

In an interview with The Fresno Bee, Mori said she was working out but she was asked by an SRC employee to cover herself up because her outfit, a sports bra and high-waisted leggings, broke one of the policies that the gym is required to enforce.

“A shirt covering the torso must be worn at all times in the fitness center, group fitness studios, racquetball courts, on the track, stretching areas and in the gymnasiums,” according to Fresno State’s official page for the SRC. By wearing a sports bra alone, Mori did break this policy of not wearing an actual shirt, as she revealed two and a half inches of her midriff. But that’s not where the story ends.

After being approached and told to put a shirt on, Mori spoke to a female SRC supervisor and emailed director Derek A. Walters about the implications of only pointing out women who break this policy in the gym.

Showing one’s midriff does break a rule for which employees will speak to a student or faculty member in violation. But the policy is not solely directed at women. Men should also be asked to change their outfit if their torso is showing in the same way. But they’re not.

If both men and women were pointed out for this rule equally, Mori would not be filing a Title IX case against the SRC for the double standard that seems to enforce this rule primar-

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ily on women entering the gym’s facilities. its policies on dress code and torso covering women, is that the same thing is offered to both There is a problem to be seen when women can appear to be sexist and demoralizing for genders to avoid this double standard of torso are constantly being told by SRC employees to students who earnestly go to the gym to be uncoverage and enforcement thereof. With the cover up while male students continue to work bothered and exercise. rule not specifying what the torso consists of out, unbothered, in skinny tank tops that show If a woman’s midriff is inappropriate, then when it was established in 2006, it’s only fair their bare chests – which is also part of the torso is a man’s chest. to ask that the policy be changed after 13 years so.

In fact, in Mori’s interview with The Fresno to truly ensure that all students and faculty are This loosely - and unequally - enforced polBee, she claims that men are often seen workbeing treated equally. icy clearly appears to only be stringent when it ing out in tank tops that reveal their chests, If the policy change isn’t seen as an issue or comes to condemning women for how much sometimes even flashing their nipples while a problem to be discussed by the director and skin they are allowed to show. they lift weights, do floor exercises or spend supervisors that operate and manage the SRC, Most people are familiar with the double time on various work out machinery. then is Fresno State going to be able to adapt to standards of dress codes in high schools. Girls They are often unbothered and rarely told to new influences of feminism, equality and social are reprimanded and punished for showing too cover themselves up as they workout. standards that women are held to in future genmuch skin that may distract boys, which furAll that Mori is asking, in respect to all erations to come? ther normalizes the sexualization and objectification of these young girls.

Similarly, by enforcing this torso policy exclusively on women who wear crop tops, tied up shirts and tank tops, the embarrassment and body shaming again is directed solely toward women.

These women are not going to the SRC to be objectified and sexualized by their peers and employee members.

They are going to the SRC to work out and focus on getting themselves in shape while feeling good about how they are doing so.

Being interrupted by SRC employees to cover themselves up, or even worse, having to leave the gym’s facilities because they don’t have a change of clothes proves that the SRC has an outdated policy that has become troublesome and problematic for female students.

A necessary update to the SRC’s rules and policies should be in place to allow students to wear what feels comfortable to participate in their workout routines.

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Take responsibility in keeping your campus clean

By Jennifer Reyes Reporter

Fresno State is by far one of the few places in Fresno that keeps its space looking clean and pleasant. If we take a look around our city, you will find littering such as in streets, parks, freeways and various other locations.

Fresno State students should take pride in being a part of a university that has great employees who contribute to keeping this campus clean for students to come and learn.

From time to time, there may be a piece of trash or a recyclable bottle on the ground, but the amount hardly compares to the trash and bottles littered around the city.

I believe that we, as students, should lend a helping hand and keep up the work with providing a clean campus for visitors and for a better learning environment.

Recently, there have been many landscaping projects on campus and other restorative initiatives, such as having our library windows cleaned.

The custodial services department at Fresno State, under the facilities management department, helps to keep the campus clean and pleasant for a good learning environment for students, faculty and staff.

We should take a minute of our day whenever we see workers keeping our campus clean and acknowledge that our campus will continue to stay clean because of them. But we should also take responsibility in picking up after ourselves.

