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Wayfinders helps students reach goals Organization helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities get post-secondary education

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The program’s goal is to broaden students’ educational and social experiences by involving them in every aspect of campus life.

Allie Arax, a Wayfinders student, gathered during her lunch hour to eat lunch, socialize and to get help with her school work in the Wayfinders offices in the University Center.

“Our philosophy is to be strictly inclusive within the university,” executive director of the program Alice Witt said. “We don’t want our students to be segregated.”

Students in the program are enrolled in Fresno State classes, work on cam-

pus and live on their own.

Students are required to attend a different Wayfinders class from Monday through Friday.

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Exhibit makes first California appearance since 1991

By Ciara Norton The Collegian Numerous Fresno State students, faculty, community members and high schools visited the Holocaust exhibit “The Courage to Remember.”

The opening ceremony last week marked the first of six days that the exhibit will be on campus.

T he event is presented by the Foundation for California, “a non-profit educational corporation established to perform educational programs on

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Without Wayfinders, students like Elizabeth Allan, who has Down syndrome, can’t typically pursue a postsecondary education.

Wayfinders is an educational and residential program that gives students with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to pursue a higher education.

Allan, a g raduate of Bullard High School, was accepted into the Wayfinders program this semester.

“I’m excited to be here,” Allan said. “I love school.”

— Karenjeet Hayer, Wayfinder student

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issues of importance to the State of California, its local communities and the people of California.”

Thanks to a grant from SNCF, the French National Railway Corporation, “The Courage to Remember” exhibit has returned to California for the first time since 1991. Prior to receiving the grant, the foundation didn’t have the required funds needed to tour in California.

Ro d Wi l s o n , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Foundation for California, said that the traveling exhibit makes viewers

become more aware of the issues in their own communities.

“The reality is that hatred, race, religion and crimes towards each other didn’t die with the Holocaust,” Wilson said. “They are still going on in today’s world.”

South Africa has been placed at stage 5 from 2001 to 2011 by genocidewatch. org. Stage 5 is polarization. The scale consists of eight stages designed to promote understanding and prevention of present and future genocides.

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he reality is that hatred, race, religion and crimes towards each other didn’t die with the Holocaust.”

— Rod Wilson, Foundation for California president

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“The Courage to Remember” exhibit encourages students to have knowledge of the past to avoid future horrific circumstances.

Genocide Watch has identified Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, South Africa and Colombia, among other countries as areas at a high risk of genocide.

“Since crimes continue, events like this force you to take a moment and remember the terrible atrocities so that when we see them happening today we have the courage to do something about it,” Wilson added.

The opening reception began with pianist Hatem Nadim and Fresno State professor of violin Limor TorenImmerman playing “Remembrances,” a tribute to Holocaust victims.

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Margaritas, tacos and plenty of cerveca are what many Americans think of as Cinco de Mayo rolls around each spring. But a UCLA professor believes that most don’t have a clue behind the reasoning for the celebration.

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture UCLA’s School of Medicine, plans to demystify and explain the history and significance of Cinco de Mayo in a lecture Monday on campus. His research focuses on the dynamics of the health of the Latino population.

The free lecture is part of Fresno State’s Hispanic Heritage Month and will be held in Fresno State’s Satellite Student Union. The lecture begins at 1 p.m.

Inspired by the approaching 150-year anniversary of Cinco de Mayo, HayesBautista wrote a book called “El Cinco de Mayo. An American Tradition,” which is to be released May 5, 2012.

“I decided to write a book about Cinco de Mayo because, quite frankly, people don’t understand what happened,” Hayes-Bautista said. “Many people count it as Mexican Drinking de Mayo.”

In the lecture he will discuss the contents of his book including why Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo while those in Mexico don’t nearly as much, he said.

“Cinco de Mayo is important to California because it was invented here,” Hayes-Bautista said. “It provides a collective identity for all Latinos, whether they were born here in Califor nia or immigrated from Mexico, Central America or South America. It binds them together in an idcv cbvvaerentity.”

Originally, Cinco de Mayo was celebrated because Latinos in California were excited that Mexico had won a victory over forces representing slavery in the Battle of Puebla against French forces on May 5, 1862.

Latinos all over California rejoiced and celebrated with fireworks, patriotic songs and impromptu speeches, Hayes-Bautista said.

