The Collegian Sports News Basketball season How superstitious opens tonight at are Fresno State Save Mart Center, students? Page 7 Page 6 Fresno State | Serving the campus since 1922 November 13, 2009 | Friday collegian.csufresno.edu Program that once brought Less students ‘giants’ to campus still absent By Thaddeus Miller buy schedule The Collegian

The University Lecture Series (ULS), which brought the likes of Harvard University Critics say printed version professor Cornel West and film director Spike Lee to speak at is outdated, unneccessary California State University, Fresno, has been suspended until at least January of 2010, By Kristin Berquist I send it to the printer,” said according to administrators. The Collegian academic scheduling coor- “I understand why it has to dinator Anne Burkholder of be canceled, but man, I just As students hammer out the printed schedule. think the college campus is a their class schedules for “ I n m y o p i n i o n w e different place without folks the spring semester, those shouldn’t be printing [the of that stature,” said James E. using the online schedule schedule] anymore. I think Walton, Ph.D. will have the staff likes it because it’s The dean of undergraduate access to something easy to look at,” studies Dennis Nef, Ph.D., was the most Burkholder said. “I think stu- the acting Provost at the time r e c e n t dents could care less. They the decision was made to sus- updates want the accurate schedule.” pend the program for a year. w h i l e The scheduling process is He said, in an e-mail inter- stu- decentralized as each depart- view, the $40,000 that the ULS d e n t s ment is responsible for decid- was budgeted was needed else- rely- ing which classes to offer and where this year. i n g for creating class sections, “We can provide as many as solely Burkholder explained. Once eight courses for that amount o n t h e the schedule is prepared by of money,” Nef said. printed version will the departments, Burkholder The $44 million cut to Fresno not be aware of scheduling opens it up to students online State this year meant that the changes. in the My Fresno State por- administration had to evalu- Kennel Bookstore assis- tal. ate trade-offs, Nef said. The tant manager, Jack Gartner, The online schedule was priorities were to serve the said the shift from printed to made available on Oct. 12, students, maintain employ- online schedules is happen- Burkholder said. The sched- ment and ensure pubic safety. ing gradually as less and less uling office and registrar col- “The university lecture students choose to purchase laborate to create the printed series is one of the things that the booklets, which sell for version, which went on sale makes the university an insti- $1.85 plus tax. at the Kennel Bookstore Oct. tution of higher education,” According to Gartner, the 26. Nef said. “It supplements the sales of printed schedules T he de par tments can things going on in the class- have dropped from 14,231 in make changes to the online rooms, the laboratories and spring 2000 to 6,229 in spring schedule leading up to the lecture halls.” 2009. So far this semester first day of class in January, Nef said Fresno State will the bookstore has sold about Burkholder said. However, miss out on intellectual discus- 3,200 spring schedules, the printed schedule is not sions with speakers like past Gartner said. revised. guests Bernard Kouchner, the Some people feel that the In an e-mail interview with founder of Doctors Without print version of the course The Collegian, Registrar Borders, and Jean-Michel schedule is unneccessary. Cousteau, the president of “It is outdated the minute See PRINT, Page 6 Ocean Futures Society. The current Provost and vice president of academic affairs William A. Covino, Ph.D., said that the ULS was a great series and he would like to bring it back. Open house to be held “We’re considering it now, and are waiting to see where our projected budget stands for forensic research dept. for 2010,” Covino said. Walton said he served on the By Collegian Staff conducts research in biologi- ULS committee for about 10 Photos courtesy of James E. Walton cal sciences and technology, years, and has been present for Fresno State English Department Chair James E. Walton, Ph.D., helped bring with an emphasis on forensic many of the lectures. He said dozens of guest speakers to the campus as part of the University Lecture The Forensic Biotechnology applications. that Fresno State is elevated Series. Walton is pictured with actor Danny Glover (top), comedian Paul Institute of California [FBIC] The FBIC provides tech- when someone like Harvard Rodriguez (middle) and White House Correspondent Helen Thomas (bottom). is having an open house nical leadership to law University professor Henry tonight from 4-7 p.m. enforcement professionals, Louis Gates Jr. or author Joyce The FBIC was founded and relates new biotechnol- Carol Oates makes an appear- Thanks to Instructionally Harvard University brought a in 2007 by the College of ogy advancements to the law, ance. Related Activity (IRA) grants, young Malcolm X to speak at Science and Mathematics at according to Fresno State “We’re missing out on those some clubs and colleges are a rally that energized the col- California State University, assistant professor of chem- kinds of giants,” Walton said. trying to fill the gap that the lege campus in the ‘60s. Fresno. It is housed at istry and criminology Dr. He said it’s unfortunate that suspension of the ULS has left “Those would be the kind the Clovis Research and Kevin Miller. Miller is also the series couldn’t have just behind. The College of Arts of people that The