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California bike laws take on
heightened awareness
By Ciara Norton
The Collegian
With gas prices on the rise
and campus parking often difficult to find, some students
prefer to travel by bicycle.
Fresno State provides a web
page to help students understand California bike laws,
safety reminders and prevent
bike accidents.
“I
didn’t see the car.
He was going into
McDonald’s and he didn’t
look both ways so he
almost ran me over.”
— Sarait Martinez,
Fresno State student
The 2002 National Survey
of Pedestrian and Bicyclist
Attitudes and Behaviors survey found that 57 million
people, or 27.3 percent, of the
population age 16 or older rode
a bicycle at least once during
the summer of 2002.
T h e N a t i o n a l H i g h w ay
Traffic Safety Administration
found that in 2009, 51,000 pedal
cyclists were injured in motor
vehicle traffic crashes. Of
those 51,000 injured were age
14 and younger.
To prevent such unfortunate
events, Vehicle Code Section
21200 requires every person
driving a bike to be subject to
rules that also apply to vehicle
drivers such as driving under
the influence of alcoholic bev-
erages or drugs.
Vehicle Code Section 21201
requires every bicycle to be
equipped with a lamp that
can be seen from a 300 foot
radius. A bicycle must also be
equipped with red reflector on
the rear of the bicycle that can
be seen from 500 feet away.
A white or yellow visible
reflector is also required on
each pedal.
Students are not allowed to
carry any materials that prevent them from using both
hands when driving a bicycle.
Hand signals are also required
to properly drive bicycles.
Negating these laws can lead
to fines or worse: accidents.
“When you’re riding on
campus I don’t think it’s necessary,” Fresno State student
Alexandra Zentner said. “If
you’re riding in a high-traffic
area, I would recommend it.”
Fresno State master student
Sarait Martinez last semester
was involved in two close acci-
“Y
ou tend to think
nothing will happen to you until it does.”
— Sarait Martinez,
Fresno State student
dents. “This semester I have
been more careful.”
“I didn’t see the car, he was
going into McDonald’s and he
didn’t look both ways so he
Alicia Acevedo / The Collegian
Fresno State student Diana Magana chavez is locking her bike and getting ready to head to class. Many students
choose to drive their bycicles to school instead of driving.
almost ran me over,” Martinez
said about the first accident.
“The second time was my
fault. I was crossing the street
and I saw the red hand, I
kept going, but then the light
turned green.
“Now I pay more attention
to what I’m doing. I slow down
and look both ways,” added
Martinez. “You tend to think
nothing will happen to you
until it does.”
Although Califor nia law
only requires those under
age 18 to wear a helmet, some
students believe laws should
require helmets.
“If it’s going to keep them
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Discussion panel held for 9/11 anniv.
By Alicia Luna
The Collegian
Over 250 attendees and panel
members participated in the
9/11 Ten Years Later discussion panel, hosted by the
Ethics Center on Monday.
Panelists discussed the historical, ethical and practical
implications of 9/11 while
reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
“I want the people to think
objectively. This is the opportune time to reflect on what
has happened,” Fresno State
student, who helped organize
the event, Randy Walter said.
While the United States
underwent many changes,
the panelists agreed that the
biggest change was the effect
“T
here are extreme
radicals in every
kind of society and everyone has them, so to say
that Islam as a religion is
the driving force of terrorism is ridiculus.”
— Thomas Knowles,
former supervisory Special
Agent of the FBI
of the United States Patriot
Act of 2001. The law overarching goal was to “intercept and
obstruct” terrorism.
A recurring theme on the
panel was McCarthyism and
the spirit of fear that has persisted since 9/11.
McCartyism is the act of
accusing an individual of
something that is untrue
o r u n a c c e p t a b l e by s o c i ety. McCartyism is named
after Joseph McCarthy, who
in the 1950s accused many
Americans of Communism.
Several Middle Easter n
Fresno State students spoke
of their experiences in airport
security checkpoints and how
they have been subject to more
airport checks than other passangers.
“Muslim are not the targets,”
“T
hey hate our freedom here because
we don’t let them have it
there.”
unidentified audience
member
former supervisory Special
Agent of the FBI Thomas
Knowles said. “Radicals and
extremist such as al-Qaida and
the Taliban do not represent
the entire 1.9 million Muslims
in the world.
“There are extreme radicals
in every kind of society and
everyone has them, so to say
that Islam as a religion is the
driving force of terrorism is
ridiculous,” Knowles added.
“The people need to look up
their facts.”
Director of the Islamic
Cultural Center of Fresno,
Kamal Abu-Shamsieh feels
that there is an escalated negative impression that America
has on the Islamic religion.
“The extremists that committed the attacks are less
t h a n o n e p e rc e n t o f t h e
Muslim population,” AbuShamsieh added.
An unidentified student of
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the founders of our nation, I find democracy and
“L ikemajority
rule a contemptible form of government.”
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Older is better
The Sticks
Jake Severns
I
s technology creating a society
that is lazy and boring?
Some argue that life is more
exciting and more productive with
technology. That might be true in some
aspects, but in other areas we are irrefutably falling behind as time passes.
I was struck with this epiphany last
weekend when I stopped into an amazing antiques shop on the coast. My
jaw dropped as I noticed the amazing
craftsmanship of the items from the
1800s and 1900s.
It is impossible not to notice the
difference between the current era
and ones preceding it. You can see
the pride people used to put into their
craft. That same kind of pride is hard
to come by these days.
The mentality used to be about
building to the best of your ability. We
are seeing less uniqueness and character in products the further society
pushes toward technology and mass
production. This is the old quantity
versus quality theory.
This is not to say that technology
and mass production are evil. These
can both be very good things. My one
question is: Why is everything so
bland and boring?
I remember the furnishings in my
great grandparents’ home. All the
appliances and furnishings had so
much character, and most everything
in the house couldn’t be destroyed if
you hit it with a tank. Now most furnishings and appliances seem to break
if you look at them wrong.
Take a closer look at the exterior
and interior detail on a decades old
church. In those days churches were
the shining examples of craftsmanship in a town.
In terms of comparing quality, a
great example is modern houses. A
modern average house might look
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just as nice as the average house from
decades ago, but if you have ever
worked in construction you would
know that isn’t the case.
The lumber used in new houses are
is junk, and the houses are slapped
together so quickly that walls are anything but straight. The build quality
in older homes is far superior because
builders cared a little more about
building something well rather than
just building as many as possible.
