September 20 2010

DEBATING HEALTH CARE

ClovisFest shows off artists ‘Dogs take care of business vs. Utah State Whitman, Brown should focus on the issues

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The annual ClovisFest event was held in downtown Clovis this past weekend. At 6 a.m. spectators began to gather on both Saturday and Sunday at the Clovis Rodeo Grounds to see the variety of hot air balloons take to the skies. After the balloons had all taken off, the action moved to Old Town Clovis for the ClovisFest Fair and the All Valley Car Show. Check out The Collegian Online for a photo gallery of hot air balloon pictures.

How far can businesses go?

By Ana Mendoza The Collegian Private businesses near campus that implicate Fresno State might seem at first glance to be connected to the university, but they are not.

With the exception of Sequoia Textbooks, businesses like Bulldog Village apartments and the Dog House Grill restaurant are not officially affiliated with Fresno State, nor do they pay any kind of royalties to the university.

Sequoia Textbooks is located on Shaw Ave. just off of Maple Ave. across the street from Fresno State, and sells Fresno State gear, accessories and textbooks. “[We pay] ten percent on top of everything that has the Fresno State logo,” said the bookstore’s manager Misty Bassham.

Bassham affirmed that the store pays for “every bit of information” they receive from F resno State.

Because they sell textbooks used for classes at Fresno State, they have to buy the textbook information from the university.

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ecause you see the symbols and everything, you would think that it was connected.”

— Keith Finnel, Student

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A painting of the Fresno State Bulldogs trademark is displayed at Sequoia Textbooks, a private businesses not directly affiliated with the university.

ing of a Fresno State Bulldog displayed on one of their walls, but the business does not have to pay royalties on the sign.

“The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) has been in here and looked at it,

and said that since we are not using it to make money, it is just a representation of the college, that it is fine that we have it,” said Bassham.

The CLC is a trademark enforcement company. Fresno State, along

with many other colleges and universities, use CLC to engage with companies like Sequoia Textbooks to help enforce their trademark.

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At Fresno State’s annual Constitution Day held at the Satellite Student Union Friday, a panel of professors held competing positions on the constitutionality of the universal health care legislation passed back in March.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will expand eligibility for Medicaid—government-subsidized health insurance for low income individuals and families—up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line starting in 2014 to help cover the 50 million American adults currently without health insurance. It will also set up state-based exchanges where qualified buyers can purchase private insurance with government subsidies.

The most controversial provision in the bill is the mandate requiring individuals, including students not covered by their employer or family’s plan, to purchase health insurance, which also goes into effect in 2014. Individuals must provide the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proof of health insurance when filing their income tax, or be penalized up to $2,000 for a family of four, or 2.5 percent of your income.

Twenty-one states have already taken action against the landmark legislation, filing lawsuits on grounds that it exceeds the commerce powers of congress and betrays state sovereignty as articulated in the 10th Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Moderator and Fresno State political science professor Jeffrey Cummins said that as a result of the 1986 legislation which required emergency rooms to accept all comers, the individual mandate is essential.

“Once you make that decision [to open up ER’s] it means you must also have universal coverage,” he said.

“The reason is that in our current system you end up having to compensate for those who don’t have care.”

Cummins said there are two ways to provide universal health care: Either apply the individual mandate or a government-based, single-payer system as seen in many western European countries.

Political science professor Yishaiya Abosch, who teaches constitutional law at Fresno State, opposes the bill’s justification for the individual mandate as a means of regulating commerce. He cited recent supreme-court cases—U.S. v Lopez (1995) and U.S. v Morrison (2000)—which struck down federal provisions that violated the commerce clause stated in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution.

“At least carrying a gun to school, as in Lopez, or committing a violent crime against a woman, as in Morrison, are easily recognized as activities,” said Abosch. “Failure to purchase private insurance, which is the object of the health reform law’s mandate, is not an activity of any sort.”

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

O NE-FINGER Whitman, Brown should SALUTE EDITORIAL

Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian’s newsroom.

have an actual debate

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lower taxes and entitlements for all. the debate, is likely to ask more than a That being said, state school systems few questions on the topic as well. arlier this month, Republican like the University of California and But while immigration is a very gubernatorial candidate Meg California State University are strugimportant issue that we need straight Whitman put out an advertisegling to meet basic funding requireanswers on, there are other problems ment where Bill Clinton, in a debate ments. While we realize that education that, as governor, either candidate will with Jerry Brown during the 1992 camcannot receive more state money while have to solve. paign for president, accused Brown of other public sectors are cutting back, While the United States’ unemployhaving a poor fiscal record as governor ment rate is stuck around nine percent, there must be a better way to allocate of California. Brown, who is attemptstate cash. Each candidate should California is worse with 12 percent ing to hold the same position once explain what he or she plans to do to fix unemployment and Fresno County again, came right back with an adverthe state’s education system. is worse still with 15 percent unemtisement accusing Whitman of lying We also call on debate officials to ployment. Both candidates must have in that ad, claiming he not only did not open the debate to the raise taxes, he passed balpublic. The only people anced budgets as well. allowed to attend are parWhat, were you expecthe only people allowed to attend are partisans tisans invited by party ing a campaign focused officials. This is not right. on the issues? invited by party officials. This is not right. Fresno Fresno State students and The two mudslinging State students and residents of the city of Fresno should residents of the city of candidates will arrive on be allowed to attend.”