University T e c h n o l o g y P a r k o n the FBIC director. cut back the number of speak- and Humanities, the Ethics Lecture Series could bring on Temperance Ave along with “APPL not only leads ers and still brought some Center and Café Scientifique, campus that would energize the Agriculture and Priority its industry, it innovates,” “giants” to the university. as well as others, have brought the students and the communi- Pollutants Laboratories Miller said in a press release. “That’s the kind of educa- distinguished speakers to ty,” Walton said. “We’re miss- [APPL]. “APPL scientists work to the tion that you just don’t get in Fresno State. ing all that now, because we According to a press highest quality standards on the classroom,” Walton said. Walton recalled when just don’t have those funds.” release, the FBIC teaches and the latest instrumentation.” The Collegian That’s What the People Are Saying On Fort Hood f you’re a Muslim with qualms about going to “Ia war zone in a Muslim country, [The Army] doesn’t care. As an institution, it is built to ignore the qualms, wants, needs and fears of those who come through its doors. The Army cares about the Army’s needs, not yours.” OpinionOpinionPage 2 Opinion Editor, Haisten Willis • [email protected] • Friday, November 13, 2009 — Jay Bookman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Too many students going to college? We b -Sp e @k Culled each week from discussions id that headline get your zombie drinking game with three of on The Collegian Online. attention? It sure got mine his roommates. On a Tuesday after- Dwhen I first read it on noon. Tuesday in the Chronicle of Higher Which brings me to a point even Education (which was brought to my the Chronicle fails to mention. For the Response: attention by esteemed colleague Tony people who move away for school and '@issue: Stay Petersen, making me a thief twice in come of age in some distant college or leave Fresno' the same column). town where everyone is young and What a strange idea. The Chronicle The Upper Upper Deck single and everyone has money but ‘afresnonative’: “I think everyone who might as well have been pushing too Ha i s t e n Wi l l i s no one works, the end of college can grows up in small towns wants to leave much world peace or too few people really feel like The End. the small town they grow up in. But they watching dirty movies. Imagine the I, along with many of my buddies want to and some probably do go back. I counterpart to the walkout’s cries skill and get out rather than spending who went to good ol’ Georgia Southern never left, although I have contemplated for fee cuts: “Hike ‘em up! Charge us countless hours listening to loony gen- University with me, am experiencing leaving. But now that I have a family more! Get these losers out the door!” eral education professors and picking this right now. I received a text mes- there is no place I’d rather be than the Despite the counterintuitive sound up bad habits from your peers. sage from another recent graduate No-Town.” of the idea, it stems from a simple last week that read, “I should’ve never premise. There are only so many gone to college. Everything after col- ‘Wunderkill’: “The weather is depress- skilled jobs out there that require magine the counterpart to lege is a reminder of how awesome ing. Cold and gray in the winter (but not degrees, and college becomes a waste “Ithe walkout’s cries for fee college is.” too cold for snow). Dusty and harmful mathematically when the lost wages cuts: “Hike ‘em up! Charge us Wow. So what does it all mean? particle-filled air even in the spring. Hot- and long-term-debt incurred become more! Get these losers out the First off, forget the notion that the ter than the seventh later of Hell in the a greater number than the dollars slip of paper you’re working for will summer. Sometimes the autumn is nice accrued as a result of the degree. door!’” get you anything. Your career may with its color, but realistically, it’s all bad. The corollary is horrifically very well come down to the old adage I put in my six years and departed eight depressing: sorry guys, but the world of “who you know.” You need to net- days for better opportunities after my still runs on delivery men, trash guys Ensconced with the idea, I called up work. Hard. Make contacts wherever commencement in 2008.” and waiters. And many of you will a buddy who goes to Georgia Tech for you can and find a way to the back spend your lives working jobs you are a quick poll: “Hey man, I just read that door of your dream job. academically overqualified for in spite there are too many people with college Secondly, for the commuters who of your realized ambitions. degrees saturating the market, would may feel they’re missing out because Happy Friday the Thirteenth. you be willing to drop out of college to they live at home and work part time, Response: President Obama has even said as help?” stop feeling that way. The term for ‘Study session much, albeit in a roundabout way. “Yea, that would be the nice thing to your college experience is “realistic.” at Welty’s house’ He is currently pushing more money do, but I’m a [meanie]. Get somebody Me, I’m staying positive. Maybe I’ll for community colleges and trade else to drop out.” end up a trash man, but I’ll write the ‘Pez Fez’: “The library may be closed schools, the places where you learn a Crap. Also, he said this from his best damn trash blog around! on Saturdays, but the USU is open until couch as he was playing some sort of midnight every day.” OUR VIEWS ‘Wtfman’: “Why the hell are you all studying on a Saturday, go out and enjoy your youth. That’s why there is Sunday.”

