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Preview ‘Servant of Two Masters’ A&E PREVIEW BULLDOG BASEBALL Men’s and women’s basketball take two different paths SPORTS Check out The Collegian’s website for a preview of the 29th-ranked team in the nation Cut Roethlisberger some slack OPINION monday Issue january 31, 2011 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 Students wary of Five Dollar Fridays boost scam job sales for opportunities University Dining Hall Matt Weir / Collegian File Photo Many choices available at the University Dining Hall are grown at Fresno State. By Dana Hull Before homecoming week, The Collegian a lot of people simply didn’t know about the Friday deal. Fresno State’s University “I thought everybody Dining Hall has been serving knew,” she said, “and I learned up $5 Fridays for more than that clearly everybody didn’t four years now. Despite the know.” apparent value they offer on Guill said that other rea- Fridays, it’s still their slowest sons students and staff don’t day of the week. want to visit the dining hall UDH senior manager is because of location and Debbie Guill says people perception. The dining hall is weren’t aware of it until this on one end of campus, and to year. some students and staff it can “It got more popular when be an inconvenience to make the centennial celebration the trip down to the dining happened in October and we hall. really promoted it,” she said. “I have the challenge of “It’s been very successful and changing the perception of we’ve gotten a lot of positive what goes along with dining feedback about it.” hall food,” she said. “Every According to Guill, approxi- year I have 1,200 new students mately 300 students and staff walking up that ramp going Matt Weir/ The Collegian visit the dining hall during ‘This is going to be gross Students question the validity of work opportunity flyers posted and passed out around campus. breakfast, 600 visit during because it’s dining hall food.’” lunch and 700 visit during din- But UDH doesn’t serve By Leonard Valerio director of career services at “Some of them sounded ner on weekdays. However, on up mystery meat and flimsy The Collegian Fresno State, said that ever too good to be true,” she said, Friday business slows down. mashed potatoes that many since the economy experi- “but as a struggling student “Unlike the outside world experience with a high school As semesters come and go, enced a downturn there has I still wanted to check them where typically Friday and cafeteria. In fact, the dining some things always seem to been an increase in job post- out because some employers Saturday in the restaurant hall menu changes daily, and stay the same — long lines in ings that are certainly ques- aren’t very flexible with stu- business is very busy — here they have an executive chef the bookstore, lack of parking, tionable. dent schedules, especially if it is the opposite,” she said. and sous chef, along with shortage of classes and, more “Students may not have a they already have a job.” “Students are going home many cooks. Entrees and recently, false job postings. lot of experience as employ- Williamson said that sev- or they’re going out to eat meals are cooked everyday On campus billboards and ees, and many have limited eral of the postings asked for because it’s Friday.” from fresh ingredients. A lot all through the free speech exposure to the work world start-up fees that would be Guill said that during the of ingredients they use are area there are numerous job and the rules and regulations reimbursed once work was centennial celebration on grown right on the Fresno postings advertising student regarding pay and the labor completed. Homecoming week last fall, State campus. work, often with high pay and laws that exist out there,” she “I had a bad feeling when she saw a huge spike in sales In other words, processed the flexibility of working from said. “In some ways students some of the companies that Friday with approximate- food is not in UDH’s vocabu- home. can be easier to lure into ques- asked me to pay for materi- ly 200 faculty and staff alone lary. While not all of these job tionable positions.” als upfront,” she said. “After coming to dine in the hall. “Any of the processed food postings are fake, many of Sheryl Williamson, 23, said doing a little more research “We were shocked about that we are using would be the them are, and more often than she was looking for a second online, I found out that some how many people came,” she same you would use at your not they are marketed toward job when she came across sev- of these companies were fake said. “What we did is we took house,” Guill said. “Yes we can students. eral of the work for students the slowest day of the week Rita Bocchinfuso-Cohen, flyers around campus. See WORK, Page 3 and made it busier.” See UDH, Page 3 The Collegian THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING... think if you listen to the street, they are not asking for democracy, they are not asking for anything except the removal “ I of Mubarak. He’s become a symbol for everything that they find objectionable...and you’ve got to change the symbol.” Opinion – Edward Walker, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, “State of the Union” PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, DANIELLE GILBERT • [email protected] MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011 EDITORIAL ONE-FINGER Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian Roethlisberger deserves SALUTE newsroom. same treatment as Bryant Thumbs up Kevin Olekaibe trend is starting to brew prolific NBA player in the history OK. He was convicted of a crime in major American sports, of the game behind Michael Jordan, and was sentenced to 23 months in and it’s forcing loyal fans actually stood trial in an alleged federal prison for murdering and The freshman guard has been the to question how they view rape case involving an Eagle, Colo., torturing animals that did not meet best player on the team this season. Aathletes that get hit with sexual woman in the summer of 2003. No his standards in a fighting ring. With our luck, Olekaibe will go to assault allegations. charges were ever executed and Roethlisberger’s situation is the draft, just like Paul George and Year after year, top athletes in the everything was filed outside of different. It is true, he has been Dominic McGuire before him. most-watched sports are not only court, but Bryant stood a taller task accused of making ill-advised trying to win games, but also win than any NBA Finals — restoring decisions and being immature, back fans and restore their collective his public image. indeed he really is, but he has never images after being charged with Four NBA titles later, Bryant’s crossed any line that Bryant did not. serious criminal offenses. fan base is as large as ever, The accusations against him are And with arguably the biggest supporters come from far and serious, there’s no doubt about that. game to be won in American wide and very few critics hinge But if a court of law does not see sports less than a week away, their feelings on the Los Angeles Roethlisberger as a criminal, then Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback superstar on his moral blemishes. why should we? Thumbs down Ben Roethlisberger has had the Bryant shook off the temporary Active sports viewers have to President Hosni tall task of juggling sexual assault setback, and now is booed more for make decisions on who they support Mubarak of Egypt and allegations as much as blitzing his actions on the court than in any and what jersey apparel they may the current protests. linebackers this season. scandal off of it. Roethlisberger, wear based on an extremely blurred After allegations of sexual however, still can’t seem to shake off line. Which criminal offense is misconduct in 2009 plagued the naysayers no matter how much he gentle enough to accept, and what The death toll in Egypt rose to more 28-year-old, the two-time Super Bowl wins. must a convicted athlete do to than 100 by Sat., Jan. 29., 2011, as champion had to serve a four-game Bryant was able to escape a restore his or her image? anti-government protests extended for suspension to start this season, but public death sentence by how Roethlisberger needs no the fifth day in an attempt to pressure was never actually was charged with the NBA league officials treated additional supporters to be honest, President Mubarak to step down. a criminal offense. Still, the severity his situation. Bryant was never because he just so happens to belong of the alleged crime was enough suspended during that season’s to the NFL franchise with one of for fans and even non-fans across NBA playoffs, in which his Lakers the largest fan bases in history. America to turn the cheek on the reached the NBA Finals. But to sneer at the quarterback for wild-child quarterback. But because Roethlisberger, allegations that were never actually But Roethlisberger is just one and convicted dogfighter Michael proven isn’t acceptable. in an increasingly long line of Vick, belong to the most nationally- So whether Roethlisberger Thumbs up professional athletes who have been renowned sport in not only the throws three interceptions in a Carrie, Charlotte, Samatha in trouble with the law, and the line country, but also perhaps the world, losing effort or three touchdowns in & Miranda between which crime is acceptable their public image may never be a victorious outing, the Super Bowl and unacceptable to forgive restored the way Bryant’s was.

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