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BULLDOGS: Fresno State Fills Pressing CLASS of Needs on Defense of CONTINUED from Page 8 the State of Texas Had the Sec- Committed FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 FRIDAY ISSUE | FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Bertoni THE STATE OF SMOKING to run for ASI Fate of tobacco, e-cigarettes President By Brianna Vaccari remains cloudy The Collegian Jared Bertoni, a sophomore By Yesenia Valle majoring in business marketing, Special to The Collegian will run against Associate Students, lthough California State University Inc. President Moses Menchaca in AChancellor Timothy P. White and the the upcoming ASI Academic Senate proposed a CSU-wide smok- elections. ing ban last year, Fresno State has yet to par- The 19-year- ticipate in the proposal. old Fresno native Initially, the chancellor proposed that all is currently an ASI senator-at-large schools in the CSU system should become for clubs and orga- Jared nonsmoking schools by the end of 2013. The nizations. Besides Bertoni proposal then became a campus-by-campus ASI, Bertoni is a decision. CSU Fullerton and CSU San Diego member of Sigma Chi and a student are the only campuses to participate so far. adivser for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Lisa Kao, an administrator in the office of committee, which is dedicated to the environmental health and safety, risk man- integrity and meaning of the accred- agement and sustainability department, said ited degree. that Fresno State has yet to make any plans to The Collegian sat down with ban smoking completely from campus. Bertoni and asked him about what he plans to do if elected president, and “At this point, we are just waiting to see if on what platform he plans to run. the chancellor wants it to happen,” Kao said. “He has to make it mandatory, and that has THE COLLEGIAN: What made yet to happen.” you want to run for ASI Photo illustration by Katie Eleneke Kao said that in order for a smoking ban president? to take place, a list of people would have to be BERTONI: Just being exposed consulted. the last two years. I’ve gotten to know “We are not to where anything is being Smoke -free campuses a couple of the past ASI presidents, planned yet. Nothing is set in concrete,” she and right away I just could tell it was something I was going to aspire to do at one point. I feel like I’m a pretty See SMOKING, Page 3 UC Davis UC San Francisco UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara / The Collegian See ASI, Page 6 UCLA CSU Fullerton UC Merced San Diego State Up bright Warnors Theatre: and early The art is on the walls 7 a.m. classes rare, but still Photo by Katie Eleneke / The Collegian -- Page 5 offered for certain majors By David Lee The Collegian Fresno State freshman Kaitlyn Williams has her alarm set at 5 a.m. every morning. When it goes off, she grabs the materials that she prepared the night before and heads out the Pedestrian hit, f ive-car collision ensues door about 5:30 a.m. Williams is one of the few students By Jesse Franz and surgery receiving treatment for on campus who has to make the trek Christopher Livingston head injuries, internal bleeding for classes that begin before 7 a.m. The Collegian and a compound fracture to his She walks 1 ½ miles from Cedar right arm. Avenue to First and Dakota avenues, A 53-year-old man is in criti- The driver who hit the pedes- where she waits for the No. 28 bus, cal condition after being hit by trian reportedly slammed on the which usually arrives around 6 a.m. a vehicle Thursday night while brakes, causing a five-car col- The bus takes her to her first class on jaywalking near campus on lision. None of the drivers suf- campus, a physical training require- Cedar Avenue near Shaw, the fered injuries from the wreck. ment for the Air Force ROTC, which Fresno Police Department said. The fifth car involved in the begins at 6:30 a.m. Police were dispatched to the accident fled the scene, Fresno “It was hard at first, but I definite- scene at 6:55 p.m., and the man Police Lt. Joe Gomez said. ly adapted to it, and Air Force ROTC was taken Community Regional “Independent witnesses, not is what I want to do so it was easy Medical Center by ambulance. people in the cars, said that the to make that sacrifice and change,” The man was hit by a Toyota drivers were going at a normal Williams said. Corolla while walking west- speed, and the pedestrian just Other sacrifices Williams has bound toward Popeyes, ending walked out into the road for Julian Paredes / The Collegian made include not going out on week- up in the southbound turn lane. unknown reasons,” Gomez said. A Toyota Corolla hit a pedestrian who was jaywalking