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The Henry Madden Library is holding open house every day this week to welcome transfer and returning stu-dents to Fresno State.

Students are able to meet with librarians who special-ize in their particular major while lear ning about the many different services that the library provides.

“Every year, we focus on a certain group of students,” Hiromi Kubo, public servic-es librarian at the Madden Library said. “This year, it’s transfer students.”

The Madden Library staff opted to hold each day’s open house at a different time in order to fit into students’ diverse schedules. Tuesday’s group met at 2 p.m. Remaining groups will meet today at noon, Thursday at 5 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m.

Spring semester open house generally attracts fewer stu-dents than fall does.

“In the fall, we do tours every day for three weeks,” librarian Ross LaBaugh said. “This is probably the big-gest academic library in the California State system.”

Students who choose to attend an open house can register by phone, text, IM or by simply walking in to the library. When they arrive,

In recent years, registering for classes has become its own science with many tips, tricks and tools to aid students in their class selection process.

With just a simple web search, students can find sites that offer professor ratings, course descriptions and more recently, course breakdown of grades assigned.

Myedu.com functions like ratemyprofessor.com by offer-ing students ratings of pro-fessors by subject. But unlike other sites, myedu.com also provides university records of grade breakdowns in each course.

Students can see how many As, Bs, Cs, Ds and Fs that were given in each course, and can avoid certain courses where there may be a lower percent-age of better grades given out.

The National Council of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority has decided to shut down Fresno S t a t e ’ s G a m m a E p s i l o n Chapter after nearly 60 years of being on campus.

Eddie Dominguez, advisor for the Interfraternity Council said that part of the reason Alpha Xi Delta is shutting down is because of the organi-

zational challenges the soror-ity had to face.

“The thing that caused those challenges was a decline in membership in compari-son to the other five nation-al Panhellenic sororities,” Dominguez said. “Although they tried over the years to meet those challenges, they were not successful.”

Because the sorority had trouble recruiting new mem-bers, they were not able to

meet their financial obliga-tions, and therefore they were not able to meet the cost of keeping their house up and running.

“The girls noticed their low membership and they wanted to join something bigger,” Kourtney Sweeney, vice presi-dent of membership of the Panhellenic Council, said.

Kristi Hill, former presi-dent of Alpha Xi Delta, agrees that one of their biggest strug-

gles was recruiting new mem-bers when they had about half as many members as the other sororities.

“We had a lot of younger girls, so we didn’t have a lot of experience in the house,” Hill said.

Hill said that another rea-son they struggled is because the sorority did not have a booth out in front in the Free

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OpinionOPINION EDITOR, DANIELLE GILBERT • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDUPAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011

THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...“K im K. really does get on my last nerve with that innocent act. In person, her

little booty is no bigger than my two fists.”– Terry McMillan

I stood outside The Collegian office motionless, watching 20 something year olds rush past with music streaming from their iPhones through their headsets to their ears.

The only sound traveling through my phone, however, was that of my mother’s voice — W-2 this, 1098 T that. It was anything but music to my ears — it was tax season.

It was obvious today that this story was not just my own. And like the iPhone, this generations lack of practical knowledge connects us.

One out of 1,824 courses offered at Fresno State provides students with basic life skills. That course — FIN 30 Personal Financial Planning, a management course for lifelong decision making.

It is one of 20 general education course options under Breadth Area E1. Students are required to take one course under Area E1. And let us please get real, only a business major would willingly enroll in financial planning. Courses such as FIN 30, to some, could appear pointless. However, to most, are necessary.

So I say to you today, my fellow scholars, that in spite of our stupidity, that one day this generation

will be able to file our own taxes without the help of our parents.

That one day gentlemen, the woman sitting next to you in class will successfully negotiate a salary from her employer. And ladies, that man looking at you in class will not only wash and dry his clothes regularly but fold and put them away promptly.

That one day, students will live in a dorm where they will not be judged by the unraveling seams on their cardinal red and blue Bulldog sweater, but by the ease of their backstitch.

And I propose that one day soon, Fresno State will offer more courses that will teach students how to administer first aid, balance a checkbook, change our oil, determine the four cardinal directions, do the laundry, establish good credit, fill out financial aid forms, fix a dead outlet, invest our money, iron a shirt, jump start a car, make an insurance claim, mow the lawn, perform CPR, put air in our tires, prepare for a disaster, read a balance sheet, register a car, remove carpet stains, sew a button, successfully pay back our student loans, tie a tie, wash the dishes and work the main electrical panel, circuit breakers and subpanels in our home. And the list goes on and on and on.

All the things we don’t know

steadfastness, wisdom, wit and willingness to change when circumstances required it served America greatly during those

perilous years. Though he made many mistakes during the early years of the war, if he had not served, either slavery

would have existed much longer or the Confederacy may have survived.

The two worst presidents in our history have been Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson.

