September 23 2012

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Greeks clean up their neighborhood

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian

Various members of Fresno State Greek sororities and fraternities participated in Sunday’s Greek Cleanup, an event coordinated through Associated Students Inc. Participants in the event picked up trash and cleaned up areas neighboring the Fraternity and Sorority Mall between Millbrook and 6th avenues.

Students present also cleaned up the area housing a group of fraternity houses on Shaw Avenue across the street from the Fresno State campus.

“So what we’re doing is just trying to clean up the areas around the Greek sororities and fraternities,” said senior Melissa Ellis, an ASI community affairs coordinator.

“We’re just trying to make it a more beautiful place so that the people in this area can actually enjoy this space and not be stepping on glass and things like that.”

Students were seen equipped with plastic trash bags, donning blue latex gloves while picking up glass and trash in front of many sorority and fraternity houses.

The event was meant to make the areas surrounding Greek housing look more presentable in the community, Ellis said.

But one problem prevalent in the Greek mall is vandalism in the form of graffiti. Several markings could be seen

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Students from Fresno State sororities and fraternities, equipped with plastic trash bags and blue latex gloves, pick up trash to make the neighborhood surrounding their houses more presentable in the community.

Health Center offers Faculty changes at Fresno State flu shots to students offers staff new opportunities

By Rogue Morales The Collegian

Flu shots will be available to Fresno State students in the Vintage Room, behind Taco Bell, Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The flu shot is offered free of charge, made possible by a student-supported health fee increase that took effect this fall semester, said Cathy Felix, director of the Student Health Center. The fee

reduces, or in cases like this eliminates, the out-of-pocket expense to students.

Normally, a flu shot would cost students $10.

The Health Center will be giving approximately 800 flu shots to students on a first come, first serve basis.

Students just need to present their student ID. The shots will be administered by Fresno State nursing students from the See FLU, Page 3

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Students from the nursing department will be administering flu shots on Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The nursing students have helped in various other events on campus, such as the Wellness Expo which took place Wednesday, Sept. 19.

By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian

Along with John President Welty’s retirement, Fresno State is dealing with other changes in administration as well.

Two of the most noticeable changes were in the music department and the mass communication and journalism department.

Former chair of the music department, Michael Caldwell, moved on to take the position as associate vice president for faculty affairs. Tony Mowrer took his place as chair of the music department.

The mass communications and journalism department saw similar changes. Tamyra Pierce, former chair of the department, now serves as the director of social media and integrated marketing for university communications.

Kathy Adams took her place as the new chair.

Cynthia Matson, vice president of administration, said the shifts were economically efficient.

“We haven’t had a lot of openings at Fresno State in the past few years because of budget cuts, so there has been some shifting in personnel when it’s practical to help others develop professionally and personally,” Matson said.

Associated Students, Inc. President Arthur Montejano said that these shifts are part of any professional career.

“It’s something we can all expect to do in our professional lives. Careers

naturally progress,” Montejano said.

Montejano believes that it’s good for individuals to explore opportunities and careers in order to achieve their full potential.

Montejano thought the shifts in administration brought new opportunity.

“The key is always coming in with the mindset that something great is about to happen,” Montejano said.

Pierce and Caldwell were unique administrative changes because of the shifts in their roles.

“I think when a university can hold on to existing expertise within its faculty or staff or other managers, it’s a tremendous opportunity to offer growth and professional performance opportunities for other individuals at Fresno State,” Matson said.

New chair of the music department Tony Mowrer pointed out that President John Welty served Fresno State for more than 20 years, and that this wasn’t his first college either.

“When a person gets to those points, it’s time to begin to relax a little bit and enjoy what you’ve worked so hard to enjoy,” Mowrer said.

The music department already seems to have handled the changes well.

Mowrer said his staff helped make the transition easy.

“One thing to know about the music department is that we have an incredibly gifted faculty and staff,” Mowrer said. “In my experience, when you’re See CHANGES, Page 3

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Anti-jihad ads considered constitutional

Opinion Editor Liana Whitehead

New York City is the center of a public uproar as Internet blogger Pamela Gellar rises with an “anti-jihad” ad campaign.

As of Monday, 10 of the city’s subway stations will be home to a silent protest in the form of bold white text and an even bolder statement: “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel, Defeat Jihad.”

Gellar and members of American Freedom Defense Initiative submitted the ad in response to ongoing propaganda in the subway system urging America to cease aid to Israel.

Gellar’s protests, however, were initially muffled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to the Associated Press.