‘David’: “Is everyone forgetting that, up AB 656 right for California until this year, we didn’t even have a library to study in? So what if it’s closed alifornia’s higher education the CSU, according to the bill’s author, ture has been hesitant to pass the bill. one day out of seven? We lived without it infrastructure is in a state State Assembly Majority Leader AB656 has been rejected numerous for a long time, and we can learn to do it Cof flux, and state legislature Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont. times since mid-June. again for one day per week.” has been haphazard in its attempts to The issue is divisive, with pro- Millions more in higher education bridge a multi-million dollar budget ponents of the matter saying it will and state funding cuts loom omi- ‘How old are we?’: “Harsh comments. It deficit. alleviate the effects of the fiscal crisis nously for the foreseeable future, so takes a lot of courage for those kids to do According to the latest polls, Gov. while detractors argue that resulting California Legislature should be doing what they did. The rest of you write these Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state tax increases will add to the already all that it can to fund higher education. comments online but would more than legislature have received record low overstretched general fund. The numbers do not lie. California likely be too afraid to take a stand for approval ratings for their handling Weeks of rallying and demonstrat- graduates have powered the state; The something you believe in.” of higher education. Schwarzenegger Master Plan was framed upon this received a disappointing 21 percent concept. By 2025, the state will fall 1 ‘WTF’: “All I can say is that these people while legislature received 16 percent. million college graduates short of its deserve to be #1 on the list of those Despite the recent injection of he numbers do not lie. By needs, according to recent estimates individuals who get cut when the nniver- stimulus funding intended to restore from the Public Policy Institute of 2025, the state will fall 1 sity’s funds run out. That’ll teach you to more than 200 class sections and rehire “T California. be anti-fee increase. Take your liberalism an unspecified number of lectures at million college graduates short In the past seven years, funds have and entitlement and go somewhere else.” California State Universities, it is not of its needs.” been cut from the CSU’s portion of enough to rebound from cuts of histor- the state budget as well as admission ‘To Collegian staff’: “Take down the com- ic proportions. Legislature must con- freezes, furloughs, a reduction in class ments on this site that are not “opinions” sider alternatives that do not interfere sections and ultimately delayed gradu- but are simply hate speech. They are not with students’ graduation plans. ations all in efforts to reduce costs. A conducive to the student body we should The solution? Assembly Bill 656. ing have resonated with university billion-dollar boost from the bill has be trying to support. It is disgusting that Last week, students during an open officials, with President John D. Welty the potential to finance thousands of your editor and staff allow these com- forum debate with univeristy presi- even considering the piece of legisla- students educations. ments to be posted and remain up. “ dent John D. Welty, urged support for tion. On Nov. 18,Torrico will make The state is a long way from solving the bill that would tax oil extraction to his way to the Fresno State campus to its financial and funding obstacles for pay for higher education. lobby on behalf of the bill. higher education, so any reasonable The bill calls for taxing oil and natu- California, which is the third larg- measure that can be taken should be ral gas drawn from California land est oil-producing state in the nation, implemented. AB 656 is not a perfect and allotting the money to the 23-CSUs, does not have such a tax in place. solution — but it is a start. COMMENT: The Collegian is a 8-UCs and community college systems Other large oil-producing states, such forum for student expression. COMMENT: The Collegian is a C http://collegian.csufresno.edu throughout the state. As proposed, the as Texas and Alaska, have a similar forum for student expression. bill would raise $1 billion a year. The bill implemented that funds social pro- C http://collegian.csufresno.edu majority of the funding would go to grams and education. Yet state legisla-

