September 12 2014

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CRIME CRIME SCENE SCENE INSIGHT INTELLECT Students observe real-world investigations at campus’ forensic crime laboratory

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MARCHING TO THE BULLDOG BEAT

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The Fresno State Marching Band practices Wednesday in triple-digit weather ahead of Saturday’s Fresno State football home opener against Nebraska. The band, led by director Gary Gilroy, will perform Saturday during halftime. For more photos, visit .

President vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS

By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey McClatchy-Tribune President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that he would go on the offense and pursue Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, outlining a detailed, long-term strategy to counter the militants who have captured large swaths of the region and pulled the U.S. into a fresh conflict in the Middle East.

Nearly six years after he was elected on a promise to end America’s years-long wars, Obama used a rare prime-time address to describe a military campaign broader than any he has launched.

Obama said the U.S. would use air power to target the Sunni militant group “wherever they exist,” expanding the aerial assault he launched in Iraq a month ago. He ordered an additional 475 U.S. service members to assist the beleaguered Iraqi and Kurdish forces on the ground and asked Congress to move quickly to approve hundreds of millions of dollars to increase funding for training and equipping Syrian fighters.

“America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat,” Obama said, speaking for less than 15 minutes.

“Our objective is clear: We will degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy,” he said, using one common acronym for

the group.

The president’s plans represented a dramatic escalation of a campaign that just weeks ago he declared would be narrowly focused and limited to protecting U.S. citizens in Iraq and assisting Iraqis who fled the Islamic State militants as they rapidly marched across that country this summer.

The expanded campaign will provide air support to Iraqi troops who will “go on offense,” aided by training, intelligence and equipment supplied by U.S. service members on the ground.

The rare, high-profile unveiling of Obama’s counterterrorism program came as part of a White House effort

See ISIS, Page 6

It might not be like the show “CSI,” but there is a full-service forensic crime lab on Fresno State’s campus.

It is an unlabeled, beige-paneled, brick building on the west side of campus – and it is inconspicuous for a reason. The lab must be highly private to protect the evidence behind its doors from contamination.

Full service means that the Department of Justice’s Fresno Regional Laboratory is fully stocked with equipment and experts in fields like digital evidence, DNA, firearms, latent prints, controlled substances, toxicology and more.

Delia Frausto-Heredia, the laboratory director of the crime lab, said the lab serves county law enforcement agencies across California, providing services such as crime scene evidence gathering and court testimonies.

Frausto-Heredia said the lab

"How to process evidence, how to store evidence -- I mean, that’s what (students are) getting from a DOJ crime lab.

So it’s a huge benefit."

— Delia FraustoHeredia, Fresno State crime lab director

See CRIME LAB, Page 3

Jodi Parkinson • The Collegian

Fresno State’s full-service forensic crime lab on the northeast edge of campus also houses Crime Scene Response Units.

Controller candidate visits campus

By Nikki McCabe

Special to The Collegian

LOCAL BEER HITS SWEET SPOT ‘GrubHouse’ beer selection offers diverse microbrew options.

See Page 4 for more.

Betty Yee, the Democratic political candidate for California state controller, stopped by Fresno State Wednesday to discuss issues including the role of women in politics.

Yee, who is running for the position against Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, narrowly edged out a competing Democrat, John Perez, in the June primaries to make it to the November ballot.

The event at Fresno State, put on by the women’s studies department, was part of a two-day campaign stop in the city, and came just one day after a Field Poll put Yee 14 points ahead of Swearengin.

Yee spoke on issues California is faced with today such as women’s rights and their role in politics today. One of the most specific issues she mentioned was the issue of violence against women,

including those on college campuses. Yee encouraged students, especially female students, to become activists for women’s rights and equality.

Before giving her speech, Yee gave special recognition to Fresno’s first female mayor, Karen Humphrey, who attended the event. Humphrey was mayor from 1989 to 1993.

Discussing the importance of bringing more women into politics, Yee said more women need to have a louder voice.

“We need someone who is going to bring all of those voices to the table and use them to reflect on the realities that women are facing today,” Yee said.

“We can’t just be the subject of change, we have to be agents of change and stand up for ourselves and express our voices that need to be heard.”

Yee also discussed the drought, joblessness, underutilization of economic opportunities and tight

See YEE, Page 6

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NFL: INSTITUTIONAL NEGLIGENCE

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9/11 shaped, doesn’t define millennials

OR WILLFUL IGNORANCE?

By Antonio Henriques

By Jess Franz

Collegian Reporter

@JesseOfTheNews

The domestic violence case against former Ravens running back Ray Rice demonstrates not only a failure in character, but failure of those whose job it is to monitor that.

While stories of what happened the night of Rice’s assault on his then-fiancée Janay Palmer continue to surface, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is maintaining his stance as the blind elephant in the room.

Goodell’s claim that no one within the NFL had seen the tape before it became public on Monday still cannot be justified.

However, claiming the league did everything in its power to gain access to the tape is simply false.