Fresno should be allowed campus for a debate on to attend. If Jerry Brown Oct. 2. The debate will and Meg Whitman really take place in the Satellite want to speak to the people, Student Union and be they should call on the sponsored by, among othlocal debate organizing committee to legitimate plans for job creation, or at ers, The Fresno Bee and the Spanishdo what they can to accommodate those least plans that won’t interfere with job language channel Univision. Univision who haven’t already decided on who creation. will be televising the debate. they’re voting for.

California also has a nearly $20 bilIt is our hope that, at least in this What we want is actual debate. lion budget deficit and its legislature debate, the candidates decide to focus has once again failed to pass a new bud- Brown, Whitman, leave your proon the issues instead of trying to score grammed party responses at the door. get on time. The current government political points.

Give us the truth. has dropped the ball on this issue— One of the issues that Brown and Whitman are expected to address is ille- each candidate must address it candidly with realistic plans. This means gal immigration, an important issue to BE HEARD: Send a letter to the editor via making difficult decisions on many Hispanics, a burgeoning sector of the e-mail at collegian@csufresno.edu. fronts. The candidates should be honest California electorate. Univision, whose with their plans rather than promising national news anchor is moderating

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Fresno State’s running game vs. Utah We actually ran for more than 100 yards— WITHOUT Ryan Mathews.

Thumbs down: The Collegian time machine On Sept. 1 our front page proudly declared the date to be Aug. 1. This was either a glaring typo or an invitation to step into The Collegian time machine... which would be a thumbs up, right? Bring back summer! Bring back summer!

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Thumbs up: The start of fall Fall begins on Wednesday. Break out the sweaters, Uggs, scarves and hoodies! “Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell...” So much for bringing back summer in the time machine.

Thumbs down: Fall = exam season Chances are, you’ll have your first exam of the semester either this week or next. And that is definitely a thumbs down, unless you’re a masochist.

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Thumbs up: Scholarship in Nathan Ray’s honor The Fresno State marching band designated a scholorship in memory of Ray, a freshman band member who passed away in a car accident Sept. 5.

Thumbs down: Mind-numbing games, such as Robot Unicorn Attack If you enjoy Erasure, unicorns, rainbows and mindless games that have no strategy or end goal, you’ll love Robot Unicorn Attack.

Google it. The highest score in our newsroom is 120,250, which is slightly shameful. We challenge you to top our record.

Correction In an article that ran Friday, Sept. 17, on the front page of The Collegian, a 1988 speech by a Mexican presidential candidate was misattributed. The correct attribution should be Cuauhtemoc Cardenas.

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San Joaquin Colle ge of Law Professor Jeffrey Purvis defended the constitutionality of the provision, saying that the subject of regulation in the bill is the purchase and sale of health insurance, which is a commercial transaction, and therefore within the confines of the commerce clause.

Purvis views some general objections to the individual mandate—that gover nment cannot make you purchase something you do not want, or that one must be engaged in activity in order to be regulated—as not being principles of constitutional law.

“The nature of regulation is to compel you to do what you don’t want to do,” said Purvis.

“When the federal gover nment exercises its power of eminent domain, so long as it does so for a public purpose and gives you just compensation, even though you are just sitting their minding your own business, you must transfer your land to the ownership of the federal government.

There is no legal principle that says you have to be voluntarily engaging in an activity to be regulated.”

Purvis cited aspects of the Bush administration’s Patriot Act, which received bipartisan support, as an infringement on civil liberties by the federal government that fled the constraints of the constitution.

After the event, Abosch told The Collegian that Bush’s policies reflected an overarching interest of national defense that should not be equated with health care, and some of these policies were

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Yishaiya Abosch (left) and Jeffrey Cummins (right), along with Tom Holyoke and Jeffrey Purvis (not pictured), discuss controversial health care issues.

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o matter how necessary or effective [a] law might be, or no matter how much time or political capital was spent in passing it, if the law is outside the scope of power the U.S. constitution assigns national government, it must be declared unconstitutional and void.”

— Yishaiah Abosch, Associate professor, political science

struck down by the courts.

He cited Obama’s continuation of many of Bush’s policies—rendition, not closing Gu a n t a n a m o B ay pris on, intercepting private telecommunications without warrants—being beyond reproach as examples of inconsistent, partisan views of constitutional law.

Partisan discourse on previous constitutional abuses has lent itself to obscuring

and excusing further abuses from rigorous constitutional analysis.

“No matter how necessary or effective [a] law might be, or no matter how much time or political capital was spent in passing it, if the law is outside the scope of power the U.S. constitution assigns national government, it must be declared unconstitutional and void,” Abosch said.