Judging by my observations, earlier
generations had a different mentality about making a product. They
didn’t make something to be just good
enough, it was better than it had to
be. I still hear the same kind of things
from those who were part of those generations.
I think the convenience of technology and mass production is for the
most part a good thing, but I wish we
were able to grow quality and character along with it.
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“T
he build quality in older homes is far superior because builders
cared a little more about building something well rather than
just building as many as possible.”
Response:
‘Gibson government blues’
‘Mark’: “Whenever I hear the words federal agents, it makes me want to puke.
They’re nothing but criminals with badges.”
Response:
‘ASI reveals big plans for new
budget’
‘Gerry Mander’: “ASI recently increased
the salaries of staff members in the office.
Stupidity at its finest! Good job guys! Keep
wasting student money on dumb things.
Have you guys heard of investigative journalism?”
Response:
‘ASI reveals big plans for new
budget’
‘Ray Martinez’: “Nothing wrong with giving a little bit of salary increase for these
staff members — they have to eat also. It
is no different than these frats and sororities who continue to waste the funds of
ASI with all these events ‘to help the community’ In reality, it is a ploy to build up
their ego for the members.”
Response:
‘I don’t heart radio’
‘Abigail’: “I have to agree with this opinion piece. I sometimes feel that I listen to
obscure music when I’m with friends. But
it’s really because the shuffle feature on
my iPod gives me a wider variety than any
local radio station can.”
Response:
‘I don’t heart radio’
‘Crystal’: “I couldn’t have said it better myself. In fact, I knew I liked this
article just by the headline and the lead!
It summed it up perfectly. I have a mini
stereo set in my apartment, and it never
gets used unless I absolutely just don’t
want it to be quiet, meaning, I usually will
tune out the radio. Because you’re right.
‘The Valley’s Hottest Music?’ I’m guessing
only 10 songs are popular enough to be
looped throughout the course of 24 hours.
My iTunes has more variety than that.
There is so much good music out there
that is being overlooked (a nicer way of
saying ‘ignored’)because it isn’t popular
to the masses that call the radio station
every day and request a song. Do people
even do that anymore? I wouldn’t bother
because when I used to try that, it didn’t
get played anyway. People’s choice, yeah
right. The point is, well written!”
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BIKES: Safety rules
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safe, adults should definitely
wear helmets,” Fresno State
student Milford Miles said.
California bicycle laws also
say that, “No person operating any vehicle, including a
bicycle, shall wear any headset covering, or any earplugs
in both ears.”
The bicycle parts and accessories website, megabikecenter.com, recommends bicyclist
to put away the iPod and listen
to surroundings. This is especially important when sharing
the road with vehicles.
“I can see why it would be a
problem,” Miles said. “But I’m
not going to lie, if I was riding
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a bike I would probably wear
my headphones.”
Since some students’ schedules require them to take
night classes, there are often
cyclists riding at night that
can be hard to see.
To prevent night accidents,
megabikecenter.com suggests
that cyclists avoid riding after
dark. If driving after dark,
bike headlights, taillight and
tire reflectors are necessary.
Students should also wear
reflective leg bands or a reflective vest to be seen from all
sides.
T h e N a t i o n a l H i g h w ay
Traffic Safety Administration
found that in 2009, “630 bicyclists died on U.S. roads in
2009.”
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the audience said, “They hate
our freedom here because we
don’t let them have it there.”
Walter encourages students
to “separate themselves from
[the 9/11 attack] and look at it
scholastically.”
The panelists included the
former supervisory Special
Agent of the FBI, the director
of the Islamic Cultural Center
of Fresno and Bill McEwen
from the Fresno Bee.
Several history, philosophy
and political science professors also participated in the
discussion panel.
Sponsors of the event included Phi Alpha Theta from the
History Honor Society, the
Ethics Center, the philosophy
club, Phi Kappa Phi, history
department and the Fresno
Historical Society.
The 9/11 discussion panel
was one of several events
planned by the Ethics Center,
among them the Oct. 3 event,
Media Responsibility, Ethics,
and Civility and the October
13 to 15 event Ethics, Religion,
and Civil Discourse.
The event “was a good example of civil discourse,” Dr.
Andrew Fiola from the department of philosophy said.
Fiola added that there were
disag reements but everyone treated each other with
respect.
Bad economy
stalls a generation
By Dee DePass
McClatchy Tribune
Ashley Cassidy has spent
most of her career trying to
find a way to support herself
without her parents’ help.
So far, it hasn’t been easy.
Cassidy has returned home
twice after earning college
degrees. She moved back after
graduating from St. Cloud
State University in 2008, the
year the financial crisis hit.
In May, she re-entered the job
market with a master’s degree
in mass communication, only
to find herself back in her old
room in Brooklyn Park suburb of Minneapolis.
“I just didn’t know how bad
or stressful it would be to try
and find a job in this market,”
said Cassidy, 26.
For most young adults, the
only jobs market they know
is the one shaped by the Great
Recession. Unemployment for
20- to 24-year-olds is about 14.9
percent, still well above the
national average of 9.1 percent. That doesn’t allow young
workers to think much about
the job they want, just the job
they can get. And if they live
on their own, it’s often with
roommates.
The economic impact
extends well beyond mom
and dad’s wallet. With young
adults struggling to live independently, household spending is diminished as fewer new
households are being created.
As a result, less need exists for
furniture, appliances and a
variety of services.
“Job formation helps determine household formation,”
said Maury Harris, chief U.S.
economist for UBS Securities.
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households in the United
States was the lowest on
record. The plight of younger
workers played a large part in
the downturn of households,
as families were forced to consolidate.
When the housing market collapsed and waves of
job losses followed, many of
today’s new job seekers were
still in school. Since then,
unemployment for workers
20 to 34 years old has roughly
doubled.
The reality check has been
felt in a number of ways. Only
two of five college graduates
who applied for a job this year
received an offer, according to
the National Association of
Colleges and Employers. In
2007, the figure was more than
“T
here is really a
gap in services for
college graduates who
are looking to get into the
workforce.”
— Jeff Ambroz,
spokesman for HIRED in
Minneapolis
three in five.
Kacey Wyttenhove, a Luther
College graduate, feels the
pinch. She’s lived at home
while searching for a full-time
job in business management
or communications.
