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Recreation Center attendance declines By Melisa Thomson The Collegian Fewer students are attending the Student Recreation Center compared to the begining of the semester, according to the gym attendance rates. “Yeah, [they] dropped quite a bit,” Derek Walters, director of the Student Recreation Center said. “We average about 1,700 visitors a day the first week or two. Then we dropped down to about 1,400 to 1,500 the past few weeks.” The SRC, which has been on campus for over five years, provides students with a place to exercise and offers activities such as cardio classes, games
and intramurals athletics. Walters believes the reason for the decline in gym attendance might be due to an increase in academic expectations. “The demands in classes increase, the work becomes more rigorous,” Walters said. “Students are having to buckle down with academics and coming to the SRC may not be as much of a priority.” Walters said that the sixth week of attendance is typically low. Past years at this time have also had an average of 1,300 to 1,400 people from Monday through Thursday. Numbers are even lower on weekends, Walters added.
Gabriel Aguilar, a staff member at the SRC, has also noticed the significant decrease in numbers. “There were definitely a lot of people that came in during the first couple weeks,” Aguilar said. “The attendance
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think people just go to the gym to impress others and not really to lose weight or stay healthy.” — Renee Schantin, Fresno State student
was extremely high and this place was extremely busy.” The SRC set a record on Monday during the second week of school with 1,861 people visiting the facility. The previous record was 1,822 people on Jan. 25, 2010. “I think that at first maybe people were just excited about working out and meeting new people, but now they have met everyone and just have other things to do,” Aguilar said. Aguilar believes that since the gym was so crowded in the begging, it could have discouraged a number of stuSee SRC, Page 3
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The Student Recreation Center broke a record the second week of school when 1,861 students visited the facility in one day. In 2010 the record was set at 1,822 people. A decline in student attendance is a normal occurance after the initial weeks of school.
Hundreds protest ‘diversity bake sale’ on Berkeley campus By Lee Romney McClatchy-Tribune Hundreds of students packed Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday to express their
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erkeley is the home of the free speech movement. We want to be sure it doesn’t become the capital of political correctness.” — Shawn Lewis, Berkeley College Republicans views on the use of race and gender in university admissions decisions and to weigh in on the tone of debate. The dialogue in the bastion of the free speech movement was triggered by
a bake sale—sponsored by the Berkeley College Republicans—that promised goods priced according to the buyer’s race, ethnicity and gender. The event, which was met with anger by many students, was timed to counteract a phone bank in support of a bill on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk that would allow the UC and Cal State University systems to consider such factors, as long as no preference is given. Opponents of the legislation formed a protective wall of sorts around the Republican student club’s bake sale table in the plaza. Under the event’s pricing structure, whites were supposed to pay $2 for the same pastry that would cost Native Americans just 25 cents. (The group, however, accepted whatever people chose to pay.) “It’s kind of ugly,” said 21-year-old gender and women’s studies major Tatianna Peck, who held a sign protesting the exclusion of “queer people” from the Republicans’ pricing strucSee BERKELEY, Page 3
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The Coalition group show their support for Senate Bill 185 on the University of California campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The protest coincided with a bake sale by the Berkeley College Republicans with items priced according to ethnicity to protest affirmative action.
