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November 28, 2011
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Club promoters
target specific
Fresno State
students
SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922
Fresno State student entrepreneur
invited to the White House
Fresno State student and CEO of Pronovost Technologies, Mike Pronovost, gives speech at White House
By Morgan Dickson
The Collegian
Trajuan Hendersona, a club promoter, encouraged students he thinks
are interested to pay $20 to $40 to enter
nightclubs in Fresno which can add up
to hundreds of dollars per semester.
Students spending large amounts
of money on entertainment during a
recession is not uncommon.
“Let’s face it, college campuses are
filled with young and attractive people,” Henderson said. “Through my
interactions with students, [I have
found] a lot of them come to school just
so they can party.”
Henderson is a club promoter for
many clubs in Fresno and Clovis who
frequent the campus on a weekly basis.
Each time he visits campus he carries
a handful of fliers.
Henderson estimates that of the 200
fliers he passes out each week, more
than half who receive an invite show
up to the event.
While some students are shying away
from spending large sums of money on
entertainment, others prioritize it.
Matthew Jendian, the chair of the
sociology department at Fresno State,
believes that economic strife may be
the cause for student spending on
entertainment.
“Today, many people attempt to
escape the pressures of the current
recession and unemployment and
turn to the likes of entertainment as a
means of relief from the hardships and
realities of an unrelenting economic
hardship being felt,” Jendian said.
For Fresno State student Briana
Waggoner, entertainment is a form
of escapism. She is able to throw her
cares away and relax when she’s having fun.
Waggoner, who is unemployed,
always manages to go to at least six
parties each semester. For her a $20
party admission fee is no big deal.
“I honestly know I can’t afford to go
but I do it anyway because it makes me
feel good,” Waggoner said. “If I don’t
go to a party I feel like I’m missing my
chance to have fun and I think I owe
it to myself to go out and have a good
time no matter what the cost is.”
Last semester, Waggoner spent
almost $250 on parties off campus and
doesn’t see herself stopping any time
soon.
“Being able to hang out with friends
at a club and par tying all night
makes me happy. I don’t know anyone
who wouldn’t want to spend money
on things that make them happy,”
Waggoner added.
Jendian believes that behavior like
Wagonner’s helps tighten the hold
entertainment has on our society.
“The public is oppressed by its addiction to amusement. The result is that
we are people on the verge of amusing
ourselves to death,” Jendian added.
While Waggoner and other students
love being handed party fliers on campus, some students think is a nuisance.
For sophomore Rebecca Gordo, each
time a party fliers passes through her
See CLUBS, Page 3
Courtesy of Mike Pronovost
Fresno State business student Mike Pronovost received an award and gave a speech at the
President’s Executive Office earlier this month.
By Johnathan Wilbanks
The Collegian
Fresno State business student and
CEO of Pronovost Technologies, Mike
Pronovost, was invited to the White
House last week to give a speech along
with 100 other young entrepreneurs
that were invited to meet President
Barack Obama.
To be among the 100 young entrepreneurs in the country, a company must
generate $100,000 or more in annual
revenue according to ABC News.
Pronovost developed Powerband,
a program that uses files stored in a
virtual desktop to speed up Internet
access. He developed the program,
working odd hours out of a room in his
parents’ house.
“What inspired me to start a business in the first place was that I’ve
always been encouraged to be an entrepreneur,” Pronovost said. “I was really
always into computers, and so it was
one of those things where I had worked
with computers for a long time.”
Pronovost said that when he was 17,
he worked at Dan Gamel’s RV Centers
as its network administrator where he
learned about computer networks.
“I didn’t really think of it becoming a
business, I was just trying to find a new
way of creating a network that was
faster,” Pronovost said.
“From there I programed the first
small prototype of [Powerband]. I kind
of threw it out there to a few of the
companies I was interested in partnering with,” Pronovost added. “At that
point I hired some other programmers
to help me put it together and from
there it turned into a pretty big network.”
Powerband has big implications with
slow Internet connections, as it speeds
up the connection by compressing the
data which is being transferred.
“It puts you onto a hosted cloud desktop. It compresses a lot of the data
See PRONOVOST, Page 3
Event tries to disintegrate STD stigmas
Campus addresses county-wide problem
By Johnathan Wilbanks
The Collegian
Fresno County has the second highest rate of chlamydia and approximately the seventh highest rate of gonorrhea in the state of California, according to the Fresno County Department
of Public Health (FCDPH). To address
Most people affected by STDs are
between the ages 15 and 24, and do
not know they are infected. Statistics
show that one-in-two sexually active
Americans will get an STD by the time
they turn 25.
There has been an increase in positive HIV tests recently in Fresno
County. Those who are testing positive
are predominately male, in the 18-to-25
See STD, Page 3
“G
etting tested is easy and
painless. Some STD tests
are as simple as a urine test or
a cheek swab.”
— Dr. William Thatcher,
Event coordinator
this and the stigma associated with getting tested, the Test Yourself Before
You Wreck Yourself event held in the
Free Speech Area on Nov. 21 provided free on site HIV/AIDS testing for
Fresno state students.
“Our main reason to be out here
today is to provide health education
to students and to get students tested,”
Gina Adams of the Fresno County
Department of Public Health said.
“Hopefully more women will get into
the habit of getting checked as they
start new relationships and end old
ones.”
Johnathan Wilbanks / The Collegian
Planned Parenthood, Fresno County Department of Public Health and the Fresno State Student
Health Center distributed STD information to students.
The
Collegian
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THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
past time that the Nixon presidency be seen as the imagina“I ttiveis longand generally
successful administration that it was.”
– Conrad Black, National Review
OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • [email protected]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Dispelling budget myths WEB-SPE@K
By Selena Farnesi
ASI President
E
veryone is buzzing about the
Academic Affairs Budget
Advisory Task Force’s proposal to cut $2 million from our university’s budget. From Facebook pages
to meetings, students and faculty are
sharing their opinion on parts of the
proposal.
As a student government, we are
always happy to see students speak up,
share their opinion and lobby the university. We are committed to breaking
through some of the misconceptions
that are floating around regarding the
proposal, so you can make helpful suggestions and give informed feedback to
our university’s leaders.
Myth No. 1: Students can’t be
involved.
