The Collegian Multimedia Arts and Entertainment Review of Spike Jonze's Haisten's take on the translation of "Where library's big-screen display, the Wild Things Are," Online Page 4 Fresno State | Serving the campus since 1922 October 26, 2009 | Monday collegian.csufresno.edu Fresno State aims to raise awareness of sustainability

By Michael Hamlin Jr. The Collegian

California State University, Fresno held its inaugural Sustainability Day on Wednesday in an effort to raise awareness about environmental responsibility, according to an official from the department of risk manage- ment and sustainability. The event took place on the balco- ny of the University Student Union. Fourteen booths were made available for students and faculty to visit and learn from. Photo illustration by Alaia Howell, student assistant for Matt Weir / The Collegian the department of risk management and sustainability, said the depart- ment wanted to inform students about what the university is doing in regards to sustainability. They also wanted to show who the university partners with, and what those partners do for the school. Employers utilize social media The Green Issue, a new environ- mental special interest organization, used their booth to bring awareness to Fresno State students about sustain- ability and being "green." “We wanted to educate the students Students forced to re-evaluate their online practices about sustainability,” said Green Issue President, Tonya Bojorquez. “We want to bring motivation to the students to participate in sustainable practices. By Anjuli Hollman page has over 960 followers. We want students to get involved.” The Collegian Another element of social media for Tips Alicia Real, a member of the City of students to consider is Skype, a soft- In today’s competitive business ware application that allows users to Fresno Recycling Program, agreed that There are many things to consider the goal of the event was education. world, students are encouraged to make phone calls over the Internet. In when establishing your online presence. “All we want to do today is bring edu- engage in social media not only to net- a recent article, “How Skype is chang- cation to the students,” Real said. “We work with prospective employers and ing the job interview,” published by Here are some ways to effectively use want to get the message across that coworkers, but to establish an online Time, online interviews are becoming networking sites to your professional sustainability is very important. It presence. This may be the key to get- popular. This saves employers time advantage. will take individual efforts to make a ting recognized for necessary intern- and money. Students should be pre- change.” ship experience and clinching an pared for an employer to request an Although Real was happy about par- interview for a dream career. interview on Skype. • Twitter: Use this social network and Bocchinfuso-Cohen stated Fresno ticipating in the event, she also said If students are not utilizing social micro blog to actively post tweets that media they may not be aware of cer- State students have the opportunity to that she observed only one on-campus portray intellect. Make your tweets rel- tain positions that are available. make an appointment with career ser- recycling bin. evant to your specific professional field. “I was wondering where the other “Some companies are not using job vices for a mock interview anytime. recycling bins we donated are,” Real boards anymore, but instead using “We receive feedback from employ- said. “I understand why they may have social media to find candidates for ers that come to the campus to conduct •Facebook and Myspace: Keep your been removed, but the fact is that if you their positions,” said State interviews,” she said. “Some students pages appropriate, and consider which walk on campus and only see one recy- University, Fresno career services are doing fine, but there is a huge per- friends you associate with on these sites. cling bin, the green image that Fresno director Rita Bocchinfuso-Cohen. centage of them that aren’t and they Remember to filter content to avoid State is trying to convey is not really She predicts that this is only going to could use a practice interview. “ objectionable material. received all too well.” become more popular in cutting-edge Precautions must also be taken when using social media. Students who are Recycling coordinator for Sunset businesses. • LinkedIn: Create an online resume, Fresno State is utilizing social media involved in social media and do not fil- Waste Systems, Inc., Sonia Lara Tyler, and use your information to network with as well. ter the content on their sites can make had suggestions about improving sus- professionals. Remember to build con- tainability at Fresno State. According to Fresno State direc- them lose a potential job. tacts with people from all aspects of your “I believe that bringing awareness tor of social media relations Katie “A lot of students don’t realize it, about sustainability and recycling will Johnson, Fresno State has a “friend but it is a public display about them professional field. allow the recycling bins to come back. list” that she believes to be more than and many employers consider that If people are educated in how to use 2,000 students on Facebook and 300 fol- fair game,” Bocchinfuso-Cohen said. •Personal Web sites: It is important them, maybe we could bring the bins lowers on Twitter. And before the end Students set themselves up for suc- to have your own domain online. This back,” Tyler said. of this year, Fresno State will have a cess when they monitor their content, allows you to display your creativity. You “Maybe the school can place regular YouTube site. meaning no beer pong videos, profan- can link all of your other media to your ity, and actively posting intelligent trash bins next to the recycling bins to Johnson also said many of the personal site. show students that one bin is for trash departments at Fresno State have content. and one is for recycling,” Tyler said. social media involvement