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Clean up the community By Selena Farnesi
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nother month has gone by and October is looming. I always love the start of a new month because it seems fresh. It’s a clean slate, an opportunity to improve upon the last month’s foils or completely forget about them. Out of sight, out of mind and off the calendar. Even when you have thoroughly enjoyed the previous month, flipping the calendar is a reminder of how fast life moves and how important it is to always be in the moment. We must enjoy what we have and work to share our experiences, skills and victories with others. In the spirit of starting October the best way possible, ASI would like to invite you to participate in our Community Cleanup Day. On Sunday, Oct. 2, we will be working together with members of the greater Fresno State community to clean up the neighborhoods many students call home. This cleanup day is an opportunity to do something exciting for the community that we are part of. It is a chance to demonstrate that students care about what is going on around them, and it’s a demonstration of what students can accomplish with teamwork. Every individual makes a difference. We would love to have you and
your friends join us to and promote a positive change in our community. If you are interested in participating this Sunday, simply grab some friends and arrive at the venue ready to work. There will be two sign in locations. The first will be located at the Wesley United Methodist Church on Barstow and Fourth Street; the second will be in front of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity House (PIKE) on Shaw across from Fresno State. Check in is at 1:00 p.m., immediately following check in, we will assemble teams and begin cleanup by 2:00 p.m. The Community Cleanup Day is not your only opportunity to get involved. This event is part of a much larger yearlong effort by your student government to revitalize the neighborhoods around Fresno State and work with students to make the outskirts of this campus a safe community for students, faculty and all its residents. It isn’t right that students blame the problems of the community in which they live on the non-student residents, just as it isn’t right that those residents blame students for the same issues. We are working hard to change the stereotypes that piggyback students and demonstrate that students are the problem, but rather the solution — and they deserve to be respected, involved and safe. There are many ways to get involved and help us achieve this goal, so
please stop by the ASI offices in USU rooms 316 and 317, friend and post on the Revitalize the Fresno State Community Facebook page and participate in some of our events and committees. Even if you cannot commit time to the project, you can always help our cause by being a good steward of the community. Help keep yourself and others safe by removing valuables from your car, locking up bikes and reporting suspicious activity to the police. Respect the community and your neighbors by being clean, respectful and courteous to those who live around you. Together we can make this month and our community one of service and stewardship — together we can make a difference. Hope to see you Sunday! Go ‘Dogs! Selena Farnesi is a senior philosophy and anthropology double major and new Associated Students, Inc. president. She writes a biweekly column for The Collegian regarding ASI, Fresno State, local or state issues.
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ommenter Abigail asks a very pertinent question regarding my contention that today’s university does not teach students the way that it should: This is all well and true. I’m guilty of some of it myself. However, where do we even begin to fix this issue? Do away with general education requirements? Then what does a university become: a sort of trade school? This is an excellent question, and I’m glad Abigail raised it. There are several answers to this question, but first a clarification on what a university is, or at least what it should be. The university is an institution of higher learning, which implies a few things. First, it is an institution that teaches students things they can only learn, or at least best understand, at the institution. It teaches concepts that are too hard for the layman to understand on his own. But, more importantly, it is an insti-
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tution that teaches higher concepts, more important concepts. It trains students to have the best minds possible. It teaches students to become better citizens, better people. It is a liberal education, in the truest sense of the word. It teaches what C.S. Lewis called the Tao, a set of precepts that our civilization has set as our standard of the good. Our students should learn in order to become knowledgable people in society, and not just knowledgable, but to become the movers and shakers of policies: the professors, the philosophers, the scientists, the makers of great art, the historians, the politicians, the judges. If this is what the modern university should be, then how else do we account for the plethora of other careers, majors and options that are currently in front of students? To an extent, the material in many of the majors currently available for students to study could easily be learned on the job. However, the solution Abigail arrives at is absolutely correct. Trade schools should be a more prominent alternative to the university. If the university is meant to provide a liberal education, a trade school is meant to provide training in the
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particular field in which the student wants a job. Unfortunately, this is what the university has become — a jobs factory. The liberal component of the education is a vague and unsatisfying “general education,” which falls deeply short of the university ideal. The advent of more trade schools would solve this dilemma. If someone wants to be an accountant and could care less about what Plato meant by his image of the cave, that person can attend a trade school that was dedicated to churning out accountants. If someone wants to become a businessman, but doesn’t see how trying to understand how Shakespeare applies to his life, he can attend a business school. And for those who actually want a liberal education, who want to read the great books, who want to think deeper about human life, the university will be there waiting for them. If these changes are not made, I fear that the liberal education will be gone for good. If we aren’t taught the great theories, the great ideas or read the great books, how will we have the inspiration to do these things for ourselves?
