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JAMIE LEE CURTIS INSPIRES WOMEN

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization hosts competition

By Sarah Boyle The Collegian

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Actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis speaks to an audience of thousands of women at the 25th annual Central California Women’s Conference Tuesday morning.

Curtis talked about the story of her career as an actress, her newfound passion for writing children’s books, and how women should take pride in themselves, despite what the media says or portrays them to be. She often brought the crowd to a roaring laughter, but also touched on more serious topics.

Curtis discouraged women from resorting to plastic surgery to “fix” their appearance, citing the Serenity Prayer – “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” She urged women to not worry about the things that they have no control over, like their genetics, but to turn that energy into something positive and productive instead. Not to be labeled a hypocrite, Curtis removed her jacket and proudly showed off her own sagging arm muscle – something she said no amount of pushups could help.

The day-long conference, spanning multiple downtown Fresno venues, also included nearly 30 workshops and guest speakers, a marketplace with over 100 vendors, and a “community corner,” featuring local non-profit booths.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) is a premier entrepreneurship network for pre-professional students with over 240 chapters across America, with one here at Fresno State.

Entre preneurship is a field of study at universities and is becoming a leading subject for students who have entrepreneurial minds that want to develop ideas for businesses.

“CEO Fresno is different in several fundamental ways from other organizations on campus,” said CEO Fresno President Josh Maxfield-Janer. “I joined spring 2012 because I wanted to be around other people who think about their future career like I do.”

The experience provides tools that build skills for the entrepreneur and future business leaders, but also helps foster relationships that will help you when you leave Fresno State and need to get a job.

Today, Sept. 19, students from all disciplines at Fresno State will have the opportunity to try entrepreneurship at the Elevator Pitch Competition.

An elevator pitch is a persuasive speech, but done in about 90-seconds, giving you the opportunity to get your product or service point across simply and quickly.

“I joined the fall semester in 2011 and I liked how the organization didn’t force you to attend all meetings and basically told us, what we put in would be what we got out,” said CEO Fresno Treasurer Traci Robertson. “After being part See CEO, Page 3

Cal State Online hopes to provide new degree opportunities

By Rogue Morales The Collegian The California State University system has chosen the company Pearson to launch Cal State Online, a completely online option for people looking to complete their bachelor’s degree.

Cal State Online will be a fully online option for students who have dropped out of the CSU system and found it dif-

ficult to return to school.

“One of the main focuses of the effort is to increase access to nontraditional working professionals who have previously been affiliated with CSU,” said Claudia Keith, assistant vice chancellor and public affairs for California State University. “It is also a way to meet California’s economic and workforce development needs.”

The targeted students for Cal State

Online are those who have not taken courses on a California State University campus for at least 15 months, but have not been absent from the system for more than 60 months, Keith said. These students must also have taken a minimum of 80 transfer units. Forty of these units must have been taken at a CSU. The program is not limited to students in Califor nia. Students on a national and international level will be

able to take courses through Cal State Online.

“Cal State Online provides another opportunity for the CSU to offer access to a college education,” Fresno State President John Welty said. “This will provide new opportunities for people who cannot physically get to a campus or who are constrained by time due to a See ONLINE, Page 3

U.S. News ranks Fresno State 9th among West’s public universities Via University Communications

U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colle ges 2013” annual a s s e s s m e n t o f u n ive r s i t i e s throughout the country ranks Fresno State Number nine among top public regional universities in the Western United States and number five in the region in keeping down student debt loads.

For California’s public (statefunded) regional universities, Fresno State’s rankings are even better: sixth overall and thirdlowest in student debt accumulation at $13,921, lower than most other college students, according to the report.

Looking at all private and public

universities in the West, Fresno State was ranked 38th in the region, which covers 91 schools in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada.

“It’s good to be recognized for the dedication to student achievement that is so important to the faculty and staff at Fresno State,” said President John D. Welty.

The ratings are based on such factors as freshman retention rate, graduation rate, full-time faculty, student and faculty ratio and class size.