Gellar won the right to distribute the ad after District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer later declared it covered by the First Amendment.

There is a multitude – and I mean multitude – of arguments for and against AFDI’s protest.

On one hand, the posters are covered by freedom of speech, and rightfully so. On the same hand, it makes room for backfire with “pro-jihad” speech, if desired.

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would be running in circles? ther separation between the Does this benefit or unite us two? against ter rorism, arguing Within this conflict lies a back-and-forth via subway tun- deeper battle. One that existed nels? since the early 20th century: On a second hand, a religious the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. war is at bay and America is On Monday, passersby will a direct target. Will these pro- take in a new message — one tests encourage its continu- that, on the surface, seems ance? harsher than its rival’s.

On Saturday, a Pakistan minAccording to The New York ister, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Times, Pamela Gellar said she personally offered $100,000 to would not sacrifice her freedom whoever assassinates the cre- in fear of offending “savages.” ator of the film, “Innocence of “If it’s not a film, it’s a carMuslims,” according to CNN. toon,” Gellar said. “If it’s not The filmmaker and his fam- a cartoon, it’s a teddy bear. ily have left their California What are you going to do? Are home and are officially in hid- you going to reward Islamic ing — this is scary stuff. extremism?”

Although I refuse to place I agree. And, Gellar was the blame on that poorly made careful in the words she used. anti-Islamic video, the opposi- She did not say that Muslims tion has made are savagits offense atroes, or that ciously clear. she was f it’s not a film, it’s a carDrawing r e f e r toon. If it’s not a cartoon, attention to ring to it’s a teddy bear. What are you a ny f e a rle s s Muslims going to do? Are you going to ness or chalaround lenging them the globe. reward Islamic extremism?” may result in Gellar more unnecesand her — Pamela Gellar, sary injury and group are American Freedom Defense Initiative death. At this protestrate, I do not ing the doubt that the Jihad, extremists would accept any which in definition is the reli“challenges” sent their way. gious duty of Muslims.

The 11-year-old organizaAccording to the Dictionary tion StandWithUs hung its wall of Islam, jihad is defined as “A art in protest of U.S. funding religious war with those who — specifically military — to are unbelievers in the mission Israel. of Muhammad . . . enjoined The group urges people to especially for the purpose of “be on their side.” advancing Islam and repelling A separate organization, evil from Muslims.”

The Committee for Peace in The literal meaning of Israel and Palestine, hung its jihad, according to the British own ads which suggested that Broadcasting Network, “is Palestinian land was slowly struggle or effort, and it means decreasing and morphing into much more than holy war.”

Israeli land.

The word jihad describes But this is a coalition for t h re e d i f f e re n t s t r u g g l e s, peace between the Palestine including “a believer’s internal and Israel. Why is an anti-war struggle to live out the Muslim organization encouraging fur- faith as well as possible, the

How do you measure the value of your degree?

In the number of hours spent studying in the library? Is it measured in the likelihood that you will be able to get a job upon graduation?

How do you measure the value of your vote? In the number of percentage points between your vote and the other side’s?

In whether or not your views are represented by officials?

Have you stopped to t h i n k h ow yo u r vo t e directly affects the value of your degree?

The fact of the matter is that college-aged people (18 to 24 years old) simply do not turnout on Election Day, unlike other demographics. According to the US Census Bureau, in 2008, 49 percent of vot-

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ers 18 to 24 showed up at the polls. The same year, 69 percent of voters 45 to 60 years old and 70 percent of voters 65 and older re por ted going to the polls.

What are the issues that dominate each election cycle? The issues which are most important to the age groups that show up not higher education.

When we do not vote, we send the message that it is acceptable to disinvest in higher education, which hurts the value of your degree.

Associated Students, I n c. , i s c o m m i t t e d t o increasing voter registration, education and mobilization, so that we can send a clear message that we value higher education.

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struggle to build a good Muslim society and Holy war — the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary My politically incor rect nature wants to applaud the American Freedom Defense group for not softening the blow in their anti-jihad campaign.

The anti-Israeli ads show side-by-side photos of two smiling men — an Israeli social wo rke r a n d a Pa l e s t i n i a n designer — each holding a child on their lap.

What a utopian ideal. No poster in the world can change the actuality of it all.

What I gathered from the StandWithUs website contradicts their poster slogans.

The organization is said to support knowledge through Israeli education and the disappearance of Palestinian “hate.”

If this is so, why do their posters urge the United States to discontinue military aid to Israel? Israel is our mutual and strategic ally.

