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Getting swiped
Shared Governance:
A series exploring public access
By Brian Maxey
The Collegian
The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI)
tabled a vote earlier this month to
amend student government bylaws due
to inconsistencies and the fact that the
current bylaws were out of date, as The
Collegian reported on Oct.9. A majority vote was taken during the meeting
while one of the senators was not present.
Student activists and organizations
immediately flagged ASI for not adhering to practices outlined in the current
bylaws, prompting several students to
contact members of student govern-
“I
t is a question of legality,
because all 21,000 plus
students at Fresno State are
members of ASI."
— Hector Cerda,
Fresno State Graduate Student
Photo Illustration by Matt Weir / The Collegian
ment and university officials regarding matters of transparency and advisory for senate meetings.
Following the meeting, ASI was criticized for taking action on bylaws without a full two-thirds majority and not
making their bylaws readily accessible
for viewing.
At the heart of the disagreement
is the balance between shared governance and the public’s ability to access
information.
The Collegian sat down last week
with ASI executive’s president Jessica
Sweeten, vice president of finance
Lauren Johnson and executive vice
president Alex Andreotti as well as
members of various on-campus organizations and student activists to discuss
the bylaws and recent actions taken by
student government.
Graduate student Hector Cerda said
that he was unable to access the bylaws
following the Oct.7 meeting. After the
meeting Cerda went to the ASI office
and requested a back copy of the bylaws
but said that he was turned away.
“I was told that bylaws were not kept
at the ASI office and that they were
housed at the library,” Cerda said.
According to Cerda, when he went to
the library to research the bylaws he
was unable to find any of the back copies.
“From my understanding, it is written in the bylaws that I can go in at anytime and be able to inspect the bylaws,”
Cerda said. “I also tried going online
as of the most recent senate meeting
and couldn’t find [the bylaws]. By not
having the bylaws posted online we are
being denied our rights.”
See GOVERNANCE, Page 6
Scammers take advantage of debit card popularity
By Katie Robertson
The Collegian
Americans are increasingly using
debit cards for purchases, many times
without knowing the potential risks.
Using a debit card for purchases
immediately withdraws money from
a connected checking account, leaving
users vulnerable to instant theft in a
scam known as skimming.
According to Consumer Reports,
skimming is an unauthorized capture
and transfer of payment data to another source and occurs when equipment
captures the magnetic strip and keypad information once a PIN is inputted at ATM machines, gas pumps, restaurants, or retailers.
Debit cards are expected to account
for nearly 60 percent of purchases
made with plastic in 2009, according
to a report by Consumer Reports in
July 2009.
By 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau
projects that 185 million Americans
will be debit cardholders. This is an
increase of 9 million cards from the
2006 total, when there were only 176
million cardholders.
The 2010 projection of total card
holders indicates that individuals may
hold more than one card. It is projected that there will be an increase
of 130 million cards by 2010, a total of
484 million Visa and MasterCard debit
cards, compared to the 2006 total of
354 million cards.
Precautions are being taken at
California State University, Fresno.
“Since skimming typically involves
an ‘inside dishonest employee,’ all
association employees go through a
fingerprinting process and a background check if their job duties
require handling of cash or other
for ms of payment,” said Debbie
Dehner, an Auxiliary Corporations
employee at Fresno State.
“We follow strict guidelines that
have been set by the Payment Card
Industry (PCI) in the processing and
handling of all credit or debit card
transactions,” Dehner said. “We also
These security measures are especially important considering the
Census Bureau’s most recent projections.
The Census Bureau estimates that
in 2010 there will be 40.953 trillion
point of sale (POS) transactions, 14.9
trillion over the 2006 total of 26.053
trillion POS transactions. A POS
transaction is one that immediately
deducts money from your account.
An estimate for total purchase volume to be made with debit cards in
2010 is $1.6 trillion, a $600 billion
“S
tudents, faculty and staff need to be aware of the possibility of
all types of credit and debit card scams, including skimming.
An informed and knowledgeable public plays a significant role in
preventing these frauds.”
— Debbie Dehner,
Auxiliary Corporations Employee
work very closely with our credit card
processor, First Data, in updating our
current credit card terminals.”
Dehner said that a physical inventory is maintained on all terminals,
including make, model, serial number and their locations. These details
allow for monitoring transaction
activity by location in the event that
there is any allegation of inappropriate activity.
increase from 2006. And according to
Consumer Reports, debit transactions
are susceptible to scams in ways that
credit cards are not.
Unlike credit card thieves, who usually charge merchandise and then
resell it to come up with money, people
who create counterfeit ATM or debit
cards by stealing your PIN and other
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On Obama vs. Fox News
“T
he administration was being attacked,
members of this administration were being
attacked, policies of this administration were being
misrepresented -- and that’s a generous interpretation of how they were being described. At some
point, the administration has to defend itself.”
— Anita Dunn, speaking to CNN
Opinion Editor, Haisten Willis • [email protected] • Monday, October 19, 2009
Balloon lesson #1: Hot air works One-Finger
Salute
T
he pathetic cycle of national
“news” last week centered
on two subjects. The first
was Rush Limbaugh’s “bid to buy the
St. Louis Rams,” the second was the
embarrassing “balloon boy” saga that
was covered live, not only on CNN but
also on Al Jazeera and the BBC.
The end result of these stories
was twofold: 1. The name “Rush
Haisten Willis
Limbaugh” became ubiquitous in the
media and on the lips of everyone
It makes me mad. Doesn’t it make
from Wolf Blitzer to your grandma yet
you mad? The altruistic rebel in me
again. 2. Nancy Grace and HLN now
wants to do something about it. I want
have at least two months of fresh fodto get loud and emotional and, and do
der for their nonsense shows.
something about it!!