Andrew Jackson was our first non-statesman president. Every president before Jackson

had distinguished careers as diplomats, governors, congressmen and cabinet members. Jackson was none of these, only

a war hero. His presidency was the first that descended into populism and set us on the path we are on today, where politicians are beholden to special interests and presidential campaigns are an all-encompassing feature of our republic.

Wilson’s policies are what make him one of the worst. His administration was the triumph of the progressive era, and along with that came the advent of the 16th Amendment, which instituted a national income tax, and the 17th Amendment, which usurped the original design of the Constitution by making senators directly elected, the creation of the Federal Reserve, which has been the cause of many of our economic woes, and the entrance of the U.S. into World War I, the worst, most pointless war ever fought. He jailed dissenters and was a virulent racist.

Somehow, both of these men consistently do well in rankings of

the presidents.Out of our 43 presidents, we have

had many very different men serve in that distinguished position. Our

tallest president was Lincoln at 6’4”; our shortest was James Madison, one

foot shorter. Our oldest president was Ronald Reagan; our youngest was Theodore

Roosevelt. We’ve even had eight presidents who never attended college (there’s luck for all

of us yet).But the best of them all may have been William

Henry Harrison. He served only 30 days in office before he died — he did the least amount of damage.

W ith Fresno State students receiving a much-needed reprieve from school on Monday on account of Presidents’ Day, it seems appropriate to write about

presidents.My favorite president is John Adams. He

is one of the most distinguished men this country has ever produced. He served on the Continental Congress, as a diplomat to France, Holland and Great Britain and as the country’s first vice president along with being the second president.

In addition to all that, he nominated George Washington to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army, Thomas Jefferson to be the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence and John Marshall to be our fourth Supreme Court justice. He even wrote the Massachusetts state constitution, the world’s oldest active constitution.

H i s m o s t i m p o r t a n t accomplishment, however, may have been keeping America out of war with Britain and France during our precarious early years. It was fitting that he and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day — July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Our two most indispensable presidents are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. If anyone but Washington was the nation’s first president, the job may have never made it to John Adams. Washington was the only one who had enough support from every opposing faction to keep the country together, and his lack of ideological rigidity greatly served the country in its early years.

He was also great for stepping down after two terms when he could have served until he died. When told George Washington would simply go home after the revolution, King George III said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Sounds about right.

Lincoln was the only man who could have kept the nation together during the Civil War. His combination of

THE BEST AND THE WORST PRESIDENTS OF ALL TIME

WEB-SPE@KCulled each week from discussions on The Collegian’s website.

Response:‘Award-winning author visits Fresno State’

‘LikeDuh’: “‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’ was McMillan’s boast-a-thon about how this middle-aged woman landed a younger (20 years old) man for a husband on a trip to Jamiaca. Turns out that the young man was an opportunist: He’s gay, and he proceeded to reel in a green card from the U.S. government and a million dollars from McMillan in a divorce settlement.”

Response:‘THE TWO REASONS WHY IT’S OKAY TO HATE VALENTINE’S DAY’

‘Philosotroll’: “The sales statistics for Valentine’s Day always manage to make me laugh. The 20 percent increase in condom sales is not that surprising, nor is the game in spending between men and women, but it is always funny to see the numbers.

By Tony Petersen The Collegian

By Danielle Gilbert The Collegian

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The first draft of a long-range plan to manage California’s freshwater delta released by a state agency Tuesday did little to solve the state’s historical conflict between groups fighting to strengthen the crumbling water system and pro-tect the delicate estuary.

The first of seven draft plans to be released by a council of experts formed by legislators to manage the delta set in motion a yearlong planning process by recapping previous scientific, eco-nomic and regulatory data.

The draft does not yet include pro-posals for a controversial peripheral canal or an alternative water convey-ance system, or any specific measures to improve the delta’s water quality and wildlife habitat.

For med by the confluence of California’s two longest rivers — the Sacramento and the San Joaquin — the inland delta supplies much of the drinking water for nearly two-thirds of the state’s population, irrigates its abundant crops and provides habitat for hundreds of plant and animal spe-cies.

Spurred by the fragile ecosys-tem’s rapid deterioration, in 2009 the Legislature approved a sweeping $11.1 billion bond package and created the seven-member Delta Stewardship Council to devise a way to manage the declining estuary. Given the state’s deficit, lawmakers last year pulled the

bond off the November ballot and plan to put it before voters in 2012.

The draft succinctly spells out the delta’s woes: California’s total water supply is already over-tapped and becoming more volatile as a result of climate change. Populations of some native species have plummeted and may not survive, even with increased restoration efforts. And there is no comprehensive state or regional emer-gency response plan, despite analysis that the delta region may be at greater risk for flooding than New Orleans.