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ArtsArtsPage 3 • Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle && Gilbert • [email protected] • Friday, November 13, 2009 ‘Yesterday’s Inside Chonies’ By Angelica Cano in the Fresno State Bulldog The Collegian Marching Band.) Now performing at the likes Booty-shaking brass music of the Fresno Metropolitan and psychedelic trans-punk Museum of Art & Science and are two descriptions that heading to Seattle next year members of the Fresno-based for the radical marching band band Yesterday’s Chonies use festival Honk! Fest West, the to describe their music. Those band still cites their ArtHop elusive sounds and unconven- performances at Studio Itz as tional tunes are played by the some of their favorites. seven-member group, or as The well-known group is tuba player Glenn Tozier puts supported by what Asami it, “band nerds who have said describes as their Fresno ‘f**k the world.’” niche of artists, activists and In combination with Tozier, musicians. In a recent meet- Yesterday’s Chonies is com- ing with six of the bandmates prised of washboard player at Café Revue in the Tower Becky Asami, tambourine District, three separate cus- player, volcalist and dancer tomers greeted the band, often Photo courtesy of Yesterday’s Chonies Amber Fargano, baritone with the affectionate “What up From left to right: David Gomez, Glenn Tozier, Pierre Jauretche, Amber Fargano, Becky Asami, Gino Hernandez and horn player David Gomez, Chonies?” Aron Oblath. bass drum and cymbal player How do you come up with think about when you think of ments that aren’t necessar- Tozier: Nothing is electric. Pierre Jauretche, baritone a name like Yesterday’s chonies, you know? There’s a ily popular at this moment of Asami: We actually put sax player Aron Oblath and Chonies? whole variety of things. time to make the type of music everything on a bike and ride the newest member Gino Gomez: Drinking. And, if they are from yes- we’re making. “Yesterday’s this bike around. Hernandez on alto saxophone. Asami: No, we’re a straight- terday, somebody was party- Chonies” is kind of like, we’re Gomez: We’re 100 percent Formed in August 2008, edged band. ing hard… making something out of bike mobile. Yesterday’s Chonies began Tozier: That’s a joke. Gomez: Exactly. something used and discard- Tozier: If we have a show in playing behind art galleries The straight-edged or the Asami: It implies a 48-hour ed. town, we bike there. We have and in alleys around Fresno, drinking? party, at least. Would you describe the a big tricycle we can load up. embracing instruments more Tozier: The straight-edged. Tozier: I think we’re also, to band as acoustic? A lot of One bike for all the instru- fit for a marching band (four Gomez: There’s an element of some degree, eluding to the the instruments you can pick of the group’s members met party in the band. What do you fact that we’re playing instru- up and play wherever. See Q&A, Page 4

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Source: UrbanDictionary.com Page 4 The Collegian • Arts & Entertainment Friday, November 13, 2009 Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • [email protected] if we needed to. Fargano: Lyric-wise, it’s just mouth there were a lot of doors open to us and What was the link to go from play- diarrhea. Usually they put the song I think, honestly, this band is a thou- Q&A: ing wherever you wanted to being together and then I listen to it and I say, sand times better than that band. booked at festivals and The Met? “OK, I’ll sing this.” Why do you say that? CONTINUED from page 3 Tozier: People just started asking us. What’s the craziest story in the Asami: This band is so unique and Asami: We were expecting to be band’s existence? so much fun. There’s so much life. My chased away from most of the places, Fargano: I keep thinking of the personal dream for this band is to go on but the opposite kind of happened. guy standing on the crate at Studio a bike tour, where we play all the way What do you cite as influences of Itz, pouring beer on his head and like up to the northwest and never drive a the band? screaming at the end of our show. car. Orblath: Drinking. What’s it like to be a band in What is the most surprising aspect Gomez: Soviet Red Army Choir, Fresno? of being in a band? Middle Eastern music, North African Gomez: Hot. Orblath: I’ve always been surprised Rai music, the blues. Tozier: We have had a much different by the fact that people actually dig Asami: Gogol Bordello. experience than most bands in Fresno. what we do. Tozier: Definitely American march- Other bands have to book gigs and ven- Tozier: In a society where we’re so ing band music, Norteño music. ues. We don’t. We can just go out and plugged in and is such a consumer soci- Photo courtesy of Yesterday’s Chonies Do you write your own music? play on the street. ety, there is actually a decent number ments and then everyone else rides Fargano: Yes. Though, we do have a Is this group something you’d like of people that still value going out and their bike along with it. Like on Art few songs that feature other songs we to pursue as a career? watching live music and performance. Hop, we’ll go out and play four or five admire. Tozier: That’s so not likely. All of us Gomez: You might not get smacked by different places. Just hop on our bikes Asami: Like some good Tom Waits. are pretty much pursuing other things. a horn player when you’re sitting and and go the next one. It makes the whole What is the inspiration behind the Asami: We are, but I am always trying watching it on your computer. evening