Follow us on Twitter Pebley introduced as coach SPORTS Grad student tries to dispel autism stereotypes CULTURE @TheCollegian An overview of Obamacare OPINION WEDNESDAY Issue APRIL 11, 2012 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 Students stress alcohol safety By Stacey Luke The Collegian Fresno State students are teaming up with the Alcohol Safety Council Student Sub-Committee (ASCSS) to host Alcohol and Other Drugs Infographic by Dalton Runberg and Esteban Cortez / The Collegian Educational Conference coming up Students of William Rice’s Marketing 188 class will attempt to break the world record for the largest smoothie on Friday. The event will start at 6 April 12 and 13. a.m. students will attempt to exceed the current record of 330 gallons. The statewide conference held in the Henry Madden library and dining hall draws about 250 people, includ- ing students from other universities. The ASCSS members are trying to get new ideas from other universities and exchange information. Students attempt to get The ASCSS collaborates with staff and local organizations to keep its fel- low classmates safe. “My role is to see how we as stu- dents can serve the students of Fresno State,” said Rosendo Iñiguez, chair of record book recognition the ASCSS and a member of the plan- ning committee By Stephen Keleher ed donation, Ronald McDonald House dients into each container and then Iñiguez and the rest of the members The Collegian could receive almost $200,000. blend those with our hand blenders,” have weekly meetings where they col- Every semester, Marketing 188 class- Martinez said. “For each Guinness laborate and develop ideas to improve The end of spring break marks the es have to complete final project and record it always varies and with food it the program. On top of the ASCSS’s start of a series of attempts by dif- pick a record from the Guinness World has to be edible and it has to be able to brainpower, it also draws ideas from ferent marketing teams within the Records Book to try to break. In the fit into one container or be one whole other CSUs that also have the student- Marketing 188 class, the first of which, process of attempt, students use what piece.” run organization. on Easter Sunday, was to paint the they’ve learned in marketing. For the smoothie record, Guinness “We don’t need to necessarily rein- most Easter eggs. On Friday, a second Last spring, students tried to break did not set a time limit. But since the vent the wheel when they already have group will attempt to make the world’s the record for largest water balloon smoothie will be sold to the public, the ideas that are working,” Iñiguez said. largest fruit smoothie. fight. Last semester, Marketing 188 did Public Health Department set time ASCSS members like Elizabeth Lopez Starting at 6 a.m. at P-R Farms, stu- beat the record for largest fruit salad. limits on the preparation, requiring work at informational tables during dents will begin mixing frozen straw- There are Guinness guidelines that that the students to compete it at P-R large events on campus such as the berries, orange juice and strawberry students have to follow in order to have Farms where there is refrigeration and fall harvest festival and spring break yogurt together and in an attempt to a valid record attempt, such as an actu- requiring the team to write out a safe- extravaganza this academic year. fill a 500-gallon tanker. al recipe to follow, which then has to be ty plan. The group must also obtain a Lopez said these opportunities are a Until around 5 p.m. students will try amplified into the 500-gallon goal. Food Handler’s Certification for the good way to reach out to students. The to not only beat the current record of “We’ll put a set amount of ingre- event. ASCSS also posts the Stall Seat Journal 330 gallons, but to reach the number featured in restrooms across campus, of 500-gallon mark. Their output will giving students tips on current events be certified by Robert Borec of Fresno and alcohol safety. ASCSS was also a County Weights and Measures. The part of the Mobile Wellness Lounge in smoothie will then be trucked down- the dorms and has recently implement- town to Chukchansi Park in time for ed an in-class workshop to reach out to the 7:05 p.m. start of the Grizzlies students while on campus. baseball game, where samples of the “We don’t say ‘don’t drink,’” said smoothie will be available. All pro- Iñiguez. ceeds will go to the Central Valley Rather, the students in ASCSS under- Ronald McDonald House in Madera to stand that alcohol consumption among fund the money to provide more beds college students is very common. Their in the hospital. main goal is to educate students on “The house only has 18 beds cur- how to stay safe so they don’t harm rently,” marketing senior Jeremiah themselves or others. They