The magazine identifies regional universities as those that pro-

vide a full range of undergraduate majors and master’s programs. Unlike national universities, regional schools offer few, if any, doctoral programs.

Fresno State offers 60 undergraduate degree programs, 45 master’s degree programs, one Ed.S. in School Psychology and three doctoral programs.

In August, Washington Monthly ranked Fresno State 10th in the nation among master’s degreeg ranting universities in its assessment of how effectively universities serve their students.

Roe Borunda / The Collegian The magazine uses social mobilCommunications majors Daniel Williford (left) and Kyle Nunnally ity, research and public service, study together in the Henry Madden Library for group classwork. plus affordability to make its Fresno State was ranked ninth for “best colleges” for its retention rankings. rates, graduation rates, student and faculty ratio and class sizes.

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THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY

cachinnate (verb): to laugh noisely or immoderately.

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What’s new in ASI? OPINION EDITOR, LIANA WHITEHEAD • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Harrison’s description of the Affordable Care Act is creating a straw man, to put it nicely.

His statements are extreme misrepresentations, except that it should do more to control costs. Just go to the wiki page and actually read through the provisions to decide which are smart and which you don’t think will be effective.

Large bills like this are usually not as black and white as many people want to imply.

A l s o, we s h o u l d stop beating around the bush with this “coupon” idea like it is some novel approach.

It is a voucher system, and this idea is not new.

All it does is put seniors back into the extremely stressful situation where insurance companies perpetually increase costs faster than our income. In the meantime, they try to deny

claims as best as they can under the radar.

Having this “proven principle of competition” with insurance companies has yet to stop these practices for rest of us, so why would we expect it to be different with seniors?

A voucher system consistently polls poorly with a 15 point margin towards unfavorable, even among I n d e p e n d e n t s, a n d it loses by a two-toone margin among seniors.

It seems obvious to me that Ryan and others would be aware of these polls and are deliberately excluding the word “voucher” as a means to persuade or deceive people into supporting an undesirable plan. But I will let the reader decide whether or not it is coincidence.

– Joshua Luzania Fresno State student

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WEB-SPE@K Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian’s website.

Response:

By Jordan King ASI Communications Asst.

November 6 VOTING DAY

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Get ready to stand up and speak out. November 6, 2012 is voting day. In celebration of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Sept. 25, ASI will be registering voters and handing out election information in the Free Speech area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“There are issues being voted on this election that directly impact the future of higher education,” said Sean Kiernan, ASI vice president of external affairs. “It is very important to maximize student voter turn-out.”

To volunteer and make a difference, please contact Melissa Ellis, Asi-cos@csufresno.edu.

For general information, c o n t a c t C o m m u n i c at i o n s Assistant, Jordan King, jordanadamsking@gmail.com

ASI is entering an agreement with the Henry Madden Library to extend their current hours.

Student feedback is wanted. $15,000 per year for three years will be allotted to the library in order to extend these hours.

What hours would benefit you the most?

Last year, ASI extended library hours by four hours every Saturday of the academic year, and extended hours during the weeks of finals for both semesters.

ASI appreciates your feedback.

Please send all feedback to Rebecca Roseng ar ten, vice president of finance, at brosengarten@mail.fresnostate.edu or via ASI’s Facebook or Twitter.

‘Potential proposals if Prop.

30 fails: ’ Even if voters pass Prop 30, it is highly unlikely that any campuses “covered” under this proposition would get the money promised by this proposition — especially when you have someone like Jerry Brown running the state.

Any revenue generated from this tax will land into the state’s general fund. This means that no matter what tax you pass, all monies stop at the state and are deposited into the general fund. Then, the assembly and senate decide what to do with it.

(Hint: all the money the state collects from this tax may not end up in Fresno State or any other school “covered” under this tax proposition). Case in point, under the administration of Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger, they “borrowed” a grand total of $3 million from the 9/11 Memorial License Plate fund to solve the never-ending budget crisis.