“For the first time, California has admitted that it has promised more water than nature can provide,” said Jonas Minton, water policy advisor for the Sacramento-based Planning and Conservation League. “To restore our ecosystems and provide reliable water supply, we’ll have to significantly improve how we manage the water that is available.”

But Minton said it’s unclear what impact the plan will actually have. Balancing water supply needs with water availability may prove to be a dif-ficult multi-year process, he said, given the sharp political divides over dwin-dling water supplies. And no progress has been made in identifying the right conveyance system, or who would pay for the new infrastructure.

“It doesn’t appear anyone has yet identified a sweet spot combining eco-nomics, environment and political fea-sibility,” Minton said.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California State University campuses are being urged to give priority to students seeking admission to local schools.

Cal State students have long counted on priority admission to their local campus. But this year, San Diego State became the first of 22 CSU campuses to turn away qualified local students in

favor of brighter, more qualified appli-cants.

There are fears that policy may spread.

The state Legislative Analyst’s Office on Monday urged the lawmakers to take steps to guarantee the right of all qualified students to enroll in their local CSU campus.

they are asked to fill out an informa-tion sheet, and they are entered into a drawing for a Starbucks gift card. Snacks and bottled water are also pro-vided.

Kevin Ousey is a physical therapy major and Navy veteran who trans-

ferred from Fresno City College. He noticed a significant difference in his new surroundings.

“It’s bigger,” Ousey said. “You feel like you have to be more involved in seeking out what you need.”

Kubo said that over 3,000 e-mails were sent to transfer students for the previous semester, the current semes-ter and the upcoming fall semester.

E c o n o m i c s m a j o r A l e x a n d r a Larralde, who recently returned home to Clovis after attending the University of New Mexico, was pleased with the new library.

“It’s nice and comfortable,” she said.While the main focus of the open

house is on transfer students, every-one is welcome to attend. In addition to Kubo and LaBaugh, librarians Carol

Doyle and Amanda Dinsmore were on hand to answer any questions the new students had.

Communicative disorders major Anthony Davis, who is carrying 19 units this semester, was impressed with the library.

“Great job in how they updated the library,” he said.

On their website, myedu.com states that their purpose is to build products and deliver data that help make the world a smarter place — one college graduate at a time.

For the Fresno State students that use their services and websites similar to myedu.com, there have been mixed reactions.

Agriculture major Frank Roche said he often plans his class schedule choosing certain teachers over others because of a teacher’s reputation.

“I do mostly because of people I know that have taken certain teach-ers before and have warned me about them or suggested them to me,” Roche said. “I use ratemyprofessor.com and myedu.com to get a final judgment before I enroll in the class.”

Although Roche likes the grade breakdowns offered by myedu.com, he feels sites like this may not be what’s best for a student.

“I think they may hinder students because sites like this encourage us to find easier teachers,” Roche said.

Freshman Cameron Lord feels that

these sites only help students and does not think that teachers with easier rat-ings teach less than others.

“The teachers with the better rat-ings are not teaching an easier class,” Lord said. “They are teaching in a way that is easiest for the student to under-stand.”

Public relations major Lauren Taylor said she, too, has picked certain classes due to feedback about the pro-fessors for that class.

“I used my older siblings and soror-ity sisters for advice, but I haven’t been to myedu.com and have only used rate-myprofessor.com once,” Taylor said. “It’s nice to have these resources, but with all my friends and other students in classes I don’t really need them.”

According to their research, myedu.com states students who use their ser-vices have higher GPAs, graduate fast-er, and as a result, save more money on tuition.

While these claims have yet to be examined, Cameron Lord feels that sites like these do help.

“Using these services, I can find a teacher with a class that I feel I can be more successful in,” Lord said.

Speech Area for a long time. A lottery is conducted every semester to see which organizations will get the space for a booth, and they had not won in nearly three years.

“It would have helped out if we would have been able to be on campus and had been seen visually,” Hill said.

Dominguez said that the decision was made by the national organization in hopes that they will be returning. Their return, however, will be depen-dent upon whether the campus is ready for their return, and if enrollment sta-tistics show their ability to be success-ful. However, their return will not hap-pen for at least four to five years.

“It’s a hard time for them,” Megan Hamik, vice president of public rela-tions for the Panhellenic Council said. “They put their hearts into that chap-ter.”

Hill said that the Alpha Xi Delta girls will enjoy the rest of the semester, and

still plan on doing all the things they planned on doing, including voting in new officers and participating in vari-ous philanthropy projects.

“There was nothing wrong with our house we had a really good sister-hood,” Hill said. “We were all really close to each other and it was a really tough fight for us.”

Alpha Xi Delta has been at Fresno State since 1952. This spring is the last semester the sorority will be in place. The current members of Alpha Xi Delta will be granted alumnae status after it closes this spring.

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California agency releases long-range

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By Mia Munoz and Janessa TylerThe Collegian

Fresno State natural science majors have a club to call their own. Students with an option in biology, chemistry, physics or earth science can expand their knowledge and love for science by reaching out to elementary school children in the community.