This is not the case. There are many
forums available for students to access
information, ask questions, make suggestions and get involved.
You can find the entire proposal
on the Academic Senate’s website at
www.csufresno.edu/senate. When
you go to the website, you’ll find two
links: the first is to read the proposal
and the second is to leave anonymous
feedback regarding the suggestions
made. Students can use this website
to share their thoughts, questions or
alternative suggestions. There will
also be a student-wide forum, hosted
by Associated Students, Inc., regarding the proposal on Friday, Dec. 2,
2011, from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. The
forum will be held in the Satellite
Student Union. Everyone is welcome
and members of the task force will be
available to answer questions and hear
suggestions.
Myth No. 2: Even if we give feedback, it’s too late, the decision has
already been made.
The task force proposal is in no way
final, it is just a draft. It is being circulated for the purposes of collecting
feedback from faculty and students.
The task force will review the feedback
and potentially make adjustments
to the proposal before it is passed.
The administration has indicated it
expects to make a final decision next
semester, in March.
Myth No. 3: The proposal gets rid
of science and math.
While the proposal suggests eliminating the overhead cost of the College
of Math and Science, the idea that the
proposal gets rid of science and math
altogether is a misconception. The
proposal suggests removing the organizational infrastructure of the college by shifting departments into new
colleges, but retains all of the faculty
members, class sections, majors and
departments.
Additionally, the departments are
shifted into merged colleges. So, for
example, biology wouldn’t be housed
in the Jordan College of Agriculture
but rather in the Jordan College of
Agriculture and Sciences. Plus, there
is no suggestion of reducing or removing classes from buildings, so the biology department and chemistry department would still be found were they
currently reside.
Myth No. 4: The proposal
attacks the College of Science and
Mathematics.
The proposal makes six major suggestions in areas where the task force
felt that money could be saved. Some
of the suggestions don’t focus on colleges at all but on enrollment efforts,
low-funded programs or more efficient
funding methodologies. While the
College of Science and Mathematics is
included in the proposal’s suggestions,
so are all of the other colleges on campus. The proposal suggests that the
colleges of Agriculture, Engineering
and Education merge with other colleges, adopt additional departments
or some combination of the two.
Additionally, the proposal suggests
merging between the College of Social
Science and the College of Arts and
Humanities.
Myth No. 5: If we don’t accept
the proposal, nothing changes.
There seems to be this idea that simply refusing the proposal will preserve
Fresno State as we know it now. That
is not the case. The state budget has
reduced funding for higher education,
and Fresno State must find a way to
keep its doors open with $2 million less
than we’ve had in previous years as a
result of the state’s budget decisions.
This year, one time dollars, like
reserve funds, were used to supplement the state’s funding. One time dollars do not provide a steady source of
income for the university, so some way
or another we must account for the
money we will no longer be receiving
from the state. The proposal’s goal was
to suggest ways to save $2 million without increasing tuition or cutting the
amount of courses, number of majors
or programs offered to students; however, these are viable alternatives.
Suggesting ways to cut or save dollars
in areas that you believe will least
impact students will be more helpful
to the task force than simply opposing
the proposal.
These are some of the major misconceptions regarding the proposal
that ASI has become aware of, but
there may be others, so please make
sure you read the proposal and get
your questions answered. Once you
are informed, ASI encourages you to
make full use of the student forums
and online feedback options available
to share your opinion with the task
force. We also encourage you to join
ASI’s effort to lobby the state. Let’s
show our legislature what universities
have to do in order to run on a severely
reduced budget and the impact that it’s
having on our education.
Derek Falk
THE
‘Starbucks gives vibe to campus’
‘SpectacleStudy’: “If that ‘vibe’ involves
facilitation of starbucks with cushy 1 million dollar signing contract, paying the
franchise to come here, then man that is
one masochistic vibe.”
Response:
‘UC president vows to review
police procedures at campuses’
‘Brandt Hardin’: “Incidents like this the
past few weeks are exposing the Police
State we are being subjected to. Evicting
protesters is unconstitutional and endangers the basic rights of every American. Is
this the country we were raised in, where
men and women are beaten, gassed,
pepper-sprayed and arrested for their
disapproval of the government? We have
to be careful to protect our Constitutional
rights!”
Response:
‘Chancellor Reed addresses
budget and recent protests’
‘Charles Wallis’: “Seems to me that by
publishing Reed’s complete letter without
a letter by student organizations or the
California Faculty Association you are
passing off editorial bias as actual news.
I take your goal in life is to work for FOX
News and help Americans know less
about current events than if they watched
no news at all.”
Response:
To the editor:
Well our tuition is going up again! By now it may seem
second nature to expect an increase in tuition each year.
But how many more times can they increase our tuition? At
what point do they realize enough is enough? But at the rate
they are increasing our tuition. college will be just a dream
for many middle class families.
Even though our tuition is increasing, we are not getting
more out of it. I could say we are getting less for our money.
Fresno State is already thinking about removing the College
of Science and Mathematics. Not only are they planning to
remove a college from this university, they are planning on
removing a few classes. For an example, I am a chemistry
major, and for the spring semester there is only one Biology
1A class. Not only was there only one biology class, they ran
out of Chemistry 1B labs. I cannot even get the class I need
to complete my major. How can I justify the tuition increase
when I do not see any good uses with the money. Why not cut
some of the funding from the sports programs instead of
cutting it from academic programs?
‘Chancellor Reed addresses
budget and recent protests’
‘Charlene Keeler’: “He’s not addressing
budget concerns. He’s slapping the hands
of both students and faculty who are protesting unfair practices at the university.
It is disgusting how out of touch he is (or
whomever actually wrote this letter) with
students and faculty, and it’s most likely
because he hasn’t ever had to feel the
effects of the budget himself. He gives
himself a raise, then denies assistance to
those actually responsible for the ongoing
operations on campuses. What’s obvious
from this message is that we all need to be
even more ‘disrespectful’ in showing Reed
that we’ve had it. Enough is enough.”
Response:
‘Fresno loses another close
one against WAC rival
‘FirePatHill’: “Two words: FIRE PAT!
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COMMENT: The Collegian is a
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of the staff or university.