Your security team, the people in charge of finding such information, is made up of former FBI agents and law enforcement officials whose jobs are to uncover such incidents. You have a multi-billion dollar industry with connections that reach to the moon.

You were even given sources from witnesses who were at the Atlantic City Casino where it all happened. The casino itself even came out and said they would have presented the tape to you and the NFL if approached. You could have bought the casino with all the money the NFL rakes in each a year. But no, you did nothing, other than assume and give him a twogame suspension as a way of “playing it safe.”

According to a recent Associated Press article, a law enforcement official had shown NFL executives the tape back in April. If what the article claims is true, in that Goodell and anyone in an NFL office had seen the tape and knowingly lied to everyone, then there’s nothing to argue.

They have to step down.

So if you are Goodell, essentially you have two options. Tell people that your

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Ravens running back Ray Rice, right, and his wife Janay made statements to the news media May 5, at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, Md, regarding his assault charge for knocking her unconscious in a New Jersey casino. On Monday, Rice was let go from the Baltimore Ravens after a video surfaced from TMZ showing the incident.

“elite” security staff had absolutely zero knowledge of the video’s existence and look like an idiot, or lie to everyone to cover yourself and the NFL’s prideful reputation. Idiot or liar, either way, it doesn’t look good.

The NFL has seen similar stories play out in years past. There have been 85 cases of domestic violence among players since 2000. Even the week before the Rice incident occurred, Ray McDonald of the 49ers was arrested for possible domestic violence of his own. It could be a case of coincidence or a case of a system and a culture that simply doesn’t take these issues seriously enough.

From Congress to current NFL players, it seems everyone has had a say in this ongoing debacle – all but Rice himself.

From fans cheering him on during practice last weekend to a video of a woman dumping cat litter on his jersey, the shift from hero to villain happened literally overnight.

There’s no question, Rice has no business being in an NFL uniform this year.

However, the NFL has also seen similar stories of amazing comebacks. From Michael Vick to Ricky Williams to Plaxico Burress, Rice deserves a second chance.

But Rice has a lot of personal development and soul-searching to do before he puts on another NFL jersey. Whether he goes through with it remains to be seen.

But this colossal error in judgment doesn’t start with the NFL, it reaches as far as the justice system in Atlantic City.

The league had reportedly approached New Jersey State Police about the video, but were denied access.

However, the New Jersey State Police never even had the video, claiming that the incident occurred in Atlantic City and was handled by the local Atlantic City Police Department. They share the guilt, along with Atlantic County prosecutors who dropped all charges on Rice and let him off with anger management classes.

The Millennial Generation’s political consciousness became a teenager Thursday, as the hallowed anniversary of one of America’s most tragic days came and passed.

Sept. 11 undeniably changed who we are not only as a nation, but as a generation.

Now, 13 years removed from the tragedy, we must find out who we are.

Though many were too young to know what was happening when the towers fell before us on the television as we were making our way to school, undeniably it would come to mark the first day of our generation’s collective experience.

We would grow up in a world ruled by acronyms – NSA, TSA, CIA. We would grow up with war as a natural state of being. We would grow up being taught a doctrine of perpetual fear, xenophobia and, later, deep-rooted mistrust of our elected government officials.

However, this Sept. 11, the day that established so much of the world that we live in today, millennials are no longer the helpless children we were that day, being acted upon but not being able to act.

Now, in 2014, we as millennials are not only politically conscious, but politically aware and active. And with that we can control the direction of our country. Our fate is now in our own hands.

We have inherited our fathers’ and mothers’ wars and, with them, the crushing pressure that fear puts on our civil liberties. But, just because we are inheriting the world that our parents left for us, that does not mean that we have to accept it.

As we prepare for greater conflict in Iraq and Syria (for better or worse), we as millennials must assert ourselves as a constituency that must be consulted with about the direction of American policy.

Our time on the sidelines is over. It’s time for us to start participating and building the world that we are soon to take over.

Paul Vieira • The Collegian

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9/11 REMEMBERED U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and White House staff observe a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press/MCT)

Administrator addresses sexual assault programs to ASI senate

By Julian Paredes @HighDefJulian

As the “yes-means-yes” campus sexual assault bill awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, Fresno State officials aren’t waiting to take action on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses.

Institutional Compliance Administrator Brittany Grice explained the campus’

current measures regarding sexual assault cases to Associated Students, Inc. senators Wednesday afternoon during a senate meeting. She also asked for its support in future endeavors to combat sexual violence.

“This is a national issue,” Grice said.

“Sexual assault is something that is of concern on every college campus, and we continue to look at how we can change the culture across college campuses in this country.”

The California Senate recently took action in an effort to tackle college sexual assault in the state passing the “yes-meansyes” bill, formally known as SB 967.

The bill would require college students at universities providing financial aid to recognize affirmative consent and to agree to all investigations of sexual assault, in an extension of the regulations already implemented with the Clery Act. Gov. Brown has until September 30 to sign the bill.