Abosch added that the argu-

ment supporting the constitutionality of the individual mandate stem from a “dangerously imbalanced interpretation of the Constitution.”

“They want privacy protections to be up here, but economic liberties down there,” he said. “That view assumes that certain individual rights in the areas of speech, religion, privacy and sexual forays are deserving of the law’s most rigorous protection, while others in the areas of proper ty and commercial interaction can be freely infringed on almost any claim of social utility.”

Purvis told The Collegian he is aware that many constitutional scholars share Abosch’s view that this is not a correct ordering of these values, but that such a hierarchy has been well established by the courts.

“The Supreme Court has itself acknowledg ed that rights such as freedom of religion, speech and other fundamental interests are of greater constitutional weight than the economic interests of individuals,” Purvis said in an e-mail interview. “The constitution protects the former explicitly, and does not mention the latter.”

A b o s ch re i t e r at e d t h at states have powers that the federal government does not.

California can mandate drivers to purchase auto insurance, just as Massachusetts can implement a universal health care plan and mandate their residents to purchase a qualifying health plan.

“I might object to a state mandate on policy grounds, but legally, the individual states are authorized to enact such legislation for their resi-

dents, assuming that voters approve and there is no obstacle in their constitution.”

This state sovereignty was well intentioned by the framers, said Abosch, because it provides diversity among states in the union; creates better policies since states are more intimately involved and accountable to their constituents; and allows failed experiments to be learned from by other states.

Last week Florida Federal Judge Roger Vinson indicated that he would deny the federal government’s request to dismiss state lawsuits against the bill, as reported by the New York Times, increasing the likelihood of it eventually being brought before the Supreme Court.

Typically in Supreme Court cases, Purvis said, a constitutional challenge would only kill the provisions being challenged, leaving the bill intact.

But the impact of losing the individual mandate may leave the program, in effect, inoperative. It would create a major funding hole, and it is unclear as to how Democrats may seek to reconcile losing the individual mandate when implementing PPACA over the next four years.

“Democrats thought that this bill was so huge, that if they could just get it through Congress, there is no way the Supreme Court is going to overturn it,” Abosch said.

“They really didn’t comprehend just how much opposition and backlash there might be.”

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TRADEMARKS: Close, not quite CONTINUED from page 1 According to a Harvard Law website, trademarks are protected and a party can sue for trademark infringement if another trademark bears too much resemblance to its

Fresno State’s Bulldog logo,” said office manager Cynthia Cruz.

The Bulldog Village, however, confir med that even though they are located across the street from campus, their name is Bulldog Lane Village.

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ore than 50 percent [of our customers] are students, administration or teachers.”

— Matthew Billingsley, Manager, Dog House Grill

own. The court would look at specific factors of the case and assess the “likelihood of confusion” the public would have between trademarks.

The Bulldog Village logo is similar to Fresno State’s, but they don’t pay royalties.

“We designed our own logo of a bulldog; we do not use

“[It’s] named after one of the streets our property is on (Cedar Avenue and Bulldog Lane). In most of our advertising today, we have dropped the word ‘Lane’ for simplification” confirmed Jean Robbins, the director of operations and marketing for Bulldog Lane Village.

The Dog House Grill also does not pay royalties since “Dog” is not a trademark of Fresno State. Even though the restaurant has many Fresno State football team items displayed on their wall, most have been donated by various individuals. Since they don’t sell Fresno State merchandise, they are not subject to fees. “[These items] have been g ive n t o u s j u s t b e c a u s e Fresno State wants to show their achievements,” said Matthew Billingsley, manager of the Dog House Grill restaurant.

“More than 50 percent [of our customers] are students, administration or teachers,” said Billingsley. “Fresno State is a big part of our business.”

The majority of Bulldog Lane Village tenants are students because of where the apartment complex is located, Cruz said.

“Because you see the symbols and everything, you would think that it was connected,” said political science major and Dog House Grill customer Keith Finnell “They use the name just to get students to go there,” said Alfonso Garcia, an undeclared junior from Fresno State.

Since these companies provide different services than the university, they are more likely to be immune to this kind of lawsuit.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What happened to Muffin Mondays?

Administrative office shuts down popular fundraiser

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian In a move that surprised regular customers of the popular music department fundraiser “Muffin Mondays,” the campus Environmental Health and Safety office shut down the fundraiser because of health code concerns.

“This is a campus policy that we were reminded of during our recent Food Services Advisory Committee,” said Debbie Astone, director of Auxiliary Services. “As an auxiliary organization we are required to comply with the campus buildings and grounds policy."

Muffin Mondays, a fundraiser for the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha, was a popular weekly occurrence that music students coordinated every Monday morning. When the brothers of Phi Mu Alpha filed paperwork to obtain a permit to continue the fundraiser, their paperwork was rejected on the basis of health concerns.