on Facebook To stay active on social media, stu- and Twitter. dents may also use sites like Ping.fm, Tyler also said that a lot of outreach COMMENT: The Collegian is a will need to be done in order to make “We are [using social media] to con- which will update all of a user’s social a positive change to sustainability nect alumni with students,” Johnson media sites at once with a message, forum for student expression. efforts at Fresno State. She said indi- said. “They are able to ask them ques- picture or status change. This appli- C http://collegian.csufresno.edu vidual effort is key in allowing sustain- tions for the purpose of establishing a cation may also be used from a mobile ability to succeed. job.” The Fresno State alumni Twitter phone. The Collegian That’s What the People Are Saying o wonder California is falling behind “Nother states. We think education is a luxury, and that it's more important to invest money in prisons than schools.” OpinionOpinionPage 2 Opinion Editor, Haisten Willis • [email protected] • Monday, October 26, 2009 — Jim Boren, Fresnobee.com On e -Fi n g e r Culled each week @issue: the walkout from discussions in The Collegian Sa l u t e newsroom. An A Thumbs up inspiration 34-3 Gypsy Life nuisance The Right Tone La c e e So l i s To n y Pe t e r s e n Our Bulldogs have still never lost to New Mexico State. ’s reedom of speech n last Wednesday It’s not as if Dr. John Welty new slogan: “NMSU, anytime, never seemed activism, especially alongside afternoon, an esti- is President Obama and can anywhere.” Fas apparent on the statues of historical icons Omated 400 student-ac- run a $1 trillion deficit—he California State University, residing in the Peace Garden. tivists marched on California must pay the bills. And, harsh Fresno’s campus as it did at The setting was ideal, taking State University, Fresno’s though it may be, they (the Wednesday’s walkout. the principles possessed and campus, protesting budget administration) did what they Students, faculty and staff displayed by those leaders, cuts, higher fees and class had to do. Thumbs down joined forces to display their which added to the movement cuts. The “walkout” was an Yes, this whole situation Tower District mural to push for reform. semester-long frustrations impressive show of solidar- could have been handled debate over students’ 30 percent fee With the first drum beat ity and as put much better. Perhaps cutting increase, faculty furloughs, my anticipation fluttered as it, “succeeded in publicizing classes at the last minute was I realized the long awaited Some residents don’t want a cancelled class sections and complaints about rising costs not the best way to foster a huge painting next to their house. employee terminations. demonstration was really and reduced benefits.” top-notch learning climate. taking place. Of course, my Others are worried about the I must admit the beating And I, like the majority of Raising tuition costs twice in impact on property values. Some my peers, did not participate the same year may not have are also angry that they weren’t in it. been the best way to lure asked what would be appropriate Not to be a “Debbie excellent students to our cam- for a mural. And another group of Downer,” but 400 students out pus. Instituting furlough days residents actually has real prob- or the first time I was moved to be on of the more than 20,000 that probably won’t induce too lems to deal with. are enrolled at Fresno State is many cheers from students “Fa college campus where voicing one’s not a very inspiring number. and faculty. Mistakes were opinion was not merely a suggestion but an There are many reasons for undoubtedly made. Thumbs up actual event.” this. Apathy is one. A lot of It’s time the university Marge Simpson on us students don’t pay for our reviewed its enrollment pro- the cover of Playboy college education. Our par- cess. Brutal though it may be, ents bare the brunt of raised all are not college material. Don’t pretend you aren’t curious. costs. Maybe we didn’t get a Those without the qualifica- drums, the roaring chants class cut (none of mine were), tions should not be allowed to and the marching rally made strong desire to join in on the and many of us receive a sub- fill up classrooms. me feel a rush of adrenaline activism protest was loudly stantial amount of financial Those slacking off on and pride. Never before had I overridden by the presence aid. Simply put, some of us campus should not be given Thumbs down been witness to such an event of a midterm. So I listened to weren’t significantly affected chance after chance to redeem the students march down the Swine flu declared created to promote awareness by the recent pecuniary hard- themselves. If it’s proven that national emergency that will, hopefully, lead to halls and then went out later ships for the California State a student cannot handle the revision of the current CSU to see the large group rallied University system. challenges that college repre- This disease can’t decide whether system. by the library. Some students had to attend sents, it may be time to cut the it’s a serious threat or not and it It reinstated the notion that For the first time I was class and couldn’t afford miss- cord. goes by two names. So it’s just when people unite for a cause, moved to be on a college ing out on a day’s education. Though I am not normally like that weird ex-girlfriend who the power in numbers is unde- campus where voicing one’s We are trying to make the best a proponent of tax increases, is still stalking you two years after niable. As one walkout poster opinion was not merely a sug- of a bad situation, and miss- Assembly Bill 656, the bill that the breakup. stated, “If not you, then who? gestion but an actual event. It ing a day of class is counter- would create a 9.9 percent oil If not now, then when?” was not a lecture discussed in a classroom, it was a demon- Too often criticism derives could hear people sprinting frantically from the public’s inability to stration taking place on our Thumbs up act on complaints. It is one