The Israeli and Palestinian nations’ need for personal sovereignty is commendable, but one less country on our side means one more country in support of our enemies.

It is impossible for me to grasp the concept of anti-war or anti-support when we are targeted in the name of religion – or peace. The goal seems to change every day.

What some refuse to see is the imminent danger that lingers with current events.

Our desires are honorable — to feel carefree and live under the laws of peace and hope — but we cannot act obliviously when real harm is knocking at our door.

Now is not the time to lose whatever support we have.

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task, ASI has worked with student org anizations on a voter registration campaign and partnered with CALPIRG to provide students with an online option to register to vote (link will be provided).

ASI and other community groups will also be in the Free Speech Area this Tuesday, Sept.

25, for National Voter Registration Day. We are providing students with another opportunity to register.

We have also secured a polling place on campus on Election Day, Nov. 6.

Open from 7am to 8pm, this polling place is only open to voters registered in this precinct to cast their votes.

If you are registered at home or anywhere outside the precinct, you can-

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Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian newsroom.

Thumbs down Mitt Romney

On Wednesday, Romney appeared on “Meet the Candidate,” a Univision event, and he brought attention to more than just his politics. Romney’s bright orange tan drew more attention than his planned speech. While most news sources deem the tan to be real, others believe he was trying to connect to Latino voters.

Thumbs down President Obama

Obama made a statement at the Univision event completely contradictory to his 2008 campaign slogan, “Change.” When asked about his shortcomings over the past four years, Obama said, “The most important lesson I’ve learned is you can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.”

Thumbs up Victor E. II

Fresno States welcomes our new mascot, Victor E. II, a five-month old male English bulldog. Our former beloved mascot, Victor E. I, lost his battle to cancer in August.

From now on, Victor E. II will be on the sidelines rooting for his home team.

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

Response: “Romney lacks strong economic leadership”

not use this polling place.

You may either re-register at Fresno State or apply for an absentee ballot, which can be done with a voter registration form.

If you are want to register to vote, change your name or address want to apply for an absentee ballot, or you want to change your party af filiation, voter registration cards are available in the ASI Office, USU 316.

T h e v a l u e o f yo u r degree is at stake this year. Simply registering to vote is not enough. You must get out and vote on Nov. 6.

Neglecting your duty to vote would have a greater negative impact on the state of higher education and the value of your degree than any yes or no vote.

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William S: This article is written as if Obama had a plan in 2008, or has a plan in 2012. If you look at what Obama said in 2009, such as his pledge to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, and his promise to lower unemployment to below 8 percent, and his promise to create 600,000 jobs by summers end if congress would only pass his recovery plan (which congress did, causing Obama to back track on his promises by cracking a joke about shovel ready jobs not being shovel ready) then you can see how far his “Hope and Change” economic plan worked for America.

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Jason Vassilakos: “He meant lazy – a blind person can see that. I can see it now: Romney gets elected amd with this country in the shape it’s in, he will blame it all on the little people. He will change his title from President to das furor. “

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

News Briefs Friday Sept. 28 – Fresno State’s Club Austral – Revista Literaria Austral will present the Chilean film “Todos Somos Huachos” by Alejandro Fernandez Almendras at 6 p.m.

Friday Oct. 5 – The musical per formance and workshop “Sustaining the Note, The Folk and Lore. Quijeremá’s Al Son Del Tunduki” will be presented by the Fresno State Department of Music from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Wahlberg Recital Hall in the Music Building. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Music Building. At 5:30 p.m. in the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center, CineCulture will screen the film “Mexican Suitcase.”

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FLU: Flu shot available to help fight flu season CONTINUED from page 1 Department of Nursing.

These flu shots are being made available to help students stay healthy during the flu season.

“By getting the flu vaccine you can protect yourself from influenza and may also avoid spreading influenza to others,” said Wendy Oliver, director of nursing for university health and psychological services.

Serious side effects are rare, Oliver said. The influenza vaccine contains a dead strain of the virus, so students cannot get the flu from the vaccine.

Life-threatening allergic reactions are very rare, but if they happen they will most likely take effect a few minutes to a few hours after the vaccine is administered.

Mild problems may include: soreness, redness or swelling of vaccine site; sore, red or itchy eyes; fever; aches; headache; itching and fatigue.

These symptoms usually last for one to two days, Oliver said.

Student Health Center physicians Dr. Julie Arends and Dr. Dan Little will be on site to answer questions or concerns from students.