“Cinco de Mayo is an American war celebration over the stances of Latinos on freedom and democracy,” HayesBautista said. “There is a reason that the Battle of Puebla resonated with people 1,500 miles away.”

Hayes-Bautista also noted that Latinos have been present in California for longer than most people think.

“The part of the Latino back-story for the American Civil War most people don’t realize is that Latinos were here during the war,” Hayes-Bautista said.

“There was a 52-person Latino militia in Marysville, above Sacramento, during the Civil War.” Despite the holiday’s history, HayesBautista admitted that Cinco de Mayo has become commercialized, losing its influence on society and some students agree with him.

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wanted to start this column with a snarky quote about education, so I did what came natural — I Googled it.

Zero point zero six seconds (blame AP style for that ugly looking phrase) and 293,000,000 results later, I found one, allegedly from Mark Twain: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

Whether or not Twain actually said it (though, the Internet is always right, isn’t it?), the aphorism does ring true today, perhaps more so than when he uttered it.

It is easy to say that America is in the midst of an educational crisis — the litany of other crises would simply say, “Join the club” — but, as a matter of fact, it is. Education is yet another

category where America has ceased to dominate its world competition.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the United States is dangerously average in the categories of reading, mathematics and science, scoring barely above the mean average in reading and science, falling below it in math.

When compared with Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, it’s a bloodbath.

How could the United States have fallen so far?

Of course, complaining about the state of the country’s education system is hardly a new phenomenon — Twain died more than a century ago.

But something about this just feels different.

College is no longer solely a place of learning. Of course, much learning goes on, but it is not the student’s focus.

We take English classes where English is not taught: we write about our feelings instead. We visit RateMyProfessors.com to see which teacher we can get the easiest “A” in.

We can go through college without once reading any of the great books of literature and philosophy, or at least the unabridged versions.

Between beer pong and sexual hook ups, where would we find the time?

The university, for the casual student, is no longer a place of learning.

It is merely a jobs factory.

This problem is acknowledged by the university by its “general education” requirements: Fresno State

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requires students to take units that satisfy a “foundation,” “breadth,” “integration” and “multicultural/ international” component.

These “courses are almost always the already existing introductory courses, which are of least interest to the major professors and merely assume the worth and reality of that which is to be studied,” Allan Bloom wrote in his seminal treatise on higher education, “The Closing of the American Mind.” “It is general education, in the sense in which a jack-of-all trades is a generalist. He knows a bit of everything and is inferior to the specialist in each area.”

“But,” Bloom concluded, “this is not a liberal education and does not satisfy any longing [students] have for one.”

In my experience, what the former University of Chicago professor argued rings true. I remember nothing that I learned in any of my G.E. classes, with the two humanities classes I took being the exception.

Which, I think, speaks to the state of education. For all the foundation, breadth, integration and multicultural/international classes we’ve taken, we still are not getting a liberal education.

We don’t read the great literature unless it’s on our own time. We don’t immerse ourselves in the great works of philosophy unless it’s on our time.

We don’t learn history unless it’s on our time.

If our schooling only interferes with our education, then what is the point of schooling?

Building an education nation

By Tom Brokaw McClatchy-Tribune Think of American education as a house of many rooms, each with a distinct function but taken as a whole, this house is shelter against the winds of change buffeting the world and threatening our future.

Any objective analysis of that shelter comes to the same conclusion: we have work to do to be sure we’re secure and able to hold our own against whatever this new global climate sends our way.

That’s the unsettling news. The good news? Work is under way, from the most remote school districts in rural America, to the inner city of our largest urban areas.

Standards and expectations are being raised and tested; new teaching techniques are being systematically measured and implemented; new kinds of schools are being constructed and politicians from the White House to the village green are being held accountable for their commitment to education.

For too long in our country, education was a one-size-fits-all model and

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the place of education in the public arena was more symbolic than real.

Candidates regularly proclaimed, “I am running on a platform of proeducation. I’ll be the best friend the schools ever had.” Campaign intentions quickly gave way to the same old, same old.

Then, two dramatic developments set off alarms everywhere. Colleges and companies began to complain that too many high school graduates, not drop outs but graduates, were arriving on their doorstep functionally illiterate and unable to do the simplest form of math.