so much freer. lyrics and the music? to convince them to quit their day jobs. Oblath: It’s more exciting to think So you sort of camp out and play Gomez: Fresno is a hard place to live Aron: I’d like to, if it happened. I that you might get smacked by a horn whatever you want? if you’re an artist or musician. It’s kind wouldn’t mind playing music forever. player. Gomez: That’s how the band started, of a happy sorrowfulness, I think. Asami: Personally, I think we could. Lastly, are you wearing yesterday’s we were guerilla like that. We never Tozier: It’s a little tongue-in-cheek. I think this band could do almost any- chonies today? really booked shows, we just sort of Orblath: We kind of play what we like thing it wanted to, but it’s hard to get Collectively: Yes. showed up at different places. Because to play. It’s whatever comes out of our seven people to collaborate. I was in a Hernandez: and they stink so badly. we were on our bikes, we could disperse brains. band that was successful enough that Page 5 • The Collegian • Friday, November 13, 2009 Page 6 The Collegian • Features Friday, November 13, 2009 Features Editor, Michelle Furnier • [email protected] Campus Life Friday the 13th brings superstitions Where they originated from and how many people it affects

By Michelle Furnier teenth gate, and it isn’t uncom- The Collegian mon for hotels and hospitals to not have a room 13. Avoid walking under lad- The superstition of walking ders, don’t cross a black under ladders has been con- cat, don’t open an umbrella sidered blasphemous since indoors, don’t spill salt, and the early days of Christianity. don’t break a mirror. The number three was seen Why? as holy because of the Trinity Because it’s Friday the (the Father, the Son, and the Thirteenth, and to some, it’s Holy Spirit), therefore the tri- the most unlucky day of the angle was also seen as holy. year. A ladder leaning up against A c c o r d i n g t o D o n a l d a wall looked like a triangle, Dossey, founder of the Stress and therefore resembled the Management Center and Trinity. Walking underneath Matt Weir / The Collegian P h o b i a Becky Williams the ladder The Wellness Lounge opened in the bottom floor of the University Student Union on Tuesday, Nov. 10 with a Institute in would break the Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic. They provided shots for students for $10 with a student ID card. Students, such as nurs- A s h e v i l l e , Trinity, which ing majors Timothy Nguyen and Tessa Patton, serve students at the lounge weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. N. C . , " I t ' s c o u l d i nv i t e been esti- unwanted hang- mated that ings and witch $800 or $900 trials. m i l l i o n i s A black cat lost in busi- crossing one’s ness on this p a t h c a n b e PRINT: Immediate updates online day because unlucky howev- people will er it’s a mystery CONTINUED from page 1 not fly or do exactly where business [in the supersti- Tina Beddall said that the in 2004. Because many initial the United tion originated. printed class schedule can be This spring, the univer- changes were made to the States] they Black cats were a very useful tool to have each sity ordered 7,200 copies of spring schedule, Burkholder would nor- known to hang semester. the schedule, Beddall said. said she delayed releas- mally do." around with The booklet includes, in Roughly 1,200 copies are for ing the printed version. “I Dossey esti- Photos by Brianna Campbell / The Collegian witches. Some detail, procedures for reg- campus distribution and the didn’t see the point in print- mates that cats just send istration such as obtaining remaining inventory goes to ing something that was com- the phobia people on edge permission numbers, add- the bookstore for sale. pletely obsolete,” she said. affects 17 to 21 million people because they’re very quiet and ing lecture/labs, wait lists With the uncertain budget, “So we went to print three in the U.S. sneaky. and grading options, as well departments had a difficult weeks later, and it went to the Paraskevidekatriaphobics The breaking of a mirror as a calendar for deadlines. time planning the spring 2010 bookstore three weeks later, are people who are irrational- could damage a soul. The mir- Since classes are frequently semester, Beddall said. and I don’t think anybody ly afraid of the date. ror represents not only appear- added, cancelled or modi- “Once word of the addi- noticed.” S u p e r s t i t i o n s ance but one’s soul. fied, Beddall said it is best tional stimulus money Burkholder said she sees no don’t seem to affect Charlie Naurath T he mir ror will for students to use the online became available, the depart- benefit of having the printed students on cam- take revenge of the search when building their ments were able to restore schedule and has encouraged pus. They still breaker’s negli- class schedule and have the class sections,” Beddall said. the university to provide the go about their gence and the mir- printed version handy for ref- “Unfortunately, this was done schedule exclusively