We’ve got to talk about something,
But let’s be realistic here. Even with
right?
the megaphone of this column, I have
The only problem is that, when digging deep enough, one realizes
there was plenty of real news last
week.
epublicans are masters of this
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
technique. Just try and oppose
vetoed two State bills last Sunday,
bills like the “Clear Skies Act” and the
affectionately named SB 218 and
SB 86. SB 218 would have , in short,
“Keep Terrorists Out of America Act.”
made California State University
schools disclose where their
money is coming from and where
no hope of raising concern about this
it is spent. It passed the state Assembly
issue.
by a 67-0 vote (now that’s bipartisan)
From watching out of the corner of
only to die by “The Governator’s” pen.
my eye last week I learned more than
SB 86 would have prevented CSU
I’d ever like to know about the balloon
and UC executives from receiving pay
family. I even know that the dad has a
raises during times of economic crisis.
creepy ‘90s haircut.
Arnold terminated that one too, and
Yet, I freely admit that if I didn’t
the UC regents have already approved
work for a newspaper I would have no
$9 million in executive pay increases
clue about the vetoes of SB 218 and SB
for next year. We have fee increases
86, much less would I be angry enough
and class cuts, they get pay raises.
about them to want to “do something
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“R
about it!”
These bills don’t have a political
problem, they have a marketing problem. The news media is a business and
the ‘good guys’ need to learn to play
the game.
No one will ever remember names
like “SB 218” and “SB 86”. They need to
name these bills and name them right.
Republicans are masters of this
technique. Just try and oppose bills
like the “Clear Skies Act,” the “Patriot
Act,” and the “Keep Terrorists Out of
America Act.”
If Gov. Schwarzenegger had just
vetoed the “Stop Abusing Student
Money Bill” and the “No More Shady
Business Tactics from the CSU Bill,” it
might have been a bigger story, no?
I know, it sounds a little goofy,
but so does an international scandal involving a little boy in a hot air
balloon flying over Colorado.
We are always quick to blame
the public for being uninformed
and lazy, but when one turns on
“the most trusted name in news”
and is subject to an hour’s worth
of a flying saucer hoax followed by
Limbaugh talk, there is little else we
can expect.
Nor can CNN be blamed. Rush and
Balloon Boy are fun stories and exciting talking points – they sell.
So this one goes out to the few good
guys at the top: we want to help you,
but you’ve got to help yourself. Throw
in some energy and scandal. Hop in
the mud pit with Rush and Nancy and
make us watch.
Letters to the Editor
Response to “Tell me Moore, Dr. Paul”
The article published on Wednesday concerning
the views of Ron Paul on the Federal Reserve is most
disturbing. I would like to remind the author of that
article that the Federal Reserve is there for a reason.
It was created in 1913 to address the economic uncertainty inherent to the capitalist system. The author
points out that the goal of the Federal Reserve was, “to
stabilize the currency and prevent the economy from
fluctuating from astronomical highs to devastating
lows.” He then proceeds to argue the purchasing power
of the dollar in 1913 as opposed to 2009. His argument
does not hold water when you look at the fact that prices and wages have kept in line compared to 1913.
He continues on to point to recessions that have
occurred since the Federal Reserve was created, believing that such existence of economic downturns defeats
the purpose of the Federal Reserve. However, if you
looked at a chart showing the growth (and decline) of
the Gross Domestic Product from the 1950s to the present (when the Fed was able to detach itself completely
from politics and buy and sell bonds in an open market)
you would see relative stability compared to the early
half of the 20th century.
As for the bill in the House regarding that the
Federal Reserve be beholden to Congress, that is the
worst idea ever because the idea of the Federal Reserve
is to have it be independent from the political process
so that it can make economically healthy decisions.
Furthermore, the author’s implication that we are a
Marxist economy is nothing more than empty rightwing rhetoric. We are a mixed economy like the rest of
the civilized industrial world. Learn to live in it!
Andrew J Madden
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Thumbs up
Ryan Mathews
Sam Bradford is hurt, Colt McCoy is overrated, Tim Tebow is a little too friendly with
Urban Meyer and Jhavid (you da you da)
Best obviously isn't. Give this man the Heisman!
Thumbs down
NFL throwback jerseys
every weekend
Next week the NFL should have a truly
unique celebration -- regular jersey night.
Thumbs up
Rod Blagojevich on
“Celebrity Apprentice”
History has brought us many great pairs,
peanut butter and jelly, Hall and Oates,
chips with ripples. Now, together at last, the
two best toupee’s in show business!
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“Balloon Boy” saga
Downtown key to city success
A city is a reflection of the downtown it maintains.
Where is Fresno’s downtown? The diversity seen in this
city is unmatched within the rest of the United States
of America. At one point Fresno had the tallest building
in all of California. What does this say about where we
came from? That Fulton Street was one of the most happening places around. Since then we have fallen to stereotypical stigmas and rumors of our downtown.
Recently, a movement has started to fix our downtown,
to revitalize the districts and bring the city back inward.
With the recession, this is the perfect time. Many people
question or argue about what needs to be done to accomplish this, but there is only one thing truly missing from
our revitalization efforts. Our city needs pride.
There are landowners creating new projects, historic
buildings accomplishing new purpose, and great festivals
occurring every month. Until our populace takes pride
in what our city has to offer, until our citizens quit turning farmland into strip malls, our downtown will remain
a vacant memory of what Fresno once was.
We can bring the fun back to downtown. Yet no one
knows how to get the word to the public. None of us
know how to tell Fresno that our downtown is safe, fun
and unique. Let’s educate our fellow neighbors of the
opportunity, history and good times to be had in Fresno’s
historic downtown.