Only $20,000 of the $15 million collected was actually dispersed in the form of scholarships. So, with that as an example, if this proposition passes, how can we be sure that the money collected actually goes to what it promises?

Community

Revitilization Volunteer Opportunities Get involved with your community!

ASI has some upcoming projects in which students can get involved. We are looking for people willing to volunteer, help set up and clean up or simply show up for moral support.

Come check out upcoming events and participate in showing pride in Fresno State and the surrounding community!

Greek Clean-Up Sunday, Sep. 23 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet at Fraternity Mall on Millbrook Ln. Neighborhood Watch Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 25 6-7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church in the Fireside Room Saturday Sports Kick-Off Saturday, Sept. 29 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church If you are looking to volunteer and make a difference, please contact Melissa Ellis, Asi-cos@ csufresno.edu.

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News Briefs Attempted Theft Near Campus On Tuesday around 8:16 a.m. an unknown suspect attempted to steal a cell phone from a person walking with their bicycle on the north side of Shaw and Chestnut avenues. The suspect is listed as approximately 20 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, with blonde hair and light eyes. Anyone with information on the crime can call the Fresno State Police Department at 559-278-8400.

Benefits Fair and Wellness Expo Today The Satellite Student Union will hold its annual Benefits Fair and Wellness Expo today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair is open to the public and is designed to provide staff, faculty, and administrators the opportunity to meet with various vendors to provide information on CSU provided benefits and wellness.

Richard G. Hovannisian will deliver a lecture At 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Industrial Technology Building room 101, Richard G. Hovannisian will deliver a lecture on the 90th anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe. The talk will highlight the burning of Smyrna in 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. The event is free and open to the public, with free parking in lots K, L, and Q. Hovanassian, a Tulare native, earned his doctorate in 1966 and is the Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History, as well as Chancellor Fellow for the Department of History at UCLA. For more information contact the Armenian Studies Program at 559-278-2669.

Corrections In the article “Taking a closer look at the Free Speech Area,” it was written that the Free Speech Area Platform was managed by ASI’s Student Involvement office. This was incorrect. The Student Involvement office is a seperate entity from ASI. The Student Involvement office manages the Free Speech platform and Free Speech Area.

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From left to right, the three faculty members who were part of a three-man lecture/panel on Constitution Day in the SSU: Dr. Yishaiya Abosch, Dr. Jeffrey Cummins and Dr. David Schecter (faculty and chair)

Constitution Day panel talks politics

By Evelyn Demirchian The Collegian The political science department, in conjunction with the College of Social Sciences and Student Affairs, held a special panel discussion on Monday in honor of Constitution Day. C o n s t i t u t i o n D ay i s a national holiday that celebrates the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

The panel discussion, held

CEO: Pitch competition open to all Fresno State majors CONTINUED from page 1 of CEO for a few weeks, I was offered a free trip to the CEO National Conference. It was so beneficial because I got to meet and network with great people.”

In November, 12 members from CEO Fresno will have the chance to attend the CEO National Conference where more than 1,200 students, faculty and young entrepreneurs will come together to network,

learn and inspire each other their entrepreneur passions.

The first prizewinner of the Elevator Pitch Competition will present his or her pitch at the CEO National Conference in Chicago and receive their trip for free.

CEO Fresno is not limited to only entrepreneur majors. The value in knowing a variety of people is important for when we step into the workplace, said CEO Fresno vice president Josh Yavitch.

“In today’s market, entrepreneurship as a skill is imperative, even if you do not want to own your own business,” said Yavitch. “The skill and knowledge of entrepreneurship will help anyone accelerate in the job force and sur rounding yourself with students who have that passion is motivating.”

“Even if you aren’t an entrepreneurship major, or even a business major, we try our best to find speakers and plan events that everyone will benefit from,” Robertson said.

“There are ways to be entrepreneurial in the workplace, in your home and we also teach networking skills that you can use throughout your life” CEO also works for students who may feel like they don’t have a place on campus and can’t afford high dues or have the time to spend endless hours with a club. CEO meets once a week at the Lyles Center, 6 to 7 p.m.