campus. “Ithrough our hallways disruptively drumming “Man crashes La-Z- thing to talk about issues you Whether you agree with away, screaming, “Walk out for your education!” Boy chair” the walkout or not is, and disapprove of and another to Right, leave class for my education.” actually take the initiative to will continue to be, a much On Friday The Collegian ran a fight for them. Those who dis- debated issue. The fact is that story about a man who crashed agree with the underlying rea- a community of college stu- productive. We need to get our severance tax to help fund an easy chair -- which he had sons surrounding the walkout dents, faculty and staff orga- money’s worth. higher education, seems like a converted into a go-kart -- into a claim it did nothing to change nized and peacefully rallied to (Quick anecdote: sitting decent proposition. Revenues parked car. He had a .29 BAC at things, I would argue other- protest issues they felt could in class, I could hear people must increase, and a smart the time. This is why you should wise. have been handled differently sprinting frantically through way to achieve this is AB 656. read the Friday editions of The Yes, there will be no refund by those in power. our hallways disruptively But none of these solu- Collegian. and perhaps no immediate In true democratic fashion drumming away, screaming, tions will be procured by this reform, but it did give voice they were standing up against “Walk out for your educa- “walkout.” For all it does is to a normally unrepresented an administration they felt no tion!” Right, leave class for my focus on slogans calling edu- group of people. The amount longer acted with the college education. I guess the student cation a “right” and saying it population’s best interest in Thumbs down of attention given to the could not see the irony of his should be “free.” This doesn’t “Dithering” walkout might show the mind, and instead of inces- rallying cry.) solve anything. administration, deciding the santly complaining they actu- What will this protest Our complaints may be ally did something about it. fate of our future, that Fresno accomplish? It’s hard to imag- publicized, but who’s listen- Really Dick Cheney? “Dithering” State students and employees ine any considerable effect. ing? on Afghanistan? Here’s a word are willing to organize and Sure, the administration may COMMENT: The Collegian is a for you, “Shut up and go back protest against practices they make some concessions. But to being the washed-up ex Vice believe are unfair and unjust. forum for student expression. the simple fact is that they C http://collegian.csufresno.edu President of an extremely unpopu- Participants filled the must pay for all of the luxu- lar administration that you are.” campus with a feeling of ries we enjoy here on campus.

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ArtsArtsPage 3 • Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle && Gilbert • [email protected] • Monday, October 26, 2009

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis The daily crossword Los Angeles Times

8 Sister of Zsa Zsa 9 Fit for a king ACROSS 10 Biblical cry of adoration 11 Popular Apple 1 Highway hauler 12 Himalayan giant 5 Cut off 13 Fit to be drafted 10 “__ Silver, away!” 18 Queue 14 Gas in a sign 22 Political takeovers 15 Utah city 24 Kellogg’s toaster pastry 16 Sign of the future 25 “Alas, poor __!”: Hamlet 17 Hymn whose title fol- 26 Persian Gulf emirate lows the line “When I die, 27 Wonderland girl Hallelujah, by and by” 28 Rodent kept as a house 19 Fill to excess pet 20 “Cats” poet 30 Baby beds 21 Gum arabic tree 31 Lee jeans alternative 23 Adviser Landers 32 Ice cream brand 24 Traffic cone 33 Judge’s attire 26 Knight’s lady 34 Scarer’s shout 28 Slimy stuff 35 Scared response Complete the grid so that every row, column and 29 Relative known for quit- 37 Uncle Tom’s creator 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. ting? Puzzle by Jerome Gunderson 40 Duettist with Sheryl Crow C SOLUTION: http://collegian.csufresno.edu 33 Run the country in the song “Picture” 34 Scout’s motto 41 Toon babies of ‘90s-’00s 36 Kimono sash PUZZLE SOLUTION: http://collegian.csufresno.edu TV Word of the Day 37 Air ace’s missions C Copyright 2009. Tribune Media Services, Inc. 44 Sawyer’s friend 38 Climbing vine 46 Frequent, as a diner People voice 39 How duelists begin Schwarzenegger film 64 Lip-__: mouth the words 47 Like ripe peaches 41 stats released 10/26/1984, and 48 Riga native A people voice is the voice that someone 49 Distinctive emanation 42 “Old MacDonald” refrain a hint to the puzzle theme DOWN uses when talking to people who aren't their 43 Rile up found in the first words of 50 Muffin ingredient 44 Ado 17-, 34- and 39-Across 1 Grumpy mood 51 Infatuated, old-style friends. This voice is automatically happy, 45 Resided 59 Ford Explorer Sport __ 2 Morays, e.g. 52 “This is my best effort” nicer and sweeter than their normal voice. It 47 Dance from Ireland 60 Storage room 3 Lawn burrower 53 Any minute now is also often more high pitched. This is often 48 __ Tar Pits 61 “Star Trek: T.N.G.” coun- 4 Arouse, as passion 54 Guitarist Clapton 51 Daybreak selor Deanna 5 Watch covertly 57 Somme summer the voice people use when answering a tele- 55 French franc successor 62 Armored vehicle 6 The E in Q.E.D. 58 Privileges: Abbr. phone or when working in retail. Similiar to 56 With “The,” 63 Snappish 7 Solemn promise the girlfriend voice. Source: UrbanDictionary.com Martin the musician, no laughing matter