“The Fresno County Health De par tment has a special interest in any kind of food distribution to the public,” said Lisa Kao, an administrator in the campus Environmental Health and Safety Department. “In this case the Muffin Mondays fundraiser qualified as a public distribution of food, and to

continue Muffin Mondays, they would’ve had to have a permit tied to a special community event.”

As a campus entity, Kao’s of fice re por ts directly to the Fresno County Health Department (FCHD).

Administrative regulations state that food can only be served in conjunction with a community event. The FCHD defines a community event as “an event that is of civic, political, public or educational nature, including state and county fairs, city festivals, circuses and other public gathering events approved by the local enforcement agency.

“Essentially they’re having a bake sale, which isn’t enough to constitute a community event,” said Kao. Students in Phi Mu Alpha fully understand the regulations they have to follow to get Muffin Mondays up and running again.

“I know that the reason we were closed down was because of health code violations,” said one of the brothers of Phi Mu Alpha, who asked to remain anonymous. “For now we’re shut down, but if we could find a way around the rules we would.”

Students who have class in the music building remain confused about what happened to the popular fundraiser.

“I think it’s really sad,” said Lauren Flores, a kinesiol-

ogy major. “I just saw a bunch of signs around the music department saying that it was shut down. I don’t understand what happened.”

Music majors, who were among the most regular customers of Muffin Mondays, describe the disappearance of their favorite Monday institution as a sad event.

“We all talk about it,” said Courtnee Browning, a music education major. “We walk past the signs in the music building and it’s kind of depressing.”

Despite student’s confusion about the disappearance of Muffin Mondays, the Environmental Health and Safety office has stood by their decision to shut it down.

“They did the right thing by filling out the paperwork,” said Kao. “It made us aware of what was going on.”

The boys of Phi Mu Alpha, because of the regulations concer ning the fundraiser, aren’t pursuing further action.

“Maybe in the future we will try again to receive the waivers necessary, but currently we’d like to focus on other areas of our fraternity,” said an anonymous member of Phi Mu Alpha. “It was a great way for us to earn a little money and interact with people from the Music Department.

But we’ll survive, and try to accomplish these tasks in other ways.”

Matt Weir / The Collegian

Muffin Mondays was held outside between the old music building and the new music building.

New websites help students manage finances

By Melissa Jones The Collegian It's the day before your car payment is due. Several other bill stubs and envelopes are scattered across your bedroom floor. Your heart starts to beat fast as you read your bank statement. Account balance: $10.87.

Where did all your money go?

Behold, a simple and free way to keep track of your bank accounts, savings, loans, bills and more.

A reward winning website, Mint.com, is just one example of how easy organizing finances can be. Web sites similar to Mint.com are revolutionizing the way money inflow and outflow is tracked, and is all delivered daily to your e-mail.

Business and entrepreneurship major Michael Tellez said he uses different types of financial websites to track his spending. Mint.com and CNNmoney.com are two sites that he visits weekly. “ T h e s e w e b s i t e s h av e h e l p e d s ave m e s o m u ch money,” Tellez said. “I budget everything from my car payments to my next vacation trip, and they are very easy to use.”

Tellez said he recommends Mint.com to all his friends for basic budgeting, along with monitoring credit cards and bank accounts.

“Being a college student is busy and stressful as it is,” Tellez said. “I don’t have time to worry about my finances now.”

Mint.com features new and innovative budgeting software each year. Most recently, the site has developed a new “budget goals” feature. Other features on the site include student loan payoff, information about credit cards, types of savings accounts and paying off debts.

The website also features a budget plan that gives weekly updates as to how well, or not well, you are following it. The user can input any type of budget, whether it is for shopping or rent, and the site does the rest of the work.

Over one million people use Mint.com, and this number is growing significantly every day.

Elizabeth Steinke, a lecturer in the department of Finance and Business Law, recommends CNNmoney.com and Bankrate.com to help give students an accessible way to get financial information.

Steinke said she notices two common mistakes made by students: They don’t realize the cost of credit cards and they don’t know their general level of debt.

“Student loans do need to be paid back, and at some point it will impact your lifestyle,” Steinke said. “It is important to get on track now with

planning for the repayment of these student loans or for other purchases.”

Steinke tells her students to “live within their means as much as possible.” She teaches her students that credit cards should be used sparingly and for correct purposes.

Steinke also suggests putting away small amounts of money in a savings account whenever possible and to not borrow.

Budget cuts within the CSU system are forcing many students to take out loans and to refer to new methods to pay for higher education.

Psychology major Samantha Car michael has taken out loans to pay for her college education.

Carmichael said she was recently introduced to Mint. com and she's planning on using the website beyond the end of her college career.

“I like things to be organized,” Carmichael said.

Calculating your expenses can be a challenge at any age, especially during college when the rise of tuition is booming and hundred dollar books are essential to getting a good grade in class.

“People with busier lives tend to not keep track of m o n e y, a n d d o n ’ t re a l i z e where it’s going,” Carmichael said. “I know more people who don’t plan out finances than I know people who do.”

Car michael said she

believes technology is helping her become more organized, and is hoping that this trend catches on with other students.