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Students, Inc. president. She writes a
semi-weekly column for The Collegian.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
For those that don’t have the ability to avoid a smoking
area that they don’t like, let’s think about banning a few
other things that are potentially bad for us. Since obesity is
the second largest killer in America, behind smoking, let’s
get rid of every resteraunt on campus, since none can guarentee healthy food — off they go. I am personally allergic to
tree pollen, so cut down all the trees. I’m allergic to flower
pollen as well, bye bye flowers. My chemistry lab puts out
some pretty toxic gasses, let’s get rid of that too.
Sporting event crowd noise can reach 120 decibles, which
can damage hearing significantly —
­ no more cheering.
Since you can trip and fall down stairs, those have to go as
well, along with elevators.
When will we say enough is enough? If your only argument is the people that don’t smoke in the designated smoking areas are the ones that are causing the problem, then
what will stop them from smoking anywhere if a ban is in
place? Quit bashing this and try and come up with a solution.
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
NEWS EDITOR, ANA MENDOZA-SANTIAGO • [email protected]
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STD: Event offers free HIV/AIDS testing CLUBS: Entertainment seen by
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age range. They are usually men who
have sex with other men and tend to
be Hispanic and African-American,
according to the FCDPH.
“Other tests require a finger prick or
a blood sample,” Thatcher said. “You
can get your results in as quickly as 20
minutes.”
“April is STD awareness month, but
we feel it is such a pervasive problem
“H
opefully more women will get into the habit of getting
checked as they start new relationships and end old ones.”
— Gina Adams,
Fresno County Department of Public Health
Fresno State student Elissa Gill, who
also worked at the event, said ITwas
successful since 26 people were going
to be tested and the spots filled within
one-and-a-half hours.
“We want to eliminate the stigma of
HIV testing,” Gill said.
Having certain STDs can also make
you more susceptible to the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the
virus that causes AIDS. One in five
Americans living with HIV does not
know they are infected.
Women who are testing positive are
young, of child-bearing age and tend
to be Hispanic or African-American
as well. For these women, the biggest
risk factor for contracting HIV is their
partner.
“Getting tested is easy and painless.
Some STD tests are as simple as a urine
test or a cheek swab which is what we
are performing here today,” event coordinator Dr. William Thatcher said.
that it should be discussed at every
opportunity. Test Yourself Before
You Wreck Yourself is based on the
national ‘GYT’ campaign by the CDC
and MTV, which encourages testing
and promotes an open dialogue about
STDs,” Dr. Thatcher said.
“June 5 marked the 30-year anniversary of live reports of HIV/AIDS by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Myself and three other
people from the community that will
speak on different parts of these 30
years,” Adams added.
The Department of Public Health will
also be holding a World AIDS Day event
at the Tower Theater on Thursday, Dec.
1st at 5:30 p.m. The event will have
local entertainment, including a gospel
band and will feature a presentation
of quilts which were presented to the
project from people who have passed
away from AIDS in the Central Valley.
many as an expensive necessity
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hands, she is easly irritated.
“I feel like the people who are passing them out are preying on college
students,” Gordo said. “They make it
seem like they really want you at their
party or club and you actually believe
them until you see the price tag to get
in. I really don’t see the point in it.”
During her freshmen year, Gordo
frequently attended parties. She realized she spent $150 on parties in two
months and consequently was not able
to afford school supplies.
“It was a wakeup call to me. I had to
learn how to prioritize,” Gordo said.
“You really have to ask yourself in the
end ‘is a few hours of fun more important than groceries or paying bills?’
The answer for me was no.”
Henderson does not mind opinions
like Gordo’s.
“My job is simple: to promote the club
or any party they are throwing I pass
out as many fliers to as many people as
I can,” Henderson said. “I’m just here
to show the kids a good time. Spending
money is nothing when you’re having
fun,” Henderson said.
The task of passing out fliers isn’t
as simple as it looks. According to
Henderson, there’s a science to it.
“I can’t just pass out an invite to just
anyone. There’s a specific person I’m
looking for each time I pass one out,”
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“I
didn’t really think of it
becoming a business, I was
more trying to find a new way
of creating a network that was
faster.”
— Mike Pronovost,
Fresno State student
CEO of Pronovost Technologies
Students walked by the mobile STD testing unit. Test results were provided in as little as 20
minutes.
“T
oday many people attempt
to escape the pressures of
the current recession and unemployment and turn to the likes
of entertainment as a means of
relief from the hardships and
realities of an unrelenting economic hardship being felt.”
— Matthew Jendian,
chair of the sociology department
have developed different techniques
to encourage students to attend their
events.
“It’s all about making the person
feel wanted. If you make them think
that you really want them to be there,
they’ll show up and maybe even bring a
couple of friends too,” Henderson said.
PRONOVOST: Student gives speech at the White House
and ends up making the connection
a lot faster than it’s supposed to be,”
Pronovost said.
As the CEO of Pronovost
Technologies, he has moved on from
Johnathan Wilbanks / The Collegian
Henderson said. “We want sexy, young
people at the club so those are the people that I’m looking for.”
For Henderson and other club promoters, college students are a prime
example of the people they want filling
the dance floor. Because of this, they
Powerband, which is currently undergoing a buyout, to other projects.
Pronovost has numerous projects in
the works from some of the connections with the software industries he
has made.
In the future, the company is looking
to push a lot of technology into educa-
tion. They are currently reaching out
to the public school system.
“We are trying to implement tablets, and [encourage] learning more
through that route than textbooks. We
are creating software that allows teachers to get better analysis on how their
students are doing by using the tablets,” Pronovost said.
Tablets in grade school classrooms
would provide similar feedback to the
I>clicker system used by many Fresno
State students so instructors can
immediately see which concepts students are struggling to understand and
adjust their lesson plans accordingly.
P r o n ovo s t i s u s i n g P r o n ovo s t
Technologies, Inc. to reach out to tablet
manufactures such as Apple. The idea
is for each student to use an iPad.
“We are trying to make it so the tablet has interactive software so students
can see how it applies to real world scenarios,” Pronovost said.
Pronovost’s reasoning for this is the
students will see the applications of
their coursework in the real-world
scenarios making it easier for them to
learn.
Courtesy of Mike Pronovost
Fresno State business student and CEO of Pronovost Technologies Mike Pronovost poses near
the White house where he was invited along with 100 other young entrepreneurs to meet the
president.