Whenever we drop a piece of paper or a dirty napkin, we should not leave it behind for other students to pick up.

Your trash should not be someone else’s responsibility.

Another suggestion would be creating a day in which all of the workers of the facilities management team are shown appreciation by the Fresno State community.

Responsibility and pride are made possible by these employees, but we should do all we can to help them.

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Bring back three-pedal cars Hector Mendoza Reporter

The three-pedal breed of cars are becoming more and more scarce and may eventually become extinct.

Many car manufacturers have noticed that people just don’t seem to want to drive stick and are pushing to get rid of the manual transmission car.

Driving stick used to be popular. Many people chose to drive stick because of the lower pricing for those cars, the fuel economy, they seemed to be more durable than automatic cars

and they are very fun to drive.

Driving stick seemed to check all of the boxes when it came to choosing a car but many people are still driving automatic.

The number of people driving stick has gone down so much that Car and Driver, the bible for car lovers, started a campaign to push people to bring back manual transmission. They even created a hashtag, #SavetheManuals, back in 2016. It didn’t get much traction.

Driving stick is the best feeling ever. You get a feeling of control and have more security when you drive.

It feels like the car is doing what you tell it, and it feels great.

Many people may disagree with that because they say driving stick is very inconvenient. They say that it sucks to drive in traffic, it sucks when you have kids or that it just doesn’t make sense to drive stick living in this city.

There is some truth to those comments, but you can find things that you don’t like in almost everything if you try hard enough.

Being someone who drives stick, you almost freak out when finding someone else who drives stick. You have an instant connection with that person and it almost makes that person seem like family.

So I think that we should make a push to bring back this dying breed.

Why your space is important

By Anjanae Freitas Reporter

Whether it be your bedroom, your car, work office or living room, your space is more important than you think.

Being a college student, I think mostly everyone can agree that time management is hard to navigate.

However, one big factor that no one thinks about regarding time management is how important surrounding space is.

When I first started school, I used to come home after a long day, lie in my bed and my messy room and complain that I had no energy to get my homework done.

I never considered that the space around me could affect my level of effectiveness.

That was until I started to think, ‘Maybe if I create a space in my room that feels more inviting, more organized, then I might feel better when I came home after a long day.’

I remember talking to a professor, who asked me: “What is your new space going to be around you?”

After explaining to her that I was in the process of moving into my new apartment she told me something that’s stuck with me.

“Space is where we do our creative thinking. Where we allow our thinking to become thoughts to execute our visions.”

The next day I bought a cheap desk to see if this would help. I also added plants, a candle and artwork as decor to make me feel refreshed.

It didn’t dawn on me that just having a clean and fresh space helps improve your work ethnic tremendously.

Reynard Richardson, 9, from the Salvation Army summer camp explores with the light table at Akron Art Museum's newly-opened Live Creative Studio on Friday, June 7, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. [Mike Cardew/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com] Now I know you’re thinking, ‘Well, some of us aren’t privileged enough to just create a new space.’

Let me reassure you that creating a space is not always about money. You can create things or simply buy a few things at the dollar tree to be more organized.

You can also try to find a space that feels right to you.

As Fresno State students, I am sure that almost everyone has spent at least one day in the library.

I know some of us have learned that just because we are in a library, that doesn’t mean we are going to be 100 percent focused.

A strategy that I try is finding a few places in the Henry Madden Library where I remain focused.

For example, I use the reading room on the third floor when I need to write stories. I use the computers on the second floor when I need to write essays. I even use the second floor couches for a nice little nap.

Finding these few spaces help separate when it’s time to work and rest. The two should never coexist at the same time.

Our bed is made for sleep, and when we associate it with homework our brains are wired to believe it is OK to rest more often than if we were at a public space, like a library or nearby Starbucks.

Next time you are having a hard time focusing or feeling like you can’t be creative, find your space.

Find a place that is not just a place, but a safe space for you to soar in your education.