The other development? Our Asian competitors were racing to the top not only of the economic ladder but also the education ladder. They were making massive investments in education, unencumbered by outmoded structures, political food fights and “I give up” mentality.

Two examples: China requires all junior high students to take courses in biology, chemistry and physics, rightly figuring that science will be the coin of the 21st century. In America, only 18 percent of senior high school students take those courses.

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I could not imagine a similar scene in my country.

Recently President Obama asked the president of South Korea what the issues were with education that he had to confront and the South Korean leader replied, “Parents demanding more classroom time for their children.” That is not to say there isn’t impressive work underway in the public schools of America.

Innovative administrators and teachers have designed imaginative curricula and motivational techniques to keep students in the classrooms, and engaged in learning, often with little help from the outside.

Yes, there have been problems with the structure and constraints of teachers’ unions, but those are now on the table and being negotiated. The battle is not over, but at least it has been joined.

Education used to be about Reading, Riting and Rithmetic. No more. Now it is about Recognition of the problem, Reform of the institution and Resolve to do what it takes to place American students of every socio-economic class in the top tier of their peers everywhere.

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‘Dogs beat up on Idaho, 48-24 Waddya know, David Carr’s little brother is pretty good. I guess we can officially call him by his real name now. Derek Carr dominated Saturday’s game, throwing for 371 yards and five touchdowns. I think we’ve found our recipe for success this year: Throw the ball!

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Wall Street protest turns violent What began as a peaceful protest of America’s financial system turned violent when police began to pepper spray and even tackle demonstrators. The excuse that some did not have the proper permit is not good enough — it does not justify the use of force against protesters who are otherwise not breaking any laws.

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More young people around the world having unsafe sex I can already hear the people saying that this is the fault of abstinence education, and that we need to make condoms more available. Right, teaching kids not to have sex ipso facto leads to them having sex. Does teaching kids not to take drugs lead to higher drug usage?

Mightn’t the uptick in sexual activity be the result of years of a debased culture that deifies sex? Just saying.

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Obama’s stance on Palestinian statehood The Palestinians sought membership for a State of Palestinian at the United Nations; President Obama urged them to return to peace talks with the Israelis.

That is the right position. Too many on the left want to do anything that it takes to create a Palestinian state, regardless on what it means for Middle East peace, and too many on the right refuse to give any concessions to Palestine. Obama has positioned a nice middle-ground — Middle East peace should be negotiated between the actual parties, not enforced by a far-away government.

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human being.

“After high school, there was no hope for me because my teachers only gave me an A to get rid of me,” Hayer wrote in an essay for her Wayfinders class. “I heard about Wayfinders and thought

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ust because they have a disability doesn’t mean that they can’t contribute to society just as someone without a disability would.”

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weekend courses, certificate programs and childrens programs.

Each student does eight hours of paid vocational work per week. Their jobs vary and include working at the farm store, the bookstore and various offices around campus.

Karenjeet Hayer, 25, is a Wayfinders student and says that she has always wished to be treated like every other

this would be a good program for me because they said they would teach me everything that I needed to know for everyday life.”

Hayer said she is happy to be in the program and her goal is to be treated like everyone else on campus.

“Just because they have a disability doesn’t mean that they can’t contribute to society just as someone without a

disability would,” Witt said.

The program operates under the Fresno State Foundation with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

In California there are only three other programs like Wayfinders.

Michelle Smith and Carolyn Tellalian, both mothers of daughters with Down syndrome, founded the program this year.

Wayfinders is a “personcentered” planning program so everyone has a different schedule.

Students live in the Palazzo apartments just northeast of campus.

A peer mentor or volunteer is available at the apartments to help with cooking, cleaning and grocery shopping.

“This experience is definitely helping them because they are learning how to survive in the world,” said Michelle Lucy, a student mentor at Wayfinders.

Lucy added that not only are Wayfinders students learning how to cook and clean, but they’re also getting to know other students at Fresno State.

HOLOCAUST: Exhibit visits campus CONTINUED from page 1 Toren-Immer man is from Israel and lived next to Yad Vashem, a Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

“It was important for me to be a part of this exhibit because I think we should re m e m b e r eve n t s i n h i s tory like this so they don’t repeat themselves,” TorenImmerman said.