We thought it wasn’t possible after Paris
Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Palin, Brett
Favre and Tila Tequila, but it was: We’ve
reached an unprecedented low in American
pop culture stupidity.
Thumbs up
Pumpkins
They’re more useful than you think! (See
page 5)
Thumbs down
Fresno Grizzlies seeking lowered rent at Chukchansi Park
A Collegian staffer tried the same thing last
week. The landlord responded, “Get the hell
out my office!”
Christopher Turley
Entrepreneurship
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The Collegian • Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • [email protected]
Taking the ‘treat’ out of ‘Retreat’
Box office
Here are the top
new films at the
box office for the
weekend of Friday,
Oct. 16, through
Sunday, Oct. 18, based on estimates of
ticket sales compiled by Yahoo.com.
1. Where the Wild Things Are
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Weekend gross: $32,470,000
Overall gross: $32,470,000
Release weeks:
2. Law Abiding Citizen
Distributor: Overture Films
Weekend gross: $21,250,000
Overall gross: $21,250,000
Release weeks: 1
3. Paranormal Activity
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Weekend gross: $20,163,000
Overall gross: $33,717,000
Release weeks: 4
4. Couples Retreat
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Weekend gross: $17,949,000
Overall gross: $63,339,000
Release weeks: 2
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The Collegian
Exquisite tropical locales and beautiful, bikini-clad women can’t rescue
“Couples Retreat” from mediocrity.
Black and white, vintage footage of
couples throughout history opens up
the movie “Couples Retreat.” As the
montage progresses the images slowly
become colored and display more modern looking husbands and wives, ending with the four couples of the film.
Unfortunately, this is as interesting
as the movie gets.
From the start, it’s easy to see each
of the four couples have their own set
of problems.
Dave, played by Vince Vaughn, tends
to neglect his wife, Ronnie (Malin
Akerman), after working long hours
selling Guitar Hero. Shane (Faizon
Love) is recently divorced, spending his time and money on a much
younger girlfriend. Joey and Lucy
(Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis) love each
other until their daughter leaves the
room. Jason and Cynthia, played by
Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, are
contemplating a divorce and convince
the rest of the group to attend the
“Eden East” resort in Bora Bora, in
hopes of restoring their relationships.
Promised a vacation full of Jet Skis
and snorkeling, the couples are irritated to find the resort’s itinerary
of 6 a.m. wake-up calls and therapy
sessions is mandatory. Couples Skill
Building, a farcical assignment mandated by the resort, is composed of
undressing in front of each other at
the urging of a middle-aged French
man, clothed only in a Speedo and a
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60 Norse war god
62 Four-on-the-floor, e.g.
66 Atomizer output
67 Division of society
68 Sunscreen ingredient,
perhaps
69 __ helmet: safari wear
70 Ease, as fears
71 Home on a limb
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Movie
review
The cast members
of “Couples Retreat”
(clockwise from top)
Kristen Bell, John
Favreau, Kristin
Davis, Faizon Love,
Kali Hawk, Malin
Akerman, Vince
Vaugn and Jason
Bateman.
John Johnson
McClatchy Tribune
rattail haircut.
The main obstacle of the film, written in part by Vaughn and Favreau,
is its narrow portrayal of friendship.
The characters of Dave and Joey don’t
act like authentic friends, but merely
as a set of ears for one another to complain to. Conversations circle around
repetitive topics of marital discontent
or spousal anger, but rarely break the
surface of what the real issues are.
Despite the paradise these couples
are in, no one can stop griping long
enough to enjoy the view. Gourmet
meals, hot tubs with views of the
ocean and the capacity to see fish
through windows in the hotel room
floors are not enough to satisfy these
people. From the perspective of the
viewer, the arguing and groaning
doesn’t read as funny so much as self-
indulgent.
Overall, very little of “Couples
Retreat” is original. Most of the jokes
and punch lines are stale, expected
and mildly repulsive. Of course the
male yoga instructor with supermodel
looks, big muscles and a tiny swimsuit
is fond of inappropriate touching.
Obviously the sleaziest guy of the
group is going to (not so) hysterically
sexually harass the young, attractive
masseuse. Everything from the ball
jokes and potty humor to the Guitar
Hero showdown is infantile.
The characters and storylines of
“Couples Retreat” are more annoying
than intriguing. Constant bickering
and artificial friendships weigh down
the almost two-hour movie. In the end,
the only thing worth paying for in the
film is the beauty of Mother Nature.
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Los Angeles Times
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1 “Overhead” engine parts
5 Shoe undersides
10 __ the lily: ornament to
excess
14 Doing the job
15 Between, quaintly
16 There oughta be one, so
it’s said
17 “Keep out” sign
19 Turn on a pivot
20 Jungian feminine principle
21 Coll. major for a future
concert artist
23 Anger
24 Pay for everyone’s dinner
29 Lively Irish dance
32 Peter, Paul or Mary
33 Not shut, in verse
34 German river
36 Like a cold, damp day
37 Type of notebook
40 “All exits are blocked”
situation
43 Shiny photo
44 Delivery vehicle
45 WWII submachine gun
46 Floral welcome
47 Mexican money
49 Mag. staffers
50 Throng management
54 Witchy woman
55 Place for a ring
56 On-the-job reward
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1 Musical finale
2 Soon, to a bard
3 Short skirt
4 Defeat decisively
5 Sault __ Marie
6 Possess
7 On, as a lamp
8 Like churches, vis-à-vis
most taxes
9 Rooster’s gait
10 Tank filler
11 Unable to read
12 First lady before Michelle
13 Dork
18 Mai __: rum drinks
22 Small stores
25 Traveling show worker
26 Sedona and Sorento
27 Not made of interlaced
parts, as fabric
28 Expansive stories
29 Author Erica
30 “American __”
31 Precious stone expert
35 Stitch over
37 Man of La Mancha
38 Acted like
39 Contact or zoom
41 “All kidding __ ...”