Students should let avail-

able physicians know if they h ave a ny l i f e - t h re at e n i n g allergies. Students should also advise physicians if they have ever had a severe reaction to a flu shot, if they’ve ever had Guillain-Barre Syndrome or if they are currently severely ill.

Upon arrival to the vaccine station, student will need to present their Fresno State ID and then read over the Vaccine Infor mation Sheet for the Influenza Vaccine. Students will then need to sign a form stating they have read and understand the information sheet and answer a few questions.

The shot will be given in either the left or right upper ar m. Students are asked to remain 10 to 15 minutes after they have received their vaccine. Light refreshments will be provided.

The flu shots will also be given on Wednesday Oct. 10 and Thursday Oct. 11 to students who missed the first opportunity.

Oliver said, “The Student Health Center’s goal is to immunize as many students as possible to help them stay free from the flu.”

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Wednesday Oct. 10 – Hispanic Heritage Month’s final event at 6 p.m. is the presentation of the film “Miss Representation” in the Henry Madden Library, Room 2206. The film will be hosted by Entre Mujeres and the Center for Women and Culture and Hispanas Organized for Political Equality.

Wednesday Sept. 26, there will be a concert on the University Student Union South Patio.

Wednesday Sept. 26 there will be an Associated Student, Inc. senate meeting in the University Student Union, rooms 312- 314 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information about the meeting, contact Cynthia Dolan, 559278-7796.

Corrections In the article “Fresno State Police encourage student safety awareness,” in the Friday, Sept. 21 edition, the number that was listed as Fresno State Police Department’s direct line was 559-278-2132.

This number is an older number and will soon be out of service.

The correct non-emergency number is 559-278-8400.

around gates in Greek housing and up and down the sidewalks of Millbrook Avenue.

Joe Devane, president of F resno State’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity chapter, said graffiti is a recurring problem in the area.

“That’s the most annoying part because we’ll go ahead and clean it up the day after we see it—and then it’s right back there the next day,” Devane said.

“The best thing we can do is continuously clean it up. If we do that, maybe that will annoy them to the point where they stop because they realize that it’s not going to be there for long.”

The Fraternity and Sorority Mall is the divider between the university campus and the El Dorado Park neighborhood—one that spans two-byfour blocks and is occupied by Section 8 housing. Its notoriety for crime, theft and vandalism—along with students’ perception of it being unsafe at night—earned the neighborhood the nickname “Sin City.”

“Unfortunately in this neighborhood, things like that are bound to happen,” Ellis said.

“We just kind of learned to accept it and to clean it up and move on.”

ASI president Arthur Montejano, who was present at the event, said that the cleanup event is one of many commu-

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Members from Delta Gamma (from left to right: Brooke Haugen, Samantha Bracksciek, Ariel DiPinto and Giana Papagni) clean the area surrounding their houses in an effort to beautify the neighborhood.

nity revitalization projects to come. ASI is looking into lighting projects to increase safety in the area north of Bulldog Lane and adjacent to Bulldog Stadium.

The Greek Cleanup is the first step, he said.

“You start with the person in the mirror. You start with yourself,” Montejano said.

“Then you go out a little bit further. We’re going to continue to move out into the community.

Our efforts will continue and build on that.”

Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta

Gamma were among the sororities involved in Sunday’s cleanup event. Frater nities such as Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha participated as well.

With so many sororities and frater nities participating in the cleanup, the event was intended to inspire unity among the Fresno State Greek system.

“I think that it shows that we do all belong to our own individual houses, but at the end of the day we can come together,” said Megan O’Rourke, president of the Kappa Alpha Theta

sorority.

Sunday’s event occur red three weeks after the death of Phillip Dhanens, a freshman and pledge of the suspended Theta Chi fraternity. This is the second year in a row sororities and fraternities have hosted the Greek Cleanup event.

“I think it’s a really positive thing,” O’Rourke said. “I know the Greek system doesn’t always have a great view—people don’t look at us in the best light. But we really do a lot of amazing things like this.”

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Montejano foresees a few more changes in administration when the new president is hired.

“It’s not uncommon for there to be significant changes in administration when a president leaves. I anticipate there will be more changes as time goes on,” Montejano said.

Matson says the university will handle the upcoming changes well.

“I don’t think it will be difficult, but I think the university will go through a period of acclimating and working with a new president and adapting to that president’s vision and inspiration for the future,” Matson said.

Although she believes the university will adjust well, Matson did acknowledge that change does bring some apprehension.