Toren-Immerman also said that she hopes viewers who attend this exhibit will leave with the knowledge, awareness and readiness to prevent something like the Holocaust from happening again.

“Individuals can make a difference in the community,” Wilson said. “One person standing up can stop a movement from beginning. We all have the power, we just have to use it.”

Ephraim Hadjis, 70, was just a child living in Greece during

the Holocaust.

He and his family traveled throughout Greece and hid in the mountains for several years to avoid being caught by the Nazi authorities.

“The most painful part of everything wasn’t the hiding,” Hadjis said. “It’s the fact that as you grow older and you realize what happened, you realize that you grew up without grandparents, and you

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“We have to remember our past so that we don’t let it happen again,” Hour said.

“Students with a passion or talent should use it in a productive manner, not in a way that will hurt society.”

Wilson said that because of today’s media, we are more aware of crimes against each other than in the past.

“We see hate crimes through the media,” Wilson said. “But

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realize why.”

Along with Hadjis, Holocaust survivor Anna Levin-Ware was also present at the ceremony.

Fresno State mechanical engineering major Ruthany Hour thinks it will be a good event for students to attend.

we also see real heroes in communities. They have the courage to stand up against things that are wrong, which is why we are very grateful and very excited to share this with students.”

anniversary approaching CONTINUED from page 1 nobody knows what it is about. They just know there are big parades and fiestas and piñatas everywhere, just like Halloween,” Breanne Curwick, an animal science underg raduate at F resno State, said.

Shannon McCobb, an English education undergraduate at Fresno State, said that Cinco de Mayo has been incredibly commercialized.

“I think Cinco de Mayo basically represents the American culture of getting drunk. I don’t think people actually understand what it stands for, because I don’t even know,” McCobb said.

Curwick said that she appreciates the knowledge she received about Cinco de Mayo in Spanish classes.

“We would have celebrations in class on Cinco de Mayo and

UC Berkeley quiet day after arrests, protest

By Matt Krupnick McClatchy-Tribune U C B e rke l e y p o l i c e o n Friday named the two men arrested after clashing with officers during a campus protest a day earlier.

Richard Clemons, 30, and Drew Phillips, 25, were taken into custody as about 75 people demonstrated at Tolman Hall on campus Thursday, a police spokesman said. Neither man is a UC Berkeley student, he said. Their cities of residence were not immediately available.

Phillips was arrested shortly after protesters filed into Tolman Hall, where classrooms have been vacant since

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read about what actually happened,” Curwick said.

She points to the fact that her upbringing as a MexicanAmerican has greatly influenced her view of the holiday.

“I am half Mexican, but my family feels like they are from America, even though we are of Mexican descent,” Curwick said. “My grandma always says my ancestors are there but I am an American.”

Lauryn Pitts, a biolo g y underg raduate at F resno State, didn’t know what Cinco de Mayo stood for and thought that a major reason for the day was partying.

“Cinco de Mayo is just an excuse for people to go around and drink some beer-cerveza and an excuse to eat Mexican food,” Pitts said.

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administrators decided the building may not stand up to a major earthquake. Phillips is believed to have been involved in an incident where a police officer was pinned between protesters and items were taken from the officer’s gun belt, said Lt. Marc DeCoulude of the campus police department.

Clemons was arrested later in the evening and is suspected of pushing a police officer from behind, DeCoulude said.

Alameda County jail records showed both men were in custody Friday afternoon on felony battery and obstruction charges. Phillips also was being held on a charge of wearing a mask for an unlawful purpose.

Protesters had filled a Tolman Hall classroom in response to state budget cuts that have pushed tuition higher each of the past few years.

U n ive r s i t y o f C a l i fo r n i a regents last week held off on a proposal to raise tuition up to 16 percent annually over the next four years.

Police said they were prepared for additional protests Friday, but the campus has been quiet so far.

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Google+ now open to any interested user

By Mike Swift McClatchy-Tribune T hree months after the G o o g l e + s o c i a l n e t w o rk launched on an invitationonly basis, Google is opening up the gates to everybody at least everyone old enough to vote.

Since its launch June 28, the Mountain View-based Internet giant said it has made 100 feature improvements to Google+, including the ability to search the Web from within the service and for anyone to sign up without receiving an invitation from a current user.