By Steve Johnson “King Tut.” Brown, Pete Wernick,” Walz says. ing absurdist plays (“Picasso at the Chicago Tribune The CD has been “It’s a really neat piece of work,” he Lapin Agile”) and first-rate comic piec- widely praised, as adds, citing Martin’s experimental es for The New Yorker. Steve Martin understands that the has Martin’s playing, nature, his playing in nonstandard tun- He’s got a novel in the works that he’ll path has been made difficult for movie which dates back to his ings and his ability to make the banjo’s polish up after the tour, he says. stars who would moonlight as musi- earliest days onstage melodic voice clear. “Many banjo tunes But the banjo had always been a cians. and was used, as magic written in the bluegrass style can touchstone to him, not just in his come- “I think I know the kind of thing was, to give his comedy sound more like a collection of licks dy act but also as a means of relaxation you’re talking about,” he says. act a little something rather than actual melodic ideas,” Walz before shows. “What they really want to be is a rock extra. says. The passion to play it more seriously, Steve Martin star rather than a rock musician.” “It was important to The people playing with Martin for he says, reignited slowly, aided by a He’s too gracious to name names the show because the the tour’s 20-odd dates - mostly in mid- luxury not every musician gets. (Jim Belushi), but plenty a mediocre comedy act looks so ad-libbed,” he says. size theaters - have been enjoying it “About 10 years ago I did something: band has found itself thrust before “I felt I needed something to show that too. I put a banjo in every room,” Martin audiences it hasn’t earned thanks to a I could actually do (something) that “The best thing about it is that his says. celebrity frontman (Jared Leto, Billy was hard.” music’s really good,” says Woody Platt, “So wherever I was, it was there. I Bob Thornton ...). “There probably is Fans of Martin’s 1970s comedy the 32-year-old frontman for Steep didn’t have to be in the mood to play a prejudice against celebrities doing albums will recall the banjo being inte- Canyon Rangers. the banjo and say, ‘Oh, who wants to go music if they didn’t come up that way,” gral. He would riff, for instance, on the “He’s a great, creative banjo player back to the bedroom to pick it up?’ “It Martin says. “But I have not found it, instrument being almost impervious to and probably one of the best enter- really helped me. You know, I started and, you know, luckily for me, in this dark emotions, juxtaposing banjo licks tainers you could ever share the stage playing a lot more that way.” case.” with the lyric, “Oh, death and grief and with.” A few years after that, he says, the “This case” is his current concert sorrow and murder.” After the first week of the tour, Platt great banjo player Earl Scruggs invit- tour, his first as primarily a musician. “I always thought his banjo playing says, Martin’s stage patter included ed him to play on one of his albums: In “An Evening of Bluegrass & was pretty great,” says Chris Walz, mock complaints about having been on “I thought, ‘Oh, I’ve got to get up to Banjo,” Martin, 64, fronts a respected program manager for bluegrass, old the road soooo long. They landed the speed,’ you know? And I started prac- young North Carolina bluegrass band, time and Americana at Chicago’s Old gig touring with the actor because they ticing ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown,’” Steep Canyon Rangers, in a show that Town School of Folk Music. “This is knew Martin’s wife, Anne Stringfield, Martin says. is a little of Steve Martin talking and a somebody who’s really been deep into through family connections, and “And then The New Yorker asked me lot of Steve Martin picking. the music as an art form and as a play- Martin ended up playing with them to host a banjo evening. And I said I For the talking part, “if I gave you a er, but who was also able to take the during a trip to North Carolina. would love to do that because they had percentage, 15 percent,” he says during instrument and use it in comedy, but “We were the local pickers and friends Earl Scruggs, and they had all these perhaps the only publicity conference not in an old-time, kind of slapstick or of the family already,” Platt says. “It favorite players of mine to invite down. call ever held for a banjo tour. “I don’t minstrel way.” unfolded real natural like that.” ... And we just had a great time. really do any lengthy bits, but I really Walz was impressed by the CD, too, For Martin’s part, the musical spot- “And the world just started opening just talk between the songs and intro- which Martin hails in his liner notes light is just the latest surprise in a up, and I connected to more and more duce the band. And whatever comedy as “the most expensive banjo album in never­static career. He quit stand­up people. And then I started thinking that brings. ...” He’s supporting an the history of the universe.” comedy when he was at superstar level. about recording the songs because I album of original tunes, January’s “You can put ‘The Crow’ album right He still makes Hollywood comedies was getting back up to speed again.” “The Crow,” Martin’s first musical up there with the kind of work that but not as many as he might, given the release since the 1978 hit novelty single Bela Fleck has been doing, Alison effort he has put into things like writ- Page 4 The Collegian • Arts & Entertainment Monday, October 26, 2009 Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • [email protected] A film full of giant-sized imagination Box ignores him and a working, great king, Carol, the wan- Movie single mom, he spends most nabe leader of the monsters office of his time wearing a worn- innocently looks down at the review out wolf suit and residing in boy and utters, “Will you keep an alternate world of mon- out all of the sadness?” Here Director Spike sters. As a result, he’s slightly Eerie undertones linger, are the Jonze transforms off in social situations. Case though, suggesting that Max’s top new in point, he begins ordering dream may soon become a Maurice Sendak's films at the box office for the a fence around when his sis- nightmare. classic picture book weekend of Friday, Oct. 23, for children into a ter tells him to play with his His closest friend among the through Sunday, Oct. 25, motion picture. friends. monsters, Carol, often seems During an argument with on the verge of a breakdown based on estimates of ticket his mother one night, Max as he attempts to keep the sales compiled by Yahoo.com. resorts to his comfortable, sav- often at odds group