42 No-food protest
47 Snazzy entrance
48 Bursts into tears
50 Bite vigorously
51 Pie slice edges, geometrically
52 One of Caesar’s assassins
53 Actress Lindsay
57 Longest river
58 Roswell sightings, briefly
59 Printer’s “let it stand”
61 To the __ degree
63 One of many in the
Aegean Sea: Abbr.
64 Windy City transportation
org.
65 Computer feature that
ends each of the five longest
across answers
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The ‘Stra’ that rode the horses back
By Joel M. Ede
The Collegian
Another year of horse racing at the
Big Fresno Fair is in the books, and
aside from the excitement of a longshot winner or a photo finish, fans
watched some of the most interesting
jockeys in the sport.
United States Racing Hall of Fame
inductee Russell Baze, 51, has raced
at the Fresno Fair sporadically since
1976.
Baze is a household name on the
circuit, an all-time jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and has banked
more than 10,600 wins in his career.
Baze also holds a record for winning
more than 400 races in a year, which he
has done on 10 separate occasions.
In contrast to Baze’s hall of fame
career, there was another compelling
jockey who graced the dirt racetrack at
the fair grounds this year that hopes to
make a name for herself.
Twenty-four-year-old Kayla Stra,
an Australian-born jockey, moved to
California in 2008 to try and break into
the American racing scene after winning more than 500 races in Australia.
For the past year Stra’s racing home
has been the highly competitive jockey
colony in Santa Anita, Calif. This year
marked Stra’s first trip to Fresno.
“I don’t think of [Fresno] any differently,” Stra said. “If I’m sitting on a
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horse it doesn’t matter where I am.”
Although the Fresno races are
cheaper for horses to enter (leading
to smaller purses) than tracks such as
Oak Tree or Del Mar, they still feature
horses that can compete at a very high
level.
“They’ve got good purses here and
during the fairs we’re not racing anywhere else,” Baze explained. “Unless
you got enough money socked away
that you can afford to sit around and
be idle for two or three months every
summer, the fairs are the place to
come.”
People outside of the horse racing
world probably know Stra best by her
appearances on Animal Planet’s documentary series, “Jockeys.” Stra said
that she is no longer doing the show
and will focus exclusively on riding.
“I’m glad that it’s over because I’m
back to being a jockey,” Stra said. “I
don’t have to worry about cameras in
my face.”
One of the many issues addressed
in the documentary was the partiality shown to female jockeys, some of
which hamper their opportunities to
break into bigger races.
When asked, Baze commented on the
lack of finishing strength most female
jockeys display.
“When I first saw Kayla ride I wasn’t
very impressed, it just didn’t look like
she was a very strong rider,” Baze
admitted. “But recently I’ve seen a
couple of her races and she looks
like she’s doing a lot better … she’s
improved quite a bit.”
Stra doesn’t see it as a female issue,
but instead a test of personal work
ethic.
“I think it’s an individual thing. I
don’t think that its actually women
being accepted. It’s more believing in
yourself and people believing in you
… I’m not trying to break any barriers or anything, I just want to ride,”
Stra said.
Stra said she would not be is Santa
Anita much longer. She will soon
join Baze at Golden Gate Fields, an
American horse racing track located on the shoreline of San Francisco
Bay, and has six mounts lined up on
opening day alone.
Although Stra wasn’t sure if she
would be back to the fair next year, she
was certain about her future in horse
racing. “It’s my life. I couldn’t live
without it.”
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Monday, October 19, 2009
The Collegian • Features
Features Editor, Michelle Furnier • [email protected]
Page 5
Make a Difference Day
Rotary Storyland and Sierra Foothill Conservancy
By Kristin Berquist
The Collegian
Matt Weir / The Collegian
The "Alice in Wonderland Maze" at Rotary Storyland that has been up for
approximately 56 years will be a focus of Make a Difference Day.
In past years Califor nia
State University, Fresno has
partnered with the City of
Fresno to volunteer on projects for Make a Difference
Day, a national day of service
held on the fourth Saturday of
every October.
This year, Fresno State is
changing things up a bit.
On Saturday Oct. 24, students, faculty, staff and alumni will begin work on two longterm projects with the nonprofit organizations Sierra
Foothill Conservancy and
Rotary Storyland, said Renee
Delport, special events and
project coordinators for the
Jan and Bud Richter Center
for Community Engagement
and Service-Learning.
“We wanted something that
was going to be long-term, have
a lasting impact, something
the agencies could fund, and
it was going to be around for a
long, long time and contribute
to the educational experience
for our students but also for
other people in the community,” said Delport of Fresno
State’s choice for partnering
with the two non-profits.
Rotary Storyland in Roeding
Park, with its fairytale-theme
and promotion of early childhood literacy, was an obvious
fit for a long-ter m project,
Delport said. The first job will
have volunteers demolishing
the "Alice in Wonderland" display at the park in preparation
to rebuild a new display next
semester.
Sophomore Amanda Fadal,
community service coordinator for the Craig Scholars, will
be volunteering at Storyland
with five others from the club.
Having to tear down the display is sad, Fadal said in a
phone interview, but she looks
forward to rebuilding it in the
spring.
“We hope to make a difference with the park,” she said.
Fadal explained that a few
of the Craig Scholars members have been to Storyland
before and wanted to be a part
of rehabilitating and improving the park so other kids can
enjoy it.
For the second project,
Fresno State volunteers will
clear a hiking trail in the
McKenzie Table Mountain
P re s e r ve. T h e p re s e r ve,
located on the north side of
Auberry Road between Friant
and Prather Avenues, has a lot
of Native American history,
Delport said.