The Natural Science Club has been established on campus since March 2009, and is a charter club to the California Science Teachers Association.

The Natural Science Club’s goal is to provide students — who have declared or are interested in declaring natural science as a major, or undergraduates and graduates who are interested in teaching science — with chances for association and interaction with the faculty and administration at Fresno State.

“This club allows students to feel like they belong to a community,” Natural Science Club advisor Jaime Arvizu said. “It provides structure for those who are pursuing teaching as an option within sciences.”

Jacqueline Hill, secretary of the Natural Science Club, said one the most one of the most influential reasons why she joined the club is because members get to reach out to elementary school children within the community.

“Our programs provide a positive way of showing science to younger kids,” Hill said.

Natural Science Club President Damion Delton said another thing that this club strives for is to work within the community.

“We want the members to do well in their future profession,” Delton said. “The club provides community outreach to help enhance preparation.”

One of the events that the club coordinates is the Circuit Science Prog ram, which occurs twice a semester. The last Circuit Science program was held on Jan. 10-14 of this year. The program took place at the Downing Science Museum on campus.

There were different activities for the kids to participate in along with science demonstrations put on by members of the club. All the activities and demonstrations meet California state standards.

“We also did many of our own stations inside and outside the museum that the kids had a blast doing,” Delton said.

Delton said about 1,000 elementary school children, grades third through sixth, along with teachers learned a great deal throughout the week.

“It was nice to see the children

having a great time smiling and learning about how awesome science and math really is,” Delton said.

Vanessa Tucker, Natural Science Club vice president, said students and teachers sent the club members several letters expressing their gratitude for the program.

“The teachers praised us for our organization, and it took a lot of hard

The Natural Science Club hosts a Circuit Science Program twice a semester. The program is designed to teach elementary school children in the community about math and science.Photo Courtesy of Jaime Arvizu

work and effort from our club and volunteers to make this program a success once again,” Delton said.

Delton added that they had many volunteers with different backgrounds helping with the Circuit Science Program last month, including Theta Chi fraternity.

The next Circuit Science Program will be held the week after finals, May 23-27. Volunteers are encouraged and appreciated.

“We definitely need volunteers, as they are the ones who drive the program and determine its success,” Delton said.

Arvizu got the idea for the Circuit Science Program when the Fresno Metropolitan Museum closed. He wanted to come up with a way to reach out to elementary school students since the museum was no longer available for a hands-on approach to teaching

“Our programs provide a positive way of showing science to younger kids.”

— Jacqueline Hill, Secretary of the Natural Science Club

math and science. Another benefit of being a part

of the Natural Science Club is that members can attend professional development seminars held by organizations like the California Math Council and the National Science Teachers Association.

The Natural Science Club fuses together with CMC and NSTA since the Science and Mathematics Education Center fund all three. This provides members with a way to learn more about teaching in the profession that better prepares them for their future in this field.

Students within the science and mathematics fields are encouraged to become a part of the Natural Science Club or even if you have an interest in those fields of study.

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Anthropologie proves secretive about newly released

wedding dress collectionFashion designers, store managers and corporate executives tight-lipped

By Maddie ShannonThe Collegian

BHLDN, Anthropologie’s new wedding dress collection, was released Monday to the excitement of brides across the country, despite the secrecy surrounding the collection.

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T h e c l o t h i n g s t o r e Anthropologie, in a secretive advertising campaign to pro-mote their new BHLDN wed-ding dress collection, released the bridal line Monday to an enthusiastic number of online sales.

B H L D N , p r o n o u n c e d beholden, is an exclusive online collection that does not sel l the products in Anthropologie stores.

“BHLDN is an online-only collection,” Annette Espinosa, sales manager of Anthropologie in Fashion Fair Mall, said. “There are 12 dresses ranging from above-the-knee to tea length gowns.”

The modern-but-tradition-al designs in the collection appeal to brides with a shabby-chic style. Similar to the every-day wear Anthropologie sells, the collection was designed to fit the store’s aesthetic.

“These dresses definitely aren’t your typical wedding dress,” Espinosa said. “The collection embodies the kind of dress you would find in a

vintage store. It combines ele-ments of the past and pres-ent.”

Exclusivity, a key theme of the collection, made its way into the way the dresses were promoted. Despite the antici-pation built up by brides-to-be across the country, the ad cam-paign was a low-key buildup

to the release of the collec-tion itself.

S t o r e m a n a g e r s we r e extremely tight-lipped about BHLDN, and executives at Anthropologie’s corporate headquarters in Philadelphia were hard to reach.

Multiple attempts to con-tact Anthropologie executives ended at front desk assistants, who said callers needed spe-cific names to be dispatched

to any of the available depart-ments.

Equally tight-lipped were the collection’s designers.