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With finals
coming up,
staying focused
and taking
advantage of
campus services
is key
W
ith finals just around the
corner, the most important
part of the semester is upon
us. This is the part of the semester
where students are crammed with
papers, quizzes, projects and exams.
Without a doubt, many students are
stressed out at
this point in the
semester with all
that is at stake.
Finishing the
semester strong
is extremely
important and
students should
have a plan on
how to be successful.
This should
include utilizing
the tools that the
Thomas
campus makes
Pearson
available to students. Some of
the resources
that are provided include the Writing
Center as well as free tutoring at the
library. Tutors are also available in
the library Monday through Friday
and tutoring is available for 10 different subjects. Tutoring is offered in
accountancy, communicative disorders
and deaf studies, which include sign
language, chemistry, decision sciences,
french, japanese, math, math 45, physics and writing.
Study groups are another excellent
way to help improve your chances
of being successful. Whether your
grades could use some improvement or just need to maintain your
grades, study groups are beneficial to
all involved. Study groups are great
because it allows you to do things
like quiz others, which ensures you
and the person your asking know the
answer. Studying in a group is also
great because it keeps you focused on
a single task and away from surfing
the Internet like you might if you were
alone.
Another thing students should plan
on doing is meeting with their professors during office hours. No matter
where you stand in the class, talking
to your professor can help you. Your
professor can help you figure out
what your strengths and weaknesses
are in the class as well as telling you
what you need to score on the final to
achieve your desired letter grade. It
also allows your professor know you
care and can sometimes be the difference between one grade and another.
Students can also meet with Support
Net if they need help with formulating
a plan of success for the last couple
weeks of the semester. Whether you’re
in your very first semester or your
final one, everyone should have a plan.
Having a plan keeps you organized,
and being organized is the key to academic success.
Taking advantage of dead days
is also key. Dead days are meant for
studying and thus should be used for
it. Dead days are not a vacation, and
should be used for studying, as typically the night before is not enough time
to properly prepare for a final exam.
Winter break and relaxation are a
couple weeks away so remember to
stay focused and finish strong.
THE COLLEGIAN • FEATURES
FEATURES EDITOR, THOMAS PEARSON • [email protected]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
'Breaking Dawn' a snore
At the movies with
Dylan Patton
Like many out there, I am not a fan of
the "Twilight" series. I didn't read the
books, but have seen most of the movies. I tried to give it a chance, but just
couldn't get into it. I went into the latest installment, "Breaking Dawn" with
an open mind, but left annoyed and
bored. I can safely say that "Breaking
Dawn" is a chick flick.
The movie opens with the Cullen
family scrambling to prepare for the
wedding between Edward (Robert
Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart).
It's clear that both parties are nervous
and excited.
The wedding ceremony goes off without a hitch, and the reception has some
humorous moments as many guests
make awkward, yet funny, toasts.
Soon, the happy couple are off to their
honeymoon. Bella's dream of marrying her beloved has finally come true.
The happy couple's wedding bliss is
thrown off when Bella becomes pregnant during the honeymoon. Alarmed,
they head back home. Edward's father,
Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli),
examines Bella and realizes Bella isn't
carrying a normal child. This child is
actually a half-human, half-vampire
hybrid that is putting Bella's life in
danger.
Her best friend, Jacob Black (Taylor
Lautner), is worried for her safety,
as he is in love with her. Bella's life
is placed in further jeopardy when a
werewolf pack learns of her pregnancy. The werewolves had a treaty with
the Cullens. But, the wolves see Bella's
unborn baby as a threat and decide it
must be killed, so Jacob enters a shaky
alliance with Edward to protect Bella.
Will Bella be spared? And what will
McClatchy-Tribune
happen to Bella's child?
This movie was so boring. This
movie centers around the love story
of Bella and Edward. But, the movie
doesn't seem interested in exploring
the side stories. It was made clear that
the last "Twilight" movie would be split
into two seperate movies. That seems
like an odd choice seeing how dull this
first installment was. I understand that
the wedding ceremony was an event
that the fans were looking forward to
since the movies first came out. But,
the wedding ceremony could've easily
been shortened.
The movie, which was close to two
hours, has nothing that would justify
splitting it into two parts. From what
I've heard there is supposed to be a lot
of action in the second installment.
But, seeing as how boring the first
installment is, I might not want to run
the risk of being bored again. Yes, I'm a
guy and not a Twilight fan, so that may
be why I didn't enjoy this movie, but
come on, even Twilight fans can admit
they got bored.
The director, Bill Condon, seemed to
elaborate on scenes that weren't that
important. The wedding and the honeymoon ate up much of the screen
time. I mean, for crying out loud, they
actually played chess! Who plays chess
on their honeymoon? True to the novel
or not, it could've been skipped.
And the soundtrack was so annoying. Every two minutes another shrill
pop song would play. And half the time,
the volume of the song was so loud you
couldn't hear the dialogue between the
characters.
If Condon is going to direct the second installment, he needs to work overtime to make it worth while. Like the
saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on
you. Fool me twice shame on me." I
tried to care about Bella and Edward
this time. If something cool doesn't
happen in the second part, I'm going to
be annoyed and angry.
Fresno State cycling club receives
official club sport status
By Ashley Alba
The Collegian
T he F resno State cycling club
received official club sport status this
fall and will begin the Collegiate Road
Series in spring 2012. The cycling club
developed in time for a full season this
year with the help of its president,
William Foster.
Kristi Eastin is the faculty advisor for
the club and anticipates coaching also.
The club is geared toward all aspects of
cycling including road, mountain bike
and cycle club racing.
“The club will enter the Western
“T
he club will enter
the Western
Collegiate Cycling Conference this spring.”
— Kristi Easton,
faculty advisor
Collegiate Cycling Conference this
spring,” Eastin said. The Western conference is one of the most competitive
conferences.
The Western Conference includes 23
schools in total. Schools in California
and half of Nevada, like Humbolt
State, San Diego, UCLA, USC, UC
Davis, UC Berkley, UC San Diego, San
Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal
Poly and others.
The club is a co-ed sport that can be
competed in as an individual or as a
team. Any Fresno State student can
join. The cycling races will include
beginners, novices and experts and
includes categories for both men and
women.