intact. age nature and bites her hard. Likewise, the fun Max and his 1. Paranormal Activity Frightened by the situation he followers have often border- Distributor: Paramount runs away, taking off in a con- lines danger. Whether cud- Pictures veniently placed sailboat for a dling or in dirt clod fights, the Weekend gross: $22,000,000 faraway island. This is where difference in size between the Overall gross: $62,477,000 the wild things are. boy and the giants inevitably Once Max escapes from becomes a threat. Release weeks: 5 his humdrum home, the film The film offers a unique look becomes a fantasy. No time at the monsters. Terrible eyes 2. Saw VI or energy is spent explaining and terrible teeth describe Distributor: Lionsgate the monster’s origins, where the wild things of the book. Weekend gross: $14,800,000 Matt Nettheim they learned to speak or how Surprisingly, however, the Overall gross: $14,800,000 McClatchy Tribune Max was able to locate such a monsters of the film have Release weeks: 1 secluded locale. many human-like character- Review by Angelica Cano After convincing the gullible istics. Jealousy, loneliness 3. Where the Wild Things Are The Collegian monsters he is a king with and insecurity all impact the Distributor: Warner Bros. powers from another land, actions of the creatures. With monsters that crack book. Max feels right at home with In the end, Max decides his Pictures jokes and feel sadness to Converting a beloved pic- his crown and scepter, issu- life is not to be spent with the Weekend gross: $14,420,000 a little boy who’s trapped ture book from 1963 with only ing the decree to “let the wild wild things and sets sail for Overall gross: $53,960,000 between reality and his own 10 sentences into a feature- rumpus start.” home. Though the adventure Release weeks: 2 imagination, “Where the Wild length film seems like an The film is full of kooky lasts only slightly more than Things Are” brings a classic insurmountable task, but humor and adorable dialogue. an hour and a half, the imagi- 4. Law Abiding Citizen children’s book to life. Jonze handles it seamlessly. Interactions between Max nation and above all the heart Distributor: Overture Films Spike Jonze, the man behind Full of idiosyncrasies and and the monsters are almost of “Where the Wild Things Weekend gross: $12,713,000 such eccentric films as imagination, Max, played by sickeningly sweet as a favorite Are” leaves quite an impres- Overall gross: $40,318,000 “Being John Malkovich” and 12-year-old Max Records, is a pastime is wishing each other sion. “Adaptation,” directed and co- good but difficult kid. Release weeks: 2 good night while sleeping in VIDEO: Check out the new movie wrote “Where the Wild Things Max is a lonely boy. With no one big pile. releases at The Collegian online. Are,” based on the children’s father in his life, a sister who Once convinced Max is a C http://collegian.csufresno.edu Monday, October 26, 2009 The Collegian • Features Page 5 Features Editor, Michelle Furnier • [email protected]

By Ashlee Garcia Donation boxes can be Students help The Collegian found at: California State University, Fresno students want to help those who sur- •The Jan and Bud Richter Center- Thomas vived the tsunami in the South Pacific Administration room 107 islands through a donation drive on •Social Science room 108 campus. tsunami victims Fresno State has eight donation boxes •The Collegian- Speech Arts 42 throughout campus that will be avail- •University Student Union (The Pavilion) able from Oct. 21 to Oct. 29. •University Student Union room 306 Students, with help from the Magkaisa • on the first floor Filipino club, are collecting clothing, •Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences non-perishable goods, medical supplies and Technology- Agricultural Science room and toiletries to be sent to the islands 102 via the San Francisco Association of •College of Arts and Humanities- Music the Congregational Christian Church room 186 of American Samoa. The church will send any donations made. An organizer of the donation drive, senior Jubilee Fano, has family in Samoa. Even though her family was Because of the shortage of medical not extremely affected by the tsunami, personnel, the islands need support in Fano said that the cause hit close to aiding the hundreds of injured peo- home, Fano said. ple. Casualties are still being found as “I have a lot of friends whose houses police search different areas through were wiped away,” Fano said. "They're the widespread wreckage. homeless and seeking shelter in their The alert from the Pacific Tsunami churches." Warning Center gave residents about Disaster struck the Samoa and 10 to 15 minutes to flee to higher land American Samoa islands with a tsuna- before their homes and belongings mi that killed 180 people and left many were washed away. still missing. Residents found themselves with The deadly tsunami was triggered no homes, clothes, food or personal by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake at 6:48 belongings. Instead, a swamp of mud a.m., according to MSNBC. and sludge crept through the devastat- The “plate flexure” earthquake ed villages that faced the roaring waves located that caused the tsunami about hours earlier. 120 miles south of the Samoa islands, “It’s important for students to get according to a geophysicist at the involved with things like this,” said Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, communication health major, Diana Gerard Fryer. Suliman. There were a total of four waves that Someone has to go out there for the rushed onto American Samoa that Matt Weir / The Collegian cause and grab the attention of oth- reached upwards of a mile once they ers until it gets it the help it deserves, Donation boxes are located all over campus and people are encouraged to donate anything from reached inland, according to a Fox which is exactly what these donation food to clothes to toiletries. These donations will go to those affected by the tsunami. News report. boxes are doing, Suliman said. Page 6 The Collegian • News Monday, October 26, 2009 News Editor, Jakob Smith • [email protected]