“You don’t have to be an accounting or finance major to get a hold of your personal

finances while in college,” said Tellez. “Financial planning today is probably the single most important thing I can do to prepare for my future.”

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ClovisFest features array of artists Artwork caters to all tastes

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian

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Artist Vyladas Johnson displays his deco-phage style artwork at ClovisFest on Sunday.

As one of Clovis’ most popular city fairs, this year’s ClovisFest over the past weekend featured the work of five artists in a wide-ranging collection of pen-and-ink drawings, photographs and deco-phaged woodwork.

The owner of Aquarius Artwork, Vyladas Johnson, used wooden grapedrying racks in his deco-phaged (see left) artwork. He used the racks to display old posters of popular figures like Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles and Michael Jackson.

“I used recycled grape drying racks to display the posters, which I applied with high-quality wallpaper adhesive,” said Johnson. “The finished product gets this textured look from the lacquer I apply once the poster is on there.”

Johnson’s deco-phaged woodwork, most of which display public figures and images that are widely recognized, presents the viewer with a unique approach to art. Canvas and paper give way to a new method of presenting art, and the vintage texture of the wood ties in well with the vintage look of the older posters of Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe.

The work of Gregg Visintainer, by contrast, presents a form of art very different from what most art fans have seen before.

“I basically do pen-and-ink artwork,” said Visintainer. “At a distance, every piece seems to have a main image, but on closer look you see images and words hidden inside that have some connection to the main idea of the piece.”

Visintainer came up with the idea to include smaller details inside a larger picture when he was in high school. “I was 16 years old at the time,” he said.

“Instead of taking notes, I was a doodler.”

The most striking pieces in Visintainer’s collection features American heroes, which from a distance portrays the American flag and the dark silhouettes of soldiers, but upon closer inspection contain words and smaller sketches that feature American sentiment.

“Those are the ones that sell the most,” said Visintainer.

The most unique work at the fair was the photographs of Don Schimmel, whose collection portrays a western lifestyle with striking images of cowboys, horses,and dusty, dry landscapes.

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n my photographs, I like to capture the essence of the place. I want my work to portray a real sense of place, and pieces like that happen when I pre-visualize the photograph.”

— Michael Ambrose, Artist

“They used to use the wooden grapedrying racks in vineyards back in the day,” said Johnson. “They stopped using this process a while back, so most local vineyards have all of these old racks that are 40 or 50 years old.”

Michael Ambrose displayed his collection of photographs featuring the high region of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, southern Utah and the central California coast.

“In my photographs, I like to capture the essence of the place,” said Ambrose. “I want my work to portray a real sense of place, and pieces like that happen when I pre-visualize the photograph.”

Ambrose’s work exudes beautiful images that strongly feature weather and light. One of the best pieces in his collection is titled “Aspens, Eastern Sierra,” and captures a section of the woods where the leaves of Aspen trees are changing colors for the autumn season. The vibrant yellow hue Ambrose captured is a stunning image of the Sierra Nevadas during the fall. The shadow on the ground contrasted with the sunlight on the tops of the trees, presents a nice juxtaposition and sense of balance. His sense of lighting in his photographs makes his work unique from most other landscape photographers’ images.

The striking photog raph titled “Stallion Spirit” is a simple, black-andwhite picture of a horse’s face. The element that separates it from the rest of the collection is the use of light on the horse’s face, which is made brighter by the lack of color in the picture. The horse’s eyes seem to be looking past the frame, but the cloudiness in the horse’s eyes contrast with the sharpness of the light. The simplicity of the piece makes it the most memorable in the entire collection.

All the featured artist collections portray their subjects in very different frames, lights and mediums, and despite the differences in each artists’ collections the artistry exuded by each collection caters to audiences of varying tastes. Though not an art fair in and of itself, ClovisFest featured fantastic artists with thoroughly enjoyable work.

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12 Org. many lawyers belong to 13 One of seven per week 21 Packed with pulp 22 Tim of “The Carol Burnett Show” 26 Six-foot-eight, for example 27 Apple or pear producer 28 Nighttime, in poetry 30 The bottom line, to a consumer 32 Sharp-eyed bird of prey 35 Glassmaker’s material 37 Spots on peacock feathers 38 Pod used in gumbo 39 Card game in some casinos 40 Treats, as a sprain 41 Meddled 42 Homer Simpson exclamation 46 Cheyenne shelters 48 Taiwan’s capital 49 Girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel 50 Bitter resentment 52 One of 150 in the Old Testament 53 Sundance Film Festival entry 55 Thing lacking for the common cold 58 606, to the Romans 59 Thirty-day mo.

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‘Town’ is talk of box office, opening with $23.8M

By Christy Lemire The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Town” is the talk of the box office, opening with $23.8 million to take the No. 1 spot.

The intense Warner Bros. drama about bank robbers in an insular section of Boston earned rave reviews. This is the second movie directed by Ben Affleck, who stars alongside Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm and Chris Cooper.

It was a crowded field this weekend as the fall film season began in earnest: Three other movies opened nationwide, with several more in limited release.