Points are scored by each of the categories and are totaled for an overall
team score. The club is currently at 50
members and is open to any students
interested in riding bikes. The club
intends to encourage students and faculty to commute by bicycle as well.
“For those who do not know about
racing and you have an interest in bicycles and riding, the collegiate cycling
is an introduction to bicycle racing,”
Eastin said. “If you want to learn more
about bicycles, this is the place to do
it.”
The club's goal is to develop the culture of the cycling around campus.
Foster is in his senior year at Fresno
State and is majoring in mechanical
engineering. He transferred here last
January and immediately began his
involvement with the club.
“Collegiate cycling is a very unique
sport and is huge in our area,” Foster
said.
He added that the club has things to
offer commuters and people who like to
ride for fun or for exercise. “This club
was started in order to help students
discover all that cycling has to offer,
and we love helping anyone out who is
interested in getting started,” Foster
said.
Twenty-four-year-old Syd Newsom is
the club’s vice president. He is a junior
“I
wanted to be part
of the cycling club
mostly because I want
the opportunity to race
the collegiate races.”
— Syd Newsom,
vice president of cycling
club
at Fresno State majoring in exercise
science. He was also one of the club’s
founders and has been vice president
since then.
“I wanted to be part of the cycling
club mostly because I want the opportunity to race the collegiate races,”
Newsom said. He added that their
intentions are to help more people
become active in our cycling community and experiencing the many benefits
of cycling.
Fresno State students interested can
email the bulldogcyclingclub@gmail.
com. The club is welcoming new members and anyone interested in bicycling. Also be on the lookout for the
club’s conference races in spring.
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, JOHNATHAN WILBANKS • [email protected]
McClatchy-Tribune
By Billy O’Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune
No matter which door
you walked through to get
here, “The Legend of Zelda:
Skyward Sword” likely is the
game you want or do not want
it to be. If you think the series
is staler than moldy croutons,
so is this game. If you think
it’s picked up too many bad
habits that have sent it from
the cutting edge to behind the
curve, this one validates your
position.
Conversely, if you think
“Zelda” games do what they
do boldly, peerlessly and just
plain better than other games
do, “Sword” could be the game
of your dreams. And if you
believe in motion controls like
Nintendo does, this is the validation you’ve been waiting
five years to play.
It is in the area of combat —
a weak spot in every “Zelda”
game released in three dimens i o n s — w h e r e “ S wo r d ”
unquestionably wants to and
does leave its mark. In contrast to the Wii’s first “Zelda”
game, where simply shaking the Wii remote any old
way produced one of a handful of proportionally generic
sword strikes, “Sword” accurately matches your remote
(MotionPlus attachment or
Wii Remote Plus required) to
the sword. Hold the remote
awkwardly over your head
and Link does the very same,
leaving him vulnerable to
attack from enemies who not
only take advantage of your
openings but also punish you
for telegraphing and repeating attacks. Enemies naturally
exhibit weaknesses and tells
of their own, and it’s on you
to exploit them while keeping
them guessing and keeping
your shield up.
(The shield, mapped to the
considerably less capable nunchuck attachment, doesn’t
control as flexibly, but it handles basic blocking perfectly
fine.)
In typical Nintendo style,
“Sword” devises myriad ways
to capitalize on its enhanced
range of motion, and not
merely with regard to swordplay.
Per series custom, “Sword”
provides bombs for purposes
of environmental manipulation as well as combat, but
now you can bowl as well as
throw them simply by doing
so with the remote. Items you
take for granted like the boomerang, meanwhile, are outright replaced by (unspoiled)
new gadgets that function similarly but better take advantage of motion controls. That,
in turn, feeds into puzzles and
dungeons that accommodate
motion without sacrificing
the scope and intricacies for
which “Zelda” dungeons are
revered. Better late than never,
“Sword” seals Nintendo’s case
for motion controls as a way to
significantly enhance a traditional game at no cost to tradition.
At the same time, “Sword” is
“A
nd if you believe
in motion controls
like Nintendo does, this
is the validation you’ve
been waiting five years to
play.”
— Billy O’Keefe
swimming in idiosyncrasies
that very, very arguably have
overstayed their welcome.
This is the most ambitious
and moving story the series
has ever told, but it’s one that
undergoes nearly five hours
of exposition, hand-holding
and fetch questing before it
starts getting interesting, and
it’ll be a few dungeons after
that before it really gets good.
If you don’t like that early
going, you won’t love the collect-a-thons and fetch quests
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that needlessly pad the time
between dungeons, either.
(Fortunately, the unfortunate
lack of a passable interface
for tracking optional quests
makes it easy to just forget
about them and plow forward.)
“Sword’s” orchestral score
and watercolor-esque visual
style are series high-water
marks in both respects, but
the continued omission of
voice acting — whether you
find that charming or archaic
_ sticks out more awkwardly
than ever.
Link’s platforming abilities,
meanwhile, are that much
clumsier thanks to an awkward dash mechanic that gets
more use than it deserves.
And that obnoxiously binary brand of “Zelda” stealth,
where simply getting spotted
means immediately starting a
segment over? It’s back in its
brief but recurring role.
Stuff like this — and sometimes hours of it — are the
price paid for the stuff in
between, which finds “Zelda”
in as fine a form as it’s ever
been in the 3D age. This is
the most ambitious g ame
Nintendo has ever made, and
if you come into it already baring strong feelings — whether
favorable or not — this one
likely will cement them.
Website of the week: tunein.com
By Jon Wolper
McClatchy-Tribune
Let’s face it — the standard
AM/FM radio doesn’t quite
have the luster it used to. As
technolo g y has advanced,
we’ve been given satellite
radio, with its specific niche
stations, and podcasts, which
delve even further into the
obscure.
TuneIn (www.tunein.com)
exists to remind us of the way
it used to be by combining
old-fashioned radio with our
thirst for information overload. The free service catalogs
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more than 50,000 AM, FM and
Internet-only radio stations,
all available for online streaming. You can choose among
local radio, talk, sports and
music stations from all over
the world — in a testament
to TuneIn’s worldliness, the
website can be translated into
22 languages — and you also
can find your destination of
choice by browsing genres.
TuneIn also offers a free app
for various mobile devices,
including iPhones, iPads and
Android devices. Like the site,
the app is completely free,
although the enviable ability
to rewind, pause and record
the station you’re listening to
will cost a flat fee of $0.99 via
an upgrade to the pro version
of the app.