westbound across Cedar As of 11 p.m. the man was in Avenue near Shaw Avenue Thursday night, cracking the windshield of the car. See EARLY, Page 6 GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them. [email protected] OPINIONPAGE 2 COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 1 THE OLYMPICS Sochi 2014: A world One- Finger divided being asked of the World Cup in Brazil. Salute The Olympics symbolize a time of unity. Why are Should we choose a nation that cannot resolve its own humanitarian Culled each week from discussions in they being hosted in politcally polarizing Russia? issues as the host for a worldwide The Collegian newsroom. event? Hosting an event such as the By Julian Paredes The brutal protests in Ukraine The Collegian Olympics is a privilege and an honor highlight the widespread instabil- for a nation. ity of the region. Russia’s invasion THUMBS UP The modern Olympic games are Can we, in good conscience, of Georgia just before the Beijing not just a collection of sporting reward a nation that discriminates GOOGLE: The search engine made Olympics in 2008 demonstrate that events, athletes and gold medals. against gays so unabashedly, that has a bold statement Thursday by honor- peace is of little value for the Russian There is a more idealic halo had internal conflicts with Chechnya ing LGBT Olympics by unveiling on its government. around them – unity. for decades and that has been under home page a "doodle" of silhouettes of These actions prove to be diamet- And this is why Russia might just the rule of Vladimir Putin for over a rically opposed to the notion that the athletes above its letters with the same be the worst host for the Olympic decade? Olympic games are for unity through rainbow color pattern as the gay-pride games. Amid much political strife, The Olympic games are a sanctu- healthy competition. the threat of terrorism is very real. ary of peace and unity in a world that flag. Talk about unity. All of this is a disservice to the People are holding their breath has so little of either. competing athletes. for fear that these games might be It should be a time that allows These games are the culmination the next Munich tragedy, especially us to forget all the petty things that of a lifetime of sacrifice. The talk of considering the Volgograd bombings separate us and cause conflict. protests, hacking and unfinished which occurred only last December. Allowing nations such as Russia to THUMBS DOWN hotel rooms take away from the Even as it stands today, the Sochi host the Olympic games only draws accomplishments of the competitors FACEBOOK MOVIE: So cheesy, so Olympics are rife with politics and more attention to the terror, strife in the winter Olympics like Michael controversy, which is the antithesis and brutality in our world. pointless. Tacky music and an overall Phelps and Usain Bolt. of what the games are supposed to If these games are supposed to annoyance to friends' newsfeeds. These controversies distract audi- represent. unite us, then the Sochi games have There are better ways to celebrate ences from everything that these Russia’s draconian policy on already failed. your 10th birthday, Facebook. athletes have worked for and every- homosexuality is just one of a myriad Even before the opening ceremony thing that is good about the Olympic of examples that show that unity is has taken place, we remain as divid- games. not a part of Russia’s agenda. ed as ever. These are the same questions THUMBS UP SOCHI 2014: It's the Olympics! Figure skating, luge, snowboarding -- sports that step out of the shadows of football, Pretend basketball and baseball to have their day in the sun. How many gold medals this do you think America will win? is the lunch THUMBS DOWN SOCHI 2014: It's in Sochi. Meaning line at the Olympics are in a place several American news outlets are depicting as desolate and isolated and techni- the USU cally not in the city of Sochi at all. Meaning that the West Coast will have food to stay up at insomniac hours to watch some events -- there's a 12-hour time court difference! Jennifer Sawyer / The Collegian Editor in Chief Ricardo Cano Assistant Ad Manager Heather Beam THE Letters to the Editor ([email protected]) News Editor Jesse Franz Special Projects Matthew Schneider All letters submitted to The Collegian must not exceed Assistant News Editor Brianna Vaccari Nathan Talbot Collegian 250 words in length, must be type-written, and must be Arts and Entertainment Editor Yvette Mancilla Art Director Diana Williams accompanied by a full name and phone number to verify Sports Editor Christopher Livingston Assistant Art Director Martha Pinilla content.
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