“I have been talking to all of
my friends, and it takes a long
time,” said Wyttenhove, 22,
who works at Caribou Coffee
and has an unpaid internship.
For young adults with only
high school diplomas, the
situation is more dire. Their
jobless rate reached 18.8 per-
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Fresno State political science professor Dr. Michael Becker and Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno,
Kamal Abu-Shamasieh were part of the 9/11, Ten Years Later discussion panel.
cent in June. Even in a dour
economy, the numbers clearly
show that education improves
your employment outlook,
said Steve Hine, director of
Minnesota’s Labor Market
Information Office. But, he
added, the data are likely to
mask underemployment that
may be occurring with people
with college degrees.
“They may be employed but
in jobs that are well under
their skill level or might be
part time,” he said.
Cassidy aptly fits the “underemployed” description. She
works part time at Pier 1 to
bring in some income and
juggled two unpaid marketing internships to gain professional experience. She spends
the rest of the time looking for
a full-time job and the independence she hopes will follow
eventually.
“When I do find a job, I know
my plans are not to get a house
right away,” she said. “I would
like to start payments on my
(college) loans and start saving as well to have a base.”
Jim Kwapick, district director for employment agency
Robert Half Inter national,
said he sees more college graduates in their early 20s turning to temporary employment
agencies for help.
“We have had success in this
market helping new or fairly
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Kwapick said. But the conversion rate is still somewhat low
because employers remain
uncertain about the economy,
he added.
For younger workers, hiring success stories typically
are more a product of luck
and perseverance than outside
help.
State agencies, for example,
are not set up to help young,
educated people find their
first professional job, said Jeff
Ambroz, spokesman for the
job servicing agency HIRED
in Minneapolis. Most state
programs are designed to help
low-income job hunters.
“There is really a gap in services for college graduates
who are looking to get into the
workforce,” Ambroz said. “No
one really helps them besides
their colleges. And I know the
services they get there are
really limited.”
Some young adults make
adjustments beyond living at
home or playing the waiting
game.
A d a m P r i by l g r a d u at e d
last year from St. John’s
University in Collegeville,
Minn., hoping to become a
social studies teacher. Yes, he
heard the warnings about a
weak job market for teachers,
but he still wanted to try_especially after a fun stint at student teaching.
By May, Pribyl was back at
his high school summer job
at Jim Lupient Water Park in
Minneapolis. He kept busy
cranking out teacher applications, but got no response. “I
started to panic,” he said. “I
did not want to be a college
grad that moves back home
with his parents.”
Pribyl had a breakthrough
last month, and it came with
a twist. The University of
Minnesota Medical Center
in Minneapolis hired him to
work with chemically dependent teens. Not exactly social
studies, but the job has benefits and allows Pribyl to live
on his own.
“I love the work I do,” he
said. “I am not doing conventional teaching, but in my own
way, I am teaching and affecting teens in a positive way.”
Wyttenhove, the Luther
C o l l e g e g r a d wo rk i n g at
Caribou, just found a fulltime job through a friend.
She starts this month in the
human resources de par tment of Teachers on Call,
which works with substitute
teachers. Not the outcome
she expected, but unlike her
“T
hey may be employed but in jobs
that are well under their
skill level or might be
part time.”
— Steve Hine,
Minnesota’s Labor Market
Information Office
marketing internship, this job
comes with a salary.
“I’ll be getting experience,
and that is always the tough
part after you finish school,”
Wyttenhove said.
Just don’t expect her to give
up her gig at Caribou Coffee.
Or her internship. Working
multiple jobs of fers some
insurance. “Don’t stop looking, and look in unexpected
places,” she tells friends.
And that’s what Nick Blanco
did.
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FEATURES EDITOR, THOMAS PEARSON • [email protected]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Fresno State SDA promotes healthy lifestyle
through on campus farmer’s market
By Alene Istanboulian
The Collegian
Students will have the opportunity to
grab a peach on their way to the library
next Thursday as the Fresno State
Student Dietetics Association holds a
farmer’s market to promote health and
wellness to students on campus.
The far mer’s market, held every
Thursday, is a place where students,
faculty and staff can purchase healthy
snacks and learn about healthier eating habits. The farmer’s market aims
to educate about disease prevention,
diabetes and obesity awareness, reading food labels, BMI status, learning
the difference between good fat versus
bad fat and much more.
The SDA began the on-campus farmer’s market in 2008. Club members volunteer their efforts by selling fruits
and vegetables from the Rue and Gwen
Gibson Market, all while educating
about the importance of healthy eating
habits.
Dr. Lisa Herzig, the SDA’s advisor, is
proud of the SDA farmer’s market’s
success and its positive influence on
the Fresno State community.
“We are trying to provide healthy onthe-go snacks that students can get on
the way to class and have something
healthy to eat,” Herzig said. “It has
evolved into not just selling the product, but also providing nutrition education.”
Herzig stressed that the farmer’s
market is a collaborative ef for t
between the SDA, the Fresno State
Nutrition Department, the Rue and
Gwen Gibson Market, and the Student
Health Center.
“This is all a product of positive collaboration. Students are responsible
for getting products from the farmer’s
market, and they bring it onto campus
in order for it to be available to students,” Herzig said. “I think President
Welty is a big proponent of collaboration here in the university. It’s made
a name for the SDA and the nutrition
department here at Fresno State.”
Herzig explained that the SDA’s
main goal is to educate students on the
importance of understanding nutritional values.
“For example, the students provide
the grapes and go on to explain why
they want you to have them,” Herzig
said. “We provide the why to the how.
It’s credible information, it’s science
based, it’s evidence based. The students get to take what they learn in
school and practice it in real life.”
Alaina Loomis, the SDA president, is
passionate about the club’s efforts.
“As dietetic and nutrition students,
we believe it is important to have a
far mer’s market on campus every
week to help connect the Fresno State
community with healthy snack options
like fresh fruits and vegetables, calcium-rich and vitamin D fortified milk,
healthy nuts and raisins and much
more as healthier alternatives to eating on the go,” Loomis said.
Loomis’ goal is to expand the farmer’s market into a huge event on campus.
“We are busy during the time we are
open, but we know we can reach out
to more of the students, faculty and
staff,” Loomis said. She hopes gain
more attention to the farmer’s market
by relocating to the Free Speech Area
Illinois law school investigates
admissions statistics
By Jodi S. Cohen
McClatchy Tribune
CHICAGO — The University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has
put its law school admissions dean on
leave and begun an investigation into
whether the school inflated test scores
and grades when describing this fall's
incoming class.