“I think there is some anxiousness about what the new president will bring and what kind of changes that will provide to the institution. I think that’s a normal part of organizational growth and change involved with a new senior leader,” Matson said.

No matter what changes are made in the future, Mowrer hopes the university will continue to do its job.

“Education is important because of what we lear n as humans and the way we become human from what we learn,” Mowrer said. “The job of an institution like this is to help us learn how to learn and to help us to be whole and contribute to society.”

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Coffee Sticks and Conversation

Evolution Cameron Woolsey The Collegian

Jonathan Brilliant didn’t always want to be an artist.

Growing up he dreamed of owning the stage as a rock ‘n’ roll drummer, touring the world as part of a famous band.

However, Brilliant managed to make part of that dream come true.

He entered college at the age of 22 and gravitated toward visual arts. He said he began to show off finished pieces when he was 25.

“I didn’t even know it was an option and I never really worked as an artist growing up,” Brilliant said.

Since 2009 he has been all over the world, but instead of keeping the beat in the background, he takes center stage creating enormous installation art out of everyday materials found at a coffee shop.

On Sept. 7, Brilliant began his latest project called “Woven & Stacked,” which was erected at the Ellipse Gallery on the second floor of the Henry Madden Library. He said the gallery and library that houses it immediately impressed him.

“It’s beautiful,” Brilliant said. “When you come up in the morning, everything’s dark and there’s light flowing through the building and you get the sense that the building itself is a basket. This is a signature building for this campus.”

Brilliant said that even though he was handed floor plans and pictures, he had no idea that the library was built around the motif of basket weaving.

“They couldn’t have picked a better site for me to work in,” he said.

Before he began, he printed the floor plans for the gallery and drew on them, testing different designs, he said.

“If you were to go upstairs and look down on the piece, you can sort of see the sense of one complete drawing of how I wanted it,” he said.

During the reception Thursday night he brought the drawings to compare the early sketches to the final piece.

Nancy Youdelman, an art instructor at Fresno State, was the one who proposed that Brilliant come in as a resident artist to the Center for Creativity and the Arts.

Youdelman said that Brilliant’s work, which uses no glue or other adhesives to

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Artist Jonathan Brilliant works on his coffee stir stick installation in the Henry Madden Library, the 26th sculpture of its kind as he travels around the world. A reception was held for Brilliant on Thursday.

hold thousands of coffee stir sticks in place, would be perfect for the fall 2012 theme, “Consumption and Sustainability.”

She suggested that Brilliant should be set up with the Ellipse Gallery, fittingly near a Starbucks, where she believed the installation piece would receive more exposure.

“A lot of students wouldn’t normally go all the way over to the art gallery to look at art,” Youdelman said. “And I thought it would interest people who wouldn’t normally be interested.

“I think that was actually quite successful.”

Brilliant said the initial inspiration behind his art came from spending countless hours observing people at coffee shops.

“I was making a lot of drawings in coffee shops, looking at other people and the way they held the coffee cup,” he said.

“It was initially the coffee cup sleeves, because that was the point of contact where the hand touches the cup.”

Brilliant began creating art using coffee cup sleeves. He drew inspiration from British sculpture artists such as Richard Long, Tony Cragg and Antony Gormley.

“They got all their materials from their natural environment,” Brilliant said. “So the coffee shop must be my natural environment.”

Brilliant’s first installation, “The Goldsworthy of the Coffee Shop” was erected at the Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, S.C. in 2006.

Strangely enough, Brilliant is not the biggest coffee fan.

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“I’m just as happy to drink tea in a coffee shop,” he said. “I’m still more interested in the coffee shop itself and what’s going on there.”

Brilliant said it’s the customer’s interaction with the organic nature of the cups that captured his attention.

“For most people, other than their computers, which are plastic and metal, and their cars which are plastic and metal, most people in their daily life don’t touch any other materials,” he said.

“There’s something so special about the coffee cup and that’s their point of contact for wood. It fascinates me.”

Brilliant said he still enjoys taking out his drum set and playing a little, though he now prefers the sticks that go with coffee rather than percussion.

Although he may never catch the limelight of the rock ‘n’ roll stage, Brilliant said he found his own platform.

In 2009, he went on his “Have Sticks Will Travel” tour. Brilliant said he only planned to create a few installations, but as he traveled, he began to realize that his work wouldn’t end at the end of the tour.

“I’ve been happy to do it because I like that concept that there is no studio, no storage, I build everything where it’s exhibited, where it’s created, where it’s destroyed, all in the same place,” he said.