The high-school comedy “ E a s y A ” f ro m C o l u m b i a Pictures came in second place with $18.2 million, according to Sunday estimates. And the Universal Pictures thriller “Devil” from producer M. Night Shyamalan, about strangers trapped in an elevator, landed in third with $12.6 million.

Most box-office projections showed “Easy A” coming out on top. But as Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman explained, everything came together for “The Town” over the past 10 days, including playing well at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“The campaign was always great. We positioned it to open in early fall. We had confidence in the movie — we felt if we could get in early and give it an opportunity to run, it would,” Fellman said. “It performed

extremely well, had great word of mouth and good reviews.”

Sort of “The Scarlet Letter” set in a Southern California high school, “Easy A” stars Emma Stone in a hugely charismatic perfor mance as a whip-smart student who takes pity on geeky guys by letting them say they’ve had sex with her. Eventually she wears this pseudo-promiscuity like a badge of honor.

“She really, really is on her way,” Rory Bruer, Sony’s president of worldwide distribution, said of the 21-year-old Stone.

“For us, this is the third movie we’ve had her in, and whether it’s ‘Zombieland’ or ‘Superbad,’ she’s a great comedienne.”

Plus, “Easy A” cost just $8 million to make, Bruer said, “so it’s already an incredible success for us.”

The critical and commercial success of “The Town” shows Affleck’s directorial debut, the Oscar-nominated “Gone Baby Gone” from 2007, was no fluke, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

“Ben Affleck is taking a page right out of the Clint Eastwood handbook. Obviously, he was known for being an actor but he’s very quickly gaining a reputation as a first-class director. He’s made a great movie,” Dergarabedian said. “His acting comes under fire every once in a while, but he was really good. He’s surrounded himself with the best possible people, and the adult drama is back.”

T h e 3 - D h o r ro r s e q u e l “Resident Evil: Afterlife” from Sony-Screen Gems, dropped to fourth place with $10.1 million.

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The week’s other new wide release, Lionsgate’s “Alpha and Ome g a,” opened with $9.2 million for fifth place.

The 3-D animated wolf tale, which received just 15 percent positive reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website, features the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere and Danny Glover.

In four theaters, Fox Searchlight’s “Never Let Me Go” made $120,830 in its first weekend for a strong perscreen average of $30,208. The sci-fi drama starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield a n d Ke i r a K n i g h t l e y h a s made $165,331 since opening Wednesday.

The documentary “Catfish” opened with $178,267 for the we e ke n d , o r a p e r- s c re e n ave r a g e o f $ 2 1 , 2 7 1 . F ro m U n ive r s a l ’ s Ro g u e l a b e l , “Catfish” follows a mysterious online relationship that develops between a New York photographer and a family in Michigan.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com.

Final figures will be released Monday.

1. “The Town,” $23.8 million.

2. “Easy A,” 18.2 million.

3. “Devil,” $12.6 million.

4. “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” $10.1 million.

5. “Alpha and Omega,” $9.2 million.

6. “Takers,” $9 million.

7. “The American,” $2.8 million.

8. “Inception,” $2 million.

9. “The Other Guys,” $2 million.

10. “Machete,” $1.7 million.

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News Briefs Brief news for the brief attention span MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say Ricki Lake’s beachfront rental home in Malibu has burned down.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say deputies answering a 911 call Saturday found the 41-year-old actress and talk show host, her two sons and their dog standing safely outside.

Firefighters put out the blaze in 20 minutes, but the home was destroyed.

Sheriff’s Lt. Rich Erickson tells the Los Angeles Times that a couch caught fire when Lake was refueling a portable heater.

The blaze shut down a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway for 90 minutes.

Lake starred in the movie “Hairspray” and later hosted a daytime talk show.

She has recently become an advocate for home birth, cowriting a book and producing a film on the subject.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan has failed a court-ordered drug and alcohol screening test and could face a probation violation that might throw her back in jail.

A person familiar with the case, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed the positive test results Friday. The person declined to specify what substance triggered the positive result, which the source said occurred within the last month.

A judge had threatened Lohan with 30 days in jail for each probation violation. A

hearing would be conducted before Lohan could be returned to jail.

Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said no such hearing had been scheduled as of Friday afternoon.

The failed drug test was first reported by TMZ.com.

Lohan, 24, was sentenced to three months in jail followed by three months in rehab after violating probation stemming from a pair of drug and driving under the influence cases filed after two arrests in 2007. She ended up serving two weeks in jail and another 23 days in an inpatient rehab treatment at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

At a hearing last month, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox ordered the actress to attend psychotherapy, drug and alcohol counseling as well as random drug and alcohol testing several times a week. Compliance would allow her to return to unsupervised probation in November.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — District attorney: Paris Hilton to avoid jail time in Las Vegas drug case under plea deal.

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The Sports Desk Saturday’s Standouts

Saturday’s Standouts

Game-changing moment: Jamel Hamler’s punt block With the score deadlocked 24-24 deep into the third quarter, Hamler got to Utah State punter Peter Caldwell, blocking the kick and setting up the Fresno State offense on the Aggie 24-yard line.