The possible inaccuracies come two
years after an admissions scandal over
the university's acceptance of subpar,
politically connected students over
more qualified applicants. Some of the
most egregious examples were in the
College of Law.
The latest concern is that median
law school entrance-test scores and
grade-point averages of the new class
"may have been inaccurately reported"
on the school's website and in promotional materials. The data have been
removed, and the assistant dean of
admissions, Paul Pless, has been put on
administrative leave.
"Any time you have issues raised
or doubts about the integrity of any
aspect of the institution, it is disappointing and regretful," said Thomas
Hardy, university spokesman. "The key
thing here is that there is recognition
that we need to work very thoroughly
and very quickly and get to the bottom
of the matter."
Pless, a U. of I. law school graduate
and dean for the past eight years, could
not be reached for comment.
Hardy said university officials have
not confirmed whether the information was inflated intentionally.
"It is one of the many questions
that we have that we are trying to get
answered," he said.
Hardy said the U. of I. ethics office
received "credible information" about
the inaccuracies on Aug. 26. The university hired Theodore Chung of
the law firm Jones Day to assist in
the review. Chung, a Northwestern
University Law School graduate, previously was counsel for the state commission that investigated the U. of I.'s
admissions irregularities.
In a 2009 investigation of the U. of
I.'s admissions practices, the Chicago
Tribune found that Pless challenged
his bosses' desires to admit underqualified but politically connected students
because it would have a "negative
impact ... on the profile of the incoming class."
A report by the state's Admissions
Review Commission criticized the law
school for leaving all decision-making authority to the admissions dean
instead of including faculty in applicant reviews, as it had done in the past.
Pless testified before the commission that the change allowed him to
better shape the academic profile of
the incoming class "and, accordingly
the college's ranking," according to the
report.
Hardy said that arrangement has not
changed. "That is one of the things we
are going to be looking at," he said.
He said applicants' grades and test
scores are reported to the university
through an outside organization.
After choosing the class of students,
the admissions office computes their
average grades and test scores and publicizes the figures on its website and
in publications. The data now under
review had not yet been shared with
the American Bar Association or publications that rank schools.
Hardy declined to provide the grades
and test scores that had been reported
and said the university will provide
accurate information when it is verified.
The most recent U.S. News and
World Report rankings listed the U. of
I. College of Law at No. 23. It reported
that the 25th-to-75th percentile for the
2010 incoming class had GPAs of 3.3 to
3.9 and LSAT scores of 163 to 168.
Esteban Cortez/ The Collegian
All fruits and vegetables that are sold at the SDA farm market come from the Rue & Gwen Gibson
Farm Market.
on campus, and by working with the
Student Recreation Center to promote
their cause.
Jia Lu, SDA member and Farmer’s
market coordinator, explained that she
and her fellow club members understand how it may be difficult for busy
college students to sustain a healthy
lifestyle.
“It’s really fun. We are giving the general members of our club an opportunity to volunteer at the farmer’s mar-
ket and talk about what like to do. Our
club mission is to promote health and
wellness on campus from this farmer’s
market,” Lu said.
The SDA farmer’s market is held
every Thursday between the Henry
Madden Library and the University
Student Union from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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3-D ‘Lion King’ to duel ‘Contagion’ for No. 1
Nearly two-decade old Disney favorite expected to debut at $15 million
By Amy Kaufman
McClatchy Tribune
LOS ANGELES _ After 17
years, it appears the “The Lion
King” still has a mighty roar.
A 3-D version of Disney’s
popular 1994 animated film is
hitting more than 2,000 theaters this weekend for a limited two-week engagement and
is expected to debut with about
$15 million, according to those
who have seen pre-release
audience surveys. That should
put the movie in a tight race
for No. 1 with “Contagion,”
the pandemic thriller that was
most popular with moviegoers
last weekend, when it opened
to $22.4 million.
Meanwhile, none of the
three other new films debuting this weekend is expected
to generate much business.
“ D r ive, ” a v i o l e n t c r i m e
drama starring Ryan Gosling,
will likely collect about $11
million. A remake of the 1971
thriller “Straw Dogs” and “I
Don’t Know How She Does
It,” a romantic comedy led
by Sarah Jessica Parker, will
probably each sell between $7
million and $9 million worth
of tickets.
Nearly two decades ago,
“The Lion King” opened to
$40.9 million during its first
weekend in wide release. The
film went on to be a global
blockbuster, raking in $788.2
million worldwide by the end
of its run. It sold more home
entertainment units than any
film in Disney’s history but
has not been available for purchase on DVD or VHS since
2004.
Disney has re-released its
popular animated titles in 3-D
before. In 2009, reformatted
versions of Pixar Animation’s
first two “Toy Story” films
came out as a double feature,
opening to $12.5 million and
ultimately collecting $32.3
million worldwide. Earlier
this month, a 3-D version of
“Beauty and the Beast” played
at the El Capitan Theatre in
Hollywood for an exclusive
McClatchy Tribune File
‘Contagion’ could get a run for its money this weekend when the 3D Lion King remake debuts on the big screen.
two-week run to help promote
the new version’s DVD and
Blu-ray launch in October.
“Drive,” in which Gosling
plays a Hollywood stuntman
who works as a criminal get-
away driver at night, has so
far had exceptionally positive reception from critics.
As of Thursday morning, the
film scored a 93 percent fresh
rating on Rotten Tomatoes
— making it the 10th bestreviewed picture of the year.
The action-heavy movie is so
far generating the most interSee 3D, Page 6
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its case proudly of Sept. 18-24
By Steven Zeitchik
McClatchy Tribune
TORONTO — When it comes
to Hollywood and awards, a little controversy can sometimes
go a long way. If that’s the
case this season, interest in
the new movie “Shame” could
stretch on for miles.
Centered on an attractive
sex addict (played by Michael
Fassbender) with crippling
emotional issues, “Shame”
has already created a significant stir. Over the last 10 days
at the Toronto, Venice and
Telluride film festivals, director Steve McQueen’s drama
has been a source of debate,
fascination and even discomfort among audiences. At the
Toronto premiere on Sunday
night, a woman fainted toward
the end of the film (though
apparently during a moment
featuring a lot of blood, not
explicit sex).