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SRC: Gym attendance declines CONTINUED from page 1 dents from attending. Fresno State student Renee Schantin usually works out twice a day during the week at the SRC. “I think people just go to the gym to impress others and not really to lose weight or stay healthy,” Schantin said. “Since
they don’t go for themselves, their drive just dies out, and soon they find other things to preoccupy their time.” Schantin brought up how many students worry about the “freshmen 15,” yet stop caring about their weight after a week in school. “People just forget to work out because they had physi-
ture. “It’s extremely reductive and forcing people into a defensive position instead of an honest
science” to hand out in that spirit. Several hundred students — many of them AfricanAmerican or Latino — dressed in black and staged a silent
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t’s extremely reductive and forcing people into a defensive position instead of an honest place of listening.” — Tatianna Peck, California State University, Berkeley student place of listening,” she said of the bake sale stunt. “It’s just kind of a shame.” Some protesters gave out cupcakes in hopes of creating “an environment where people can come have dialogue with respect and sensitivity,” said Damaris Olaechea, 24. The anthropology and rhetoric major said she, along with her roommate, baked hundreds of “cupcakes of con-
protest, lying down for an hour in the midday sun. “UC Us Now,” their signs read, in a play on words to remind the campus of their presence. The announcement of the bake sale last week and reaction to it prompted a wider discussion about racism and equality, and on Tuesday, even critics of the stunt said they saw positive dialogue.
“Everybody’s having conversations with the Republicans. It’s totally a civilized event,” said Levon Minassian, 21, a political science major whose co-op made baked goods to give out in protest. Minassian and others said they hoped the discussion would trigger a broad stance by all students to fight tuition hikes. “That af fects all of us,” said Minassian, adding that no cohesive protests have emerged on that matter. “It’s amazing how race is such a mobilizing issue,” he said. Shawn Lewis, president o f t h e B e rke l e y C o l l e g e Republicans, said the sale was getting news coverage as far as Russia and Australia and bringing attention to an important policy issue. “This has created the dialogue we wanted,” he said. “Berkeley is the home of the free speech movement. We want to be sure it doesn’t become the capital of political correctness.”
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Fresno State student Esmeralda Gonzalez had a skateboard accident Thursday afternoon in front of the Free Speech area by Henry Madden Library. “I landed on my face because the [sidewalk] crack pulled my skateboard back,” Gonzalez said while being observed by paramedics. “We just heard her fall, there were several students that gathered around her and were asking if she was OK. She was up and she didn’t seem too hurt,” Fresno State student Leila Alamri said.
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While California Sophomore Derek Zhou, left, makes a sale, a crowd argues with former Regent Ward Connerly, seated, as the Berkeley College Republicans hold a bake sale on the campus in Berkeley, California Tuesday, September 27, 2011. The Republican group held that bake sale with items priced according to ethnicity to protest affirmative action.
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Fresno State political science professor publishes book on Indian gaming
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Professor Hansen shows off his newly published book in his office. Hansen collaborated with several other Fresno State professors for the creation of his book.
By Dylan Patton The Collegian On Sept. 14, 2011, a panel discussion was held at Fresno State's Henry Madden Library. The panel was held to discuss a book, "The New Politics of Indian Gambling." The book was written by three Fresno State political science teachers, Dr. Kenneth Hansen, Associate Prof. Jeff Cummins and Dr. Thomas Holyoke. Allison Cowgill, a librarian who helps with the political science department, arranged the discussion. She
also attended the discussion.The topic held interest for Cowgill as well. She had written a book of her own, "Casino Gaming: A Research Guide." Hansen's own heritage drove him to write the book, although he was adopted, and unsure of his exact heritage. But nonetheless, he felt compelled to tell of this particular plight. Hansen explained that doing a topic that is personal is typically frowned upon. It is often referred to as "mesearch." Each of the three professors contributed to the book. Cummins, who worked for the California legislature