Fresno State has already enacted measures to curb the issue that has affected 19 percent of college women in the nation according to a study conducted for the U.S. Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice. An earlier violence awareness measure enacted in March of this year, called HAVEN, mandated that all incoming students, freshmen or transfer students, be educated on what constitutes as sexual assault and their rights should they become a victim.

Grice attended every Dog Days event this summer to help inform students of the issues they may face, and she asked ASI for its support in expanding such programs for the future, as well as for its representation

in a new multidisciplinary team to address such issues more quickly.

“It’s important that students join in this conversation and be a very loud voice in this effort to change the climate,” Grice said.

These support programs provide a more “survivor-centric” approach to aid victims of abuse through peer-support.

Melissa Knight, a Fresno State women’s studies lecturer, said that sex crimes on college campuses are “woefully under-reported,” and that abuse is not limited to women alone. Men too are victims, and such cases are even more under-reported, she said.

Knight said that these support programs are not only essential to aid victims of abuse, but are essential in preventing future ones, as well.

“We need to act proactively and preemptively to reduce the incidents of sexual terrorism,” Knight said. “Peer-support groups are absolutely powerful tools in supporting victims.”

Knight explained that the term “sexual assault” constitutes more than rape. Such programs would aid victims of domestic abuse, psychological abuse and victims of stalking.

No dead bodies, but real experience CRIME LAB from Page 1 will meet the demands of the agencies. So, whatever service the agencies need, the lab will provide – whether it be at the crime scene, at an autopsy or back in the lab.

However, while no dead bodies will be found in the lab, as it is not a coroner’s office, they do get fingers and decomposing skin, said Frausto-Heredia.

She said the evidence criminalists analyze is for the most serious crimes: serial rape, serial murder, shootings and child pornography cases.

For example, Frausto-Heredia said lab analysts get a number of cases where there’s “a predator on the streets.”

“They bring in the evidence to us, and we will obtain a DNA profile, put it into a database and hopefully, we will get a hit to a person,” she said. “Police make an arrest, and that person is removed from the streets.”

Frausto-Heredia said the lab is an advantage for criminology students because they get to see up-to-date procedures that forensic professionals are using.

“How to process evidence, how to store evidence, and what we do with the evidence – I mean, that’s what they’re getting from a DOJ crime lab. So, it’s a huge benefit,” she said.

Katchen Anderson, a graduate student in chemistry, is studying to become a crim-

inalist. She said her passion is what led her to take the Criminology 113 course. From there, she was linked to the crime lab internship that has been providing her experience for nearly a year.

“It obviously led me to something much bigger, which was my opportunity to intern at the lab and meet Delia…I think she kind of saw my passion for understanding the field,” Anderson said.

Anderson started off in the lab watching professionals at work matching bullets to guns. While following the DNA analysts, she has seen evidence start from “a blood splatter on a pair of jeans to a profile of a suspect.”

Interns are able to shadow the forensic analysts but are not allowed to touch or know details about the evidence being handled.

Frausto-Heredia was once an intern herself. She said that now she gets the joy and rewards of “being able to give my staff what they need to do their job.”

The crime analysts remain passionate about their casework, and it is not like what you see on television shows like “CSI,” Anderson said.

“It is very complex, but it’s obviously not showcasey. Everybody here is very humble about their work. They do their job to get their results and better the crime system,” she said.

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New York Fashion Week Previews Springwear

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

Miley Cyrus

Held in February and September each year, New York Fashion Week is a series of events, lasting around seven to nine days in which international fashion collections are shown to buyers, the press and the general public.

It consists of numerous branded events, such as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, as well as independent fashion shows. It’s one of the five major fashion weeks in the world, along with those in Paris, London, Berlin and Milan. Over 100 shows were held by new and name-brand designers for the spring 2015 fashion week.

Here are highlights from on and off the runway:

The pop singer is best known for her on-stage antics and her personal life. Fashion Week was a first for Cyrus to be known as a designer.

She joins the ranks of many other celebrities who have contributed to fashion lines. Cyrus added to designer Jeremy Scott’s show through her eclectic assortment of jewlery---made of children’s alphabet beads, toys and other trinkets.

Scott’s own outfits also included some of Cyrus’ creations that featured multicolored ensembles and beaded headgear.

DKNY SHOW

Michael Kors

Donna Karen New York, more commonly known as DKNY, displayed plenty of color mixed in with geometry and sports elements. The line was a blend of street chic.

The New York designer’s show symbolized the city’s multicultural roots through the array of colors used in her line.

Using different textures for the geometric garments, models strutted down the runway in chunky heels. The designer definitely didn’t shy away from using bright reds, yellows, blues and more.

With pals and audience members consist of Heidi Klum, Mary J. Blige and more, Kors was ready to impress not only the high-profile women in the room with his ready-to-wear spring collection, but also the everyday woman.

Many of the garments were covered with floral prints, but with a twist of his classic sportswear looks. A crisp, white shirt with French cuff links and a long, embroidered, brilliant yellow, flowery skirt was one of his more fantastic pieces.