McQueen’s film is a visceral
portrayal of a 30-ish uppermiddle-class New Yorker,
Brandon, who has a propensity for hard-core Internet porn,
public sexual encounters with
strangers and various forms
of X-rated kinkiness. Brandon
isn’t capable in his sex life of
an emotional relationship;
the prospect of a real human
connection, let alone commitment, frightens him (so much
so in one scene that he turns
away from his partner, sends
her home and immediately
calls a prostitute).
The film also stars Carey
Mulligan as Brandon’s sister,
a free-spirited chanteuse who
turns up on his doorstep and
who, it soon becomes clear,
has a complicated relationship
with her brother, emotionally and otherwise. Mulligan’s
first scene is one of full-frontal nudity; Fassbender, too, is
buck-naked, front and back,
from the opening minutes
of the film. (Fassbender told
reporters Monday that shooting the movie was as awkward
as you’d expect. “It was pretty
uncomfortable and sort of
embarrassing to get naked or
what-not in front of a crew of
people,” he said.)
Yet “Shame” is far from
an exploitation piece. The
BAFTA-winning McQueen is
prone to long takes and longer silences, and puts meticuSee SHAME, Page 6
By Chuck Barney
McClatchy Tribune
DON’T MISS:
THE 63RD PRIMETIME
EMMY AWARDS —First-time
host Jayne Lynch will bring
plenty of spark _ and snark _ to
television’s big night, but let’s
hope her “Glee” alter-ego, Sue
Sylvester, doesn’t show up to
sabotage things. Meanwhile,
expect HBO to take home
lots of hardware. The cable
titan leads everyone with 104
nominations (including 21
for the miniseries “Mildred
Pierce”). And two HBO series
— “Boardwalk Empire” and
“Game of Thrones” _ figure to
provide the stiffest competition for AMC’s “Mad Men,”
which aims for its fourth
straight Emmy in the best
drama category. 8 p.m. Sunday,
Fox.
OTHER BETS:
SUNDAY: “Planet Rock: The
Story of Hip Hop and the
Crack Generation” is a documentary that explores the connection between hip-hop music
and the crack cocaine epidemic. Narrated by Ice-T, the pro-
gram features interviews with
Snoop Dogg, B-Real, Raekwon
and others. 10 p.m., VH1.
MONDAY: Break out the
sequins, spangles and spray-on
tans — it’s time for another
round of “Dancing With the
Stars.” Among the 12 marginal
celebrities vying for the hideous mirror-ball trophy are
Chaz Bono, Nancy Grace, Ricki
Lake and Carson Kressley. 8
p.m., ABC.
MONDAY: Can “Two and a
Half Men” survive the departure of Charlie Sheen? TV’s
most popular sitcom returns
for its ninth season with
Ashton Kutcher trying to fill a
big void and keep those ratings
up. 9 p.m., CBS.
MONDAY: The retro freshman
drama, “The Playboy Club,”
offers of plenty of eye candy in
the form of scantily clad “bunnies.” But if that’s not enough
to fuel the ratings, they’ve also
thrown in a mobster murder
case. 10 p.m., NBC.
TUESDAY: The Season 3
opener of “Glee” finds our
McKinley High crooners in a
dismal funk after their stunning loss at the Nationals.
Meanwhile, Sue is her same
delusional self as she prepares
to run for Congress. 8 p.m.,
Fox.
TUESDAY: The critics have
heaped well-deserved praise on
Zooey Deschanel for her sparkling performance in the freshman comedy, “New Girl.” But
let’s also give some love to her
male co-stars who help pump
up the laughter and make this
one of the most promising
shows of the fall. 9 p.m., Fox.
WEDNESDAY: Simon Cowell
and his favorite sparring
partner, Paula Abdul, return
in the “The X Factor,” a new
singing contest that has solo
vocalists and groups vying
for a $5 million recording contract. Also on the judges’ panel
are Antonio “L.A.” Reid and
Nicole Scherzinger. 8 p.m., Fox.
WEDNESDAY: Prime time’s
top comedy, “Modern Family,”
returns for its third season
with a fresh batch of laughs
and a new (older) actress playing the role of Lily, the adopted
child of Cam and Mitchell
(Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler
Ferguson). 9 p.m., ABC.
WEDNESDAY: Most of us still
know him as Sam Malone, the
lady-killer on “Cheers.” But
now, Ted Danson makes a dramatic change as the new boss
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Catherines
5 Plot
10 Pathfinder org.
14 Natural balm
15 Last of the
Oldsmobiles
16 Old Persian poet
17 Folio part
18 Word of thanks
19 Corn detritus
20 Approval from a Cádiz
resident?
23 High-and-mighty
24 Cambridge business
school
25 Pair of barbershop
groups
27 Admission req. for
24-Across
29 Approval from Louis
XIV?
33 Code on some NYCbound luggage tags
36 Cambridge
Conservative
37 Jack’s UN ambassador
38 Markers
39 They’re sometimes
special
40 Approval from a
shocked Scot?
42 “Fake is as old as the
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43 It has some smart
Alecs
44 “Full House” co-star
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21 “Africa” band
22 Morales in movies
25 Name of four Holy
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26 Rough waters
27 Source of milk for
chèvre
28 Sierra Club’s first
president
30 Third-oldest U.S. university
31 Yemen’s chief port
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hybrid
33 One garnering lots of
interest
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35 Cruising
38 Support for a Salchow
40 Ron Howard send-up
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41 Apple on a desk
42 Sniggling gear
44 Frozen margarita
insert
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to $40.9 million
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est from men, though some
young females may be attracted to the picture because
of heartthrob Gosling.
T h e m ov i e w a s f i n a n c e d
by Bold Films and Odd Lot
Entertainment for about $15
million; FilmDistrict later
purchased U.S. distribution
rights.
“I Don’t Know How She Does
It” stars Parker as a working
mother trying to balance her
personal and professional
duties. Not surprisingly, the
“A
the Morgans?” — her 2009
movie with Hugh Grant about
a couple in a witness protection program — did not catch
on with American audiences.
Of its modest $83.3 million
worldwide tally, the film collected only $29.6 million in the
U.S.
Another disappointment
for Parker was 2008’s “Smart
People,” a quirky dramedy
that managed only $11.8 million in global ticket sales.
Meanwhile, the original
“Straw Dogs” was a critical
favorite but never became a
young, urban crowd is expected to show up this
weekend to see the film.”