“Whatever you are interested in doing in life can be accomplished with CEO. We all have dreams, join CEO and make them a reality,” said Maxfield-Janer.

For more infor mation on CEO Fresno or the Elevator Pitch Competition, you can email ceofresno@gmail.com.

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in the Satellite Student Union, largely focused on the upcoming presidential election, with presenters explaining the history of the Electoral College, President Obama’s first term in office and the chances of him being elected to a second term.

Organizing events such as this is vital for the university community, according to Jeff Cummins, associate professor in the political science department.

“There is considerable lack of knowledge of how our gover nment was designed and why it is unable to deal with some of our most pressing issues, such as immigration reform and the national debt,” Cummins said.

“These are issues that will affect students and their children for decades to come since our gover nment’s apparent inability to address these problems has led to questions about whether the Constitution still works.”

David Schecter, faculty member and chair of the political science department, presented his case for Obama’s reelection with a slideshow entitled, “50 Days to Go: How the Electoral College will Help President Obama Win Again”.

Schecter’s argument discussed the “arc” of campaigns, voter impressions and how a quick glimpse at some very simple math points toward an Obama victory on Nov. 6.

Through the use of “primary data,” Schecter pointed at several recent polls indicating the positive and negative percentages of each candidate, with Romney currently at a disadvantage.

Schecter also highlighted the deep political divide among states, comparing election maps from previous years and the stagnation of states choices

since Al Gore lost to George W. Bush in 2000.

“It’s just New Mexico and Iowa. Those are the only two states that changed between Bush’s election and Bush’s re-election. America has not changed that much in the last decade, it’s still very much polarized.”

The electoral maps from 2000 to 2008 remained so close that it would be a surprising to see it change much this year, Schecter said. The 2012 election, at least according to Schecter, will be decided by a small portion of Americans living in the swing states.

Swing states, such as Ohio and Nevada, shift their votes election to election and aren’t as concrete in their voting as California and Texas.

While Schecter argued the inevitability of an Obama reelection, Yishaiyah Abosch questioned whether or not the president in fact deserved a second term.

Abosch argued that the Obama administration has been acting unlawfully, bypassing Constitutional laws when they deemed them unnecessary in cases such as the military intervention in Libya, drone use and hit-list killings of Americans abroad involved with terrorism.

“The sight of a president compiling a list, independent of a potential check-and-balance, let alone due process— a list that includes American citizens for immediate assassination— is scary,” Abosch said.

“Rather than getting into the weeds with all those specifically Constitutional questions, I want to stick to policy. There are many reasons not to reelect Barack Obama, it’s hard to know where to begin.”

The panel ended with questions from students in the audience.

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job or family obligations.”

Pearson will be providing Cal State Online with a cloudbased learning management system and a digital content repository, said Susan Aspey, vice president of media relations for Pearson. It will also help train faculty to use the system.

“We work very hard to create products and services that help students get where they want to go,” Aspey said.

The Califor nia State University system is the seventh statewide system to work with Pearson to launch its online program.

Cal State Online will feature social and mobile aspects that are meant to encourage collaboration throughout the program. Some of these tools include social profiles, avatars, chat and group chat access, an activity feed and Skype. With the mobile access, students will be able to participate in class discussion and access their grades from a smartphone.

“This flexibility is especially important for today’s nontraditional students who are using online learning to meet their education and career goals,” Aspey said.

Cal State Online should be ready to launch January 2013.

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THE COLLEGIAN • FEATURES FEATURES EDITOR, CAMERON WOOLSEY • COLLEGIAN-FEATURES@CSUFRESNO.EDU

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Letters from the Past

By Cameron Woolsey The Collegian

Allen H. Watkins was a dapper young man. He swept women off their feet.

Romance in Virginia Beach, Va., never bloomed brighter.

More than 70 years later, the power of attraction is still strong.

Thirty-nine love-struck women, all around the eastern United States, wrote more than 100 letters to Watkins, never realizing their connection.