want to Martinez said. “But they have such help teach students how to be success- a long waiting list, they’re trying to ful in everyday life. expand to 64 beds. This should help.” “If at least one student learned some- Since there are about 130 servings per thing new that can benefit them, then gallon, if all 500 gallons were sold at we are doing our job,” said Iñiguez. the Chukchansi event for the request- See SAFETY, Page 3 e’ll put a set amount of f at least one student “Wingredients into each “Ilearned something new that container and then blend those can benefit them, then we are with our hand blenders.” Esteban Cortez / The Collegian doing our job.’” Fresno State Marketing 188 students broke the record for the world’s largest fruit salad in — Jeremiah Martinez, November, which weighed 10,440 pounds. Students are waiting to be added to the Guinness — Rosendo Iñiguez, marketing student World Records. This Friday, marketing students will also try to make their way into the book by ASCSS Chair making the world’s largest smoothie. The goal is 500 gallons, which would exceed the current record by 170 gallons. The Collegian THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY disgruntle (verb) to make peevishly discontented. Opinion Source: Webster’s New World College Dictionary PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • [email protected] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 Obamacare: An overview Events he Supreme Court case con- in the past, allowed for a more liberal down. All of the predictions including cerning the Patient Protection view of the Commerce Clause than mine that the justices would not have a T and Affordable Care Act, AKA many of his supporters: he wrote a problem with this law were wrong.” calendar Obamacare, is one of the more impor- concurring opinion for the 2005 case Solicitor General Donald Verrilli tant cases to reach the court in recent Gonzales v. Raich, which ruled that performed so poorly that 30 seconds of memory. the federal government could, in fact, his opening remarks — filled with him For those always complaining about Should the court declare all of the regulate or even prohibit the intra- stammering and taking long gulps of a dearth of quality scholarly activities, law’s provisions to be constitutional, state, noncommercial cultivation of water — were used for a Republican there seems to be a bevy of top-notch the federal gov- marijuana. National Committee commercial argu- scholars and interesting activities dur- ernment will Roberts has judged as a conserva- ing that Obamacare was a tough sell. ing the month of April. Here are a few have much more tive, but he is also known as a jus- President Obama, however, of the highlights. power than it’s tice that puts great emphasis on the remained supremely confident. ever had before, Court’s reputation as a nonpolitical “Ultimately,” he opined at a press What: “Targeting Iran Sanctions not to mention body. If there were any justice who conference, “I am confident that the and War” Panel Discussion the political would proclaim Obamacare constitu- Supreme Court will not take what When: Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m. boost President tional in the interests of maintaining would be an unprecedented, extraor- Where: Leon & Pete Peters Obama’s reelec- the Court’s power, it would be Roberts. dinary step of overturning a law that Educational Center Auditorium tion campaign Kennedy, however, was the one was passed by a strong majority of a Raymond McGovern, Dr. Sasan would receive. the administration thought it would democratically elected Congress.” Fayazmanesh and Dr. Triti Parsi will If, on the other get for sure. Since the retirement of (Apparently Mr. Obama, in his haste discuss the tensions between the The Right Tone hand, the court Sandra Day O’Connor, Kennedy has to defend his historic health-care bill, United States and Iran, which have TONY PETERSEN rules that the law been the swing vote on many a 5-4 deci- forgot a few things: One, this case is heightened over the last few years. — specifically sion, and his opinions are famously not unprecedented and extraordinary, McGovern was a CIA agent for 27 the individual mandate — is unconsti- malleable: in the 1992 abortion case Marbury v. Madison was; two, the years, Fayazmanesh is a Fresno State tutional, the Obama administration Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Kennedy Affordable Care Act passed with not professor emeritus of economics who would be dealt a severe blow, and the had originally voted with a majority to one Republican vote in the House or is the author of “The United States and federal government’s power would be uphold Pennsylvania’s restrictions on Senate, and 34 Democratic defections Iran: Sanctions, Wars and the Policy heavily curtailed.