TALK ABOUT THE ʻDOGS AT THE COLLEGIAN ONLINE A vegetarian Thanksgiving A&E Chat live during the ‘Dogs game against Nevada with The Collegian’s sports editors Vongni Yang, Ben Ingersoll and online reporter Megan Morales Vending out Scantrons FEATURES FRIday Issue NOVEMBer 12, 2010 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 Alcoholic beverage faces bans Requests for info leave more questions PARKING INVESTIGATION By Megan Morales The Collegian With parking citations issued daily at Fresno State, and with public-record infor- mation being unavailable despite several attempts and a lack of communcation from Fresno State officials, there are more questions than answers for the University Police Department. Matt Weir / The Collegian An initial investigation Some say the Four Loko cans don’t look like alcoholic beverages at first glance, like these being sold at a 7-Eleven on Shaw Avenue. conducted by The Collegian to find where the citation money By Leonard Valerio ous reports of students suf- said the drinks are not the Thatcher said. “[The drink] is going began with an attempt The Collegian fering from alcohol poison- problem and that consumers masks the effects and you can to speak with pubic informa- ing after consumption of are to blame. actually be a lot more drunk tion officer Amy Armstrong. To combat dangerous drink- Four Loko. According to USA “People that drink them than you realize because the With Armstrong out of ing among students, several Today, 23 students from the need to be responsible just like caffeine will make you alert the office for a week, The universities across the nation University of Washington they were drinking any other and you don’t feel the full Collegian was directed to traf- have banned the Four Loko were hospitalized after drink- alcoholic beverage,” Johnston effects of the alcohol.” fic operations employee Matt alcoholic energy beverage. ing the beverage. said. “I drink Four Loko, but Thatcher said one of the Babick, who was also out of The mixture of caffeine, The incidents resulted in when I do I am responsible drink’s problems is the mix- the office for the week. taurine, gaurana and alcohol a ban of the beverage at each and make sure I stay within ture of caffeine, taurine and Without any response to in Four Loko has some author- university and, according my limits.” guarana. emails and voicemails, The ities and health experts con- to the Chicago Tribune, the Gregory Thatcher, a profes- “Taurine and guarana Collegian went to the traffic cerned. entire state of Michigan will sor of public health at Fresno are not fully understood,” operations department office According to Harvard’s begin to ban all caffeinated State, said the mixture of caf- Thatcher said. “The FDA and spoke with traffic supervi- University Health Services, alcoholic beverages. feine and alcohol is a problem doesn’t regulate them and that sor, John Hung. Hung wasn’t one 23.5-ounce can contains Students at Fresno State and students may not always is a problem. There is no guar- able to provide information, the equivalent of six standard have mixed feelings about the know their limits when con- antee of how much is in an but said he would pass the servings of alcohol and five drink. suming them. energy drink.” request along to Babick and cups of coffee. Pre-physical therapy stu- “Your body doesn’t know have him call The Collegian The ban comes after numer- dent, Christopher Johnston, if it’s coming or going,” back. See DRINK, Page 3 When Babick returned to his office, he did make a call to ith Armstrong Violence in UK over student fees “Wout of the offi ce for a week, The Collegian By Gillian Smith into the lobby, scattering & Jill Lawless furniture, smashing CCTV was directed to traffi c op- Associated Press cameras, spraying graffiti erations employee Matt and chanting “Tories Out,” Babick, who was also out Tens of thousands of while outside police faced off of the offi ce.” students marched through against a crowd that occasion- London on Wednesday ally hurled food, soda cans and against plans to triple univer- placards. “We are destroying the sity tuition fees, and violence a Collegian reporter, and said building just like they are erupted as a minority battled he would be able to provide the destroying our chances of police and trashed a building information within 24 hours. affording higher educa- containing the headquarters Five days after not receiv- tion,” said Corin Parkin, 20, of the governing Conservative ing the requested informa- a student at London’s City Party. tion, The Collegian contacted University. Organizers said 50,000 stu- Babick again, who then said The violence appeared dents, lecturers and support- he had forwarded the requests to be carried out by a small ers demonstrated against to Fresno State Chief of Police group as hundreds of others plans to raise