The letters were put in a trunk, forgotten in a dusty attic of a house in Greensboro, N.C., until 2006.

Nancy Youdelman, art instructor at Fresno State, has an interesting hobby—vintage American memorabilia.

Browsing around eBay during the summer of 2006, she stumbled across an auction for Prohibition Era letters by antique dealer Lee Dowdy.

The listing caught her interest because of the large amount of letters included in the auction.

Youdelman said that she thought they were typical letters, and didn’t immediately realize their significance.

“I still had no idea what I was buying,” she said.

The letters came in a large envelope, however the fall semester was about to begin, so she put the envelope away.

“It was months before I actually read them,” she said.

During winter break that year, Youdelman caught a cold, and with nothing but time on her hands she reexamined the large envelope that sat untouched for months.

Soon, musty letters were scattered across her kitchen table.

As she read, Youdelman began to notice something oddly similar among the letters. She was taken aback when she finally realized what she was reading.

“I just really was so amazed,” she said. “I can’t even describe the feeling. It was almost like…every hair on my body stood on end because, here I was, seeing there was these groups of women all writing to the same guy.”

Youdelman said she was swept up by the language, the references to songs, plays and film, which haven’t been written about for over seven decades. She discovered a secret world, not often seen out of the 1930s—one of loose talk, fleeting romance and drinking.

“It was like opening this door to the past and falling into it,” Youdelman said. “I’ve always wished I could time

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The "Letters to Allen" series, part of Nancy Youdelman's art exhibit at Gallery 25, tells the stories of 39 young women who fall for a man who sweeps them off their feet. Youdelman's gallery will display the letters until Sept. 30.

ters printed onto the beeswax panels, arranged by writer. t was like opening this C h r i s t i n a Re a , a s t u d e n t i n door to the past and falling Youdelman’s Gallery Technique class at Fresno State, helped set up the gallery. into it.”

Rea said it took around 10 hours to set up around 48 panels in the "Letters — Nancy Youdelman to Allen" series. Each line of panels had to be lined up to suit eye level, she said.

“Each panel takes two nails to travel and I felt like that was the closest hang and it has to be level,” Rea said. thing to actually doing it.”

She knew that her discovery would “Because of the different sizes of have to end up as art, but wasn’t certain each panel, the shape and orientation, dimensions, there's different (levels) for how.

Eventually she decided to create a every one.”

The letters featured in Youdelman’s dress inspired by some of the letters, gallery are full of joy, longing and and one dress soon became several.

B u t s h e f e l t t h e wo m e n — w i t h heartbreak.

It was during the waning years of the their stories of joy and heartbreak— Prohibition Era when Watkins met his deserved more.

She reprinted many of letters onto many admirers.

Though the women were from cities a canvas of beeswax and caustic, to be displayed along with the dresses, at speckled throughout the eastern United States, including New York, Pittsburgh Gallery 25 in downtown Fresno.

Youdelman’s "The Dearest Allen and Indianapolis, they all had one man, Series" is a set of dresses inspired by and one place, in common.

Watkins met nearly all of the women several women in the gallery.

"Letters to Allen" is a set of let- at the Princess Anne Country Club at Virginia Beach, Va., Youdelman said.

“I think he symboli z e d s o m e t h i n g fo r them that was going to pull them up and out of whatever doldrums they considered themselves in, because that was kind of the state of women back then,” Youdelman said.

“It was felt that you needed a husband who was going to whatever kind of position that was going to put you in whatever place in society,” she said.

He came from a wealthy f amily, but money wasn’t his most attractive quality.

Photos of Watkins showed a young man, handsome, with a bright, playful smile.

Watkins was an early aviator and owned his own plane. Youdelman said she believes it was a Curtiss-Wright aircraft.

The plane now rests Photos courtesy of Nancy Youdelman at a Wright Brothers

“I

These photos of Allen Watkins (right) and who Youdelman believes is Betty Potter (left) are on display with the letters.

museum at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Youdelman said.