Betsey Johnson Johnson has made herself known for her wacky wardrobe taste and is never afraid to step out of the box for Fashion Week. This time around, she didn’t disappoint.

Johnson’s theme was a celebration of freedom in marriage.

Her models, or “brides,” included drag queens, reality stars, starlets and more characters to play up her flirty runway. Her brides wore multicolored ruffles with tiers of silver and teal and loads of heavy, colorful makeup.

In a sort of preview to her stint on the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars,” Johnson closed the show by dancing around with her partner, Tony Dovolani, on stage.

Kendall Jenner Rising these past two years in the industry as a high-fashion model in her own right, outside of her family (the Jenner-Kardashians), Jenner’s runway work became even more credible this season.

Jenner with Naomi Campbell made a debut together wearing Diane von Furstenberg’s French Riviera-inspired Spring 2015 collection. Those not “keeping up” with the model might be surprised to find that she has already worked for labels like Givenchy, Chanel and Marc Jacobs.

Keep an eye on Jenner, along with Cara Delevingne, Hailey Baldwin, Georgia May Jagger and other young girls as they are quickly rising as fashion’s go-to “IT” girls.

Young Designer At age 13, Isabella Rose Taylor did something that most designers aspire to accomplish at some point in their careers: Her work debuted at New York Fashion Week.

Sponsored by Dell, Taylor’s fashion line can be seen as a feminine but grungy look with her use of monochrome colors. Taylor also already has a line for juniors made exclusively for Nordstrom.

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DKNY’s show featured a heavy amount of geometric patterns.

Tech Chic

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Georgia May Jagger, daughter of Mick Jagger, was one of the models for Tommy Hilfiger’s spring 2015 music festival-themed runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Park Avenue Armory on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Rebecca Minkoff’s designs are known to be of the casual luxury assortment in handbags, accessories and apparel.

Her playful collection showcased further, when her models were accessorized by 3D glasses. She also debuted a smart bracelet to go along with her casual garments.

Britney Spears Spears adds the title of fashion designer to her resume as she debuted her lingerie line. The Intimate Britney Spears Collection is a new line of sleepwear. The popstar created the lingerie that features color matching palettes, and was said to be inspired by the softness of flower’s petals.

Christian Siriano The former TV designer, who was known for his saying of “Fierce!” on Project Runway, solidified his status as a fully-fledged designer. Siriano usually designs collections strictly monochromatic in color; this time around, he added cool tones to his elegant designs.

Intricate crystal details with sharp, cut patterns took to the runway. Most of his silhouettes consisted of arctic blues and glass-inspired greens. The tailored gowns will be useful for any formal red carpet.

ERTAINMENT

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Brew Review A guide to newly opened restaurant Guri’s Grubhouse and Taps’ local beer selection

By Troy Pope @darktroy

It’s official, Guri’s Grubhouse and Taps finally opened its doors Thursday. As exciting as it is to have a brand new restaurant across the street from Fresno State, what is more exciting is that it’s also a tap house.

With a couple of dozen beers on tap, and even more available in bottles, it’s difficult to know where to start. Since this is a farmto-table restaurant that uses as much local meat, fruit and vegetables as they can get their hands on, let’s look at the local beers they have to offer on tap.

On opening day, Grubhouse had three beers from Tioga-Sequoia on tap.

For reference, their number one selling beer is Golden 99, and they have locations downtown, in the Tower District and in northeast Fresno.

Among the three beers on tap, one of the beers Tioga also bottles, another can only be found only on draft (mostly at the brewery itself), and the third was labeled on the menu as exclusive to Grubhouse.

General Sherman IPA, which was good in its own right. Hoppy. Delicious. Inexpensive.

The original beer was 7.5 percent alcohol by volume, and you could find it all around Fresno with the convenience of a local beer.

Then, the good people at Sequoia Brewing decided to dry hop their already-popular brew to make an amazing drink, also at 7.5 percent ABV. Hops are what give an IPA its intensely sharp, harshly bitter flavor. Hops are added throughout the brewing process while the beer cooks. The term “dry hopping” means that hops were added after the cooking process and can even have been added into the cask from where beer is actually served.

The benefit for beer enthusiasts is the more extreme hop flavor in the beer. So if General Sherman wasn’t good enough, the Double Dry Hopped General Sherman is far more flavorful than its predecessor.

This beer, originally more of a specialty item, has spread like a wildfire in Yosemite. It’s on tap at more and more places (thankfully), and is on tap across the street at Grubhouse.

Double Dry Hopped General Sherman

Citrus IPA

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This is, by far, the best beer Tioga has to offer. In the beginning, there was simply

Also weighing in at 7.5 percent ABV is Tioga Sequoia’s Citrus IPA.

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Citrus IPA is one of the dozen beers available on tap at Guri’s Grubhouse and Taps.

For a brew called Citrus IPA, this beer sure is boozy.