— Marc Frydman,
producer
film is so far appealing most to
older women, many of whom
are likely familiar with the
star from her long-running
turn on the HBO series “Sex
and the City.” The movie was
produced by the Weinstein Co.
for roughly $24 million.
Although the two films
based on that television program proved to be successful
at the box office, Parker has
struggled to find her footing
on the big screen in recent
years. “Did You Hear About
blockbuster at the box office.
The new version, directed by
Rod Lurie, centers around
a married couple who move
to the Deep South and are
quickly threatened by locals
there. A young, urban crowd
is expected to show up this
weekend to see the film, produced by Sony’s Screen Gems
label for about $25 million,
according to producer Marc
Frydman.
on “CSI,” which opens its 12th
season on a new night. 10 p.m.,
CBS.
THURSDAY: Apparently
someone thought we just
couldn’t live without another
version of “Charlie’s Angels.”
Ready or not, here comes a new
trio of sexy sleuths — Minka
Kelly, Annie IIonzeh and
Rachael Taylor — to dazzle us
with their martial arts skills. 8
p.m., ABC.
THURSDAY: We have a hard
time imagining “The Office”
without Steve Carell’s dearly
departed Michael Scott. But
we’re willing to give the new
guy, James Spader, a chance as
the comedy kicks off its seventh season. 9 p.m., NBC.
FRIDAY: After four decades
of paternity secrets, long-lost
twins, romance, and of course,
Erica Kane (Susan Lucci),
the daytime drama “All My
Children” signs off network
television. Will Erica walk
down the aisle one more time?
Check local listings, ABC.
FRIDAY: How can we tell
that the freak fest known as
“Fringe” is back for Season 4?
Our brain is already cramping
up. 9 p.m., Fox.
SATURDAY: Alec Baldwin
earns bragging rights during the 37th season-opener of
“Saturday Night Live” as he
hosts the show for the record
16th time. He surpasses Steve
Martin, who has hosted 15
times. 11:29 p.m., NBC.
SHAME: Movie generates stir
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lous effort into composing
each shot. A British painterturned-filmmaker who made
a splash in 2008 with the Irish
Re p u bl i c a n A r my d r a m a
“Hunger” (also starring
Fassbender), McQueen said
he was surprised that his new
film has proved polarizing.
“I didn’t do this to be provocative,” he said in an interview
in Toronto on Tuesday. “They
say Michael is naked. Half the
people in the audience have
what he has, and 99 percent of
the audience has seen what he
has. It’s the most unshocking
thing you can think of.”
“Shame” was acquired by
the specialty film powerhouse
Fox Searchlight (the company that released Terrence
Malick’s “The Tree of Life”
this year and was behind
last year’s sensation, “Black
Swan”). The movie will certainly be a commercial challenge when it is released, likely in December.
The early indications are
that the studio will position the film as “Leaving Las
Vegas” but with sex; indeed, in
the interview McQueen said
that, because of its “prevalence” of sex, “the movie is
so now. But it still could have
been anything _ it could have
been gambling and it could
have been an alcohol addiction.”
Because Fox Searchlight
is part of 20th Century Fox,
which is a signatory to the
M o t i o n P i c t u re A s s n . o f
America, it must submit the
film to the MPAA instead of
releasing it without a rating
(an option for smaller studios). That presents an issue
_ “Shame” seems destined to
get an NC-17, and many theater chains refuse to play films
with that rating. Re-cutting
the movie so it lands an R is
not an option, the studio has
said; that would essentially
turn the feature into a short
film.
Hollywood studios are no
strangers to ratings-induced
challenges. Last year, the
Ryan Gosling-Michelle
Williams romantic drama
“Blue Valentine” was initially
tagged with an NC-17 before
being given an R on appeal.
Still, there is precedent
for a movie slapped with the
MPAA’s harshest rating to find
critical and commercial success. Bernardo Bertolucci’s
“Last Tango in Paris,” for
instance, was released as an
X-rated movie in 1972. That
generated enormous media
interest, and the movie went
on to attract crowds to theaters and also landed director
and actor Oscar nominations.
For his part, Fassbender said
he hopes the film’s controversial elements can become
a selling point. “This film is
being made contrary to a lot of
the films out there,” he said.
It’s “for an intelligent, brave
audience that can participate
instead of just eating popcorn
and being entertained.”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
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With the new schools, it went
from Tulsa to Honolulu and
Houston to Laramie.”
Just like that, Benson was
in charge of the first 16-team
conference. Little did he know
that he was seeing what could
be standard in the future, as
talk of college football morphing into four 16-team “super
conferences” is all the rage.
But the nation’s first “super”
conference lasted only three
years (1996-98), torn apart by
disparate athletic agendas and
unwieldy boundaries.
“I didn’t think it was a good
idea at the time,” Utah athletic
director Chris Hill says. “Let’s
just say that I was very skeptical. That’s a fair way of putting it...
“ W hy w a s I s k e p t i c a l ?
Because it seemed so big. And
we hadn’t really thought that
way as ADs. We had thought
of going to 12. There seemed to
be, right out of the gate, some
complications. It was such an
unknown you had to question
what would be next.”
Before the Pac-12, SEC or
any other Big Six league
makes the plunge, it should
study what happened to the
WAC’s 16-team experiment
from 1996-98.
“We were first to make
a m o ve l i k e t h a t , ” s ay s
Texas State coach Dennis
Franchione, who was coach
of New Mexico (1992-97) at the
time. “It did seem the trend of
things.”
The good and the bad
With the notion of 16-team
conferences trending, there
seem to be some benefits.
Those crying for a playoff
finally may see one if the sport
transforms into four 16-team
conferences. The structure
seemingly lends itself to a tidy
postseason setup.
One possible scenario is an
eight-team playoff. Give the
four conference champs playoff spots, and use the BCS
standings to select four other
at-large squads.
“(A 16-team league) seems to
be a popular opinion out there,
that everything is going to 16
teams,” Hill says. “I’m not so
sure. ...
“I know (Pac-12 commissioner) Larry Scott and Pac-12
presidents were interested in
going to 16 teams, and I can see
them in some dominant TV
areas. I can see the attraction
of it. But from a standpoint of
rivalries and a cohesiveness
of the league, it’s difficult.”