"For the past 12 weeks we've been in field trial, and during that time we've listened and learned a great deal," Vic Gundotra, Google's top social media executive, wrote in a post on the company's official blog Tuesday. "We're nowhere n e a r d o n e, b u t w i t h t h e improvements we've made so far we're ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce our 100th feature: open sign-ups."

Among the other new features announced Tuesday are the ability to access group video chats called "Hangouts"

on Google+ through a smartphone. Initially, that feature will be available only on phones with front-facing cameras running the newest versions of Google's Android operating system, but the feature will be available soon for Apple's iPhone and iPad, Google said.

The new features, which also include the ability to post to Google+ through a text message sent from a phone and other new mobile features, will roll out globally Wednesday.

While Google is no longer requiring people to have an invitation from a current user to join Google+, the company temporarily is limiting access to teenagers.

"We are not allowing users under 18 years of age into Google+ until we're confident that we have the right teen safety features in place. We currently have no plans to open the product to users who indicate being under age 13," the company said in a written statement.

Google+ hit a key milestone last week, when it began to allow developers to write personalized software applica-

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Google+, which is Google's latest creation and the latest social networking site, is now open to everyone. The site originally opened as an invite only on June 28 and became open to all on Sept. 20

tions for the new social network, accessing data people have shared publicly about themselves, such as their profile information and photo.

For Facebook, its decision to open its platform to outside developers in 2007, which led to an explosion of games and other apps, was a key to its

success.

T he Goo gle+ announce ment comes as Facebook is preparing for its f8 conference Thursday, where the leading social network is expected to announce a new music-sharing service, new mobile apps and new controls in addition to its "Like" button.

Google and Facebook frequently have appeared to try to one-up the other, with Google+ launching games in August on the evening before Facebook launched what it described as the biggest change to its game platform since 2007.

Student Health Services latest program hopes to promote healthier lifestyle choices

By Shannon Williams The Collegian The Fresno State Wellness Center will introduce its newest program HEAL (Healthy Eating and Activity for Life) later this semester to promote healthier lifestyles among campus students.

The student-staffed program will consist of 10 student dietitians enrolled in the Dietetic Internship Program at Fresno State. These dietitians will be providing students with the tools they need to follow a healthier and more active lifestyle by means of private counseling sessions, online tools and healthy weight loss contests.

Elizabeth Fer ris, Fresno States Dietetic Inter nship Program director, will oversee the graduate interns who are required to fulfill 1,200 hours of practice in the field under the supervision of a registered dietitian.

“We want to focus on what students need and what they want to know,” Ferris said.

Students are able to receive private counseling sessions from the inter ns on topics ranging from food allerg y issues to weight management.

Fer ris and her team are incorporating a walk-in component to the program to make it more accessible to students at any time.

“We are still working out the details as far as how students are going to be able to access the program,” Ferris said.

“Definitely referrals from physicians, but also we want to have a walk-in component so students can come right in and sit down with the interns.”

The student dietitians will provide not only one-on-one counseling to students, but will also reach out to the entire campus.

“The interns will be going out into the campus and advertising for this program and also doing outreach such as fun nutrition games and handing out nutrition infor mation,” Ferris said.

In the spring, the interns will for m a healthy weight competition where students will have the opportunity to utilize and showcase information they have received from the student dietitians.

“The interns will be organizing it, running it and promoting it on campus in the spring,” Ferris said. “This will be a Biggest Loser type of competition.

“They will also be creating media such as flyers, educa-

tional handouts and it’s our goal to get an online component started soon,” Ferris added.

The online component to the program that is in the making is intended to provide students with 24-hour assistance and Ferris plans to eventually branch the site out to others in the community.

“We want to make the site not only accessible to students, but to their family members because obesity and health risks run in families,” Ferris said.

Aetna financed the new program with a $35,000 grant to not only promote a healthy lifestyle among students, but also to the public.

“Aetna’s goal is really to impact the community and provide nutrition information and this is our way of reaching out to the community as well and hopefully students will bring that information home to their parents,” Ferris said.

Aetna has funded the Wellness Center two times in the past. The first grant was for the Aetna Wellness Resource Center and the second for a mobile wellness unit.