the cost of David Huerta. stood and watched. Anarchist studying at a university to The Collegian made several symbols and the words “Tory 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year attempts to contact Huerta, scum” were spray-painted — three times the current rate but his assistant didn’t return around the building, and black — in the largest street protest calls, and the Fresno State and red flags flew from atop an yet against the government’s communications department office block beside the 29-story sweeping austerity measures. didn’t return a voicemail from Millbank Tower. As the march passed a a Collegian reporter asking Rooftop protesters threw high-rise building that houses for help and explaining the down water, paper — and in Conservative headquarters, difficulty they were having one case a fire extinguisher, to some protesters smashed win- acquiring the necessary infor- boos from the crowd below. dows as others lit a bonfire of mation for the story. Police said eight people, a placards outside the building. After calling Huerta’s mix of protesters and police Office workers were evacu- Kirsty Wigglesworth / Associated Press assistant one more time, she ated as several dozen dem- officers, were taken to hospi- Protestors burn a banner outside Millbank, the headquarters of Britain’s rul- onstrators managed to get See MARCH, Page 3 ing Conservative Party on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. See PARKING, Page 3 The Collegian THATʼS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING... e also remember that honoring those who’ve served is about more than the words we say on “W Veterans Day or Memorial Day. It’s about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. Opinion – President Barack Obama, at Yongsang Garrison yesterday PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, ANNA JACOBSEN • [email protected] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 Four Loko should not be banned dents can find them as close by as the It’s true that the drinks are packaged WEB-SPE@K shelves of 7-Eleven on Shaw and Maple in bright colors and they come in fruit Culled each week from discussions Avenues. flavors. However, Four Loko features on The Collegian’s website. Alcoholic energy drinks, or AEDs, seven warnings about alcohol on its can can be dangerous for a number of sci- in large font. entific reasons. AEDs come in flavors like fruit The combination of alcohol’s punch and lemonade, but coolers Response: enhancement of GABA, an inhibitory like Smirnoff Ice and Mike’s Hard ‘CSU: Don’t raise tuition’ neurotransmitter, and caffeine’s damp- Lemonade are equally sweet. A ban of ening of adenosine, also an inhibitory AEDs on this basis would call other ‘guest’: “Cut out bonuses from admin. They neurotransmitter, gives drinkers an drinks into question as well. don’t do their jobs effectively anyhow. Just odd combo of an upper and a downer. If AEDs are banned completely, col- like there’s pressure on students to get good The caffeine in AEDs mitigates the lege students will continue to drink grades, so too there should be pressure on Jägerbombs, admin to do their jobs. They are getting paid rum and Cokes, for it, right?” Irish coffees and f AEDs are banned completely, college students other cocktails “Iwill continue to drink Jägerbombs, rum and made with caf- The Annalog Cokes, Irish coffees and other cocktails made with feine. AEDs Response: ‘Lazy teaching makes profs ANNA JACOBSEN caffeine.” have about the same amount of popular’ n Wednesday, the state of joined alcohol as wine, ‘Jaime’: “I think the issue also stems from the ranks of three other states far less than the the fact that the sale and publication of text- Obanning drinks that contain alco- affect of alcohol, making drinkers feel hard liquor that goes into energy drink books is such a lucrative business that has hol and energy boosters. Four Loko, less intoxicated and capable of drink- cocktails. failed to integrate new technology into its an alcoholic energy drink, was blamed ing more than they normally would. Banning AEDs is not the answer to distribution of information. Whether or not for the alcohol poisoning of nine Both the alcohol and caffeine in irresponsible drinking. AEDs are not this is deliberate or not is another debate. As Washington college students a month AEDs stimulate dopamine levels. The the problem; the way some people drink a student, there is nothing more annoying ago. One student almost died. dopamine affect is only increased when them is. than having to write 10-15-20 page papers Utah, Oklahoma, Michigan and alcohol and caffeine are consumed Instead of banning AEDs, college that are already available to me, noth- Washington are the current states together, and some think this height- campuses should continue to educate ing more than swelled wikipedia articles.