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Amnesiac found in New quick response are in place. the purpose of selling it.” Construction York City identified “The potential exists for the pandemic to overburden Jackson fans organize to join SEATTLE — A teenager health care resources in some worldwide ‘Thriller’ dance who two weeks ago turned up localities,” the White House in the heart of New York City proclamation said. “Thus, in MIAMI — Zombies are noto- puts strain on without remembering her recognition of the continuing riously flatfooted — cadavers name or where she lives has progression of the pandemic, trudging after victims, arms been identified as a resident and in further preparation as extended forward, mouths hid- of Washington state. a nation, we are taking addi- eously agape. Detective Brian Sessa, a tional steps to facilitate our That’s not Aaron Bowling spokesman with the New response.” of Miami, though. For start- campus traffic York City Police Department According to the Centers ers, he’s alive. And come (NYPD), confirmed late for Disease Control and Halloween, Bowling will don Saturday the 18-year-old is Prevention, 46 states have costume and make-up, and from Washington. reported widespread activity join an estimated 50 others at By Leah Bigham the repairs. Sometimes Sessa said the teen is in of the swine flu, also known the University of Miami in a The Collegian single lanes are closed for good health but still hasn’t as H1N1. Since the outbreak of performance of the plodding five minutes before they’re regained her memory. He the pandemic in April, there dance of the undead immortal- opened back up, officials declined to provide further have been more than 20,000 ized in the 1983 music video for The lanes of Shaw avenue said. During heavy traffic details about where she’s from hospitalizations from labora- Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” were congested this week times, such as the lunch hour, in Washington or what hap- tory-confirmed infections and A combination fundraiser after the City of Fresno Sullivan predicted these clo- pened to her. more than 1,000 deaths. and Halloween dance party, began a construction project sures would cause delays of The New York Post reported The declaration is the sec- Thrill Miami is one of more in front of California State up to 10 minutes. late Saturday that the break in ond step in the government’s than 370 such events world- University, Fresno. the case came in a call to the response effort. In late April, wide. NYPD tip hotline from an as- HHS declared a public health All events are scheduled yet-unidentified caller. emergency, which allowed the for exactly the same time on didn't get to do [my PowerPoint] because I was Authorities were able to use government to release antivi- Saturday as part of Thrill late.” that tip to figure out who the ral medications from federal the World, an international “I teen was and reach her family. stockpiles to states that might attempt at the world record According to the New York need them. for the most people perform- — Michael Williams, City Administration for ing the “Thriller” dance at Fresno State Student Children’s Services and the Man electrocuted in man- once. The number to beat is Post, police picked up the teen hole apparently trying to 4,179 zombies, set during the after midnight Oct. 9 outside steal copper last Thrill the World effort in the Covenant House shelter October 2008. Anyone can par- The construction zone, Fresno State student near Times Square. ST. PAUL, Minn. — A man ticipate, but everyone must roughly extending from Michael Williams was sup- She was wearing tattered who was electrocuted Friday know the dance moves. Freeway 168 to Freeway 41, posed to deliver a Power clothing and didn’t have iden- morning in a St. Paul manhole Claudia Osorio, organized consists of a project where Point presentation earlier tification. may have entered the hole to Thrill Miami over the summer the City of Fresno is mak- this week. A Covenant House spokes- strip out and sell copper cable, in part as a tribute to the King ing segmented repairs to “I didn’t get to do it because man told the Post the girl a police spokesman says. of Pop — but also to scratch an damages along Shaw avenue. I was late,” Williams said. He wasn’t a resident at the shelter The victim, who worked for old itch to dress like a zombie The project received a notice said that the traffic delayed and workers didn’t recognize a company that contracts with and ... dance. to procede on Oct. 7. Dec. 4 him 30 minutes the morning her. a telecommunications firm, “I remember seeing the marks the end of the con- of his presentation and he “I just want to know who I “was not doing sanctioned or zombies in “Thriller” and tract when all repairs should was unable to attend class. am,” Children’s Services quot- authorized work” when he I thought it was the coolest be complete, according to Although his instructor is ed the teen as saying last week. entered the tunnel with a saw, thing ever,” Osorio said. “And City of Fresno construction allowing him to give the pre- “I want to know who I am and said Sgt. Paul Schnell, citing a ever since then I’ve wanted to manager, Jim Sullivan. sentation on another day, what happened to me.” preliminary investigation. do that.” The construction crew he will lose points off of his Authorities said the teen “It’s believed that he came At a University of Miami works on the grinding of old grade. told them she had no memo- into contact with high-voltage rehearsal, 40 dancers stomped, pavement at night and replac- Other students just showed ries of her name, home or fam- power lines with that saw,” jumped, swayed their hips, and ing new pavement during the up late to class, after being ily. Police experts and psychia- Schnell said. shrugged their shoulders to day, Sullivan said. unprepared for the stop-and- trists didn’t believe she was At 9:05 a.m., paramedics the music, peppering the per- Although paving in front of go traffic