“This third round is to focus more specifically programmatically in collaborating with the academic department of food science and nutrition,” Kathleen Yarmo, the Coordinator of Health

P r o m o t i o n a n d We l l n e s s Services, said.

Both of the previous programs were utilized by students and the HEAL program is anticipated to have the same outcome.

“Yes, I would use the HEAL program,” Fresno State student Itzel Morfin said. “It’s free, so why not?”

The student dietitians will not only be interning on campus, they will also be rotating their time in various facilities throughout the community.

“Other than the additional facilities, what better population to work with than your fellow students?” Yarmo said.

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Fender guitar factory now playing to an audience

By Randy Lewis McClatchy-Tribune CORONA, Calif. — It’s taken 65 years, but guitar-loving kids are finally being allowed into the candy store.

In a move designed to amplify the emotional connection between music fans and iconic instruments created at the Fender guitar factory in Corona, the company’s new chief executive, Larry Thomas, has opened the factory for tours along with a new visitor center he hopes will turn the facility into a major tourist destination.

“I’m a musician and a guitar player ... so I can relate from the heart and the gut level what Fender is all about,” Thomas, the former chairman of the Guitar Center retail chain, said last week during a preview of the new 8,600-square-foot facility where guitar heroes, including Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Guns N’ Roses/Loaded guitarist Duff McKagan, Velvet Revolver’s Dave Kushner and Rob Zombie associate John 5, poked around various displays.

“When they recruited me to come aboard,” Thomas said, “first of all, I couldn’t believe what they still did at the factory, and second of all, I couldn’t believe they could build products made in America and sell them at a profit for dealers and the factory,” he said. “I’m not that bright, but I figured I’ve just got to tell the world about it.”

The visitor center, which opened Monday, encompasses a modest museum with exhibits on Fender legends

such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck.

Visitors also will encounter a salute to the company’s founder, electric guitar innovator Leo Fender, on their way into a showroom filled with guitar equipment, accessories and memorabilia as well as a room where potential customers can create their own customized guitar on the spot.

Ringing the room are the titles of songs that were recorded with Fender products, running chronologically from seminal ‘50s hits such as Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line,” Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” and Dale Hawkins’ “Suzy Q” through ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s rock classics, including the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” the Doors’ “Light My Fire,” Derek & the Dominos “Layla” and U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name,” to more recent material such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Scar Tissue” and Coldplay’s “The Scientist.”

I n a d dition, free guided tours through the massive factory where Fender still turns out thousands of its signature Telecasters, Stratocasters, Precision Bass instruments, amplifiers and other equipment will be offered to the public for the first time in the company’s 65-year history. Gibson Guitars, one of Fender’s chief competitors, has long offered tours of its factory in Memphis, Tenn.

“As a brand, (Fender) is a part of all of us who are musicians,” Thomas said. “It’s a household brand, and there’s not any guitar player — whether they play Fender or another brand _

who doesn’t have something special in their heart for Fender.”

Leo Fender did not invent the electric guitar, but he developed solid-body designs that made it possible to mass produce quality instruments at affordable prices. His guitars and amplifiers helped revolutionize the sound and configuration of popular music in the postwar era when big bands were on the wane and rock ‘n’ roll was being born, and also were used by musicians exploring new directions in country, blues, R&B and jazz.

Thomas said that when he was tapped last year to take over as chief executive of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., whose corporate headquarters are in Scottsdale, Ariz., he assumed the factory in Corona was simply a place where assembly-line workers slapped finishing touches on products created overseas and shipped them out the door.

Instead, he found extensive handcrafting still going on at the company’s California plant, located about 20 miles east of where Leo Fender started out in Fullerton in the 1930s. Corona also is home to the Fender Custom Shop, which has built up a strong business creating individually tailored guitars for high-profile professional clients such as Clapton, Brad Paisley and Prince as well as for amateurs who want something beyond what comes off the rack at a standard retail outlet.

Thomas decided it was about time the public could see the same thing that opened his eyes.

“I think it’s great they’ve created a

place where people can come in and put their hands on the instruments — it’s very interactive,” said Hendrix’s sister Janie, who oversees her brother’s legacy, into which Fender Stratocaster guitars figure prominently. She was another of the guests at the preview, where Buddy Guy, Raphael Saadiq and Dave Mason entertained invitees, including Leo Fender’s widow, Phyllis Fender. “I really like the room where people can build their own guitars,” Hendrix said.