Now, yes, all beers have alcohol. Well, most. But when a beer is boozy it usually lacks a lot of complex flavors and feels really heavy. Like you’re drinking vodka.

At first, this beer had a hint of lemon to it, but that quickly faded, and soon there was a feeling of drinking a cold glass of hard alcohol.

These types of beers aren’t for everyone, and you generally find this happening in imperial IPAs and barleywines. Neither of which is this beer.

If you’re into heavy IPAs, this beer is for you. Heavier IPAs and barleywines tend to be in the nine to eleven percent ABV range.

Special Gingersnap Tamarack

 This beer was made specially for Guri’s Grubhouse and Taps. Tioga already has a beer called Tamarack, which is an amber lager, but this beer was pretty fantastic.

Sweet. Spicey. Refreshing.

When you drink this beer, you will immediately taste how sweet it is. It’s not so sweet to be mixed up with a dessert beer, but it’s close.

It’s darker than the original Tamarack and a whole lot better.

It has the aroma of ginger, a sweet taste with a touch of the spice you would associate with ginger, and a smooth finish.

The Gingersnap doesn’t disappoint.

Even though it has the experience you’d expect with a nice winter beer, it is so refreshing that it would be great on a hot, summer day.

There’s no info on for this beer’s ABV, but we can assume it’s similar, or the same as, the original Tamarack’s 5.3 percent.

Since this beer is special to Grubhouse, you’d better get a move on it before it’s gone.

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WEEKEND WONDERS Where to go, what to see, and what to do Fresno Filmworks Fresno Filmworks will show “May in the Summer,” at the Tower Theatre at 5:30 and 8:45 p.m. on Friday. The film is from Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis, and has been shown in film festivals such as Venice and Sundance.

Written, directed by and starring Dabis, the movie centers on her character May, a New Yorker who heads back to her home in Amman, Jordan for her wedding.

The drama unfolds as her family attempts to move forward through the confrontation of old and present tensions amongst the family members.

After the 5:30 screening, Dabis will make an appearance and speak about the film. Tickets can be purchased at the Tower Theatre box office, or you can go to FresnoFilmworks.org for more details.

Roller Derby Central California Area Derby ladies will face the Resurrection Roller Girls: Combustin’ Betties on Saturday at “The Slab” at Full Circle Brewing Company.

The Central California Area Derby is a

flat race track roller derby league in Fresno. Doors open at 5 p.m. and advance tickets are available for $10. For more information, visit www.ccaderby.com.

John Gorka Concert The folk musician has 11 critically acclaimed albums and a collector’s edition box set, The Gypsy Life. Gorka will be playing on Friday at Frank’s Place.

His new song, “Where No Monuments Stand” is also in an upcoming documenRed House Records tary, “Every War Has Two Losers,” about Contemporary folk musician John Gorka will play on Friday at Frank’s Place. activist William Stafford.

For ticket information, visit online at warnors.org and fresnofolkconcerts.com De La Renta and more will be on display. www.fulton55.com. or call (559) 307-3610.

For more information, visit www.affresno.org/fashion.

Farmer’s Market

Fashion Show

The California Arts Academy will host a fashion show inspired by French fashion through several eras.

The program will feature live music, including performances by artists John S. Hord and Terry Estabrook.

Dubbed the Joie de Vivre Fashion show works of Christian Dior, St. John, Oscar

Soul Night Live musicians and a DJ will play a night of soul music on Sunday at Fulton 55. The venue hosts monthly guest artists, and this month’s are NAE ALMA and Keysha.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and advance tickets are $10. For more information, visit

Kristina’s Natural Ranch Market hosts Fresno’s year round certified organic farmer’s market. The market features local produce, organic raw milk and other food and beverage items. The market is open from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday. For more information, visit www.kristinaranchmarket.com.

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Armenian lecture series kicks off tonight

By Alex Sheedy @aksheeds

The armenian studies program is hosting its first Fall Lecture Series tonight at the University Business Center, flying in Dr. Simon Payaslian from Boston University to discuss the concept of “cultural congruence” in Armenian-American communities.

Barlow Der Mugrdechian, coordinator of the lecture series and Armenian studies program, said the lecture series has a two-fold purpose of aiding both students and faculty on campus, as well as engaging community members.

“No. 1, it’s for the students, so that we bring people that give different topics than what we do in the classroom,” Der Mugrdechian said. “It’s always nice to hear somebody other than your teacher all the time, so we invite somebody that has a topic that we don’t cover in detail.”

“But it’s also been a way for us to tie in with our community,” he added. “To tie them in with the university as the intellectual center, as a place that they can

come, they feel comfortable coming and can meet scholars and ask questions.”

Payaslian, a friend of Der Mugrdechian, is the holder of the Charles K. and Elizabeth M. Kenosian Chair in modern Armenian history and literature at Boston University.

His lecture, entitled “The Origins of the Armenian Community in New England and the Construction of Armenian-American ‘Cultural Congruence,’” will highlight the things that have changed and influenced the Armenian identity.