However, it might be hard
for TuneIn to convert those
staunchly opposed to the
radio. Even with its modern,
Internet-based sheen, listeners who want to hear a specific artist don’t need to flip
through a bunch of obscure
r a d i o s t at i o n s f i r s t . T h e
Inter net exists for instant
g ratification, and simply
grafting an older format onto
a newer one won’t do anything
for people who weren’t already
sold on the concept.
But for those who were,
TuneIn provides a bank of
radio stations more exhaustive
than anywhere else. There’s
a lot to like with TuneIn, but
it’ll only be good for you if you
know you’ll like it before logging on.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, JOHNATHAN WILBANKS • [email protected]
The daily crossword
Across
1 Baby bovine
5 At the drop of __
9 Ice cream brand that’s
“Grand”
13 Ice cream-and-cookies
brand
14 “The Thinker”
sculptor
16 Fat unit
17 Tailless cat
18 Steak option
19 Hereditary code
carrier
20 Ted Williams had a
.344 lifetime one
23 Stat start
24 Fishing pole
25 Agreeable to doing
28 Site of many a shady
transaction
34 More or less
36 Cacophony
37 __ Linda, California
38 Chef’s recipe words
39 Boo-boo protector
42 “Bad Moon Rising”
pop gp.
43 Go ape
45 Go bad
46 Attached to the
bulletin board
48 Bullet-proof vest, e.g.
51 Pries (into)
52 P&L column
53 Visibility impairer
55 Common college
degree, whose
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20-, 28-, 39- and 48-Across
62 Japanese golfer Aoki
63 With 67-Across,
innovative or
experimental artists’
group
64 Birthday serving
66 Envelope abbr.
67 See 63-Across
68 Way out
69 Give guff to
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70 Shakespearean king
71 Chip enhancers
Down
1 Dot-__
2 Man from Oman, often
3 Actress Olin
4 Dance that precedes
“golf” in the NATO
phonetic alphabet
5 Wheelchair guy on
“Glee”
6 Schmooze, as with the
A-list
7 Work like __
8 Fey of “30 Rock”
9 Asian menu appetizer
10 Rasta’s hairdo
11 Yin’s counterpart
12 Hook’s sidekick
15 St. for gamblers
21 Go pitapat
22 Disco __
25 Vandenberg or
Edwards: Abbr.
26 Chico’s chicken
27 Chickens, to kids
29 Build up, as a
collection
30 Hush-hush fed. org.
31 Make booties, e.g.
32 Game show host
33 36-inch units
35 Jamie of “M*A*S*H”
40 __ de plume
41 Tony of 60-Down
44 Constricting snakes
47 Compelled via force
49 Suffix with lemon
50 “Help Me, __”: Beach
Boys hit
54 “... happily ever __”
55 Skewed view
56 “The Thin Man”
canine
57 Fall behind
58 Roundish shape
59 Steak order
60 Sitcom set in a garage
61 Not attend
65 “Men in Black”
baddies, briefly
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Hank Williams III gets cranking
By Chris Riemenschneider
McClatchy-Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — His dad
has been in the news lately for
saying crazy things, but Hank
Williams III is really the one
going off on a wild tangent
these days.
The son of recently ejected
“Monday Night Football”
theme song singer Hank Jr. —
and obviously the grandson
of country music’s greatest
icon — Hank III just issued
four albums in one bold swoop
to mark his coming out as an
independent artist with his
own label.
No. 3’s long-disputed
contract with traditional
Nashville label Curb Records
came to an end last year. Good
riddance, he says. He’s producing so much material at once,
he explains, to show off the
“T
hats the problem,
though. Politics
and music should only
mix to a point.”
— Hank Williams,
country/punk/metal singer
versatility he accuses Curb of
trying to bury.
Then again, it’s hard to
fault Curb for not knowing
how to market at least two of
the records: One is a collection of sludgy doom metal
called “Attention Deficit
Domination,” while the other
with his band 3 Bar Ranch
features a truly bizarre blend
of speed-metal and cattle auctioneering. No kidding: old
coots calling out cattle terms
over thrashing guitars.
T h e o t h e r t wo a l b u m s,
“Guttertown” and “Ghost to a
Ghost” (packaged as a doubledisc set), offer more straightforward and mighty impressive roundups of Hank’s
twangier side, with Cajuninfused country songs and
guests such as Tom Waits and
Les Claypool.
One guest you’re not likely
to hear on a Hank III album
anytime soon is his dad, with
whom he rarely sees eye-toeye. That didn’t stop No. 3
from moderately sticking up
for Hank Jr., who made headlines by comparing President
Obama to Hitler on Fox News.
He also frequently sticks up
for his grandfather, whose
lanky appearance he mirrors
(but with leather and tattoos).
Hank III, 38, is now leading
a campaign to get Hank Sr. reinducted into the Grand Ole
Opry. The power brokers there
kicked him out for drunkenness in 1952, a year before his
death (see ReinstateHank.
org). However, the third-generation singer does not approve
o f t h e bu z z e d - ab o u t n ew
album “The Lost Notebooks
of Hank Williams,” featuring
takes on unreleased Hank lyrics by Bob Dylan, Jack White,
Norah Jones, Alan Jackson
and more.
In a phone call from
Nashville last month,
Williams talked about all this.
On “The Lost Notebooks
of Hank Williams” album:
“I don’t see any money from
the Hank estate, so I really
had nothing to do with it. I
personally will never listen
job as a musician is to make
people try to forget about all
that. I go by what David Lee
Roth used to say about politics: ‘That’s one place I don’t
go.’”
On his ambitious four-album
debut as an indie artist: “I’ve
been in the game for 18 years
“I
don’t see any money from the Hank estate, so I
really had nothing to do with it. I personally will
never listen to it.”
— Hank Williams,
to it. If I want to hear a Hank
song, I’ll listen to Hank. If
anybody’s gonna do ‘em, it
probably should’ve been more
of the old-timers like (Kris)
Kristofferson and David Allan
Coe. But if it’s an unfinished
song, there might be a reason
it was an unfinished song.”
On the uproar set off by
his dad: “It seems to me he
should’ve been making those
comments at a NRA (National
Rifle Association) convention and not national television, and then it wouldn’t
have seemed like a big deal.