“I reviewed your list of questions and you should p r o b a b l y b e c o n t a c t i n g Beholden [sic] directly,” Erika Glantz, an account executive to designer Tracy Reese, said

in an e-mail. “Tracy designed some exclusive dresses for them, however she cannot speak to who their customer is and who they specifically target. Tracy Reese has only designed bridal dresses for Beholden and does not collab-orate with any other stores/websites for bridal.”

The BHLDN website, which prior to Monday didn’t con-tain information about the

collection, posted informa-tion the day the collection was released.

A quiz that allows the web-site’s visitors to discern what kind of bride they are, along with antique pictures of cou-ples marrying through the ages, are two main features on BHLDN.com.

Questions sent to Tracy Reese’s showroom in New York, one of which was “What was the inspiration behind each of the dresses?” was answered in an email, “Her dresses are for the non tradi-tional [sic] bride that wants to wear something beautiful and special.”

E x e c u t iv e s a t U r b a n O u t f i t t e r s , wh i c h ow n s Anthropologie, could not be reached for comment.

“You have to send in a request to talk to anyone,” a front desk assistant at the Urban Outfitters corporate offices in Philadelphia, said.

“I reviewed your list of questions and you should probably be contacting Beholden directly.”

— Erika Glantz Account executive

to designer Tracy Reese

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has begun serving a 15-day jail sentence for his drunken driv-ing conviction in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas police said the 50-year-old rocker arrived at the Clark County Detention Center about 10 :15 a .m. Tuesday. He was being housed separately from other inmates.

Neil pleaded guilty in January to driving drunk last summer near the Las Vegas Strip. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail and 15 days on house arrest under a plea deal that spared him a trial. He was also fined $585.

Neil could have faced up to six months in jail if convicted.

Las Vegas police said he was stopped in his black Lamborghini sports car June 27 after leaving the Las Vegas Hilton resort.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heart trouble is keeping Elizabeth Taylor hospital-ized in Los Angeles, but her publicist says the 78-year-old actress is OK and has been vis-iting with family and friends.

Taylor publicist Sal ly Morrison said Tuesday that the “Butterfield 8” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” Oscar winner is comfort-able at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Taylor was taken there last week to be treated for symptoms of congestive heart failure, a condition she dis-closed in November 2004.

Morrison describes Taylor as stable, saying she will like-ly remain hospitalized a few more days. The publicist says doctors want to continue run-ning tests and “be really, really sure before they let her go.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Independent labels are revel-ing in their success after grab-bing the spotlight and many of the biggest awards at the Grammys. It marked one of the biggest nights in years for indies, setting the stage for a surge in their online music sales.

Meanwhile, the rest of music industry is trying to figure out if the unsung acts from smaller labels are win-ning major awards because of the viral nature of the Internet — or in spite of it.

The presence of the indies during the annual awards show has grown in recent years as more bands appeal to fans directly through F a c e b o o k a n d Yo u T u b e instead of traditional sales channels.

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ACROSS 1 Old crone 4 Indian title of respect 7 Woman from Waikiki 13 Run a deficit 14 Charismatic glow 16 Act before the headliner 17 Edwin Starr hit 18 Author of scary stories? 20 Ballerina’s trait 22 T-men and G-men 23 Eye doctors’ concerns 24 Pie-hole 25 Brunch time, perhaps 26 Expected landing

moment, briefly 28 Tommy or Jimmy of

swing 31 Thickening agent in food 34 Like some regions 38 Give-shot link 39 A screw loose 42 “To the max” indicator 43 Puget Sound city 44 Words that pass bills 45 What many crossword

puzzles have 47 Meadow male 49 British mother 50 They work with RNs 53 Weeper of myth 57 Yodeler’s peaks 59 Condescends 61 Potent magical

concoction 63 Hood and McKinley

The daily crossword

Puzzle by Morgan Coffee

(Abbr.) 64 2001 French film com-

edy or its heroine 65 Address fit for a king 66 Had a meal 67 Military students 68 Words ___ minute 69 Elmira locale, for short

DOWN 1 Emulates a wolf

2 Stand by for 3 Potentially infectious 4 Wisest 5 German industrial region 6 Sardonic humor 7 Knocks the socks off 8 Start of the second qtr. 9 Cow that hasn’t had a

cow 10 Pick up 11 Require

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12 Makes an incorrect guess 15 Sailing the bounding

main 19 Cooking amt. 21 Brewpub’s lineup 25 Forwent scissors 27 Sui and Paquin 28 Lift a lawyer’s license 29 To be, in Paris 30 Pep rally cries 31 Help in a holdup 32 Deep cut 33 Tried 35 And the like (Abbr.) 36 However, informally 37 Designer’s bottom line? 40 Supermarket express lane

unit 41 Vampirelike female

monster 46 Deltoid, for one 48 Respond 50 Two, in Spain 51 Plays masseuse 52 Makeshift money 54 Paine’s “The Rights ___” 55 Barney’s cartoon wife 56 Problems for lispers 57 “Never Wave at ___” (Rosa-

lind Russell flick) 58 Succotash bean 59 Flying formations 60 X, on a map 62 ___ the ground running

If you will

An phrase overused by those trying to sound sophisticated and/or intelligent.