Trails that currently exist
on the preserve correspond
with a guidebook designed to
educate school groups on different types of vegetation and
the environment.
“By Fresno State participating with these agencies, we’re
not only enhancing our student’s educational experiences and giving them an opportunity to give back to the community, but we’re also going to
give back to the educational
experience for the whole community, for students that will
come years and years from
now,” Delport said.
Alpha Zeta Cal Epsilon, a
co-ed honorary Ag fraternity,
will have 15 members volunteering at the preserve. Senior
Aimee Meidinger is censor
(vice president), of the fraternity and said in a phone interview that the team is excited to
take part in the service day.
“It’s a good opportunity to
get outdoors together as a
group,” Meidinger said.
The volunteer experience
will also allow the fraternity
to get to know the new pledge
members as they work side
by side as a team, Meidinger
said.
Volunteer spots for the
Rotary Storyland project are
already filled. In her five
years as coordinator, Delport
said she has never had a project site full the week before
the event. The Sierra Foothill
Conservancy project has 70
total volunteer positions,
of which 35 are still vacant.
Volunteers will meet at their
respective sites on Saturday
morning to check-in, receive
directions and start on their
projects. The service day will
go from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Make a Difference Day will
kick start the long-term projects that will likely span two
to three years, Delport said.
Fresno State plans to send
volunteers to these sites once
or twice a semester until the
work is complete.
“We’re trying to really focus
on getting some work done and
making an impact,” Delport
said.
Food Review
Pumpkins: more than pie and for carving
Review By Lacee Solis
The Collegian
October marks the seasonal
transition from summer to
winter, providing salvage
from the heat with cooler temperatures and forecasting the
holiday season ahead. Leaves
that once radiated with green
pigments turn a vibrant
golden-orange, ghoulish
decorations and costumes line
store shelves. And one harvest
item takes center stage - the
pumpkin.
Pumpkin history
The pumpkin is popular this
time of year for its carving
potential, with the diverse
jack-O-lantern creations of
children and adults adorning
front porches in neighborhoods everywhere. As the signature icon of the Halloween
season, the pumpkin’s elaborate history proves it’s
good for more than
just hacking into.
The pumpkin has been
domestically grown in North
America for 5,000 years and
was a fundamental part of the
Native American diet centuries before colonists arrived.
Once arriving, colonists
quickly adopted the versatile
fruit (yes, fruit) to their menu.
The origin of pumpkin pie
is believed to stem from the
colonial practice of slicing off
the pumpkin tip, filling the
hollowed pumpkin with milk,
spices and honey and then
baking it in hot ashes.
Pumpkin is a variety of
squash belonging to the gourd
family, which also includes
cucumbers, squash, and melons. It can range in size from
less than 1 pound to over 1,000
pounds.
S i x o f t h e s eve n c o n t i nents are able to grow pump-
kins, with the exception of
Antarctica. The top states
in the U.S. for producing
pumpkins are Illinois, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and California.
The self-proclaimed pumpkin capital of the world is
Morton, Ill., home of Libby’s
Corporation, whose canned
pumpkin products are a staple
in many homes during the holidays.
Cooking pumpkins
Fresh pumpkins contain an
earthy, rich flavor perfect for
pies, soups, and breads and
succulent when included in
savory dishes. The pumpkin
is low in calories, with
only 49 calories per cup.
They are also high in
fiber, and are a good
source of potassium, iron and
protein.
Smaller pumpkins, also
known as a “pie pumpkin”
or “sugar pumpkin,” are best
when choosing a variety to
cook with. Since pumpkins
are 90 percent water, the large
pumpkins more commonly
used for decoration are less
flavorful.
Pumpkin can be cooked like
any winter squash. It can be
roasted, mashed, or pureed
depending on what the recipe
calls for.
One way to prepare pumpkin, according to the Food
Network Web site, is to first
cut it in half
lengthwise
and, as
traditional
practice, scoop
out the seeds and the
stringy flesh (save the
seeds). Place the pumpkin,
cut side down, in a roasting
pan with about half a cup of
water and bake at 350 degrees
until tender. After cooling,
remove the flesh from its shell
and mash with a potato masher or puree in a food processor.
Pumpkin seeds can be
rinsed, dried, and roasted in
the oven with a little olive oil,
salt and pepper. The seeds can
be enjoyed as a snack or to top
off a salad.
With 80 percent of the
pumpkin supply available in
October, take advantage of
fall’s harvest offerings. Grab
one for fun and another for
dinner.
Pumpkin world records
The world record for the
largest pumpkin grown
weighed in at 1, 725 pounds
and was set by two Ohio
pumpkin growers.
The largest pumpkin pie in
the Guinness World Records
was 12-feet long and 2,020
pounds, made by New Bremen
Giant Pumpkin Growers
from Ohio.
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The Collegian • News
News Editor, Jakob Smith • [email protected]
GOVERNANCE: Conflicting
accounts over student access
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However, the ASI Web site has been
under construction since the summer.
The revamped Web site went live last
week, according to ASI executives.
“We started this summer redesigning our Web site because we realized
“A
interested in obtaining specific documentation.
The three executives said that no
students have ever been denied copies
of the bylaws.
Physical copies of bylaws, however,
are not kept inside of the library. At
the end of the academic year, agenda
ccessibility has never been a problem.”
it wasn’t really accessible in terms of
layout for students,” Andreotti said.
“So we decided to revamp it, which
took a lot longer than we expected
because of different issues with codes
and passwords.”
Andreotti said that previous versions of ASI bylaws are always on the
Web site.
"Accessibility has never been a problem," Andreotti said.
However, Andreotti acknowledged
the fact that documentation was still
being uploaded to the site.