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EDITORIAL

Wednesday Warmup: The assassination of California sports by the coward Mark Emmert

By Anthony De Leon

Can you imagine Ronnie Rivers slicing through a defense like a 2019 Jaguar in the new Haron Jaguar campaign? Or how about Nate Grimes dunking on high interest rates in the latest Educational Employees Credit Union TV spot?

These lucrative opportunities may be in the near future for Fresno State student-athletes and California student-athletes in general, as California Senate Bill (SB) 206 passed with a landslide vote of 72-0 last week.

The bill, previously named the Fair Pay to Play Act, is currently sitting on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom awaiting approval, which would­ finally allow athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness if the bill is passed into law.

If the bill passes, it would take effect January 1, 2023, finally stopping the NCAA from having

The motive behind the letter signed by NCAA President Mark Emmert — who made $2.9 million in salary in 2018 — and 21 other members of the organization, is that they feel the need to strike down this idea and put pressure on Newsom out of fear.

The NCAA fears that other states will join California in an effort to allow players to be paid while playing and would cause a domino effect that would kill the NCAA restraints, creating what they consider an “unbalanced playing field.” Which, if you are keen to the goings on of college football, already

the power to bar universities from competition if its athletes were represented by agents and compensated for the use of their name, image or likeness. The current NCAA rules prohibits all practices mentioned.

At the stroke of a pen, the NCAA can quickly go from the powerhouse organization that fiscally profits on the exploitation of student-athletes, making $1.1 billion in 2017, according to an annual audit statement released by the NCAA, to sharing a percentage of their enormous pie with a group of athletes that risk their health every time they step on a playing field.

The NCAA, in an attempt to continue its monopolistic stranglehold, sent a letter to Newsom “warning” him that passing state legislation allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness would be “unconstitutional.”

The letter was sent on the basis that California SB 206 would upend the balance of a “level playing field” for all student athletes.

“If the bill becomes law and California’s 58 NCAA schools are compelled to allow an unrestricted name, image and likeness scheme, it would erase the critical distinction between college and professional athletics and, because it gives those schools an unfair recruiting advantage, would result in them eventually being unable to compete in NCAA competitions,” the NCAA's letter reads.

exists.

This marks the second time Emmert has written a letter regarding his thoughts on California SB 206, the first taking place earlier this year in which he addressed committee chairs with what was essentially a threat to NCAA President Mark Emmert says "you have to hold people accountable and responsible for ban all California schools their behavior in classes, on the football field, in life." (Mike Siegel/Seattle Times/MCT) from postseason play, an act which would likely violate federal antitrust laws College athletes can responsibly get paid for with one saying that student-athletes deserve if player compensation becomes state law. what they do and the billions they create.” every penny they can make off of the effort they “Nonetheless, when contrasted with current While former University of Florida star give as an athlete, and the other saying that the NCAA rules, as drafted, the bill threatens to quarterback and God’s best friend Tim Tebow thought of being paid as a professional is incenalter materially the principles of intercollegiate felt very differently about the subject of Caltive enough and something to strive for. athletics and create local differences that would ifornia SB 206, appearing on ESPN’s “First Ultimately, the side fans pick will lie with make it impossible to host fair national champiTake” vehemently striking down the disgusting which way their morals and values line up. But onships,” Emmert said in his June letter. “As a thought of student-athletes gaining any incenkeep in mind what was also in the letter by the result, it likely would have a negative impact on tives beyond school pride in exchange for their NCAA, stating, “The NCAA continues to focus the exact student-athletes it intends to assist.” bodies. on the best interests of all student-athletes naThis divisive topic has many people choos“If I could support my team, support my coltionwide.” ing sides on what they believe is right, and lucklege, support my university, that is what it is all That statement exemplifies both sides of the ily, in the past few weeks, the media has been about,” Tebow said. “To then [saying], ‘Okay it argument, and if you are still looking for a side blessed with comments from essentially two is not about us, it is not about we, it is just about to support, think about how gross you feel when very different sides of the spectrum. me.’ And yes, I know we live in a selfish culture you hear that statement being read aloud, and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James where it is all about us, but we’re just adding you’ll find your answer. tweeted his support of the passing of California and piling it on to that, where it changes what is My take is pay the athletes. Not only because SB 206 stating, “Everyone in California – call special about college football.” it is the right thing to do, but really because I your politicians and tell them to support CaliBoth statements showcase what each side am just selfish and would give anything to be fornia SB 206! This law is a GAME CHANGER. of the argument thinks about the proposed bill, able to play NCAA Football 2020.