Payaslian will discuss how Armenian communities functioned to preserve their values, traditions and culture, and how they fostered a positive image of themselves in American society.

Der Mugrdechian said that despite the discussion focusing on a community so far from the Central Valley, there are parallels with Fresno. He noted that both communities are over 100 years old and that the topic’s discussion about cultural congruence could be applied here.

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California state controller candidate Betty Yee, spoke on campus Wednesday about the needs to bridge gender equality gaps.

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“There are probably 50,000 to 60,000 Armenians in the San Joaquin Valley,” Der Mugrdechian said.

The lecture series has been part of the Armenian studies program for over 35 years. For the last three years, the Leon S. Peters Foundation has been sponsoring the series.

The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Alice Peters Auditorium in the University Business Center. Parking for the lecture will be free after 7 p.m. in parking lots P5 or P6 and the lecture is free and open to the public.

The second lecture in the series will be held next Friday, Sept. 19 in the Alice Peters Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The session will be a book presentation of the work by Vahan Tekeyan, with guests Edmond Azadian, Dr. Arpi Sarafian and Tamar Hovhannisyan.

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Yee encourages more women to run for political office YEE from Page 1 resources. She said that we need better organization and solutions in our political system, which is part of her campaign’s focus for California.

“There is a lot I want to accomplish,” Yee said. “One of the things I want to do is have a deep examination of our underlying tax structure here in California. We have an outdated tax system. I’m not interested necessarily in reforming the tax system to raise additional revenue. What I’m interested in is trying to bring more fairness into the system and more stability.”

Nicole Garza, 21, a criminology major, talked about some of her takeaways from Yee’s speech.

“I think it’s supporting our female candidates and politicians, because the more we get out there and the more females have a say and stand up for themselves in politics, the more I think we can have more women standing in politics, in Senate and maybe even presidency,” Garza said.

“I think it’s unusual to find very many candidates for public office who are interested in issues about people at the bottom of the economic scale as [Yee] is,” said Janet Slagter, chair and program coordinator for the women’s studies program. “It’s clearly something she pays attention to and cares about.”

Yee also talked about some of the things society needs to do to encourage more women to pursue political careers, such as provide increased professional support.

“When I think about it, it’s not just necessarily about women running for the sake of running. It’s about how do we begin to build this community of support for women,” Yee said.

After receiving her bachelor’s in sociology from University of California, Berkeley, and her Master’s in Public Administration from Golden Gate University, Yee served in a number of political offices. Her resume includes serving as former chief deputy director for budget with the California Department of Finance, to being a member of the California State Board of Equalization.

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Obama: ISIS will be defeated ISIS from Page 1 to bolster the president’s image on foreign policy and answer critics who pummeled him when he acknowledged two weeks ago that his administration had no strategy yet for dealing with the militants in Syria.

Obama tried to assure Americans he would not send combat troops into the fight and sought to distinguish his campaign from the years-long ground wars he inherited from his predecessor. Officials compared the strategy to counterterrorism efforts against al-Qaida in places such as Yemen and Somalia, rather than a full-scale military invasion.

“I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil,” Obama said. “This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground.”

But with about 1,600 military advisers, intelligence officers and others already in Iraq, and more than 150 airstrikes completed, the comparison with relatively limited missions in Yemen and Somalia seemed an oversimplification. Lawmakers and experts noted Obama’s new campaign would span two countries, involve engagement in a raging civil war in Syria, require long-term efforts to team with militias of uncertain alliances and present other complications.

“To say America is safer and the situation is very much like Yemen and Somalia shows me that the president really doesn’t have a grasp for how serious the threat of ISIS is,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CNN, using another acronym for the group.

Other congressional leaders expressed at least tentative support for the president’s remarks. House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said the president “has finally begun to make the case the nation has needed him to make for quite some time: that destroying this terrorist threat requires decisive action.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., took the opportunity to indirectly blast the policies of Obama’s predecessor, saying that Obama plans to act decisively without “repeating the mistakes of the past in the Middle East.”

But in an indication of how members of Obama’s party face political pressure to demonstrate independence from an increasingly unpopular president, Democrats who are top targets in November’s midterm election expressed reservations.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, said he opposed arming the Syrian fighters “without greater assurance that we aren’t arming extremists who will eventually use the weapons against us.”

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., called for the president’s entire plan to be put to a vote.

“The American people must be assured that we are not pursuing another open-ended conflict in the Middle East, and I will not give this president — or any other president — a blank check to begin another land war in Iraq,” he said.

The president’s plan may eventually mark the first direct U.S. intervention in Syria, a reversal of the White House’s long-held resistance to becoming entangled in the 3-year-old civil war. The plan to train Syrian opposition forces risks conflict with the government of President Bashar Assad, who the Obama administration has long pressured to step down, decrying the brutal tactics he has used against Syrians to hold on to power. Senior administration officials, who refused to be identified discussing plans, said Saudi Arabia had agreed to host training camps for the Syrian opposition fighters with the hope those forces will eventually secure areas of Syria now under Islamic State control.