Eight plays later, Kevin Goessling booted a 30-yard field goal for Fresno State’s first lead, a lead it would never relinquish.

Interesting stat of the game: The ‘Dogs blocked two kicks The Bulldogs’ special teams did it again, doing what it does best: Blocking kicks.

Jamel Hamler blocked a punt and Kenny Wiggins tipped a field goal attempt.

Hamler’s punt block led to the Bulldogs’ first lead of the game. Since 2002, Fresno State leads all NCAA teams in blocked kicks with 51.

Unsung hero: Jalen Saunders, WR In his first full-game as a Bulldog, Saunders did not disappoint. Replacing injured receiver Devon Wylie, Saunders filled in for the speedster flawlessly.

He fielded two punts for 26 yards and returned five kickoffs for 110 yards.

Saunders also added two receptions for 14 yards. Saunders was impressive for a true freshman.

‘Dogs sealed the deal when... ...A.J. Ellis plunged into the end zone with under a minute to play, giving the ‘Dogs a 41-24 lead and ultimately the game. The score marked Ellis’ third touchdown of the game in his debut as the Fresno State starting running back.

What we learned: 149 yards and a touchBy Ben Ingersoll and Vongni Yang The patented Fresno down. Colburn’s thirdThe Collegian State run game is not quarter interception dead just yet. After a was the only speed dismal season opener on the ground (49 bump that slowed down the Bulldogs’ rush yards) the Bulldog ground game vintage Pat Hill offensive arsenol that came alive in the Western Athletic grinded out 379 yards of total offense.

Conference opener. In a week full of The offense’s 41 points is also the most injury concer ns, the Fresno State Fresno State has tallied against Utah offense answered the call, running for State in five years.

230 yards behind A.J. Ellis’ breakout game. We also learned head coach Pat Defensive breakdown: Hill’s defense is for real. For those who The Bulldogs’ defense had two weeks to witnessed Cincinnati’s recent game prepare for the Aggies’ spread offense against North Carolina State may have attack, and the extra time paid off. Utah thought the Bulldogs’ perfor mance State did post 311 yards, but defensive against the Bearcats was a flop. Wrong. coordinator Randy Stewart’s unit kept Fresno State’s defense bent, but didn’t Diondre Borel in check for most of the break against Utah State’s spread game. Borel threw for just 106 yards of fense and dynamic quarterback and ran for 66 yards, contrasting numDiondre Borel. bers compared to last season’s 345 total yard effort. The defensive front four Offensive breakdown: was able to pressure Borel for most of The offensive statistics were virtually the night forcing two fumbles and regreversed from Fresno State’s week one istering two sacks by defensive linewin over Cincinnati. The biggest ques- men Donavaughn Pritchett and Mark tion mark the coaching staff faced Roberts. The secondary kept everything over the bye week was how to get a run in front of them, holding Utah State’s game going. Without starter Robbie longest completion at just 26 yards. The Rouse, the ‘Dogs looked like they did Aggies completed only 11 passes on in 2009 on the ground, rushing for 230 the ‘Dogs secondary after giving up 24 yards on 40 carries. Quarterback Ryan completions to Zach Collaros two weeks Colburn kept the Aggie defense honest, ago. The defense has shown drastic completing 65 percent of his passes for improvements in both games.

Call of the game: Riding Ellis to victory On Fresno State’s final drive, Ellis carried the ball 10 times of the Bulldogs’ 12 plays. Quarterback Ryan Colburn handed off to Ellis five straight times to open the series. Ellis ran for 39 yards on the drive, capping it off with a two-yard touchdown with 42 seconds to play. The score all but ended the Aggies’ hopes of winning and sent the Bulldogs to its first 2-0 start since 2004.

Dog bone giveaway: A.J. Ellis, RB With starting running back Robbie Rouse out with injuries, Ellis had his named called and did not disappoint. After tallying just two carries last season, the sophomore carried the load Saturday with 29 carries for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Ellis also added another touchdown as a receiver out of the backfield, hauling in a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ryan Colburn.

Volleyball goes 2-1 in Fresno State Invitational

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian The Fresno State Bulldogs, who struggled through their first home tour nament of the season two weeks ago, came out on Friday night and appeared to be headed in the same direction again.

Hosting their second volleyball tour nament of the season, the Bulldogs were defeated in straight-sets by No. 7 University of Southern Califor nia (USC). In losing their opening match to USC, the Bulldogs seemed to lack enough firepower to match t h at o f t h e i r o p p o n e n t s.

Although the girls showed a lot of spirit and feistiness in their game-play, their efforts were not enough to overcome the physical advantage that USC had over the ‘Dogs.

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Captian Kelly Mason paced all Bulldogs with 11 digs.

Another standout player was Freshman Korrin Wild, who collected 6 kills to go along with a team-high eight points.