Youdelman, however, is more interested in the 39 women who gave their hearts to a single man, yet were given nothing in return.

The "Letters to Allen" series features some of her favorite letters. In one series it was obvious that a woman and Watkins were playing a game of letter swapping while at a hotel.

“This little note was something that I felt was so intriguing because it was obviously sent to his hotel room and it has the numbers,” she said. “It says ‘exactly at the stroke of midnight, I will knock on your door. If you do not answer, that's too bad.’”

The letter was mischievously signed, The Prowler. However, after comparing it to other letters in the collection, Youdelman narrowed it down to Helen DeVilbiss, a woman who sent many letters to Watkins.

“She was obviously having fun, sneaking around at night,” Youdelman said.

T h e wo m a n wh o s t o o d o u t t o Youdelman the most was Betty Potter.

Potter has her own gallery dedicated to her, called, "Who Was Betty Potter?"

It includes period clothing and objects, and a recording of Youdelman reciting several of Potter’s letters.

Potter was a young woman who quickly fell in love with Watkins. She appeared to be a novice at romance, Youdelman said.

“She wrote a letter that was kind of pathetic and kind of in pain, ‘Why haven’t I heard from you? What’s the matter? What did I do wrong?’”

Youdelman said.

Youdelman believes that a long period of time, perhaps months, passed after her reply.

Potter’s final letter to Watkins betrays her hurt feelings.

“Looking at it from the viewpoint of someone else, I can see just how she’s trapped,” Youdelman said. “She’s trapped by her own faulty expectations.

What she wants out of something and what happens are so hugely different.”

Youdelman's exhibit will remain open to the public until Sept. 30. She will be available for "Conversations with the Artist" Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. www.nancyyoudelman.com Gallery 25 is located at 660 Van Ness Avenue. For information dial 559-264-4092

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Piano students given chance to play the pipes

By Alan Wileman The Collegian An introductory course to the pipe organ provided an opportunity Friday for Fresno State students to lay their hands on the organ keyboard for the first time.

Laurell Huber, who for the past few decades has taught

and played piano at Fresno State, was the course instructor.

The introductory session was three hours long and allowed music students, many of whom were pianists or composers who had never played the organ before, a chance to get a hands-on experience.

Huber, who has been play-

Student Aaron Bohigian volunteers to play the organ diring Laurell Huber’s workshop.

ing the organ for more than 50 years, said that exposure is rare — and that can benefit pianists in the job market.

“A well-rounded keyboard musician will expand their opportunities,” Huber said.

A pianist who learns to play the organ can accept an organ gig and play with confidence.”

Typical jobs are weddings and memorial services.

E m i l y Wa l l a c e, wh o i s majoring in piano at Fresno State, played for the first time.

She said she was amazed, and would recommend the session to anyone.

“T he intricacies of the instrument are absolutely amazing to me,” Wallace said. “I am also intrigued by how many different ‘colors’ and sounds you can achieve with a single instr ument.”Par ticipants, no matter how well they performed, were given an opportunity to play the organ together as well as individually.

Cactus Harris, a senior at Fresno State, is studying music education. He has more experience on the organ than the other pianists.

Harris taught himself to play before coming to Fresno State. During the workshop, he played the organ often.

“It is a very exhilarating instrument to play because you practically have a whole orchestra at your finger tips,” Harris said.

Harris was featured in The Fresno Bee last spring. He will give his senior recital in the Concert Hall on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.

Huber said the organ is available at Fresno State for perfor mances and music organists.

“The organ is accessible to enrolled music majors or

Photos by Roe Borunda / The Collegian

The organ was built in 1996 and hides behind a wall in the Concert Hall in the music department.

minors who designate organ as their principal instrument,” Huber said.

There is no class for the organ currently available to students. However, Huber said if enough students request the class, it is a possibility in the future.

Upcoming concerts with

the university’s organ include UCLA organ artist Christoph Bull, who will be playing in the Keyboard Concert Series on May 5 at 3 p.m.