on their way to class. faking. responded to a report of a man formance with claps, snaps, the campus was expected to Pictures of the construction She had no problem doing trapped in a manhole. Instead, and eerie stares. be finished no later than Oct. were taken from cell phones the math portion of study they arrived to find smoke, Whether or not Thrill Miami 23, striping will still need to and posted on social media materials for a GED exam but and then learned that the man helps set a new record, Osorio be painted. Web sites Twitter, Facebook had no memory of the history had been killed, fire marshal says the effort will have been Lane closure and delays and MySpace. or science materials, authori- Steve Zaccard said. worth it. She gets to live out vary throughout the con- Liberal studies major, ties said. Police haven’t disclosed the a cherished childhood desire struction zone. But the effort Angela Her, was spared from victim’s name. and raise money for United is made to keep “at least one delays on her way to class Obama declares swine flu Mary Sandok, an Xcel Way and Smile Train, an inter- lane open, and whenever we after heeding to these warn- outbreak a national emer- Energy spokeswoman, said national charity that provides can open two, or all three,” ings. gency in procedural move that the man struck a 13,500- free cleft-lip and cleft-palate Sullivan said. “I heard people were get- volt distribution line, one of surgeries for poor children. The crew is constantly ting to class late because of WASHINGTON — President several that power the state moving and lanes open and the construction, so I took a Barack Obama on Saturday Capitol, St. Paul College and close as necessary to make different route,” Her said. declared the swine flu out- St. Joseph’s and United hospi- break a national emergency, tals. Momentary outages were a procedural step designed to reported at the college and at Classifieds allow health-care providers to the hospitals, which automati- speed treatment and slow the cally switch over to other ser- Are you waiting for each print spread of the disease. vice lines, she added. edition to read the newest The action gives Kathleen Schnell said that it appeared classifieds? Check them out 24/7 online at: Sebelius, Health and Human the incident occurred just after http://collegian.csufresno.edu Services secretary, temporary the two men arrived, “and just Click on classifieds. authority to grant waivers after he entered the hole.” that would expedite steps such Asked what led authorities The Collegian is not responsible for nor does it assume any liability as setting up off-site emer- to believe the victim might for its advertisers. We caution our gency rooms to treat potential have been there to strip out readers to check out the legitima- flu victims apart from other copper, Schnell said: “That cy of all advertisers before doing patients. appeared to be one of the more business with any of them. Administration officials relevant working theories, in HELP WANTED said the move was not made that he had a saw, and we know because of any particularly this has been a growing occur- STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM troubling development, but rence. People may be knowl- Paid Survey Takers Needed In Fresno. 100% Free To Join! Click as a pre-emptive measure to edgeable about old cable, and On Surveys. ensure that the tools for a may try to pull old cable for Monday, October 26, 2009 The Collegian • Sports Page 7 Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • [email protected] BULLDOG SOCCER HOPKINS: Two Bulldogs split weekend games drives scared ’Dog fans By Mallory Plant The Collegian CONTINUED from page 8 runs in the first half, but the family room erupted after his The Fresno State’s women offense. It is literally the 68-yard burst in the fourth soccer team played two home worst offense in college foot- quarter. games this weekend against ball. It wasn’t the game winner. two teams from the state of I was hoping that Pa Hoppy It was actually the last seven Idaho, taking on the Idaho would have some space-aged points of the game, putting Vandals and the Boise State fast forward function on his Fresno State up 34-3. The run Broncos for Western Athletic TV, but no luck. We agonized, didn’t put the Aggies out of Conference (WAC) games. waiting for Mathews to get contention – that happened The Bulldogs only scored back on the field. much earlier. two goals in two games, but Fresno State got the ball Mathews finished his night were still able to split the two back after New Mexico State with 157 yards and two touch- weekend games. kicked a field goal, taking the downs – stats good enough Boise State beat the Bulldogs lead 3-0 in the first quarter. to keep his name in that 2-1 on Friday night and Idaho All right, here we go, here’s Heisman discussion, at least won 1-0 on Sunday afternoon. the answer. for another week. And that The first goal by Boise State But wait, no Mathews. No 68-yard run was nearly half came in the 21st minute on a number 21. No electricity in his total. free kick and the second goal cleats. No Heisman. The run gave Bulldog fans against Fresno State came Mathews was on the side- hope. For another week, the from a scramble. Matt Weir / The Collegian line for the Bulldogs’ next two team’s best player is still in Head Coach Brian Zwaschka Forward Claudia Cardenas only played 64 minutes in Friday night’s game, drives – two drives that both the running to be the best said the second goal came but still managed to score the ’Dogs’ only goal against Boise State. ended with a three-and-out. player in college football. It because of a lack of patience. Panic ensued. may be far-fetched, but who “We got a little over zealous “Is Ryan hurt?” my dad really believed Boise State of trying to win the ball and score did not come until a score of 1-0. Fresno State’s asked. could have beaten Oklahoma hit it clear,” Zwaschka said. the final minute of play on overall record improved to “Why would Hill take out in a Bowl Championship Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Revel Friday night. 