Word of the Day

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Dr. Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and nine Fresno State students pose in front of the Pyramids of Egypt on a study abroad trip in the winter of 2004. This picture ran in the Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, issue of The Collegian.

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History of Fresno State in PicturesIn honor of Fresno State’s Centennial

‘Spider-man’ on Broadway has a torrid weekBy Mark KennedyAssociated Press

N E W YO R K ( A P ) — Producers of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” likely will be looking forward to Monday: They’ll be happy to turn their back on a torrid week.

The $65 million musical was loudly booed last Monday night by professional critics impatient over the endless delays with the stunt-heavy show. Breaking with tradition, reviewers weighed in while the show is still in previews, calling it “a shrill, insipid mess” (The Washington Post) and likely to “rank among the worst” musicals of all time

(The New York Times).Then on Thursday night, as

if to prove the Julie Taymor-directed show isn’t yet fully ready with about a month to go before its official open-ing, another technical hiccup left actors playing the Green Goblin and Spider-Man hang-ing helplessly over the audi-ence for several minutes.

Now comes word that the state Department of Labor issued two safety violations against the Broadway musi-cal. A state official confirmed Sunday that the citations were issued for a trio of accidents that injured performers last year.

The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition

of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak pub-licly. The violations were first reported by The New York Times.

No fines have been assessed in connection with the cita-tions, but state labor officials will be conducting unan-nounced inspections.

Show spokesman Rick Miramontez told the AP in an e-mail Sunday: “The produc-tion is in full compliance of DOL guidelines and will con-tinue to work with state offi-cials to maintain the highest safety standards at all times.”

A spokeswoman for the Actors’ Equity Association, a labor union that represents more than 48,000 actors and

stage managers, declined to comment Sunday.

The effect of all this bad news may be evident when box office figures are announced Monday. But, so far, the musi-cal’s woes haven’t hurt its weekly revenues, and it’s enjoying a mostly sold-out run since beginning performances in November.

But four delays in its official launch, a record-breaking pre-view period and the fact that full prices are being charged at the box office prompted crit-ics from Variety to the New York Post to see the show and give their assessments last Monday night. They were not kind, lambasting the storytell-ing, the stunts and the music.

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When Dr. Brian Tsukimura came to Fresno State in 1994, he arrived to find two students waiting at his office door, eager to speak with him. The men weren’t there to meet their new profes-sor, or apply to be graduate students under Tsukimura, they were there to talk volleyball and ask the newest fac-ulty member to coach their team.

“I’m literally moving in and two kids are standing there saying ‘We heard you coach volleyball,’” Tsukimura said. Despite his denials, the gentle-men were insistent he was a coach and kept asking him to coach their team.

“They kept coming back,” Tsukimura

said. “Literally those two people were the reason; they planted their butts here.”

After a few weeks, Tsukimura relent-ed and took the volunteer position and has been coaching the Fresno State men’s club volleyball team since.

Tsukimura’s vast knowledge of the sport and leadership of the team has helped the team caputre national championships in 2004 and 2009, and has enabled him to earn his 300th win in April 2009.

Jake Wiens, 25, played outside hit-ter for the team in 2009 and credits Tsukimura for helping the team stay focused and properly prepared as they

began their season fueled with motiva-tion for a national title.

“We had moments where we were struggling, but he never deflated us with negativisms,” Wiens said. “He is a great coach in part because of his obvi-ous care for the individual players on the team. He is truly there for us.”

After receiving his B.A. at UC Berkeley, Tsukimura attended the University of Hawaii to receive his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology. It was there that he learned the game of volleyball by being taught how to play, view and execute the game, from sev-eral competitive collegiate athletes.

“When I was a graduate student, I actually learned how to play volleyball with people who were former national

team players, or were collegiate players at some point of their life,” Tsukimura said. “They would take me to volley-ball games and talk about theory, like watch this play, watch what they do, watch what these players are doing. Sometimes, we didn’t even watch the ball; we just watched how individual players moved with each other and the best positioning.”

Upon his graduation, Tsukimura had not only earned his degrees, but walked away with a wealth of knowl-edge about the physicality and logis-tics of volleyball and was told by his friends to go and teach the game to oth-ers.

That’s exactly what he did when he landed a teaching position at Illinois State University. Due to the freezing temperature forcing him indoors, Tsukimura found the men’s club vol-leyball team and began offering advice to a few players to help improve their game.

Tsukimura eventually took over as head coach and was sought out by the NCAA women’s volleyball head coach to be her assistant. He agreed and worked with their three rookie players turning two of them into starters, before returning to his posi-tion as the men’s coach leading them to a 13th place finish in the National Championships.