The move to 16 teams would
come about because of TV contracts, and a collection of 16
major universities sprinkled
in massive population centers
with big TV markets would
seem to equal huge broadcast
revenues. The recent TV deal
signed by the Pac-12 was enormous. How much more loot
could the league get with a
16-team format?
But as the WAC showed,
such large conference often
mean a diverse set of agendas and priorities that don’t
always match.
“We were a very diverse
conference geographically,
academically, private schools,
church school, Asian culture
with Hawaii, military culture
with Air Force,” Benson says.
“We tried to promote it as the
most unique conference in the
nation 16 schools, nine states,
four time zones, 4,000 miles, no
limits.
“That was our original pro-
motional tagline.”
It sounded good. But it didn’t
work.
Multitude of teams means
multitude of problems
In April 1994, the WAC board
of directors made the decision
to expand its ranks from 10
teams. The decision came with
the Southwest Conference
about to disband and the Big
12 on the verge of hatching. It
also was the same time that the
College Football Association
was in the process of dissolv-
within the WAC footprint,
and they made the most sense
geo g raphically. But when
SMU, Rice, Houston and TCU
became available after the
SWC broke up, it widened the
choices for the WAC.
In the end, the WAC added
six schools: SMU, Rice and
TCU from the SWC; UNLV and
San Jose State from the Big
West; and Tulsa, which was
an independent. The 10 WAC
holdovers were BYU, Utah,
Colorado State, Air Force,
“The 16-team WAC failed
from within,” Benson says.
“There were schools that
never bought into the 16
teams. The 10 original WAC
members never had buy-in
from all the athletic directors
and some of the high-profile
coaches. They were critics, not
supporters.
Geographic incongruity is
just one of the issues a 16-team
league would have to wrestle
with today. There also are
expanded travel expenses,
The old16-team WAC
Here’s a look at the makeup of the WAC from 199698, including what league the school was in when
it expanded to 16 schools.
Air Force
San Jose State
BYU
UNLV
Colorado State
Utah
Fresno State
SMU
Hawaii
TCU
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Now: Independent
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Now: Mountain West
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Now: WAC
Next Season: Mountain West
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Now: WAC
Next Season: Mountain West
New Mexico
From: WAC
Now: Mountain West
Next Season: Mountain West
From: Big West
Now: WAC
Next Season: WAC
From: Big West
Now: Mountain West
Next Season: Mountain West
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Now: Pac-12
Next Season: Pac-12
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Now: Conference USA
Next Season: Conference USA
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Now: Mountain West
Next Season: Big East
Tulsa
From: Independent
Now: Conference USA
Next Season: Conference USA
Utep
Rice
From: Southwest
Now: Conference USA
Next Season: Conference USA
San Diego State
From: WAC
Now: Mountain West
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Wyoming
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ing, causing every league but
the Big Ten and Pac-10 to seek
its own TV arrangements.
The thought by the WAC’s
board was to get to 12 teams
and add a championship game
to maximize its TV potential.
It was all about TV: The WAC
wanted to make itself as desirable as possible as it entered
the TV marketplace by itself
for the first time.
“ESPN said it would pay the
WAC ‘x’ regardless of what
schools we added,” Benson
says. “And they would pay us
another ‘x’ if we had a championship game.”
But when the WAC sent out
notice it was interested in
growing from 10 to 12 teams,
there was intense interest
from a number of schools
looking for homes. UNLV, San
Jose State and Nevada were
Big West Conference schools
Wyoming, New Mexico, San
Diego State, UTEP, Fresno
State and Hawaii.
“I think they had a hard
time knowing who to tell ‘no’
to,” says LaSalle AD Tom
Brennan, who was athletic
director at San Jose State from
1990-97.
It was an uncomfortable
association from the beginning. And it wasn’t nearly as
lucrative as some had envisioned.
“The reality, in Texas, Dallas
and most Texas areas are
owned by Texas and Texas
A&M,” Hill says. “And in the
(San Francisco) Bay Area are
Cal, Stanford and pro sports.
So though we added schools in
big TV markets, it didn’t really
influence much the value of
our TV contract.”
The far-flung geo g raphy
posed its own set of issues.
scheduling issues and the loss
of rivalries.
“ T h e re u s u a l ly i s c o m monality and regionality to
a league,” Franchione says.
“There was difficulty to get
people to agree on the direction of things. Hawaii had a
different outlook than someone in Texas. It was a broad
consortium of opinions and
thoughts that sometimes was
hard to mesh together.”
To help combat the wideranging geography, the WAC
developed the conce pt of
“pods.”
“We had two years of preparation before going to 16,”
Benson says. “The first thing
we had to address: What will
the divisions be? We created
four groups of four, a pod system.”
T he league g rouped the
teams along quasi-geographic
lines: SMU, Rice, Tulsa and
TCU; San Diego State, Fresno
State, Hawaii and San Jose
State; BYU, Utah, UTEP and
New Mexico; and Air Force,
Wyoming, Colorado State and
UNLV.
“The idea of quads was
interesting,” Brennan says.
“The intention was to keep
rotating the quads, but you
don’t develop rivalries like
you would with set divisions.”
N ew M e x i c o a n d U T E P
agreed to do it. But Air Force
and UNLV weren’t happy. In
fact, Benson says that Air
Force threatened to go indep e n d e n t . E ve n t u a l ly, A i r
Force received the support of
Colorado State and Wyoming.
Thus, if there were to be
divisions, Air Force and UNLV
would be unhappy, but if quad
play continued, BYU and Utah
would be rankled.
The breakup began.
“That’s when the presidents
of the ‘Gang of Five’ – BYU,
Utah, Wyoming, CSU and Air
Force – met in the Denver airport to talk about the future,”
Benson says. “And that’s when
those five said, ‘Hell with this;
we are going to form a new
league.’ “
They invited New Mexico,
UNLV and San Diego State,
and the grouping became the
Mountain West Conference.
The 16-team WAC died after
the 1998 season.
Not everyone was happy.
“I think it was a good move
(for the WAC to move to 16
teams),” says Sonny Lubick,
who was coach at Colorado
State from 1993-2007. “I think
we were ahead of it. I enjoyed
it as a coach. ... I do think it
was ahead of its time.”
Everything’s gone green
Today, there is speculation that the Pac-12 and SEC
are about to take the 16-team
plunge.
The biggest losers in this
seeming rush to 16-team
leagues look to be the Big
12, Big East and ACC, whose
teams appear primed to be
poached by the SEC, Big Ten
and Pac-12.