Middle Eastern studies program opens students' eyes to another culture By Evelyn Demirchian The Collegian Nasir Rashid, a former Fresno State student and linguistics instructor from Jordan, hopes to see an increase in interest in Arabic language courses. Rashid has witnessed a boom in class attendance in the two years he has been an instructor. “I find more students are interested to the point where, this semester, I don’t even have room for students. The class is closed,” Rashid said. Students are showing an incredible amount of interest in both the Arabic and Persian languages. The opportunity for cultural awareness and interconnectedness has proven eye opening for many students and Rashid sees this as an incredibly positive outlook. Many American students are coming to realize the vast similarities between their lives and the lives of those in Middle Eastern countries. “Nowadays they see it’s a global village, especially with the Arab revolts nowadays and the use of Facebook. In terms of culture, you can never achieve learning a language unless you learn the culture,” Rashid said. The Middle Eastern studies minor is relatively new to the campus and began in 2007 with the aim of promoting Middle Eastern cultures and languages through an interdisciplinary meshing of the humanities and social sciences. Courses are as diverse as economics and the philosophy of Islam. The inclusion of this program coincides with the growing influence and population of Middle Eastern nationalities in the Central Valley as well as on Fresno State’s campus. Heidi Lee is a senior political science major at and has been involved with the Middle Eastern studies program for two years. Lee has taken a year’s worth of Arabic with Rashid as well as
a philosophy course on Islam. “I’ve always been interested in the Middle East and the Arabic language and it’s important to have knowledge of the Middle East in political science,” Lee said. This type of cultural curiosity even led Lee to venture to Beirut, Lebanon for two consecutive summers as part of a language immersion plan. “Beirut was an amazing experience,” Lee said. “I was able to gain more from my experience because of my participation in the Middle Eastern studies classes. Negin Tahvildary has been teaching the Persian language and several other courses within the program for one year. Previously, she worked as an infor mation of ficer for the United Nations Assistant Mission to Afghanistan before being offered a position with a non-profit organization in Fresno where she found her path to the university. “Considering the diverse student population at Fresno State, I hope to see more support for diversity among them,” Tahvildary said. Tahvildary also sees plenty of opportunity for growth and mutual understanding through the program between students and faculty. “I have learned a lot. Teaching is twice learning,” Tahvildary said. This fall semester, Tahvildary is collaborating with CineCulture to organize a small film festival focusing on Iranian films directed and produced by women. She hopes this will bring in more students and encourage intercultural dialogue. Students of the program, as well as professors in the department, hope to see a continued growth and interest in the classes offered.
in the past, worked on the chapter that dealt with lobbying strategies, campaign contributions and how they affected Indian gaming in California. Cummins explained that the Indian tribes in California had better luck lobbying for their cause than their New York counterparts. This was due in part that Indian casinos in California had already been in operation. Thus the tribes were able to use casino profits to fund their cause. Holyoke focused on Indian gaming in New York. In Chapter 9 of the book, Holyoke goes into a lot of detail of the obstacles Indian tribes faced in building their casinos. In New York, gambling was forbidden. There was a great deal from the religious community who saw gambling as a "sin." People were also worried about the impact a casino would bring. Some people were worried that if an Indian casino was built, more crime would follow. The people were also afraid that a certain "bad element" would appear. One of the most difficult obstacles came from the tribes themselves. Tribes began to fight amongst each other. If a tribe got a legislation measure to pass that would allow them to allow slot machines at their casino, it would hurt the other tribes financially. The competing tribe would do everything they could to make sure that tribe did not get the measure passed. Holyoke got the infor mation he needed for his research, but he did have some difficulty. He explained that there was a difference between "what you can get." and "what do you want?"
According to the authors of the book, it's hard to say whether or not casinos hurt or help the Indian tribes. They do help by providing a source of income for the tribes. A lot of tribes have spent countless years in poverty. The casinos would finally allow them to get out of poverty. The money generated by the casinos could provide for elder care and health care. On the other hand, the casinos have hurt the tribes. Some tribes, driven by greed, have actually kicked out some of their own members. This is referred to as "disenrollment." The U.S. government cannot interfere in this matter. The tribes are a "sovereign nation." This means that all matters must be settled within the tribes. Hansen hopes that by reading his book, people will have a different outlook of the Indian people. He wants them to be seen as normal people, not the way they are commonly misportrayed. The Indians, in order to achieve their goals of acquiring their casinos had to play by a set of rules. Hansen feels the Indians should not be faulted by following a set of rules that may be seen as corrupt. "They should be commended for that, not punished." Hansen said. COMMENT: The Collegian is a forum for student expression. http://collegian.csufresno.edu
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CARR: Bakersfield Christian High School graduate has already attempted 128 passes in four games
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Sophomore quarterback Derek Carr has started off the season fast, completing 59 percent of his passes for 1,010 yards and nine touchdowns. Carr recorded career-best numbers last week.