The officials said the U.S. would not coordinate with Assad or inadvertently bolster his forces, but it was unclear how the Pentagon will identify and strike targets in his country.

Administration officials contend the broad new campaign is warranted because Islamic State is a threat to national security, as well as to U.S. interests and allies, such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia, in the region. Obama declared Islamic State “a terrorist organization, pure and simple.”

“If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States,” he said.

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THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

MWC STANDINGS VOLLEYBALL TEAM

OVERALL (W-L)

7-0

SOCCER TEAM

OVERALL (W-L-T)

3-1-0

6-1

3-1-2

6-2

2-1-1

3-1

2-1-2

4-3

2-2-0

3-3

2-3-1

3-3

2-3-0

3-3

1-3-0

2-4

1-3-0

2-5

1-4-0

0-6

1-5-0

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VOLLEYBALL

‘Dogs drop Brooklyn matchup Fresno State loses 3-1 to LIU Brooklyn, heads to Queens next

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By Jackson Moore @JacksonMoore_BB

The Fresno State volleyball team fell to the defending Northeast Conference Champion Long Island-Brooklyn Blackbirds 3-1 on Wednesday in the first of five games the Bulldogs are scheduled to play in New York this week. Fresno State won the third of the four sets in the midweek contest.

Fresno State was led on offense by junior Zana Bowens and freshman Carly Scarbrough who each had 12 kills. Bowens also had a career-high 21 digs in Wednesday’s game.

Senior middle blocker Maci Murdock led the team defensively with seven blocks -- the best by a Bulldog this season.

The Bulldogs dug themselves into an early hole Wednesday night. They trailed the first set 11-6 but scored five unanswered points to even up the score. The Blackbirds regained the lead and held on for the remainder of the set, capping it off with a 6-3 run to win by a score of 25-19.

Again in the second set, the Blackbirds jumped out to an early lead, twice scoring runs of five unanswered points to take an 18-8 edge. LIU was poised to take the set with a 24-17 lead, but the Bulldogs charged back thanks to key blocks by Murdock and Haylee Roberts. The Bulldogs scored six straight points, with Katie Pearson serving to pull within one, but the Blackbirds held on to take the second set and a 2-0 lead.

Fresno State finally got the start it was looking for in the third set with Pearson leading the way once again on serves.

The ‘Dogs jumped out to a 7-2 lead. LIU came back to force a 23-23 tie, but senior outside-hitter Jaimee-Lee Morrow would not let the Bulldogs get swept for the second time this season. Morrow delivered two kills to take the set 25-23 and force a fourth set.

After thrilling finishes to the previous two frames, LIU finished off the 3-1 win with the most lopsided set of the night.

The Bulldogs trailed by a score of 11-10, but the Blackbirds quickly pulled away by outscoring Fresno State 14-6 for a 24-16 fourth-set win.

The Blackbirds were led by back-to-back Northeast Conference Player of the Year Annika Foit. The LIU standout finished with 18 kills, 20.5 points, 13 digs and had both of the team’s aces. Behind Foit’s efforts, LIU finished with a 57-54 advantage over the Bulldogs in kills and had a .208-.108 advantage in hitting.

The loss drops the Bulldogs to a 2-5 record, LIU-Brooklyn now stands at 4-3.

Fresno State next plays in the Jack Kaiser Volleyball classic hosted by St. John’s in Queens, New York. The five-team tournament will include St. Johns (5-2), St. Francis (2-5), Dartmouth (3-0) and New Hampshire (3-4). The Bulldogs will play all four opponents over the two-day tournament. Fresno State starts on Friday at 11 a.m. against St. Francis.

The Bulldogs will again be on the road next weekend in Bakersfield for the Roadrunner Classic before returning home on Sept. 23 for a home exhibition matchup versus Fresno Pacific.

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COMMENTARY

Finally Home

NO NEGATIVITY AGAINST NEBRASKA Fresno State must see the big picture despite its two losses

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

The Fresno State defense performs drills during the Bulldogs’ weekly practice on Monday. The ‘Dogs will host Nebraska on Saturday in their first home game of the season.

Fresno State will host Nebraska, seeks to protect streak

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

The Fresno State football team will seek to defend its 13-game home win streak under head coach Tim DeRuyter Saturday when it hosts the Big Ten’s Nebraska Cornhuskers in a home-opening showdown.

The streak is the second longest in the country, only behind Northern Illinois’ 27-game streak.

DeRuyter said some of the areas the team focused on this week were improving the defense and building back up their confidence after getting “punched in the nose” by USC and Utah.

Here is an overview of Nebraska’s offense and defense: Cornhuskers offense poses major threat Nebraska’s offense is headlined by arguably the most explosive running back in the country in Ameer Abdullah. The senior from Homewood, Alabama, has garnered national attention and most recently Heisman Trophy candidacy for his 391 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in two games this season. The Huskers’ offense ranks sixth in the nation in rushing yards per game with 346.5 The 5-foot-9-inch, 195-pound back will look to become the only player in the history of the program to rack up three 1,000 yard rushing season.