What he was basically saying
was, ‘If you’re an enthusiast
about guns, then you should
be concerned. Your right to
bear arms is being taken away
more and more every day.’
“That’s his problem, though.
Politics and music should only
mix to a point. Me, I think my
and only four or five CDs to
show for it. I’ve never been
able to sell my own CD at my
own show, because I used to
refuse to sell Curb product.
This is the first time ever. I’m
giving fans a chance to hear
the country, the doom-rock,
a little bit of Hellbilly and 3
Bar Ranch. And then they can
finally buy all those products,
too.
“A lot of inspiration went
into it. I started writing all
the material on Jan. 2. In
February, I hit ‘record.’ In the
daytime, I would be more serious and worried about tuning,
pitch, being in time, doing
things the right way. At night
time, I would start working
on experimental sounds for
‘Guttertown,’ or I would do
a guitar track for the doommetal stuff, or play drums for
3 Bar Ranch. It depended on
how I felt.”
O n t h e “ C at t l e C a l l i n ’ ”
record: “My (maternal) grandfather used to take me to auctioneering barns. I was raised
on cattle farms. I was always
fascinated by the speed of
the auctioneer, and I thought,
‘Well, speed-metal and highenergy auctioneering, that
seems to go hand in hand.’
That was my inspiration. I had
to track all those guys down,
and explain my vision to them.
I had to let them know, ‘You’re
probably not going to understand this music, or like it,
but you need to know I’m not
making fun of your industry.’
That part of it was hard. Fifty
percent of the auctioneers I
wanted to use pulled out on
me. Some of the fastest guys
refused to be on the record —
for now. Maybe I can get them
on the next one.”
On Tom Waits, who sings
on the “Ghost to a Ghost”
song “Fadin’ Moon”: “We’ve
always had these weird kind
of run-ins throughout my
career. I was walking out
of the entrance of the Vans
Warped Tour in like 1999 _ the
front gate, not the backstage
entrance, with 20,000 people
walking through it. And there
was Tom Waits with his kid.
And then I’ve heard, ‘Oh, Tom
was at the show tonight, but
he came in disguise.’ He has
watched me over the years
and, I think, he’s respected my
work ethic and that I’m trying
to be different and not take the
easy way.”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS
SPORTS EDITOR, JERRY HUERTA • [email protected]
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Perhaps UCLA deserves an asterisk
By Randy Youngman
McClatchy Tribune
LOS
ANGELES—
Cong ratulations, UCLA
Bruins. You are the inaugural champions of the Pac-12
South.
Take a bow, Rick Neuheisel.
Never mind that 50-0 loss to
USC on Saturday night at the
sold-out Coliseum. How could
you get your Bruins motivated
for a game against a team on
probation on the night after
you clinched the division
without playing? We know it
had to be anticlimactic.
And never mind that 45-19
loss to Stanford, either... or
that 48-12 loss to Arizona...
or that 31-6 loss to Utah, the
team that lost to last-place
Colorado on Friday night to
usher you in through the back
door into this week’s Pac12 Championship Game at
Oregon.
Who cares that you finished 5-4 in the South, two
games behind 7-2 USC in the
division? The Trojans aren’t
eligible for postseason play
because of NCAA sanctions,
so you are the division champion. Honest.
The Pac-12 even released
a statement this week to
verify that there is no asterisk involved, that USC is not
allowed to call itself the South
champion. This is what Dave
Hirsch of the Pac-12 office said
in the official statement: “USC
cannot own that title. USC can
say that it finished first, but
not the champion. Our division champions participate
in the championship game,
so UCLA will be considered
champion.”
Thanks for clearing that up,
Dave.
And now UCLA can boast
that it is the worst team to ever
play for the Pac-12 title.
This is the first Pac-12 championship game, so UCLA (6-6)
obviously will be the worst
team to play for the title and
Oregon (10-2, 8-1) obviously
will be the best after clinching
the Pac-12 North on Saturday
by pounding Oregon State.
And now the Bruins get a
chance to play for more history.
If the Bruins lose again,
they will be 6-7 and likely will
become the first team in conference history (Pac-8, Pac-10
and Pac-12 included) to play
in a bowl game with a losing
record. They’ll have to petition
the NCAA to go to a bowl, but
there aren’t enough eligible
conference teams to fill all the
bowl slots with Pac-12 tie-ins.
Or the Bruins can make
history by upsetting Oregon
– OK, it was difficult keeping
a straight face typing those
words – to earn a berth in the
Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day
against the winner of the
Big Ten championship game
between Michigan State and
Wisconsin.
But even if they lose the
inaugural Pac-12 title game,
the Bruins still might have a
chance to go to the Las Vegas
Bowl on Dec. 22 or the Kraft
Fight Hunger Bowl (formerly
the Emerald Bowl) in San
Francisco on New Year’s Eve.
I’m sure there has to be
a p laye r s o m ewhere who
dreamed of someday playing
in the Fight Hunger Bowl.
Oh, by the way, the last time
UCLA played at Oregon, the
Bruins lost a 60-13 squeaker on
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UCLA is the Pac-12 South champion and will face the Pac-12 North champion Oregon in the inaugural conference
championship game.
24-point favorite for Friday’s
title game.
That’s OK. The 2011 UCLA
Bruins are Pac-12 South champions, and nobody can ever
take that away from them.
It remains to be seen, however, if Athletic Director Dan
Guerrero is impressed.
Ulterior motive? Why did
UCLA wear all white uniforms – from helmet to jersey
to pants to socks to spikes –
against USC?
To try symbolize the alleged
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year of eligibility left.
The chant got progressively
louder, so there was no way
Barkley could say he didn’t
hear it.
If this game does turn out
to be Barkley’s final game at
USC, he went out in style. He
went 22 for 27 in the first half
with three TD passes, added
a pair of scoring passes in
the third quarter to tie Matt
Leinart’s school-record career
total and finished 35 of 42 for
423 yards and six TD’s.
Hasn’t he at least earned an
invitation to New York for the
Heisman ceremony?
Upon further review: By the
way, if UCLA has “closed the
gap” on USC, as Neuheisel
insisted earlier this week, the
chasm must have been the size
of the Grand Canyon before
now.