Head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell wasn’t satisfied with her team’s performance against USC. “I thought that the team played a really good match but just looked complacent losing to a really good team,” Netherby-Sewell said. “The upper classmen need to raise the bar when it comes to their competitive nature and should let it out more. We can’t expect the freshmen and sophomores to do everything for the team.”

After the match, Wild said there was room for improvement.

“I thought we played great, came out aggressive toward a great team but needed to work on our closing ability,” Wild said. “We needed to be more hungry toward the end of the sets, but we’ll come out tomorrow looking to be hungry for a win.”

Re t u r n i n g t o a c t i o n o n Saturday afternoon, the ‘Dogs came ready to play and got a much-needed victory against Sacramento State winning 3-2 in five sets. Junior Brianna Clarke had a team-high 12 kills and played with a lot of intensity. Sophomore Marissa Brand had the best game overall on the team with an impressive and skilled performance.

Branded collected eight kills, three assists, 15 digs and a blocked shot. Brand quickly

earned a lot of favor from the coaching staff.

In the second game of the day for Fresno State, they went out against CSU Bakersfield and easily dispatched them in straight-sets to finish the tournament with a winning record of 2-1.

Brianna Clarke had 13 kills and a blocked shot in the rout.

Mason again led all Bulldog

players with nine digs for the third straight game of the tournament. Overall, the Bulldogs played well in their second home tournament.

Netherby-Sewell thought that the team started off slow, but picked up the energ y towards the end. Her squad was then able to har ness and change that energy into aggressiveness that allowed

them to become confident and finish strong.

The ‘Dogs begin Wester n Athletic Conference play this week when it hosts Idaho on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

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The Fresno State Volleyball team played admirably in its second home tournament of the season. Senior libero Kelly Mason took home all-tournament honors as the ‘Dogs downed Sacramento State and CSU Bakersfield and are now 5-6 on the season.

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‘Dogs run away with road win Fresno State 41, Utah State 24

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Sophomore running back A.J. Ellis became the first Bulldog this season to rush for over 100 yards. In his first career start on Saturday, Ellis finished the game with 175 total yards and three touchdowns.

In its first conference test of 2010, Fresno State answered with a 17-point fourth quarter surge

By Vongni Yang The Collegian In his first career start, running back A.J. Ellis answered the call.

With starter Robbie Rouse on the sidelines nursing multiple injuries, Ellis ran for 165 yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to its first road victory of the year over Utah State, winning 41-24 at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah.

“A.J. Ellis had a great game,” head coach Pat Hill said in a press release.

“He made the most of his opportunity.

I was really happy for him. He’s been working hard and earned his playing time. He played very well tonight.”

Ellis started the game off with three straight carries for nine yards before Fresno State turned the ball over on a fumbled snap by quarterback Ryan Colburn.

Working with on a short field, Utah State quarterback Diondre Borel marched the Aggies 57 yards down the field on 12 plays to put the Aggies up 7-0. Borel connected with receiver Dontel Watkins for an eight-yard touchdown pass after escaping a sack

by defensive ends Chris Carter and Donavaughn Pritchett.

On the ensuing drive, Colburn would find receiver Jamel Hamler running in stride, hitting him for a 32-yard gain to the Utah State 8 yard line. The ‘Dogs would settle for a Kevin Goessling field goal to cut the lead to 7-3 heading into the second quarter.

After holding the Aggies to a field goal, Colburn and the offense finally got things going. Colburn drove the ‘Dogs 75 yards on seven plays, capped off by a 10-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Ellis in the end zone to even up the score at 10-10.

Utah State and Fresno State would trade a pair of touchdowns before halftime to head into the intermission tied at 17-17.

After giving up two touchdowns and a field goal to the Aggies in the first half, the ‘Dogs defense clamped down on Borel-and-company allowing the Aggies’ offense to just seven points in the second half and one first down in the fourth quarter.

The defense held the shifty Borel to his lowest output of the season, holding him to under 200 total yards. Borel finished the game completing 47 per-

cent of his passes for 106 yards and 66 yards rushing. Borel completed just 4-of-13 passes in the second half after going 7-of-10 passing in the first half with a touchdown.

“It was a great atmosphere and Utah State is a very good team,” Hill said.

“To outscore them 24-7 in the second half was a great effort by our team.

Our coaches made some great adjustments at halftime.”

Ellis and senior running back Tracy Slocum added a touchdown each in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach for the Aggies. The ‘Dogs reeled off 24-straight unanswered points in the second half.

Colbur n completed 65 percent of throws on 15-of-23 passing and a touchdown. Colburn also added a rushing touchdown on the ground en route to totaling 40 yards rushing.

The 2-0 start is the best the ‘Dogs have opened a season since 2004. The team hits the road for the second week in a row when it travels to Oxford, Miss., to take on Ole Miss.

“We are looking forward to heading to Ole Miss,” Hill said. “That’s going to be a big game in a great atmosphere in an SEC venue.”

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Sophomore wide receiver Rashad Evans averaged 31.5 yards per punt return Saturday.