online. daily routines ror breaker will erencing procedures. after we went to print.” But Beddall said that the uni- when Friday the get seven years bad Five years ago the univer- A s r e p o r t e d b y T h e versity continues to provide Thirteenth rolls luck. sity did away with the print- Collegian, a one-time federal the printed version because around. C r i m i n o l o g y ed spring 2004 schedule, said allocation of $1.4 million will students still want it. H e a l t h a n d m a j o r C h a r l i e Kennel Bookstore director allow Fresno State to add over “I believe we will certainly rehabilitation Naurath also said Ron Durham. Many students 200 course sections and retain review the demand of the sciences major he’s always aware were upset by the decision approximately 50 lecturers printed class schedule and I Becky Williams o f F r i d a y t h e and the printed schedule was next semester. Although anticipate sometime in the said she doesn’t Thirteenth. returned the following semes- Burkholder has not yet seen future we will stop the print- believe in super- “Friday the thir- ter. a large increase in class sec- ed version,” Beddall said. stitions. teenth happens on “It was a pretty good idea tions added to the schedule, “But for now, as long as we “I recognize a month that starts but was probably premature,” she said departments are see the desire for a printed it’s Friday the with a Sunday,” Durham said of the abrupt monitoring enrollment and version, we will continue to Thirteenth but I Naurath said. switch to online scheduling making changes accordingly. offer it." still go out,” Williams said. 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to be the best, even if the team suffered Cleveland said attention to detail is a tough loss. one of his main focuses following a “We have to put the loss behind us,” loss. Hill said. “I feel I have to motivate us to “Close games come down to the little De a l i n g get better. No matter win or lose, I try details,” Cleveland said. “The small to get the best out of the players.” things need to be paid attention to. Hill added that his coaching strat- That is why I like for the team to watch w i t h egy differs depending on the situation a lot of film. I want them to see the the team is in, but motivation does not small mistakes.” change in different situations. Women’s head basketball coach “For us [the football team], it is do Adrian Wiggins also feels that film a d v e r s i t y or die every week, motivation is very sessions are important, more so if the important,” Hill said. team played well. Men’s head basketball coach Steve “If the team played well and lost a Cleveland said his coaching strategy close game, we will probably watch Fresno State coaches weigh-in on the ‘tough loss’ depends on how the team played dur- more film and have more intense ses- ing a heartbreaking loss. sions,” Wiggins said. “I like them to By Michael Hamlin Jr. iar with devastating “If the team played well and lost, I see the mistakes they made. But if The Collegian losses. Whether it be like to point out the good things that the team played poorly and lost a close the football team losing happened during the game,” Cleveland game, practices will be more physical Losing on a last second field goal or a triple overtime game said. “I don’t want to be condescend- and there will be more conditioning.” a heartbreaking buzzer beater can be a g a i n s t n at i o n a l ly ing to the players if they played well. Wiggins also added that motivation is devastating to the success of a team. ranked Texas A&M in Sometimes you can play well and lose, not a problem after a tough loss. Sometimes a team cannot recover 2007 or losing to peren- it just happens. I want the players to “It is easier to motivate them after a from the defeat, spiraling into a mul- nial basketball power- keep their confidence.” loss because they are hungry. After a tiple-game losing streak that can end house Stanford by two Sophomore guard Paul George said win, the team can get somewhat com- a season prematurely. Other times, a points in 2006. With Pat Hill practices are more intense following a placent,” Wiggins said. team can rally and turn their season all of the devastating Football Coach tough loss. George also feels that the players in a positive direction, under the guid- losses over the years, “Coach [Cleveland] is a little harder need less motivation on the heels of a ance and tutelage of their coach. Fresno State coaches on us the next couple of practices,” defeat. No team is immune to a heartbreak- know what to do to turn their season George said. “We focus on the details “We don’t really need much motiva- ing defeat, but how the defeat is handled back around. more. Focusing and learning from the tion,” George said. “We instill the pres- is the true mark of a team’s resolve. Fresno State head football coach Pat small details are what makes us a bet- sure to win on ourselves. We know we Fresno State athletics is far too famil- Hill said the team has to keep striving ter program.” need to get better.”