Brilliant said his next installation will be created in Birmingham, Ala., and he doesn’t plan to end it there.

Brilliant said, “There’s no reason to prematurely cut things off.”

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(Above) Brilliant’s installation “Woven & Stacked” is constructed using around 51,000 coffee stir sticks and coffee-cup sleeves. It stretches from the second to third floors of the Ellipse Gallery in the Henry Madden Library. The installation will be remain on view until Sept. 30.

(Left) Brilliant works on constructing his piece, which does not use any glue or adhesives, relying on only the tension of the coffee sticks to hold the itself together.

The Henry Madden Library hosted a reception Thursday for an installation built by artist Jonathan Brilliant.

Brilliant’s design is made from around 51,000 coffee stir sticks and coffee-cup sleeves. It resembles a warped tube held up completely by the stick’s tension. It is displayed in the Ellipse Gallery on the second floor of the Henry Madden Library.

The structure reaches up to the third floor and is visible from the balcony in the gallery.

Many classes at Fresno State as well as 10 classes from kindergarten to high school seniors were invited to a site visit to see Brilliant as he assembled the large structure.

“All the groups were excited and the teachers were great,” Brilliant said.

“They had a good time.”

The installation is the 26th Brilliant has made on his world tour, which began in 2009.

José Díaz, associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, spoke before the reveal of the artwork.

“He has been an engaging artist,” Díaz said. “It’s an incredible opportunity to have Jonathan here at Fresno State.”

Brilliant hosted a question-and-answer session before the reception when he also told stories about what drove him to become an artist and how he became interested in using the materials he used to build the installation.

More than 100 students and members of the community attended the reception.

“It’s been constant and it’s been great being this busy and seeing everyone so excited to see my work,” Brilliant said.

The Center for Creativity and the Arts paid the costs to bring Brilliant to Fresno State.

Megan Bailey, a student who was brought in as a coordinator by the CCA, organized all the art requests and presented them to the board. The board decided that Brilliant’s installation would be the best for the Fresno State campus.

“Just seeing the materials he uses makes it so much more relatable,” Bailey said.

Richard McQuone, a professor in the art and design department, attended the reception with many students in his classes.

“It’s almost like looking at a three-dimensional sketch,” Mcquone said.

Brilliant received the The PollockKrasner Foundation grant for his artwork. Nancy Youdelman, professor in the art and design department, is also a former winner of this grant.

“What could be more perfect in a building designed as though it was weaved,” Youdelman said.

Brilliant continues on from Fresno on to Birmingham, Ala., where his next installation will be built.

Once the installation is taken down, the materials will be given to 10 schools as resources for use in their arts programs as well as other curriculums, Diaz said.

“He’s just being himself,” Bailey said.

“He plays with what’s around him and it seems really natural.”

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JONATHAN BRILLIANT’S “WOVEN & STACKED”

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Professor Nancy Youdelman, an artist herself, was instrumental in bringing Brilliant to build another one of his installations at Fresno State.

The public was allowed to watch every step of Brilliant’s work on the project.

Starting on Sept. 7, Brilliant completed the installation in less than two weeks.

Around 51,000 coffee stir sticks were held in place without adhesives, relying on tension alone.

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Tulsa quarterback Cody Green runs away from the Fresno State defense. The Golden Hurricane had 354 yards of total offense in last Saturday’s close matchup.

CLUB: New club draws members CONTINUED from page 8 started. Especially since some of the West Coast teams are kind of starting to pop up a little bit,” Stewart said. “College paintball was kind of more like an East Coast thing but now the West Coast teams are starting to win. They pretty much have everything they need. We just don’t have a conference set up, which is the biggest step.”

Stewart wants to take the opportunity to have the team go to the next level. “Right now is a good time to join because we can form this brand new conference and pretty much the West Coast is where the best paintball is at.”

The club has grown since word spread about the new paintball team on campus.

They started off with a few interested people and now they are up to 13 players. The club already has a local sponsor from Maximum Paintball.

Sunday marked its first official practice as a team at Maximum Paintball’s “The Field” in southwest Fresno.

The Field is home to paintball players of all ages, from first timers to semi-pro teams looking to get practice drills in.

Paintball players go for fun and to participate in events such as the one held Sunday, Return of the Jedi, where old-school paintballers got together to match up against the newschool players to show they still have their skills.

Ben Manuszak, member of Fresno State Paintball, is one of those old-school players. He began playing paintball as a freshman in high school in 2000 up until 2007 and went under the radar until recently.

“It was just the right time.