“It’s a very nice touch.”

Invited guests and visiting musicians have typically expressed enthusiasm at seeing the inner workings where planks of ash or maple are cut into the familiar shapes of the different Fender designs, where pickguards are stamped out of plastic, and where pickups are forged and wound. Customers might even get a glimpse of Abigail Ybarra, who was hired at Fender in 1956 and who still winds guitar pickups by hand the way she’s been doing it for more than half a century.

“The best-case scenario is a year and a half from now, when you’re tourist and you’re in San Diego or Anaheim and you come out in the morning and look at that big (board) that says you can go to Sea World or Disneyland, that there’s something that says ‘Take the Fender Factory tour.’ That’s the best-case scenario: that some guy will say, ‘We’re going out to Corona today; I want to see the Fender factory,’” Thomas said.

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The injury bug hits Fresno State

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Since the start of this season, Fresno State has had to deal with numerous injuries along the offensive line and in the defensive secondary. Freshman Anthony Riggins has had step in due to injuries.

By Tim Salazar The Collegian The Fresno State football team has again had its share of ill fortune this season when it comes to injuries.

In recent years violent hits and freak occurrences have caused players to lose playing time with this year being no exception.

The offensive line and safety positions have been bit the hardest by the injury bug with numerous players missing games so far this season. Some of the players were key starters coming into the season and now the Bulldogs have had to try to get the replacements up to speed with so many crucial upcoming games on the schedule.

Fresno State plays Southeaster n Conference member Mississippi this Saturday and new Mountain West Conference member Boise State on Oct. 7. Run-

game coordinator Derek Frazier talked about the kind of players he covets.

“You always have contingences to have guys that have to be able to play multiple positions,” Frazier said.

After the first four weeks of the season, Fresno State has already lost both of its starting safeties for the season. First, the Bulldogs lost their most experienced starting safety in Phillip Thomas after he broke his leg just days before the season opener against California.

Then, last week, the Bulldogs lost their other opening-day starter Derron Smith after he broke his arm against North Dakota.

Senior safety Zak Hill is coming off of a season-ending surgery from last season and now is battling with a nagging hamstring injury. With so many injuries, inexperienced juniors Terrance Dennis and Cristin Wilson have been thrown into the fire as they

have seen the most playing time at safety.

“They’ve been working all season at the position and they’re doing a solid job,” defensive coordinator Randy Stewart said.

Now, with so many players on the injury list, the coaching staff has been forced to have players switch positions to create some depth behind the starters. J.B. Dock and Sean Alston are former cornerbacks who have made the switch to safety and now will be called upon as a few primary reserves.

“Hopefully those backup guys have time to get enough experience under their belts to know what they’re comfortable with before they go into live bullets,” Stewart said.

The offensive line has had to shuffle players throughout due to some injuries, causing a unit that was thin numbers wise going into the season to now be even more depleted.

During the season opener ag ainst Califor nia, star ting center Richard Helepiko injured his ankle and still there is no timetable on when he will return.

The Bulldogs have also been without guard Matt Hunt who injured his ankle during the second game of the season against Nebraska. Like Helepiko, there is also no timetable for his return to the lineup.

Senior guard Leslie Cooper has been learning a new position on the go after making the jump to center. Sophomore Austin Wentworth has moved from tackle to guard and freshman Cody Wichmann has stepped in as the starting right tackle.

After starting the season as the seventh linemen off the bench, junior Trevor Richter has worked his way into the starting guard position, filling in for Hunt. The one constant on the offensive line has been

three-year starting left tackle Bryce Harris, who is the lone linemen to start every game at the same position since the start of the season. The offensive line had its most successful game as a unit on Saturday, giving up no sacks and paving the way for Robbie Rouse’s 112 yards against Idaho.

The injuries to the starters have given the backups opportunities to step up and show that they have the necessary skills to be able to contribute at the collegiate level.

“The one thing about opportunity, it’s not nice. It doesn’t wait for you,” Frazier said.

Despite the fact that Fresno State is facing its fair share of injuries, it does not detract from the mentality that Stewart is trying to instill.

“Every game is a dog fight until the end, whether it’s Nebraska or North Dakota,” Stewart said.

