The Collegian Multimedia Arts & Entertainment Recap of the basketball The Collegian reviews season opener, Wolfmother's new album, Online Page 4 Fresno State | Serving the campus since 1922 November 16, 2009 | Monday collegian.csufresno.edu Flaws cause campus e-mail crash By Kristin Berquist The Collegian Staff, faculty and students at California State University, Fresno know firsthand just how difficult life can be without e-mail. For the past two weeks, access to the staff and faculty calendar and e-mail service Zimbra was hit and miss, said Richard Boes, director of information technology services (ITS) and chief Photo Illustration by Matt Weir / The Collegian information security officer. The problem began when the uni- in long hours as well, Boes said. dars. tions, Leticia Reyna-Cano, said the versity upgraded the e-mail and cal- As of Nov. 12, the e-mail and calendar “It messes up your whole day,” Martin transition to Zimbra has been challeng- endar service from Zimbra 5 to the lat- service was up and running without said. ing, but she anticipates the problems est version, Zimbra 6, on Oct. 28, Boes any outages. Boes said he is hopeful The university is still fairly new to will work out eventually. explained. that the system will remain stable. Zimbra, which transitioned in July “It’s something that’s new and we “Unfortunately, we also found some all have to get used to it,” Reyna-Cano bugs in Zimbra 6 and that has caused a said. significant amount of instability in the Despite the inconvenience, Reyna- system,” Boes said. e dealt with a long period of instability that really made it un- Cano found alternatives to e-mail and Zimbra was never down longer than palatable for the campus. Our services during this period have used the phone to communicate with two hours at a time, but would fail mul- “W donors. tiple times throughout the day, Boes been unacceptable to anybody, including me.” “I know a lot of people like e-mail said. because you’ve got that trail that shows “We dealt with a long period of insta- — Richard Boes, the history of what you’re sending back bility that really made it unpalatable Director of Information Technology Services and forth, but it was nice to pick up the for the campus,” he said. “Our services phone and talk to somebody,” she said. during this period have been unaccept- Jill Wagner, director of campaign able to anybody, including me.” communications, said that since tran- Fresno State was the only Zimbra Marcia Martin, communications from Sun ONE Messaging for e-mail sitioning to Zimbra there have been a user to experience this problem, assistant in the Office of Community and Media Maker for calendars, Boes few hiccups but nothing like the last according to Boes. Zimbra, which is Economic Development said the last said. When moving over to new soft- two weeks. The recent problems forced owned by Yahoo, had its entire server two weeks have been frustrating and ware, he said, there are always some staff and faculty into more face-to-face support team working to resolve the a source of stress, as staff was unable kinks to work through. bugs. The ITS staff at Fresno State put to consistently utilize e-mail and calen- Director of donor and volunteer rela- See E-MAIL, Page 6 Reed speaks about Campus Life Photo by Marina Gaytan proposed budget By Collegian Staff CSU is calling the “recover and reinvest” budget. The budget, which will be California State University presented to the board of Chancellor Charles B. Reed trustees this week, asks the gave an update last week, state to restore funds that previewing further cuts that were cut this year, as well as will face the university. an additional $579 million. The CSU estimates that it The funds being asked for cut 4,000 students this semes- total $884 million. Part of the ter and is planning on more proposed funds include a ten drastic reductions for the percent student fee increase, spring 2010 semester, accord- which the university is ask- ing to a press release put out ing state legislature to "buy by the university. out" on behalf of students. “Last year, we declared At this point, the CSU system-wide impaction and needs to cut the number of said we were going to reduce students enrolled by more enrollment by 10,000 stu- than 40,000 students in order dents,” Reed said in a press to compensate for reduced release. “By spring, we will state funding, according to reach that total and project the press release. an even larger enrollment “You cannot see a 20 per- decrease for fall 2010.” cent drop in revenue and California State University, Fresno started its 26th annual International Education Night Sunday evening with Reed also unveiled the pro- serve the same number of International Culture Night. The event, held in the Satellite Student Union, showcased performances representing posed 2010-11 budget that the students,” Reed said. different cultures. The Aztec Dance Club featured four members dancing and one member playing the drums. The Collegian That’s What the People Are Saying On Fresno Grizzlies request for lowered rent e’ve listened to their poor-poor- “Wpitiful-me chorus long enough. Someone at City Hall needs to muster the courage to call the Grizzlies’ bluff instead of handing them a bailout.” OpinionOpinionPage 2 Opinion Editor, Haisten Willis • [email protected] • Monday, November 16, 2009 — Bill McEwen, Fresnobee.com ONE -FINGER The weight of beauty Culled each week from discussions t’s irrational to believe that food intake and to start eating like she in The Collegian one device can possess so much ate. I started my first diet that day. SALUTE newsroom. I power and have so much influ- Throughout the years I remained ence on my day. The fairly simple inno- committed to my relationship with the vation determines my mood, actions scale. As I grew older, I became more Thumbs up and behavior. I’ve grown to despise it dependent and less concerned about Elfing yourself and cringe each time I pull it out for the possible health risks a lower num- fear of what it might foretell. At times ber caused. it’s been my confidant, a motivator, Gypsy Life After my first and only real relation- So your aunt did it to you last year with all your cousins. Elf that. This year it’s and yet it’s a curse that plagues me. LACEE SO L I S ship ended abruptly, my self-esteem The scale, used as a common refer- was at an all-time low. Shortly thereaf- your turn. Fill your North Pole with mod- ence for one to manage their weight, ter I moved back home and felt for the els, Hollywood stars, Coach Hill and your developed into an obsessive relation- hand, was always envied for her slen- first time I was not in control of my favorite author. Indulge yourself. You’ve ship of mine. Of course, it didn’t der appearance as she indicated some life. Mostly due to feeling depressed been a good boy this year. start off that way. Like most abusive new eating (well, lack of) plan she was and unattractive, I discovered I could relationships, it started off innocently on. take control of my weight. The posi- before spiraling into a disastrous I remember the first time I stepped tive response I received from a slim- Thumbs down affair. on the scale and felt ashamed because mer figure led me down the dangerous 14-52 Weight and self-image issues began of the number it displayed. I was 12 mindset that more pounds shed could when I was fairly young. As a cheer- years old, watching my aunt conduct only be better. leader, I grew up feeling monstrous her daily weigh in. As she disrobed, The last couple of years have been We lost, but at least it was to a ranked, compared to my mostly size two she told me how important it was for difficult, as I’ve taken some drastic er, well at least it wasn’t a blowou, er, friends. My teenage years were filled a woman to maintain her physical measures to control the number on the well at least we didn’t lose our leading with trying new diet fads, starvation appearance. She carefully stepped on scale. Each pound lost represented the rush, er, um, yeah. and incessant weigh-ins to see if it all the scale and recited her satisfaction. shedding of the powerless, weak per- paid off. She turned to me and instructed that son I let myself become. The dynamic between my mother I needed to start paying more atten- However, as my health began to Thumbs up and aunt played a significant role in tion to my weight because I was get- deteriorate I came to the scary realiza- New Moon my evolving perceptions of beauty. ting curvier (aka fatter). I gleefully tion that I didn’t have a weight that My mother has always been the over- stripped down and, as cautiously as would satisfy my insecurities. In the my aunt did, stepped up on the scale. I Don’t pretend. It’s marked on your weight sister and my aunt the slender, past year I’ve learned that choosing calendar. You’ve been waiting for weight-conscious counterpart. I grew remember the embarrassment taking health is really taking control and over me as the number on the scale it since last December.