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For the love of Bulldog soccer

By Jennifer Reyes Reporter

Fresno State’s Danielle Pacheco did not imagine furthering her love for soccer after graduating from Clovis West High School.

However, her passion for the sport had kept her on a soccer field throughout her collegiate school years.

Pacheco is a senior in her last year of eligibility, playing as a defender for the Fresno State women’s soccer team.

She has a twin sister Kaitlyn, who also played soccer with her in high school, but stopped playing after graduating. To this day, Pacheco said that people whom she has known and played with forever still have a hard time telling them apart.

Pacheco has always been an athlete. She participated in cross country and track all the way through high school, but stuck with soccer entering college.

After high school, she joined the Fresno City College women’s soccer team that won a national title.

Also during her time with the Rams, Pacheco was awarded the Junior College National Player of the Year award in 2018.

Pacheco said, “I was honestly super surprised, and when my coach told me, he was really surprised too. He was like, ‘We have never had this before,’ so I didn’t really know what to think about it. I was surprised, shocked.”

The soccer season at Fresno State starts in August and ends in November, or it might continue if the team makes the playoffs. Every day there is constant training, such as weight lifting and watching films, with only some weekends off.

Pacheco said the sport is a lot of work, but it is worth it.

Brian Zwaschka, head coach of the Fresno State team said that Pacheco came to Fresno State in a unique route. But she came in and worked her way to earn a spot on the team and has become an important part of it.

“She is a very quiet person. But she is the quiet professional type, where she just works her tail off to get her job done and try to support the team,” Zwaschka said. “She stays real

humble and hard-working.”

Although there were other schools talking to her after Fresno City, she decided to stay in her hometown surrounded by family. Also going to a university that had a good nursing program was a part of her final decision.

Pacheco has been enjoying the time on the soccer field. Playing every day with a good group of athletes is a lot of fun, she said.

For Pacheco, soccer has taught her time management. Any free time she has, she uses to get ahead of her school work that has to be done.

After college, Pacheco hopes to play for a summer season soccer team, while focusing on her nursing career.

She had thought about becoming a traveling nurse given the fact that she wishes to travel around the world in the future.

Pacheco said that her role models are her parents, working their hardest so that she could be able to play soccer and travel.

“So [I am] super thankful for that, giving me everything that they can to help me play and support me,” Pacheco said.

Weekend sports review

By Jorge Rodriguez Sports Editor

Soccer The Fresno State women’s soccer team had a good weekend with two wins in its first road trip of the season.

The first win of the weekend came on Friday night against Portland State University in a game played in Boise, Idaho.

The Bulldogs took an early lead in the game, thanks to forward Emma Chivers, who scored the first goal of the match in the minute 10 of the first half.

Portland State tied the game early in the second half. However, just a few minutes later, midfielder Kylie Lucero scored her first collegiate goal for the ‘Dogs, making the match 2-1 in favor of the Bulldogs.

Fresno State won the game 2-1, giving the Bulldogs a boost of confidence for their second game on Sunday.

The Bulldogs visited Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, to finish their two-game road

trip.

The Bulldogs started the game strong. However, it wouldn’t be until late in the first half when the Bulldogs finally found the net.

Chivers scored her second goal in two games, giving the Bulldogs the 1-0 lead in the 30th minute. Just before the end of the half, forward Sheyenne Hodge scored the second goal of the match for the Bulldogs.

Fresno State won the game 2-0, coming back home with two victories and adding to its overall record of 3-1-1. The ‘Dogs will be back home on Sunday when they face UC Riverside at the Soccer & Lacrosse Field.

Volleyball The Fresno State volleyball team participated in the Lumberjack Classic in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Friday and Saturday.

In the first game of the invitational on Friday, the Bulldogs faced Louisiana State University (LSU) in a four-set match. Fresno State was defeated 3-1, with the Bulldogs winning only the second set 25-17.