Precedent: In case you were
wondering, the last time
UCLA knocked off USC at the
Coliseum was 1997, when Bob
Toledo’s Bruins defeated John
Robinson’s Trojans, 31-24.
No wonder it was Robinson’s
last game as USC coach.
Parting shot: This fun fact
was in UCLA’s game notes:
Neuheisel ear ned his law
school degree at USC in 1990.
To paraphrase Bill Murray
in “Caddyshack”, “Well, he’s
got that going for him ... which
is nice.”
And a career to fall back on,
if this coaching thing doesn’t
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like it was a battle between
good and evil?
Not very smart. It made the
blood immediately visible.
One more year! That was
the chant that broke out in the
USC student section for the
first time, during a timeout
with 5:51 left in the first quarter, to let Barkley know that
Trojans fans are not ready for
him to leave for the NFL with a
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The
Collegian
SPORTS
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THIS COMING WEEK...
Men’s basketball will play its second home game of
the season against the Academy of Art University this
upcoming Wednesday.
SPORTS EDITOR, JERRY HUERTA • [email protected]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Fresno State loses another
close one to WAC rival
With the loss, the ‘Dogs will
finish the season with their
worst record since 2006 and
will look to end the season with
a win against future Mountain
West Conference foe San Diego
State next Saturday
By Jerry Huerta
The Collegian
Fresno State has had its ups
and downs this season with
such a young team, but it had
a chance to send off 15 seniors
with a win in front of the
Bulldog faithful.
The ‘Dogs welcomed
Western Athletic Conference
rival San Jose State to Bulldog
Stadium for the final game
between the two schools for
at least one season with the
Spartans not currently on
Fresno State’s 2012 nonconference schedule and the
‘Dogs making the jump to the
Mountain West Conference
next season.
The Fresno State defense
did its part early off keeping senior quarterback Matt
Faulkner and the San Jose
State offense off the board.
Then, sophomore quarterback Derek Carr got the ball
rolling, orchestrating the
offense down the field. The
‘Dogs utilized Carr’s arm on
the drive as he found his weapons. Running back Robbie
Rouse finished off the drive
with guard Matt Hunt leading
the way for a two-yard touchdown to give Fresno State an
early 7-0 lead.
The of fense wasn’t done
yet. Later in the quarter, Carr
drove the ‘Dogs down the field
with the help of a 27-yard
strike to sophomore wide
receiver Isaiah Burse.
Fresno State settled for a
field goal and senior kicker
Kevin Goessling nailed a
39-yarder to become Fresno
State’s all-time leading scorer
and gave the ‘Dogs a 10-0 lead.
Goessling now has 371 points
for his collegiate career.
The Spartans’ offense
answered on the next drive
with former Bulldog Faulkner
connecting on a 37-yard pass to
sophomore wide receiver Noel
Grigsby. Grigsby finished the
game with eight catches for
114 yards and one touchdown.
Senior running back Brandon
Rutley ran it in from 14 yards
out to cut Fresno State’s lead
to 10-7.
Faulkner put together another drive of his own on the next
Spar tan possession, leading San Jose State down the
field with an array of passes.
Senior kicker Jens Alvernik
hit an 18-yard field goal to tie
the game at 10 all.
The San Jose State offense
would not hold onto the ball
for very long as Faulkner
gave it back to the ‘Dogs when
senior defensive back Isaiah
Green snagged his first interception of his career. Rouse
would do the rest on the drive,
finishing it off with a two-yard
touchdown run to give Fresno
State the halftime lead, 17-10.
Rouse finished the game with
33 carries for 160 yards and
two touchdowns.
In the beginning of the second half, San Jose State came
out fast with a fumble recovery off the center-quarterback
exchange from Fresno State.
From there, the Spartans got
tricky as they went with the
flea flicker as Faulkner found
freshman wide receiver Jabari
Carr for a 38-yard touchdown,
Esteban Cortez / The Collegian
Fresno State’s defense resorted back to some bad habits, giving up 424 yards of total offense to the Spartans.
giving San Jose State a 20-17
lead.
San Jose State wouldn’t
stop moving the ball there as
Faulkner led his team down
the field, utilizing his playmakers. Faulkner ended the
drive by finding Grigsby
again, but this time it was of
the 18-yard variety to extend
“T
hat game, like
I said, is a big
picture of the way our
season’s been.”
— Pat Hill,
head football coach
the lead to 27-17. Faulkner
finished his first win against
Fresno State going 27-of-42 for
363 yards and two touchdowns.
Carr got the offense rolling
again in the fourth quarter as
he led the ‘Dogs down the field
with his own variety of passes. Carr finished the drive off
with a 24-yard touchdown pass
to his top target, sophomore
wide receiver Jalen Saunders,
to cut the San Jose State lead
to 27-24. .
San Jose State would stop
Fresno State’s comeback bid
as it drove down the field to
run out the clock to win 27-24
for the first Spartan victory
over the ‘Dogs since 2006.
Esteban Cortez / The Collegian
Senior kicker Kevin Goessling became the all-time leading scorer in Bulldog football history on Saturday and now has
371 total points in his collegiate career.
The Fresno State offense
put up 449 total yards and was
led by Carr, who finished the
game going 19-of-28 for 276
yards and one touchdown.
Carr recognizes it will take
everybody wearing Bulldog
red to contribute to be able to
put a win together.
“All 11 guys that are on the
field are trying to win every
game,” Carr said during the
postgame press conference.
“And that’s when it’s tough,
when you’re competing hard
and you just come up short.”
The defense came up short
on Saturday after only allowing 300 yards of total offense
to the Warriors, the ‘Dogs let
Faulkner and company pile up
424 total yards of offense.
With the loss against the
Spartans, Fresno State will
finish the season with its
worst record since the 2006
season when it posted a 4-8
record. Head coach Pat Hill
talked about how the outcome
of the game hasn’t been anything new this season.
“I thought we competed
hard for the ball, but Faulkner
made some big throws,” Hill
said. “Just like Derek [Carr]
made some great throws. We
didn’t do a good job on our
third-down conversions. That
game, like I said, a big picture
of the way our season’s been.”
Now Fresno State will have
an opportunity to finish its
season a g ainst Mountain
West Conference member San
Diego State next Saturday
where a win will help the
‘Dogs avoid ending the season
with less than five wins.