Source: USDebtClock.org NATIONAL DEBT: $14.98 TRILLION Bulldogs eliminated from postseason contention SPORTS U.S. CASUALTIES: Iraq 4,483 / Afghanistan 1,834 Source: icasualties.org GOP wrong for foreign policy OPINION “Modern Warfare 3” is as advertised FEATURES MONday Issue NOVEMBER 14, 2011 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 Nursing students Department consolidation remains possibility the reorganization, but students con- collect sleep- tinue to oppose the change. Platt said a possible problem with this plan is that it would be much more difficult for professors and students to ing bags for the get grants for research. “If we are trying to go to graduate school or medical school and we don’t homeless have the proper training in our under- graduate schooling, we are not going By Alejandra Garcia to be admitted,” Platt added. “If we The Collegian merge, a lot of the faculty will not be able to get more grant money easily, Fresno State nursing students are and we have the potential to lose a lot teaming up with The Sleeping Bag more than the $200,000 we would save.” Project of Fresno to bring awareness The task force identified a gap of $1.7 to students about the homeless com- million to $2 million for the 2011-12 munity by holding a donation drive on school year. Its report outlined short- campus now through Friday, Nov. 18. comings with the “Level B” alloca- Each semester, Fresno State nursing tion model, which was reportedly not students participate in a project to help responsive enough to the major budget an area of need in the Fresno commu- Dalton Runberg / The Collegian cuts Fresno State is currently facing. nity. This semester a group of nursing The task force also came to the con- students are helping to promote “The clusion that the budget does not allow By Johnathan Wilbanks Sleeping Bag Project” donation drive the College of Science and mathemat- for enrollment growth and is complex The Collegian as their class project. ics under the College of Agricultural enough to limit transparency and make “They are to find and meet one iden- Sciences. it ineffective in estimating how enroll- The Academic Affairs Budget tifiable need in the community,” pro- “I think a merger would be a huge ment decisions will impact financing. Advisory Task Force has recommend- fessor of community health nursing problem and would backfire almost A survey of student opinion regard- ed the number of colleges at Fresno Dr. Ndidi Griffin said. “They collabo- immediately because they are plan- ing the merger was put together by State be reduced from eight to seven or rate with an agency to make sure they ning on moving most of the sciences chemistry department professors and possibly six. The Oct. 26 report recom- identify [a legitimate] need and based under a department that would both distributed by the Biology Club and mended a program consolidation and on that, they design a project.” be overworked by having four or five other on-campus organizations. The reorganization of schools and colleges The Sleeping Bag Project of Fresno more departments under it, and may results are set to come out this week. in order to reduce administrative costs is a non-profit, volunteer effort spon- not appreciate that the sciences are “I feel the departments should not be for Fresno State. sored by the Fresno Free College expensive,” Fresno State geology stu- split. I feel this would prevent many This reorganization has angered and Foundation. Their mission is to pro- dent Bryant Platt said. concerned many Fresno State students, vide sleeping bags and blankets to the The administrative costs would be See CUTS, Page 3 as the proposed plan involves moving homeless during the winter months. reduced by approximately $250,000 by “Homeless people are outside 24 hours a day until the cold season ends. Our goal is to decrease the health issues they would encounter from Veterans fraternity addresses veteran needs their old sleeping bags and blankets,” Fresno State nursing student Junrel By Alejandra Garcia ment of a student veterans fraternity. help veterans in the future,” Sumagang Sumagang said. The Collegian “In a club, anyone can be in it and said. While the donation drive is primaril- there are no requirements of joining,” Before the fraternity could be official- ly focused on collecting gently used Fresno State student veterans found- Sumagang said. “Because there are no ly established, it had to find an advisor. sleeping bags and blankets, Fresno ed the first veterans fraternity at requirements people come and go as The members’ first choice, Crabb, was State student nurse Cristen Collier Fresno State to help other student-vet- they please and they don’t put the orga- relocated to Hawaii on her husband’s said they would accept other dona- erans’ integration into civilian life and nization as their priority. I didn’t