Andreotti also said that students are
welcome to visit the ASI office and
request a copy of the bylaws or fill out
a public records request if they are
— Alex Andreotti,
ASI Executive Vice President
packets and minutes from the biweekly senate meetings throughout the
year are collected and placed in a binder. The binder is then copied and sent
off to four separate places on campus
for archival purposes.
Still, Cerda feels that ASI has been
negligent in making bylaws available
for students and that actions taken
by the executives have been disreputable.
“I think that it is important that
those bylaws are always made available for any student who wants to
access them,” Cerda said. “It is a question of legality, because all 21,000 plus
students at Fresno State are members
of ASI.”
SKIMMING: Businesses
take extra precautions
CONTINUED from page 1
account data can simply pull cold cash
from your bank account, according to
Consumer Reports.
Mana g ers and employees of
University Market, located on the
southeast corner of Shaw and Willow
avenues, said they are well aware
of debit card skimming scams. To
ensure that debit card skimming does
not occur at this facility, meetings are
held to educate employees about what
to look for when cleaning equipment,
refilling supplies and helping customers daily.
The store is open 24 hours, and there
is ongoing surveillance from several
locations. Therefore, the store is never
left unattended by employees, who
could promptly address suspicious
characters and issues that may occur.
“Cameras are deterrents,” University
Market manager Chris Benjamin said.
“People are able to get into the system through working for pump repair
or pump installation companies,”
Benjamin said. “You’re not going to
see it as much because of new systems.”
If fraud did occur, Benjamin said that
University Market is prepared with
phone numbers for fraud response
hotlines.
The manager of Dog House Grill,
Matt Billingsley, said that they have
never experienced debit card skimming. The only type of plastic accepted by the restaurant is credit, and
identification is checked with each
card, Billingsley said.
The computer system used by Dog
House Grill employs top of the line
security for credit card theft and only
shows the last four digits of a credit
card number.
Billingsley said that the only way a
server could obtain a full card number is if they wrote the number down
while handling the customer’s card.
Any incor rect usage of a card,
such as not checking ID or using the
wrong card in a transaction, results
in employee termination, Billingsley
said.
“As a restaurant, we pride ourselves
on customers using their credit cards
and that it is indeed the card owner,
knowing every time a person uses a
card it was as if we were using our
card,” Billingsley said. “We want the
same protection.”
Dehner advises individuals to keep
an eye on their debit card, to keep
their receipts and to compare them
to their bank statement at the end of
each month.
“Students, faculty and staff need to
be aware of the possibility of all types
of credit and debit card scams, including skimming,” Dehner said. “An
informed and knowledgeable public
plays a significant role in preventing
these frauds.”
Debit Tips
Consumer Report shares these recommendations to help you avoid getting
scammed.
• Don't type your PIN at the pump.
Instead, identify your card as a credit card.
That way it will be processed through a
credit card network, and you will have
greater protection.
• Use ATMs located at banks. Attaching
and retrieving a device used for scams is
more likely to happen at a non-bank setting.
• Closely monitor your bank accounts.
Debit card fraud can have a greater impact
on your finances than credit card fraud.
If you notice suspicious activity on your
accounts, report it to your bank immediately.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Astronomy team finds dwarf galaxy
By Bill McAuliffe
McClatchy Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS _ In some ways, discovering a new galaxy is all in a day’s
work for John Cannon, Macalester
College assistant astronomy professor.
“We find new galaxies every day,” he
said. “It’s actually kind of boring.”
But having found a galaxy unlike all
the others _ all the millions seen so
far, that is _ Cannon, a team of fellow
astronomers and now some Macalester
students are pondering some new
questions about the universe, including how the very stars are formed.
Since 2001, Cannon and his fellow
researchers have been examining a
pinpoint of light 140 million light years
from Earth that one of his colleagues
spotted during a scan for “dwarf” galaxies. It might be described as a routine scan, except that it was performed
by the massive Arecibo Observatory
telescope in Puerto Rico, which was
featured in the 1997 movie “Contact.”
Cannon and his team noted several
peculiarities about the object they
saw and decided to take a second look
through a telescope at the Very Large
Array, a huge radio astronomy observatory with more than two dozen
antennae in New Mexico. Cannon said
he was “flabbergasted” by what they
detected.
Usually a galaxy, such as the Milky
Way, where Earth resides, holds a lot
of solid material _ stars, large and
small, that are formed as gravity compresses the hydrogen between the galaxy’s solids. But the galaxy Cannon
and his team described in a recent
article in The Astrophysical Journal
instead has a tiny solid mass at its center surrounded by a disc of gas far out
of proportion to its star mass _ as big
as the Milky Way, though it has only
about 2 percent of the star material
as the Milky Way. In fact, the galaxy
has the largest known gas-to-visiblestar ratio of any galaxy yet observed.
Despite that vast field of hydrogen, it
apparently isn’t creating any stars.
“This is an inherently interesting galaxy,” said Leo Blitz, professor
of astronomy at the University of
California-Berkeley, who studies galaxy formation. “Finding a galaxy like
this, that’s evolved in isolation, can
ultimately tell us how galaxies themselves form. You don’t see that very
often.”
Cannon has been teaching it at
Macalester for three years and expanding his research into the mysterious
dwarf galaxy.
“The first time we looked at the
data we had no idea what to do with
it. It was one of these ” Cannon said.
“All of this material in the outer part
of the galaxy is just sitting there not
forming stars, and we don’t know why.
Right now the big question is: How
common is this?”
Cannon’s students are helping him
seek answers.
Juniors Palmer Fliss of Medway,
Mass., and Eric Engstrom of Apple
Valley, Minn., spent part of last summer collecting data and steering the
massive Green Bank telescope in West
Virginia.