Lucky that it coincided. It really was just chance, I played and then the following week Mason announced this,” Manuszak said.

M a n u s z a k p l aye d w i t h Stewart in a local paintball team known as Team Rip, owned by Maximum Paintball.

Manuszak has many years of experience under his belt and is excited about the new team on campus.

“I hope to see the team keep going. It was one of those

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t’s always been a dream of mine to play on a competitive level, like in college or semi-pro.”

— Connor Cunningham, Team Secretary things when I started, when I first had the idea to go to Fresno State, I was in high school, ‘yeah it’d be so cool if Fresno State had a college team and I could go there and play,’ that was one of the things I’d thought about was the fact that colleges could have teams,” Manuszak said.

Fresno State Paintball will attend the West Coast Paintball Players League in November, which will take place in Las Vegas. This will be their first tournament. Team members are excited about this first tournament.

Connor Cunningham, team secretary is looking forward to playing the WCPP. At Sunday’s practice he said he felt he had learned something new from each practice and hopes he’ll continue to improve to be able to play in the tournament. He feels that playing with and against other local teams will help them grow and become better.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to play on a competitive level, like in college or semipro,” Cunningham said. “I’m looking forward to becoming a good paintball player and hopefully being able to compete on the same level of all these semi-pros.”

The team currently has 13 players, including the captains Boothby and Stewart. There are players with experience and some that are just starting out, which Stewart believes it will aid them in staying competitive.

“I really see a lot of potential in these guys,” Manuszak said about the new team. “Seeing this new group of guys that just can mold. And seeing the potential in them in our practice last weekend, we ran some

drills. It was really cool to impart my knowledge and pass it on.”

“Our goal is to build a club for years to come not just next semester for the national championships,” Stewart said.

“The sky is going to be the limit for the team if they want put the effort in we’re going to have a really good team.”

Future tournaments include the National Collegiate Paintball Association and the World Cup Paintball Sports Promotion in Orlando, Fla next year.

Students who are interested in joining can receive more infor mation by going to the club sports booth from 11a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesdays or by visiting the Fresno State Paintball Team Facebook page.

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out in the game against Tulsa was sophomore receiver Josh Harper who had 115 yards on seven receptions. Harper also added a 32-yard touchdown on a pass from Carr late in the first quarter.

“We came out and started great and started fast. I loved how we practice (this week),” Carr said.

Fresno State was able to widen its lead to 26-17 early in the third quarter. Su’a intercepted a pass thrown by Green and returned it for a touchdown. However, on the extra point Bresheares’ kick was blocked by Tulsa.

“They’re a great team and they capitalize when you make mistakes. You got to give them credit because they did exactly what they needed to do,” Carr said.

Down the stretch, the Bulldogs were unable to get anything going offensively.

Tulsa was able to slowly but surely kick itself back into the game.

“There are a lot of things that happened in that game. It

wasn’t offense, defense or special teams, it was a combination of all three [that hurt us],” head coach Tim DeRutyer said.

After a couple of field goals from Tulsa to make the game 26-20, the Golden Hurricane began one final drive from the Bulldogs’ 34-yard line. Green was able to conduct a perfect drive for the winning touchdown that resulting in Tulsa going up for good 27-26.

“The most frustrating part is walking out with them having more points than us,” Rouse said.

“Tulsa came out big and played hard. They wanted it more than us,” Su’a added.

Fresno State begins conference play next week at home as they face San Diego State (2-2). The Bulldogs will look to bounce back in their first Mountain West matchup.

“There are some things that we feel we can do right and we’re going to fix them,” Rouse said.

“Now San Diego State gets to play a pretty upset Bulldog team coming up real soon,” Carr added.

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The Fresno State soccer team won its first two games of the season against CSU Bakersfield and Cal PolySan Luis Obispo this weekend.

Against the Roadrunners, Fresno State (2-6-3) goalkeeper Katie DeVault recorded her first shutout of the season.

DeVault recorded eight saves in the 3-0 victory. Kayla Kret and Callie Hancock scored Fresno State’s first two goals in the first half.

Tara Boynton scored in the 64th minute of regulation to give the Bulldogs a three-point advantage.

A g a i n s t t h e M u s t a n g s, Fresno State played in possibly its hottest game of the season.

At the end of the game, the

temperature was listed at 99 degrees.

The Mustangs were the first to score in the first half. The Mustangs’ only score of the game came from a penalty kick from Elise Krieghoff.