Car r and Saunders have starting quarterback Ryan formed a dynamic duo in the Colburn had only thrown for past two games. Saunders led 992 yards in 106 attempts. It the ‘Dogs in receiving with 3 may not seem like much of catches for 154 yards and two a difference, but the passing touchdowns against North game has met and surpassed D a ko t a a n d expec tations five catches with Carr for 142 yards under cene’re all on the and another ter. With the same page right pair of touchBakersfield now, I trust where they’re d o w n s a t Christian Idaho. going to be.” H i g h S ch o o l “Hopefully graduate in — Derek Carr, charge of the starting quarterback we c a n u s e it all season o f f e n s e, t h e and be as ‘ D o g s h ave balanced as spread the possible,” Grady said of the ball around and have found well-rounded passing attack. ways to get multiple receivers “We have a lot of guys that involved. are good with the ball in their In four games, Car r has hands and we just have to get already passed to five difit to them.” ferent receivers at least 10 Carr’s relationship with his times each. Sophomore Jalen receiving corps has strengthSaunders leads the receivers ened as well with so many with 12 catches for 335 yards receivers given opportuniand four touchdowns. Junior ties to make plays in Fresno Rashad Evans has also providState’s offense. ed Carr with another reliable “ We ’ re a l l o n t h e s a m e receiver with his 21 catches for page right now, I trust where 184 yards and one touchdown.
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they’re going to be,” Carr said. “Especially with Jalen [Saunders] on the deep routes, he’s doing a great job.” Saunders has emerged as a deep threat and is becoming one of Carr’s favorite targets, averaging 30.45 yards per catch on the season. He is second in the country in yards per catch behind only Georgia Tech’s Stephan Hill,/ who leads the nation with an average of 33.0 yards per catch. But Mississippi’s tough SEC defense will test the Bulldog offense. “They’re a good defense,” said Carr. “They like to run around and remind me a lot of Nebraska. Hopefully we find some things we can do against them.” Carr could be getting some help in the protection department with junior center Richard Helepiko possibly returning to the lineup for this Saturday’s game, which would move senior Leslie Cooper back to the left guard position. With Helepiko possibly returning, Carr acknowledges how the changes to the offensive line could benefit him. “[Cooper] feels comfortable at guard and I feel real comfortable with [Helepiko],” Carr said. “It should be some good changes. We’re ready to go and ready to play but we have to have a good week at practice.”
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New Carr has been unleashed Carr will be faced with another big challenge in his second home game of the season against Mississippi By Angel Moreno The Collegian During last Saturday’s game against Idaho, sophomore starting quarterback Derek Carr picked apart the Idaho secondary in a breakout performance after he completed 24 of 37 passes for a total of 371 yards for five touchdowns and two interceptions in the Bulldogs’ 48-24 conference win. The Bulldogs will try to extend their winning streak to three games and have above a .500 record for the first time this season. Fresno State’s opportunity will be this weekend against Mississippi who will be the first Southeastern Conference member ever to play at Bulldog Stadium. The game will be the first of a three-game home stand for the ‘Dogs.
The Rebels have started off the season 1-3 and are thirsty for a win after coming off back-to-back losses against Vanderbilt and last week’s defeat at Georgia, 27-13. But the Bulldogs’ offense is putting up numbers that should make it difficult for Ole Miss to quench its thirst. Carr is coming off his best perfor mance of the season last week and has passed for 1,010 yards on 76 completions in 128 attempts thus far this season. For mer Bulldog quarterback and now passing game coordinator Jeff Grady agreed that Carr has improved over the past four weeks of the season since his sophomore has already surpassed the 1,000yard mark. At this time last season, thenSee CARR, Page 7
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David Carr’s brother has made a name for himself so far this season by bringing back the deep ball to the offense.