Despite urging from the wom-en’s head coach and the tour-nament director to con-tinue on as a full-time c o a ch , Ts u k i m u r a declined, choosing to focus on where his research and teach-ing options might take him. His new position at Fresno S t a t e a l l o w e d him to continue his research and instruct classes however a return t o v o l l e y b a l l wouldn’t be far off.

Since the team is officially a club, funding is always an issue with players hav-ing to raise their own flight expense costs.

With all his responsibili-ties as a professor, researcher and advisor, it is sometimes hard to see how Tsukimura finds time to fit coaching in. But Tsukimura

does and excels at knowing just what the team and his players need.

“If I were to describe his method it would be organized,” Wiens said. “He has been running the men’s program for a while and knows exactly where we need to be and when.”

The men’s club volleyball team is off to a hot start at the midway point of the 2011 season. Tsukimura’s squad is a perfect 11-0 and will compete in the Far Westerns Tournament this weekend at UC Davis.

By Ben IngersollThe Collegian

Men’s club volleyball off tohot start in 2011

the only thing left is for them to recognize that you haven’t done anything. You have to fight,” Contador said in the pre-taped interview.

Contador, who is cleared to

CONTADOR: Contaminated meat caused positive testCONTINUED from page 8 race pending any appeal rul-

ings from CAS, was already traveling to Portugal on Tuesday night to race for new team Saxo Bank-Sunguard in the Tour of the Algarve from Wednesday.

“We’ve been training but I’m

not in the same shape as other years,” Contador said.

After learning of the pro-posed one-year suspension nearly three weeks ago, Contador vowed to fight any ban, describing himself as a victim of antiquated, flawed anti -doping re gulations. Contador believed the deci-sion offered WADA a good chance to re-examine those anti-doping regulations.

“The fault is with the institu-tions that haven’t served their purpose and who haven’t been able to review a case like this,” the 28-year-old Spaniard said. “It’s been six months of sleep-less nights, pulling your hair out — there are times when I cried.”

Contador said his defense team was preparing for any further appeals after he suc-cessfully presented further evidence based along UCI and WADA anti-doping rules that allow the “elimination” of a sanction if the athlete can demonstrate “no fault or neg-ligence” on their part.

Disciplinary committee president Fernando Uruburu said the new evidence brought forward by Contador’s defense team made the difference.

“We evaluated all of the information, including pre-vious CAS decisions and judgments made by other national federations as much as the allegations brought for-ward by the cyclist himself,”

Uruburu said.The disciplinary commit-

tee came under pressure from higher authorities over the case, including Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero who said on the government’s Twitter feed last week: “there’s no legal reason to justify sanctioning Contador.”

Contador put the burst of support down to “justice, not patriotism.” He also credited an interview on the same TV channel last week as helping to turn the tide in his favor.

The committee strongly rejected “the many statements made by various arms of pub-lic life within this country” over the Contador case, calling “the views of certain media outlets and politicians is sim-ply unacceptable and false.”

Saxo Bank-Sunguard owner Bjarne Riis called the decision “absolutely vital.”

“This decision is indeed proof that the relevant author-ities do not find grounds for believing that Alberto Contador has committed any intentional doping offense,” Riis said. “We take note of this decision and fully respect it, but we’re also sensitive to the fact, that the parties of this case still have the right to appeal this decision.”

Contador avoided becom-ing only the second cyclist to lose his Tour title after Floyd Landis, who was stripped of

his 2006 Tour victory after a positive test.

His case highlights a grow-ing concern that clenbuterol can be consumed unwittingly by eating meat from animals who were fed the drug, which helps burn fat and build mus-cle.

In a separate case, WADA opted not to appeal to CAS after the German table ten-nis federation decided not to ban Dimitrij Ovtcharov, who tested positive for a minute trace of clenbuterol from meat eaten in China.

A study released Tuesday by the doping laboratory which discovered clenbuterol in Contador’s sample showed that humans can inadvertent-ly ingest the drug from eating meat.

Contador — one of only five cyclists to win the Tour, Giro and Spanish Vuelta — also won Tour titles in 2007 and 2009. He was unable to defend his first title in 2008 after his Astana team was banned for doping.

“One thing is clear — I am not going to ingest any more meat,” Contador said, culmi-nating the interview.

“He is a great coach in part because of his obvious care for the individual players on the team.”

— Jake Wiens, on coach Brian Tsukimura

CollegianThe

SPORTSSPORTS EDITOR, BEN INGERSOLL • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDUPAGE 8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORYThe 2004-05 NHL season is canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time

that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute.