like military orders. While searching for an tions. to supplement services not provided by that.” advisor, the establishment of the fra- “We’re not opposed to other dona- Fresno State. Omega Delta Sigma is the Sumagang approached Tanya Crabb, ternity met some opposition. tions and we’ll take any type of dona- first veterans fraternity in the western an outreach counselor for University “Our only barrier was finding an tion that is going to provide warmth,” region of the United States. Outreach Services and together they advisor. First they said yes, then they Collier said. Last spring semester, a colony of researched veteran fraternities and said no,” Sumagang said. “They would Griffin explained the nursing stu- the National Veterans Fraternity was discovered the National Veterans question our reasons for starting a fra- dents will benefit from the project both established at Fresno State. Omega Fraternity. Sumagang contacted the ternity. They could not see the need for personally and professionally. Delta Sigma was founded by Junrel national president and soon found out a fraternity when there was already a “These students will have just one Sumagang, a nursing student and a there was not a chapter or colony of student veterans club in place.” more semester before they graduate U.S. Marine Corps veteran who noticed the National Veterans Fraternity in Sumagang explained his views on the and I think this experience will go a lack of resources available to student the western region of the country. necessity of starting a student-veteran out with them throughout their entire veterans at Fresno State. “This motivated me and I recruited fraternity, but to no avail. career,” Griffin said. “They typically “On campus there are a lot of differ- 17 veterans and five civilians, people “They did not understand that a fra- come back in awe and they are no lon- ent organizations for civilians. But for who were highly motivated and could ger sheltered to the needs of the com- veterans, how many resources can you also see the goals of the fraternity to munity.” See VETERANS, Page 3 see?” Sumagang said. “The real pur- For these nursing students, the dona- pose of the fraternity is to add addi- tion drive is more than just a class proj- tional resources for veterans because ect. the university only had one option: to “[Our goal is] to increase awareness join the student veterans club.” of the very real and pervasive problem Sumagang was previously the of homelessness in our community,” president of the Student Veterans Fresno State nursing student Derek Organization, a club on campus also Greenwood said. “The problem affects stemmed from a national organization, all types of people [including] families, Student Veterans of America. children, even some Fresno State stu- Nursing major and current presi- dents.” dent of Omega Delta Sigma, Anthony Greenwood’s awareness to the home- Graves, served in the U.S. Army for less community stems from personal three years. His first experiences at experience. Fresno State were not what he imag- “I was homeless twice in my life. ined. Once for four months in New York City “A lot of the things we experience in where I was lucky enough to get into a the military are life-changing events. shelter and once for four months when The culture tends to define us,” Graves I lived in Colorado,” Greenwood said. said. “It was a very lonely experience “I lived on the streets. It was cold.” for the first two years, but then Junrel Professor Griffin also explained approached me about starting the fra- that the project helps nursing stu- ternity and it was a brotherhood from dents develop professional careers and the beginning that has helped me in Ana Mendoza / The Collegian responsibilities that accompany the my everyday life.” profession. Fresno State veterans fraternity Omega Delta Sigma founder Junrel B. Sumagang and members Sumagang saw the need for a differ- Devon Mathis, Kevin Piercy and Jose Guerrero use the fraternity to help fellow student-veterans. See NURSING, Page 3 ent resource and pursued the establish- The Collegian THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING... hen you graft a multimillion-dollar entertainment industry anomalously onto higher educa - “Wtion, you produce a bubble of entitlements and exemptions, and eventually, a simple moral derangement.” Opinion – George Will, This Week PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • [email protected] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 GOP wrong on foreign policy vying for the party’s nomination combating terrorism. was a friend or foe: “That relationship for president — Ron Paul and John Why the candidates think this is a must be reevaluated,” he said. Romney Huntsman excepted — suffer from this successful campaign strategy is any- characterized it as “close to being a same illusion.