BULLDOG BASKETBALL Both teams open up regular seasons tonight By Sara Almario The two teams haven’t met since the Bulldog forward Paul George said The Collegian 1974-75 season. The ’Dogs won that that he and his teammate have only matchup, 90-57, tying the series at been able to watch some game film on Fresno State’s men’s basketball team 14-14. the Gators. will face an opponent they haven’t The new generation Bulldogs have no “We haven’t had the chance to get a played in 35 years as they begin the experience against the Gators, so the glimpse on them but we have to be pre- season against the San Francisco State players said they will have to prepare pared,” George said. “We can’t take Gators tonight at the Save Mart Center. more extensively for tonight’s game. any team lightly.” The Bulldogs are coming into this sea- son a more experienced team. Bulldog guard Brandon Sperling said the team is now more confident in its potential. “Everyone understands the game bet- ter,” Sperling said. “We’re more confi- dent and we’re definitely an up-tempo team. Once you have a year playing under your belt, you become a more comfortable shooter, a more comfort- able defender.” Experience will play a factor in the team’s success, since the players now have more knowledge on the pace and predictability of the game. “We’ve definitely matured as a team and I do feel I’ve matured as a player,” George said. “One of the lessons I learned from last season is the differ- Brianna Campbell / The Collegian ence between making a good decision Sylvester Seay and the ’Dogs will take on San and a bad decision on the court.” Francisco State for the first time in 35 years. One of the advantages of the Bulldogs this year is the return of one of their the Gauchos 19-8. The last time they strongest players, Mychal Ladd. faced each other was in 2008 and the George described him as the determin- Bulldogs won 71-45. ing factor of the team. According to Frank, the team’s big- In their preseason game against gest strength this year is the return of Fresno Pacific, the sophomore guard all five starters. scored 22 points and a block. This will be an advantage for the “Mike is a strong player,” George Bulldogs since the Gauchos are cur- said. “He’s definitely the X factor in rently going through a transition our team and his performance will phase with the departures of their five determine on how far we can go this key players. season.” Women’s team is on the road The Gauchos’ current lineup consists mostly of freshmen, a disadvantage Tonight, the back-to-back Western that will plague them when they face Athletic Conference (WAC) champions the seniors and juniors on the team. will be taking on the back-to-back Big Bulldogs’ guard LaShay Fears said West champions to open up the 2009-10 the team is confident going into this season. season as the WAC champions, but they The Fresno State women’s basket- still have to be fully prepared for their ball team will start off the season upcoming opponents. with an eight-game road trip, starting “We have a lot of competition ahead with their game at UC Santa Barbara of us because we know we’re the team tonight. to beat,” Fears said. “That is why we’ve Assistant coach Brett Frank said got to come out hard and give it all since the Bulldogs won the WAC tour- we’ve got.” nament last season, opponents will Australian newcomer Rosie Moult, be putting in their best effort to bring who recently made her Bulldog debut tough competition. in their game against Fresno Pacific, The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos won’t said she’s still adjusting to the fast be any different. pace of American basketball, but she’s “People don’t boo nobodies,” Frank excited to be playing this season with a said. “We have been the team that championship team. had great success and as such, all the “Everyone in the court is very com- other teams will be giving us their best petitive,” Moult said. “There is pres- shots.” sure but it just pushes me harder to The Bulldogs lead the series against play up to their expectations.” The Collegian Student-athlete of the week Safety Moses Harris The senior is second on the team this season with 42 tackles. Off the field, Harris was just named a finalist for the “Academic Heisman.” SportsSportsPage 8 Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • [email protected] • Friday, November 13, 2009

WEEK 10 PREVIEW SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, AT 1 P.M., MACKAY STADIUM (RENO, NEV.) Bulldog Game Day Fresno State Bulldogs Nevada Wolf Pack at (6-3, 5-1 WAC) (6-3, 5-0 WAC) The Collegian’s TELEVISION: BSN (COMCAST CHANNEL 13) Keys to Victory RADIO: KMJ-AM 580 AND KGST-AM 1600 (ESPN DEPORTES) 1. Fuel the fire. The ’Dogs are on a five-game win- Analysis By Logan Hopkins ning streak and are red-hot. Fresno The Collegian State will need to stay hot to beat Nevada

2. Keep containment. The Wolf Pack’s pistol offense will try to get outside, but defensive ends and outside linebackers will need to be disciplined.