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On the following drive, sophomore defensive end Nat Harrison picked up a Reader fumble after the Idaho signal caller lost it, and rumbled 40 yards for the second Bulldog defensive touchdown this season. The score gave Fresno State a commanding 41-17 lead. The defense made adjustments after allowing 228 yards in first half and limited the

Vandals’ offense to just 55 yards in the second half.

Fresno State’s special teams play stayed consistent with senior kicker Kevin Goessling making two more field goals to add to his total of five on the season. Senior wide receiver Devon Wylie helped the ‘Dogs maintain good field position all game with five punt returns for 79 yards.

Little could over shadow Carr’s show, however, as he found freshman wide receiver Josh Harper with only a couple minutes remaining in the game for his fifth touch-

down to cap off a stellar perfor mance. The overlooked man on Saturday was running back Robbie Rouse, who finished with 112 yards on 25 carries. He also became the 15th Bulldog running back to rush for over 2,000 yards in his career. After the game, Hill talked about his team’s performance.

“I think we were very balanced with 37 passes and 34 runs,” Hill said. “Derek [Carr] had an outstanding game. We got to give a lot of credit to the offensive line. We picked up the blitz really well this week.

Robbie [Rouse] had tough sledding in there because they were blitzing every down, but he still had over a 100 yards.

Derek threw for close to 400 yards and five touchdowns.

Defensively, we shut them down completely in the second half. I thought it was a great team effort.”

Wi t h t h e w i n , F r e s n o State improved to 2-2 and now its full attention will be on its next opponent, Southeaster n Conference member Mississippi, who will be at Bulldog Stadium next Saturday for the Bulldogs’

second home game of the season. Hill gave some thoughts on the next few games on the Bulldogs’ schedule.

“The next two g ames in Fresno are on national TV a g a i n s t a t e a m f ro m t h e Southeastern Conference and a top-five team in the country,” Hill said. “We have three big home games coming up, so come out and watch these kids play. If you want to be on the national stage you got a chance to be on the national stage as a city Saturday night against Mississippi.”

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‘Dogs win WAC opener in dominating fashion

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The Bulldogs played their most complete game of the season and will have to use that momentum going into their matchup with Mississippi this Saturday.

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Saturday’s game was just what head coach Pat Hill ordered with Fresno State playing the closest thing to a complete game the Bulldogs have produced so far in 2011.

Fresno State played four quarters of Bulldog football, mixing a steady dose of the ground game with a downfield aerial assault to win in dominating fashion, 48-24 inside Idaho’s renovated Kibbie Dome.

The Bulldog offense made strides through the air for the second consecutive week with sophomore quarterback Derek Carr using Fresno State’s first Western Athletic Conference contest as a showcase of what kind of player he can be.

The Bulldogs’ first scoring drive consisted of a Carr air show as he found sophomore wide receiver Jalen Saunders in the back of the end zone for a 16-yard scoring strike. Carr turned his best performance of his career, connecting on 24-of-37 passes for 371 yards and five touchdowns.

Early on the Vandals gave Fresno State the tough game that many expected as the score at the end of the first quarter was a narrow 10-7 Fresno State lead.

Carr again found Saunders in the second quarter, but this time it was of the 50-plus-yard variety. Saunders’ second touchdown catch of the game gave Fresno State a 17-14 lead.

The Carr-to-Saunders two touchdowns on Saturday gave the duo four touchdowns over the past two weeks.

Saunders finished the game with five catches for a game-high 142 yards.

Idaho’s senior quarterback Brian Reader led the Vandals down the field on the next possession, finishing the drive with a 23-yard field goal by junior kicker Trey Farquhar to tie the score at 17-17 just before halftime.

With only a couple minutes remaining in the first half, Carr went to work to lead his team down the field for a score before the break. On the drive, Carr found multiple receivers to put Fresno State in scoring position. On fourth down, Carr threaded the needle and connected with tight end Marcel Jensen to give the ‘Dogs a 24-17 lead heading into the second half.

In the second half, the ‘Dogs showed improved play in all phases of the game, starting on the offensive side of the ball with Carr hitting junior wide receiver Rashad Evans for a 33-yard touchdown, giving the Bulldogs their See DOGS, Page 7