“It’s captivated me,” Fliss said of the
project. “If you can find that sort of
thing you have a passion for, it intrinsically motivates you to keep going.”
For Engstrom, the stars pulled him
away from plans to major in economics.
“I really liked physics in high
school, but we never got to talk about
stars and black holes and galaxies,”
Engstrom said. “Actually looking at
that in depth really opened up a brand
new world for me. It showed how small
we really are and how much we have
to learn about the world around us.”
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Collegian • Sports
Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • [email protected]
Dilfer is ‘Top Dog’
Former ’Dog Trent
Dilfer is honored
with Distinguished
Alumnus Award
the field, obviously my wife.
Funny story though, we actually dated as freshmen and
she told me I was too boring,
so we should just be friends
for a couple years. So we were
friends for a few years after
the initial bad dating experience, then I manipulated her
By Chris Aguirre
over time.
The Collegian
Q: You are an NFL analyst on
ESPN now, is that something
The Distinguished Alumnus
you always wanted to do?
Award is the highest honor
A: I never wanted to be on
g ive n t o a n a l u m n u s o f
TV. In fact, I didn’t like the
California State University,
people on TV, when I was playFresno. The award is based
ing, so no. It’s something that
on scholarship, leadership
I just kind of fell into and I
and service to the university,
really enjoy it way more than
the San Joaquin Valley and
I thought I
the State of
ever would.
Califor nia.
It keeps you
It has been
in the mix,
established
it keeps you
to provide
relevant
sp ec i al recwith footognition to
ball.
an individual
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who has dishave a fountinguished
dation called
himself/herTD4HIM can
self through
you tell me
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about that?
during his/
A:
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her post-collea foundagiate career.
tion that
This past
was birthed
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quarterback
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son Trevin.
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and other
aw a rd f ro m
t h e F r e s n o Trent Dilfer, former Fresno State quarterback, was honored on homecoming non-profits
t h at wo rk
State Alumni weekend as the Distinguished Alumnus at the university’s Top Dog Gala.
on putting
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smiles on
a t t h e To p
year of school that I realized
kids faces. It’s a lot more comDog Gala. The Collegian had
that it was going to be a posplex than that, but at the end
the chance to catch up Dilfer.
sibility and then it became a
of the day we want to partQ: How does it feel to get the
dream.
ner with other non-profits
distinguished alumni awards
Q: You have had many great
that really have strong focus
from Fresno State?
moments at Fresno State, like
toward putting smiles on kid’s
A: Its humbling, as you get
winning the 1992 Freedom
faces.
older your legend grows you
Bowl against USC, winning
Q: What do you say to the
become a better player than
conference championships,
Fresno fans that consider you
you really were, I’m used to
you broke records and you also
still one of the greats to play
getting some of the athletic
met your wife here. So could
football at Fresno State?
achievements, but to get someyou give me moments on and
A: Thank you more than anything from the university
off the field that were special
thing else, obviously the fan
itself it’s really special and
to you?
base in the Valley is so strong
Fresno State is really dear
A: One of the most special
and so big and has always been
to me. So it’s just a humbling
is beating San Jose State my
so incredibly supportive of
experience.
redshirt freshman year. Mark
me, but thank you. It has been
Q: You seem to come back
Barsotti was the starter, he
an honor to perform in front
to Fresno a lot, is it because
got hurt and I played the secof them in college and to know
Fresno has a special place in
ond half of the season and we
that they were following me
your heart?
beat San Jose State at the end
when I was playing in the NFL
A: It really is, a lot of my
of the season to win the conand know that they’re tuning
wife’s family is here and
ference championship. Off
into me now that I’m on TV.”
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1991-1993. You got drafted with
the 6th overall pick of the 1994
NFL draft by the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, did you always
want to go to the NFL coming
into college?
A: When I got to college, no,
I was not highly recruited.
Fresno State kind of took a
chance on me as an athlete. It
wasn’t until about my second
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HOPKINS: Mathews’
stats tell the real story
Brianna Campbell / The Collegian
Ryan Mathews may not be eligible to run for president until 2024, but the
nation’s leading rusher might make a serious run at a Heisman Trophy.
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Saturday night, he continued to impress potential
voters.
Each time the junior tailback touched the football,
Bulldog Stadium echoed
with a collective gasp, each
fan holding their breath
waiting to see what the calm
and collected candidate
would do next.
Would it a be a 33-yard run
finished with a straight arm
that sent San Jose State’s
best defender on a one-way
trip to his back?
“[The straight arm] is
a good weapon to use,”
Mathews said. Sounds like
a potential commander in
chief to me.
Would it be an untouched
59-yard touchdown run?
“I was thinking to myself
that I don’t want to get
caught,” Mathews said.
“That would be embarrassing.” He’s playing this close
to the chest, but he knows
he’s so far ahead in the polls
that no one will catch him.
Mathews finished with
233 yards and one touchdown, averaging 11.6 yards
per carry and boosting his
season total to 974 rushing
yards. Mathews is still leading the nation in rushing,
now with 162 yards per game
– 26 yards per game ahead
of the nearest challenger.
But, always quick to deflect
praise to his campaign team
(offensive line), he doesn’t
take the credit.
“I don’t think I’m better
than anybody,” Mathews
said. “I don’t pay attention
to that stuff. It’s all just
numbers.”
But most people cannot
help but pay attention to the
numbers. This is a landslide
like Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Mathews has two of the
season’s top 10 rushing
games: 238 yards against
Boise State and 233 yards
against San Jose State. He’s
the only player with two
games in the top 10.
He is currently 11th in the
nation with 169 all-purpose
yards per game, which totals
rushing and receiving yards,
as well as kick and punt
returns. Mathews is the
only player in the top 25 in
all-purpose yards per game
without even one kick or
punt return yard.