If anyone is interested in organ lessons, contact Laurell Huber at laurellhuber@yahoo. com.

Laurell Huber goes over curriculum for students in her workshop. Though some students in the workshop have never played the organ before, many of them are experienced pianists or composers.

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Murdock said she and Alcantara first met in Murdock’s senior year of high school, when both were on official Fresno State visits.

“I just thought it was really cool that she had an accent,” Murdock said. “She’s from a different country so I thought it was pretty cool listening to her accent. She just seemed really nice and friendly.”

She never thought she and Alcantara would someday be teammates.

Alcantara began playing volleyball competitively when she was age 9. Her oldest sister piqued her interest in the sport at that age.

“I actually started playing because my oldest sister used to play,” Alcantara said. “She was part of this club team. I liked it. A year later I started playing because you could only start when you’re 9-years old.

So I started the next year.”

“Pretty much because of her, I ended up liking it a lot.”

With Murdock and outside hitters Korrin Wild and Marissa Brand playing on an offensively potent roster, it is Alcantara who has the task of coordinating and leading Fresno State’s hitting game.

“In our program we really value the little things,” Netherby-Sewell said. “People may be cheering on the big hitters, but we’re giving our highfives to the passers, the setters and the defenders. We give value to it—and that’s all that

matters. [Barbara] thrives off of big hits and being the one delivering those balls.”

The importance of the setter position was evident in the Western Athletic Conference tour nament semifinals last year.

In that match, the Bulldogs were close to upsetting firstseeded Hawaii, then-ranked third in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. F resno State had won the first two sets in a match that would eventually be decided in five.

In the final set, Hawaii committed three consecutive attacking errors behind Alcantara’s serving to bring the Bulldogs within a point of tying the game at six points.

But the Bulldogs lost the final set 15-10.

Looking back, the Bulldogs came within four points from possibly capturing the WAC championship.

A conference championship is still on top of the list of goals for Fresno State, Alcantara said.

“Of course, our goal is to win the Mountain West Conference. But, for that, we need to play each game first and take one step at a time,” she said. “We can’t just focus on the big picture and skip the small steps.”

The Bulldogs enter conference play in the Mountain West on Thursday night at Boise State.

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Fresno State will travel to Oklahoma to play against the Golden Hurricane.

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’Dogs prepare for Tulsa’s offense Fresno State will face another tough road test playing in Chapman Stadium

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian

DeRuyter and the ’ Dogs will prepare for Tulsa’s high-powered offense in Saturday’s matchup. The Golden Hurricane’s defense ranks first in the nation.

Setting up the kill

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian In sports, possibly the biggest cheers and fan praises are reserved for the players who rack up goals, points, touchdowns—and kills.

In fast-paced volleyball—a sport that seems to increase in suspense the longer the ball fails to hit the ground—the scorers are usually outside hitters and middle blockers.

But, who, exactly, gets the ball in the hands of these offensive weapons? For the Fresno State volleyball team, it’s senior setter Barbara Alcantara.

Setter, a role in volleyball that nearly always gets the second touch on a possession, is usually the one to put an offensive player in position for an attack.

“Without the setter, you don’t have a hitter and you can’t pass the ball to anyone,” sophomore middle blocker Maci Murdock said. “I think it’s the hardest position on the team.”

Alcantara leads the Mountain West Conference in assists with 498 in 45 sets. Four Fresno State players, including Murdock, have more than 100 kills in the season.

As team captain, Alcantara has established herself as a necessary cog in the Bulldogs’ of fense, coach Lauren

In what could be a display of offensive firepower between Fresno State and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, the ’Dogs will lean heavily on their offensive attack.

As head coach Tim DeRuyter and the Bulldogs prepare to go on the road against a tough opponent in Tulsa, the ’Dogs will focus on honing in their up-tempo offense. “ T h e y ’ re b i g , p hy s i c a l , coached very well by Brent Guy, an excellent defensive coach,” DeRuyter said.