Fresno State would retaliate 43 seconds before the conclusion of the first half. Megan Mossman connected with Hancock on pass from the right corner of the field for the Bulldogs’ second score and final score of the game.

Fresno State will face Santa Clara on the road at Sept. 27. It will be the Bulldogs’ final nonconference game of the season.

Fresno State enters conference play in the Mountain West on Sept. 30 against Air Force at Bulldog Stadium.

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Connor Cunningham, one of 13 team members, plays in an event called “The Return of the Jedi,” hosted by Thom Sharp, owner of Maximum Paintball.

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’Dogs get swept up by Golden Hurricane 27-26 Fresno State up 20-7, but can’t hold lead in the final three quarters against Tulsa

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian When it came down to holding the lead, Fresno State couldn’t get it done.

Last Saturday’s matchup against Tulsa was a close battle in which the Bulldogs dominated for a quarter of the game.

However, in the remaining three quarters, the ’Dogs were outscored 20-6 as Fresno State lost 27-26 against the Golden Hurricane.

“We got off to a good start and got turnovers,” said strong safety Phillip Thomas. “But you know it’s not always how you start a game, but it’s how you finish a game and we finished horribly.”

Although both teams scored more than 60 points a week ago, Saturday’s matchup was mainly dominated by defense.

Fresno State was again able to win the turnover margin 3-2, but the Bulldogs weren’t able to capitalize of fensively. Linebackers Tristan Okpalaugo and Patrick Su’a each grabbed an interception.

Defensive back Derron Smith also added one while collecting a total of six sacks.

“Our defense just communicated. No matter what tempo they (Tulsa) went through, we just stayed the system at our

tempo and played ball,” Su’a said.

The Golden Hurricane was able to hold the Bulldogs to only 364 yards of total offense as Fresno State continuously stalled on second and third downs.

“It’s tough. It sucks. Every time we come off the field on third down,” quarterback Derek Carr said. “It’s awful, especially when we know what we’re capable of doing. That makes it worst.”

Early in the second quarter, Tulsa closed the scoring gap on a 31-yard pass from quarterback Cody Green to wide receiver Keyar ris Gar rett.

Then toward the end of the first half, with Fresno State driving again, the ’Dogs were forced to kick a field goal.

Redshirt freshman Quentin Bresheares attempted a 33-yard field goal in Tulsa territory and missed wide left.

“It’s nothing that they did, which hurts even more,” Carr said.

Running back Robbie Rouse was able to have another strong game rushing for 135 yards and one touchdown. However, his production came tough as he carried the ball for a total of 27 times. Another offensive standPhoto courtesy of Jill Graves / The Tulsa Collegian

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Running back Ja’Terian Douglas splits the Fresno State defense for a 32-yard run for a touchdown. Douglas had 56 total rushing yards in last Saturday’s game.

Paintball club provides excitement for students

Paintball Club President Michael Boothby plays against teammates in Sunday’s event “The Return of the Jedi” which pitted new players against seasoned pros.

By Kathy Ayala The Collegian Seeking excitement, students at Fresno State have come together to form a paintball club.

This sport, which hasn’t received a lot of attention, is beginning to grow in popularity. The Fresno State Paintball Team is the first of its kind as a sports club team.

Talks of creating a team have been a constant topic of conversation for the founders of the team, Mason Stewart and Michael Boothby. It finally became a reality this semester as they geared up to start the new team. Boothby and Stewart both have lengthy experience playing on professional and semi-professional paintball teams, more than 15

Photos by Roe Borunda / The Collegian

The Fresno State Paintball Club: Front row; Bryan Ocegueda, Connor Cunningham, Mason Stewart, Edgar Gonzalez, Jaime Acosta, Juan Martinez. Back row; Eric Castellanos, Michael Boothby, Ben Manuszak, Jesus Raygoza, Zach Shaver.

plus years combined.

“Mason and I had talked about starting a club here on campus but never actually had gone through with it, so the times now that we’re trying to get this going,” Boothby said.

Other big city colleges and universities have established paintball teams, such as San Diego State University, Califor nia State University

F u l l e r t o n , U n ive r s i t y o f Califor nia Los Angeles and Califor nia State University L o n g B e a ch , wh o a re t h e defending national champions for collegiate paintball.

When Stewart began playing paintball in high school about 10 years ago, there were college paintball teams but not many because the sport wasn’t as big as it is today. Most of those teams were East Coast teams,

explained Stewart.

“What was the possibility of getting a scholarship? No one really knew what the limits were,” Stewart said. Since he has been playing for fun he has seen the sport thrive in the valley.

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