For the second game of the day, the Bulldogs

faced South Dakota State University in another four-set match. This time, the ‘Dogs edged the Jackrabbits three sets to one, with the Bulldogs winning three straight sets after losing the first set.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs faced invitational host Northern Arizona University in the final match of the invitational.The ‘Dogs got swept by the Lumberjacks three sets to none, handing the Bulldogs their second defeat of the invitational.

With an overall record of 5-4 after the invitational, the Bulldogs will look to improve their record next weekend at the Roadrunner Classic in Bakersfield.

By the numbers

2-0

Soccer wins both weekend matches

Armando Carreno • The Collegian

Fresn o State defen der Danielle Pacheco gets ready to put the ball in play during a home match on Sept. 8, 2019 at the Fresno State Soccer and Lacrosse Field.

Wrestling to Battle on the Midway

By Hector Mendoza Reporter

The Fresno State Wrestling team will once again battle atop the famed USS Midway as it will compete in the Battle on the Midway on Friday, Nov. 1, according to a Fresno State Athletics news release.

The CBS Sports Network will deliver the action nationwide with two two-hour airings.

“This is such a boost for the entire sport of wrestling to be able to have such a unique event like this on one of the most famous aircraft carriers ever commissioned,” Bulldogs head wrestling coach Troy Steiner said in the release.

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Bulldog campaign reignites Valley pride

Larry Valenzuela • The Collegian

The Pride of the Valley sign sits in front of the Save Mart Center on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Pride of the Valley is a marketing campaign by Fresno State Athletics.

By Jennifer Reyes Reporter

This past summer, Fresno State Athletics started a new marketing campaign focusing on the pride the people of Fresno and the Central Valley have of Fresno State and its sports programs.

The Pride of the Valley campaign was sponsored primarily through partnerships and has made a big splash since its first day on June 4.

The campaign consisted of putting out a video, placing nearly 2,000 yard signs, publishing newspaper advertisements and purchasing space on five billboards within the region from Sacramento down to Bakersfield. “[The goal] is to reestablish our brand, who we are, and what we mean to this Valley," said Frank Pucher, senior associate athletics director for external relations and one of the

creators of the campaign. “More than anything, we wanted to make sure that we bring back that incredibly special feeling that people have for Fresno State and what Fresno State means to this community.”

The team has promoted the campaign in other ways during the summer, such as working on other videos, having coaches visit different communities throughout the Valley and having Director of Athletics Terry Tumey speak to fans.

The athletes have been giving back to the Valley community by volunteering.

For Pucher, the interactions he had in the beginning of his tenure in January with some community fans, former football head coach Pat Hill and the staff led him to discuss the idea that giving back to the community was the answer.

“People are proud of this place,” Pucher said. “The feeling that if you are from Fresno, that is a bad thing. That is how people inter-

preted it. But when you actually talk to people from here, they are truly proud of it.”

The campaign team also received help from Ashley Ilic, director of university brand strategy and marketing, along with her team and 10 to 12 of the athletics external staff, who played a large role in contributing to the campaign in different parts, as well as providing ideas.

The university can be a source of pride for students, alumni, community members and workers, giving them an enriching experience, whether that is through creating memories with their families, inspiring the kids from the community by looking up to the student-athletes, making an economic impact or spotlighting the agriculture industry through Fresno State platforms.

“You can track social media metrics. But you cannot track pride and joy,” Pucher said.

Fresno State students have proven the success of the Pride of the Valley campaign, in-

creasing the amount of student season tickets purchased last season by 192 percent this fall.

Last year, the number of student season tickets purchased was 160. There have been 400 student season tickets sold this fall.

At the first football game, there were at least 3,000 students in attendance, bringing some much needed energy to the game crowd.

Fresno State fans have been supporting the Pride of the Valley campaign by purchasing and wearing T-shirts.

Last weekend, the Bulldog Shop had a record weekend. People have also been speaking and engaging on the Fresno State social media platforms.

“Thank you, students. You guys were such an awesome crowd. You did so much to the team, even though we lost, and hopefully, they continue to go out to more games because they truly make such an impact to our success, our brand and everything,” Pucher said.