The Bulldog defenders can’t focus all their attention on the run game, because they would risk up opening up passing lanes for Huskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. and wide outs Kenny Bell and Jordan Westerkamp.

Armstrong has thrown for 513 yards and four scores through the air while adding 193 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

“He’s a very explosive runner,” DeRuyter said.

“You saw last week that he ran for over 100 yards. He has a very strong arm and it looks like he can throw it about 80 yards down the field. With Nebraska’s offense, you have to commit guys to the run, which

creates one-on-one situations - similar to what we try to do with our offense. Last week they had some very explosive plays because of throws that he made.”

Bell and Westerkamp have been the main recipients of Armstrong’s passes, combining for 316 yards and two touchdowns over a two-game span.

“Bell and Westerkamp are pretty darn good,” DeRuyter said. “Nebraska because of the history of its program, has done a really good job of recruiting and developing guys. It’s going to be a challenge just like every week.”

‘Dogs must account for DE Gregory The Cornhuskers defense, coordinated by John Papuchis, has surrendered an average of 15.5 points per game so far this season.

A bright spot of the Huskers’ defense features junior defensive end Randy Gregory.

Gregory is a pass-rushing force off the end, finishing last season ranked first in the Big Ten in sacks with 10.5.

However, the 6-foot-6-inch defender suffered a knee injury in the season opener against Florida Atlantic and sat out last week against McNeese State.

Head coach Bo Pelini said he should be ready to play Saturday.

Fresno State will need to pay special attention to Gregory in order to enhance its offense Last week the Huskers were nearly upset by McNeese State after the defense gave up 10 points in the fourth quarter, that allowed the Cowboys to tie things up at 24 apiece. Abdullah broke free on a 58-yard touchdown catch with 20 seconds remaining in the game to avoid overtime.

This will mark the second all-time meeting between the squads. The first meeting took place in 2011 when Pat Hill was still the Bulldogs’ head coach. In that contest, the then No. 10-ranked Huskers avoided the upset by scoring by two touchdowns late in the game to pull out the 42-29 victory.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Bulldog Stadium.

Saturday night, the Fresno State football team will play its first home game of the year, when it hosts the Nebraska Cornhuskers for the first time at Bulldog Stadium.

And, for some odd reason, the Bulldogs are returning home to some restless fans.

Two games into the season, support for the Bulldogs had begun to decline. Social media have been a place where the Red Wave has gone back and forth about Fresno State’s chances at success this year.

Of course, there are those who already regret purchasing season tickets, and Fresno State has not played a home game yet.

But remember, these first few games could be considered the preseason for the Bulldogs. Each game that has been played so far does not count when talking about the conference championship. And that is what the Red Wave wants again, right?

Fresno State could lose the next two games and still make it to the big, nationally televised game this December.

That moment when we all saw head coach Tim DeRuyter hoist the trophy while purple and silver confetti rained onto the turf can all happen again on Dec. 6.

Yes, the Bulldogs have allowed 111 points this year – dead last in the conference – with at least 50 points allowed in the first two games for the first time since 1970.

Yes, Fresno State, at this point, does not have a No. 1 quarterback locked down.

Yes, the defending champions are not off to a start compared with their undefeated run last year. After two Pac-12 opponents, the Big Ten’s Nebraska comes to town, and that is already an uphill battle.

Historically, the Bulldogs have lost the teams’ only other matchup: a 42-29 decision in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2011.

The fact that Fresno State does not have its core offense does make Bulldog fans wary of what’s next. The Red Wave is used to seeing quarterback Derek Carr throw long passes – most of them for touchdowns – and the Bulldogs net 400 to 500 yards in any given game, thanks to the receiver corps of Davante Adams, Isaiah Burse and Josh Harper.

And let’s not forget the AP and USA Today Coaches’ poll rankings that made Fresno State fans’ mouths water. The over-excitement of going to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game blanketed the city of Fresno.

The criticism of the team began not long after Fresno State’s undefeated streak snapped at San Jose State to end the season. Never mind the fact that the team was well on its way to winning the inaugural Mountain West Championship game. Forget the fact that CBS was going to be in Fresno, and Bulldog Stadium was going to get some national exposure. It was always about the BCS, BCS, BCS. If you don’t think that the Red Wave was disappointed that Fresno State’s “chances of a BCS game” were gone, just look at the attendance of the Mountain West Championship game: Only 76 percent of the stadium’s capacity showed up to see Fresno State win its second-straight conference title.

Some 31,362 people – the smallest crowd of the entire season – saw Derek Carr play his final game as a Bulldog.

I’m sure many more wish he were back on the team right now.

So, on Saturday, a cloud of criticism will hover over Bulldog Stadium. Yes, there is still expected to be a healthy turnout, it’s the first football game, after all.

But the Red Wave should not be discouraged. Case in point, Fresno State can still win the Mountain West Championship.