Heading to Oklahoma next weekend, Fresno State will concentrate on applying speed and aggression to the Golden Hurricane’s defensive unit. Tulsa, which plays in Conference USA, will be a difficult opponent for the ’Dogs.

“They’re one of the top offenses in the country. They do a great job of running the football while still being balanced. They’re very difficult to prepare for,” DeRuyter said.

On the road the Bulldogs have struggled. Against fourthranked Ore gon, the ’Do gs fought tough but still fell short.

Playing in Tulsa will be no different. Fresno State will need to continue to improve.

“It’s a process that will help carry over. Any time a new staff comes in you have a different system when you travel.

We try to get most of our work

done here before Friday when we go on the road. This trip, obviously, going a couple of time zones away is going to be a little bit early,” DeRuyter said.

In last week’s swift victory over Colorado, the Bulldogs grabbed four interceptions on defense, two of them returned for touchdowns by safety Phillip Thomas. Fresno State’s defense was solid in their second home game and will look to play strong Saturday.

“It was a great game for him, great game for our defense,” outside linebacker Shawn Plummer said. “I’m glad for him and he deserved everything that he got honor-wise over the weekend. But he’s not done yet as far as this season.”

Oklahoma brings offensive weapons in senior running back Alex Singleton and redshirt junior quarterback Cody Green. The Golden Hurricane is talented in all the skill positions and Fresno State will have a hard time containing Tulsa’s offense.

“They’ve got a former Big-12 quarterback starting for them now in Cody Green, who’s 6-foot-4, about 245 pounds. He’s a load. They got a couple of excellent backs as well as some good receivers,” DeRuyter said.

“It’s more of a team speed.

T h e y ’ ve g o t t wo r u n n i n g backs that can run really well.

They’ve got a couple of receivers that can run really well.

Their offensive line runs really well, too,” defensive coordina-

tor Nick Toth added.

The Golden Hurricane also bring a physical element to the playing field as Tulsa’s defense ranks first in the nation in sacks. Defensive coordinator Brent Guy gives a leadership presence to the Golden Hurricane’s defense and Tulsa will look to test Fresno State’s offense.

“Defensively, I believe their leading the country in sacks right now. They also create a ton of minus yards per play,” DeRuyter said.

“We have to execute the plays that we have to run versus the speed of their defense,” Bulldogs offensive coordinator Dave Schramm added.

The Bulldogs offense will continue to run its up-tempo schemes to match not only the speed of Tulsa’s defense, but also keep up with its offense.

In what will undoubtedly be a high-scoring game, Fresno State will try to remain strong in both its offensive and defensive schemes.

“This week we got an upgraded opponent with Tulsa coming up. Bill Blakenship (head coach) has done a great job continuing what Todd Graham had done before. I think that our guys are going to get some valuable experience from this that would hopefully carry us through the season,” DeRuyter said. “We’re looking forward to a great week of preparation.”

Netherby-Sewell said.

“She’s much improved,” Netherby-Sewell said. “She’s running a faster-tempo offense and she’s being a good leader.

She’s communicating consistently and running the offense like a senior and captain would.”

Alcantara, a native of Curitiba, Brazil, has played c o m p e t i t ive l y a t t h e c o l l e g i at e a n d i n t e r n at i o n a l l eve l . S h e w a s r e c r u i t e d

by Netherby-Sewell out of College of Souther n Idaho, a National Junior Colle ge Athletic Association program.

Southern Idaho made it to the Division I semifinals in the NJCAA national tournament in 2009, Alcantara’s freshman year.

With two years of eligibility remaining in the NCAA, potential teams such as Auburn and Penn State also were recruiting her. For Alcantara, her decision to play at Fresno State came down to a number of variables asides from volleyball.

“I feel that it wasn’t just volleyball that was important when going on a recruiting visit,” Alcantara said. “I think you have to see everything overall—where you’re going to live, how the city is … everything matters. I feel like I chose Fresno State because it had all

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Quarterback Derek Carr will push to focus on the Bulldogs’ potent offense by leading them in a showdown against Tulsa.