6-11 (4-3 in the WAC). his best player?” Pa Hoppy Series (BCS) game three years said the difference in that Cardenas, who only played The only goal of the game shouted. ago? game came from not paying for 64 minutes, said it was came early in play. The ’Dogs, I saw it in all three gen- A player from a non-BCS attention. great to score, but the timing for a second game in a row, erations’ eyes and at that conference hasn’t won the “We fell asleep for two sec- of the goal could have been had 16 shots. moment, I learned something Heisman Trophy since 1989, onds in that game,” Revel said. better. The score was a deflected about Bulldog fans. Mathews nine years before the crooked Fresno State took 16 shot “I wish it had been ear- shot from Bradlee DeShane means a whole lot to this com- BCS system even began. attempts, ten of those attempts lier in the game. It would’ve to Bianca Lopez. It was the munity of Red Wavers. Mathews has a chance to do came on goal. Boise State, on switched momentum and we first goal of the season for Mathews came back into it for generations of dedi- the other hand, had only six probably would have gotten Lopez. the game after those two cated Bulldog fans who are all attempts with five of them on more in,” Cardenas said. “I’ve had shots before but drives and my Nana was able behind him. goal. With the ten goal shots Friday was a bust for the it was my time it went in,” to put the Pepto-Bismol back Who needs a perfect season for the Bulldogs, only one ’Dogs, but Sunday offered a Lopez said. in the medicine cabinet. We and the help of biased voters made it into the net. chance for Fresno State to get The Bulldogs will conclude still don’t know why he left and computer rankings? Claudia Cardenas had the at least one weekend victory. their season next weekend the game, but no one cared. Tailback Ryan Mathews lone standing goal with an The Bulldogs got the victo- at San Jose State on Friday He was back. is college football’s 2009 BCS assist from Nicole Duff. The ry against the Vandals with afternoon. Mathews had some decent buster. The Collegian Bulldog sound bite of the week

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SportsSportsPage 8 Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • [email protected] • Monday, Ocotber 26, 2009

FRESNO STATE BULLDOGs 34, NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES 3

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Photo Courtesy of New Mexico State Athletics Quarterback Ryan Colburn and the Fresno State Bulldogs have won three games in a row, bouncing back from a slow 1-3 start to the season. The ’Dogs beat New Mexico State 34-3 Saturday. Mathews could be the 2009 BCS Buster The Collegian’s Players of the Game aturday night’s football game charged admission. was a new experience for me. Instead of just going over to watch SYes, I have seen Fresno State the game, my Nana decided it could win a football game before. be a family get-together and we could And yes, I have seen Pat Hill call the break bread and enjoy some old stories same zone-blocking running play 17 before the football game. Nana took times in a row before. the breaking bread Nothing noteworthy part very seriously there. and bought 14 loaves Chastin West But I have never of bread for seven peo- Kenny Wiggins Ben Jacobs Special Teams before seen it with ple. I have never gone Offense Defense three generations of hungry in a Hopkins’ Fresno State Bulldogs. house before. Let me explain. I After dinner it was The Collegian hands out game balls to its Players of the Game following every football game. watched Saturday business time. It was night’s matchup The Lo Down time for the ’Dogs Offense: The play of the game might have been tailback Ryan Mathews’ 68-yard run in the fourth between Fresno State to go to work and quarter to seal the game, but the run would not have been possible without the block of left tackle and New Mexico State Lo g a n Ho p k i n s the nation’s leading Kenny Wiggins. The pancake block sprung Mathews to the end zone and preserved his Heisman with my grandma rusher, tailback Ryan hopes. (Nana) and my parents Mathews, to wow – all three are Fresno State alums. three generations of fans. Defense: Middle linebacker Ben Jacobs was tenacious on defense, totaling 13 tackles, two of You see, the game was only televised The Aggies received the opening them for loss. He also had a field goal block for the second time in three weeks. on ESPNU, a rather obscure television kickoff and were quickly stopped by Special Teams: Punt returner Chastin West had an untouched, 88-yard punt return for a touch- channel that about 103 people between a stout Bulldog defense that only gave down in the third quarter. The punt return was West’s first special team’s touchdown since the Bakersfield and Sacramento actually up three points all night. New Mexico Bulldogs’ game at San Jose State in 2008. pay for every month. One of those State was forced to punt the ball to people is my (grand) Pa Hoppy. Fresno State. When the Fresno State game was The ’Dogs got the ball and it was switched over a few weeks ago to the time to watch the Valley’s Heisman Coming up next ... channel that I don’t get through my candidate pad those stats. But he only The Bulldogs will look to continue their winning ways when conference opponent Utah State cable service provider, I called my had two carries for seven yards on the comes to town on Saturday afternoon. The Halloween game will be a rematch of last season’s go-to guy. Pa Hoppy has more than 900 opening drive and the Bulldog had to channels and a 65-inch high definition punt the ball right back. dramatic finish that ended with a 57-yard Kevin Goessling field goal in Logan, Utah. The Aggies projection screen that will probably be I could feel it in the room. Nobody enter the game with a 2-5 record, but beat Louisiana Tech 23-21 on Saturday. outlawed when 2011 rolls around. wanted to watch New Mexico State’s It’s pure, beautiful, televised sports heaven in all its glory. He could have See HOPKINS, Page 7