3. Start out fast. The ’Dogs should do the exact opposite of what everyone is expecting – start with the pass.

Brianna Campbell / The Collegian Player to watch: Ryan Colburn, quarterback

Matt Weir / The Collegian Position matchups

When Fresno State runs: Breakdown: Bulldogs Breakdown: Wolf Pack Advantage Fresno State The Wolf Pack has a solid rush Last week at the Kibbie ing 161 yards per game The Fresno State The pistol offense is a defense (allowing only 104.9 Dome, quarterback Ryan through eight games. The B u l l d o g s m a y b e variation of the spread- yards per game), but tailback Ryan Colburn had a perfect Wolf Pack’s rush defense on a five-game win- option offense which night, going 14-for-14 only allows 104.9 yards ning streak and have utilizes misdirection and Mathews is just too good. for 159 yards and a per game, good enough Superman at tailback, mismatches to capital- touchdown. The game for No. 21 in the entire but they will likely find ize on defenses’ weak- When Nevada runs: was clearly the lefty’s country. their kryptonite tomor- nesses. Advantage Nevada strongest game of the season. But that stat may be skewed. row in Reno, Nev. And last year, it made Fresno The Wolf Pack, led by quarter- His performance will again Nevada has won six games in Nevada quarterback Colin State look silly. back , averages be key for the Bulldogs, espe- a row, beating opponents by Kaepernick is running the Besides a gifted, duel-threat 341 yards per game, No. 1 in the cially against the Nevada pass an average of 25 points. With nation’s most potent rush attack, quarterback, the Pack’s offense nation. defense. such a wide margin of victory, which averages 341 yards per also boasts a set of tailbacks Through the first nine games Nevada’s opponents are not game. The Turlock-native is that will challenge the ’Dogs’ When Fresno State passes: of the season, the Wolf Pack’s rushing the ball much in the sec- averaging 104 yards rushing per defense. pass defense ranks No. 119 ond half. game himself. Tailbacks Luke Lippincott and Advantage Fresno State in Football Bowl Subdivision On the defensive side, the Last year at Bulldog Stadium, Vai Taua combine for 190 yards Fresno State’s pass offense will (FBS). Colburn, along with his Bulldogs will have too much to Kaepernick and the Wolf Pack per game and will be key in the be going against the worst pass receiving corps, will be asked to handle with the Pack’s potent amassed exactly 600 yards of read-option plays. defense in . Nevada compliment the Bulldogs’ rush- rush attack. total offense – 472 of those yards The game might turn into a allows 301 passing yards per ing attack, led by tailback Ryan Ultimately, the rush defense will on the ground. shootout with Nevada’s weak game. Mathews. be the downfall for the Bulldogs The secret to the Wolf Pack’s defense, but the Bulldogs just Mathews is still leading the and the five-game winning streak success against the Bulldogs’ don’t have enough firepower to When Nevada passes: entire nation in rushing, averag- will likely come to an end. defense? The pistol offense. keep up with the pistol offense. Advantage Nevada Colin Kaepernick may only aver- age 177 passing yards per game, but he will be dangerous outside of Firing on all cylinders ... the pocket and will likely burn the Bulldog for one long play. Wins against: UNLV, Louisiana Tech, Defense: 4-3 Utah State, Idaho, Hawaii, San Jose Key players: RB Vai Taua, WR Chirs Special teams: State Wellington, DE Kevin Basped Advantage Nevada Losses to: Notre Dame, Colorado Series record: Fresno State leads the With the temperature around 40 State, Missouri series 24-14-1 degrees, Farenheit, at kickoff and Joe Jaszewski / McClatchy Tribune Last meeting: Nevada won, 40-28, in Head coach: (25th season, PODCAST: Why does the Pack’s possible snow tomorrow morning, Player to watch: 204-94-1) 2008 (Bulldog Stadium) rush defense have such good stats? special teams will go the way of the Colin Kaepernick, quarterback Offense: Pistol Point spread: Nevada is favored by 7.5 C http://collegian.csufresno.edu home team.