In the total offense per
game category, Mathews
actually ranks quite low.
For all the naysayers out
there, there is finally something to put in those nasty
campaign commercials.
Mathews ranks 99th in the
nation in total offense. But
that low ranking might be
skewed. He’s the only player
on the list of 100 that doesn’t
play quarterback.
Everything is lining
up for Mathews. He has a
strong campaign platform,
is impressing voters and is
getting results even before
he takes office. It’s just too
bad that he’ll have to wait
until 2024 to officially run for
president.
Wait a minute – instead
of waiting to run for president, why doesn’t he just
campaign for the Heisman
Trophy this year?
C
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BULLDOG VOLLEYBALL
’Dogs picks up fourth WAC win
By Collegian Staff
The Fresno State volleyball
team won its fourth Western
Athletic Conference (WAC)
game Saturday defeating the
Boise State Broncos in five
sets.
With the loss, the Broncos’
record fell to 2-18 and 2-6 in
the WAC. The set scores were
19-25, 25-21, 25-18, 20-25 and
15-11.
In the first set, Fresno State
took an early 3-0 lead after two
service aces by senior Allanah
Munson. After a rally, the
Broncos seized the lead early
in the first set 10-5 and never
looked back, winning 25-19.
After 10 lead changes in set
two, the ’Dogs won the set
25-21, led by Baylee Platt’s
seven kills in the set.
In set three, the Bulldogs had
an 18-11 lead, however, a Boise
State rally cut the lead to three
20-17. The ’Dogs held off the
Broncos and won the set 25-18,
hitting .312 in the set.
The Broncos rallied and won
set four, which was back at
fourth and was tied midway
through at 15 apiece. However,
a late rally by the Broncos gave
them the 25-20 win in set four.
Once again, behind the serving of Muson, the Bulldogs
jumped out to a 6-0 lead and
were able to hold on and put
the Broncos away in the fifth
and final set, winning 15-10.
The ’Dogs were led by Platt,
who had 15 kills, followed by
Lauren Berger with 13 and
Kelli Parker, who posted a new
career-high, with 11 kills.
Munson led the team with 24
assists and Lisa Gera contributed 17. Kelly Mason also had
20 digs for the ’Dogs.
With the victory the Bulldogs
improved to 11-8 and 4-3 in
WAC play. The four wins in the
WAC are the most wins by the
Bulldogs since 2004. Fresno
State now heads to Las Cruses,
N.M., on Oct. 22 to take on the
Aggies of New Mexico State.
Home schedule
The Bulldogs have five remaining
home games, all at the Save Mart
Center.
• Oct. 29 v. Hawaii
• Oct. 31 v. San Jose State
• Nov. 9 v. Nevada
• Nov. 12 v. Louisiana Tech
• Nov. 14 v. New Mexico State
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Bulldog sound bite of the week
“I don’t think I’m better than anybody.”
-Tailback Ryan Mathews
Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • [email protected] • Monday, October 19, 2009
FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS 41, SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS 21
Spartans get San hosed
Brianna Campbell / The Collegian
Tailback Ryan Mathews, the nation’s leading rusher, continued on his unreal pace, rushing for 233 yards on 20 carries against the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday night’s homecoming game.
The Collegian’s Players of the Game
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Ryan Mathews
Offense
Moses Harris
Defense
Seyi Ajirotutu
Special Teams
The Collegian hands out game balls to its Players of the Game following every football game.
Offense: For the fifth straight week, Ryan Mathews has earned offensive player of the week honors. Mathews rushed for 233 yards on 20 carries, adding one touchdown.
Defense: The senior strong safety totaled eight tackles and seven of them were solo. He also had
one tackle for loss.
Special Teams: Normally a starter at receiver, Seyi Ajirotutu was on the punt block unit Saturday
night, blocking a punt in the second quarter that set up a field goal.
Coming up next ...
For the first time in 2009, the Fresno State Bulldog football team is on winning streak. Pat Hill
and the boys will hope to extend the streak at New Mexico State Saturday night. The game was
originally scheduled as an afternoon start, but it has been pushed back to 7 p.m. and ESPNU
picked up the coverage. The Aggies are 3-4 and coming off a 45-7 beatdown by Louisiana Tech.
t is about time. It has just
become unavoidable at this
point. I cannot keep my mouth
shut any longer on this issue.
I made a deliberate decision to avoid
this topic, racking my
brain for story ideas,
but it’s time.
At least I made it
to the midpoint of the
season before caving
in. Alright, here goes,
Red Wavers…
Logan
It is finally the right
time for the “Ryan
Mathews is the best
player in college football” column.
Before I gave into peer pressure
and while I was still racking the brain
this weekend, I went to this newspaper’s handy-dandy Web site and typed
“Ryan Mathews” into the search bar. I
just wanted to make sure that I didn’t
repeat any old, worn-out ideas, you
know?
In only .40 seconds, The Collegian
Online produced 145 stories, columns
and multimedia results. Just for fun,
I searched “Barack Obama.” Only 141
results.
Mathews is more popular than
the president of the
United States and
the leader of the free
world – at Fresno State
at least. Now that’s a
column idea.
If this was an election year, I’m sure that
Mathews, even though
he is only 22 years old,
Hopkins
would receive thousands of write-in votes
on the ballots across
the Valley. I could already imagine
shirts with “Vote Green ‘V’ Party”
strewn across the chest.
It doesn’t matter if you lean left or
reside on the right; you cannot deny
that Mathews is an astonishing talent
– quite possibly the best to ever play
for Fresno State. It’s hard to believe
USC recruited him to be a cornerback.
The Lo Down
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