Texas A&M seemingly is
poised to join the SEC. Would
the SEC then look to add three
more schools, or would it be
willing to have 14?
Oklahoma of ficials have
stated publicly that the school
would consider leaving the
Big 12, leading to speculation
that Texas Tech, Texas and
Oklahoma State would join
Oklahoma in an exodus to the
Pac-12, a move Colorado made
after last season. That would
push the Pac-12’s ranks to 16.
“ I s 1 6 t o o m a ny ? I d i d
think it was too many,” says
Franchione, whose Texas
State program, ironically, will
join the WAC next season as
it moves from the FCS ranks
to FBS. “It was for the WAC,
but it may not be for a bigger
league with BCS money. But
for the WAC, I think it was
going to be difficult revenuewise. The division of revenue
would be difficult. That may
not be the case today for bigger conferences.”
Benson says revenue is the
key.
“If there is more money to be
made by going to 16,” he says,
“then it wouldn’t surprise
me if there is some 16-team
league.”
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Collegian
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SAFETY DENNIS SUSPENDED
WAC Commissioner Karl Benson suspened junior Terrance
Dennis for the North Dakota game after his helmet-to-helmet
hit on a Nebaraska player during last Saturday’s game.
SPORTS EDITOR, JERRY HUERTA • [email protected]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
WEEK 3 PREVIEW
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, AT 7 p.m., BULLDOG STADIUM
Bulldog Game Day
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX
FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS
2011 OVERALL RECORD
2011 OVERALL RECORD
1-1
0-2
VS.
CONFERENCE RECORD
CONFERENCE RECORD
0-0
0-0
Analysis by Jerry Huerta
TELEVISION: ESPN3.COM
RADIO: KMJ-AM 580 AND KGST-AM 1600 (ESPN DEPORTES)
Keys to Victory
1. Minimize mistakes
The Fighting Sioux will be treating
this contest as Fresno State did the
Nebraska game so the ‘Dogs can’t
look past North Dakota. Fresno
State needs to win the turnover battle and limit the penalties it avoids
allowing North Dakota the chance
at the upset.
2. Continue with run game
Fresno State held its own at the
point of attack with junior Robbie
Rouse finding running room against
one of the top defenses in the
nation against Nebraska.
3. Limit the ‘Big Play’
In first two games, the ‘Dogs have
been prone to give up the big play
allowing both offenses to score on
plays of 20 yards or more. Fresno
State will have to limit the big plays
by North Dakota.
Position match-ups
Player to watch:
Derek Carr, quarterback
Dalton Runberg /The Collegian
After Fresno State’s second loss against Nebraska, the ‘Dogs are looking to get their first win of the season and could rely heavily Robbie Rouse on Saturday.
Breakdown: Fighting Sioux
North Dakota will be playing its second game against a
Western Athletic Conference
opponent after losing against
Idaho last week, 44-14.
Next season, North Dakota
will be making the jump to
a new conference just like
Fresno State. The Fighting
Sioux will be a Big Sky member a year from now. The
Big Sky is one of the top
conferences in the Football
Championship Subdivison.
North Dakota is led by their
head coach Chris Mussman,
who is in his fourth season
as the face of the Fighting
Sioux program. On offense
the Fighting Sioux’s top signal caller is sophomore Joey
Bradley. He beat fifth-year
senior Brent Goska for the
Breakdown: Bulldogs
starting role. Junior running
Fresno State is coming off
back Mitch Sutton will try to
a loss against Nebraska, but
provide balance for Bradley
the ‘Dogs showed improvein his third career collegiate
ments in some key areas.
start.
Most of the improvement
On defense, North Dakota
was on the offensive side of
has some veterans at key
the ball with the offensive
positions in
line protectdefensive lining quar ter
EDITOR’S PREDICTION:
man
Ross
D e re k C a r r
Fresno
State
35
Brenneman
better than
North Dakota 21
and linebacker
in the season
Mitch Goertz.
opener. Carr
Brenneman
wasn’t sack
leads the team with two
ed in the game and was only
sacks on the season and
hit once against one of the
Goertz leads North Dakota
top defenses in the nation.
with 17 tackles.
The only downside is Fresno
They will lead the Fighting
State lost guard Matt Hunt
Sioux into a tough environwith an ankle injury. The
ment and will have their
‘Dogs will be without him for
hands full on Saturday.
the North Dakota game.
Fresno State also improved
in sustaining longer drives
and having more of a rhythm
as a unit. Junior running
back Robbie Rouse carried
the offense against Nebraska.
He finished the game with
36 carries for 169 yards and
helped take the pressure off
of Carr. The defense was
another story, giving up
more yards to quarterback
Taylor Martinez and company. than against California.
Nebraska’s offense accumulated 444 yards last Saturday.
Now, the defense has to
focus on this game and try
to get back on the same page
before the Bulldogs travel
to Moscow, Idaho to face
the Vandals in their first
Western Athletic Conference
game of the season.
What the WAC once was
By Tom Dienhart
McClatchy Tribune
Karl Benson never will forget the April day in 1994 he
was hired as WAC commissioner.
“I interviewed on Sunday
and got a call that night. I was
offered the job and told they
were adding six teams,” says
Benson, who was hired away
from the MAC and remains
the WAC’s commissioner.
“I was surprised. I was hand-
ed off the six schools. The
WAC’s geography stretched
from El Paso to Honolulu.
See WAC, Page 7
When Fresno State runs:
Advantage - Fresno State
Junior Robbie Rouse had his best
game of the season last Saturday
against Nebraska’s vaunted
defense. He will have plenty of
opportunities to match that on
Saturday.
When North Dakota runs:
Advantage - Fresno State
Fresno State’s run defense had
trouble stopping Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez, but it faces
North Dakota running back Mitch
Sutton, who only has 131 yards in
two games.
When Fresno State passes:
Advantage - Fresno State
QB Derek Carr has attempted 74
passes in two games and its safe to
say Carr will continue to chuck it up
against North Dakota.
When North Dakota passes:
Advantage - North Dakota
Fresno State had some lapses in
the secondary against Nebraska
and with junior safety Terrance
Dennis suspended the ‘Dogs will be
light in the defensive backfield.
Special teams:
Advantage - Even
Fresno State senior Kevin Goessling
hit three big field goals against the
Cornhuskers and will look to continue that production on Saturday.