Bulldog Game DayFresno State Bulldogs

(11-14, 5-8 WAC)RADIO: KMJ-AM 580

vs. CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners(9-14, Independent)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, AT 7 p.m., RABOBANK ARENA

1. Points in the paintLast time out the Roadrunners were no match for Fresno State inside. The ‘Dogs outscored the ‘Runners 48-18 in the paint, led by the front court’s combined 39 points.

2. Run the offenseThe Bulldogs held a sizable advan-tage in the open court, scoring 14 more points than CSU Bakersfield. Point guards Steven Shepp and Tyler Johnson can control the pace.

3. Get Smith more touchesGreg Smith had one of his worst games to date in a Bulldog uniform in Saturday’s loss to Utah State. The sophomore center’s production is pivotal for Fresno State success.

Keys to Victory

Player to watch:Greg Smith, center

The last time the Bulldogs faced off against Cal State Bakersfield, it was the final game in Fresno State’s three-game win streak.

Fresno State handled the Roadrunners by 30 points, but the home win did not translate onto the road. Head coach Steve Cleveland and company hit had a pair of away games against Western Athletic Conference foes in Boise State and Utah State.

Fresno State dropped both contests by an average of 15 points and once again ven-tured onto another losing streak.

But before the Bulldogs head back into the final stretch of conference games they have a pair of out-of-conference games in an opportunity to get back on

Dec. 22 seems like a long, long time ago for seventh-year head coach Keith Brown and his Roadrunners.

The date marks the period Cal State Bakersfield was sit-ting at 8-5 and riding the lon-gest win streak of its season, albeit at just three games.

But since that date near-ly eight weeks a go, the Roadrunners have lost nine of their last 10 games and now sit at 9-14. In those nine losses, Cal State Bakersfield was out-scored by an average of 16.6 points per game, including a 30-point blowout in the Save Mart Center to Fresno State just nine days ago.

The loss to the Bulldogs was the Roadrunners’ most recent game, giving Brown’s team more than a week to recuper-ate.

Breakdown: Bulldogs Breakdown: Roadrunners

By Ben IngersollThe Collegian

Through the rough patch, the Roadrunners got a spark from guard Stephon Carter, who is averaging a team-best 15.7 points per game. Carter had 11 points on just 3-of-13 shooting against Fresno State.

If Cal State Bakersfield loses to Fresno State, the Roadrunners will seal up a losing season for the fifth straight year.

The Spanish cycling federation cleared Alberto Contador of doping on Tuesday Feb. 15, reversing its proposal to ban him for one year for a positive test at the Tour de France.

Associated Press

Contador lauds dopingdecision, but damage doneMADRID (AP) — Tour de

France champion Alberto Contador believes “irrepa-rable” damage has been done to his reputation despite being cleared of doping by the Spanish cycling federation, which ruled Tuesday that he was not at fault for a positive test that he attributed to con-taminated meat.

The Spanish cyclist tested positive for banned substance clenbuterol while winning last year’s Tour, but the federa-tion’s disciplinary committee accepted Contador’s defense he unintentionally ate con-taminated beef.

“The truth is today is a good day,” Contador said in an interview on Veo7 television broadcast late Tuesday. “It’s been an incredible number of weeks and months that I wouldn’t wish on absolutely anybody — you’d have to have lived these past months to

know how it feels.“The truth is the damage

done to your image is irrepa-rable, with all the stupidities that are said about you.”

C o n t a d o r ’ s j o y w a s r e s t r a i n e d d u r i n g t h e i n t e r v i e w, k n ow i n g t h e International Cycling Union or World Anti-Doping Agency can still appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Both bodies said they would wait to receive the full dossier before deciding on an appeals process. The UCI has 30 days to appeal while WADA has another 21 days after that to take the case to CAS.

Contador, who believes the decision will “probably” be appealed, stopped short of confirming he will try for a fourth Tour de France title this year due to the possible appeals process.

But he confirmed he will go for a second Giro d’Italia title.

“For the moment I’m plan-ning the season up until the

Giro and then after the Giro I’ll see what the next objec-tives are, depending with what happens in the coming months,” said Contador, who won the 2008 edition of the Italian classic.

Any appeals process is expected to drag on until at least June. The Tour de France begins July 2.

Contador preferred to risk a two-year suspension than accept the original one-year ban proposed by the disciplin-ary committee in his doping case last month.

Contador registered a min-ute trace of clenbuterol, which is listed as a zero-tol-erance drug by WADA, from a test taken on a rest day at last year’s Tour. He said the banned substance must have been contained in meat he’d eaten.

“When you haven’t done anything wrong and your conscience is super relaxed

By Paul LogothetisAssociated Press

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the winning track. Today’s game at Cal State Bakersfield and Saturday’s home contest in the ESPN BraketBuster’s showdown with UC Riverside.

L e a d i n g s c o r e r Ke v i n Olekaibe has struggled the last two games, scoring just 15 combined points after aver-aging 20.6 in the four games before the two losses.

Mike Howells / Collegian File Photo