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Because Fresno State is home to one of the top agri-culture departments in the nation, it does get its fair share of unwanted guests such as cockroaches and rodents around campus.

One place where they are certainly not welcome is the Henry Madden library. Last fall the library implemented new policies that limit stu-dents consuming food items to the second floor.

There was some specula-tion around campus that the policy had to do with some of the unwanted guests.

David Tyckoson, Associate Dean of Library Services, said the new library has never had a pest problem and the policy change was not made to limit pests.

“We changed the food rules mainly because we had com-plaints from students that food and noise were in areas they didn’t want it,” Tyckoson said. “We set it up that the second floor you can have anything you want and other floors you

can have a drink and snacks, but nothing from Subway and Panda Express and so on.”

Tyckoson said that there

have been a few instances of a small number of ants, but there hasn’t been any roaches or rodents in the new library.

“Pests can come in and it’s something we are keeping an eye out for and we have been very fortunate it hasn’t hap-

pened so far,” Tyckoson said. “We hope people don’t leave a mess laying around because that what’s going to attract them the most. If you just leave food around on the table, [pests] will come in and go after it.”

Business major Cassie Wilson said she studies in the library about three times a week and has never seen any pest problems in the library. She does not like the new food rules.

“I think you should be able to eat wherever you want,” Wilson said. “I wasn’t distract-ed by other students eating and if it did make me hungry I just went to get something to eat.”

N u r s i n g m a j o r L a u r a Winter said students should be able to eat wherever they want because some students may spend a lot of time there and need to eat while they are studying, even if it is in a quiet area.

Other students have mixed feelings about the rules.

Kristen Grottkau, a liberal

It’s no secret that times are tough in today’s educational system, which is causing more students to be forced onto wait lists for required classes.

Students at Fresno State have seen classes cut, teach-ers let go and programs suf-fer as a result of budget cuts for the university in the last few years. According to the Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning department (IRAP), there are more than 20,000 students attending Fresno State which increases the competition to get into classes.

T here is campus-wide anxiety each semester when students walk into full class-rooms. While some classes have a full roster and a hand-ful of students lingering on a wait list, other classes often contain a full wait list as well as the eager few attempting to “crash” the course and take the seats of those that are already enrolled yet absent.

“Class cuts do call for stu-dents to be proactive in enroll-ment,” Jim Brown, under-graduate academic adviser for the Craig School of Business, said. Brown mentioned that when students wait to enroll in their classes, advisers can-not always guarantee that

they will have 12 units in their class schedule.

The IRAP report for the 2009 -2010 academic year lists that the Craig School of Business and Health and Human Services with the largest amount of students. Business majors outweigh all other listed majors total-ing 1,702 and in Health and Human Services, Nursing con-tains the most students with 1,167.

Classes become even more difficult to enroll in these two majors because of the popu-larity of required classes. Not only are they competing for spots in general education classes like the rest of the stu-dent body, but there are cours-es which may be full with stu-dents of the same major.

Business major David Mesa was placed on three wait lists last year and said that several business classes closed with no wait list available. “It’s harder to get into my busi-ness classes because they are only offering so many sec-tions,” Mesa said. “So I’m forced to stay in college longer which means all my student loans will accumulate and be slapped on me when I gradu-ate.”

Not only do wait lists cause the stress of maintaining

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OpinionOPINION EDITOR, DANIELLE GILBERT • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDUPAGE 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

“We’re not leaving today, we’re not leaving Wednesday, we’re not leaving Thursday.”

– demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square

THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

Modern cars vs. classic cars

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Not really. Sorry for the passive aggressiveness, but I can’t imagine copying and pasting being so difficult.

— Christian Lopez

www.TheRealProblem.com

I was looking through the Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011, issue of The Collegian. The article “Pedro in the news,” caught my eye, as always. I was surprised at the end when I found the link to “www.TheRealPedro.com.”

I went to check the site out and became infuriated to what the content displayed. Everybody seems to be throwing stones at poor Pedro when it seems to me that we have another problem in our hands.

Neil O’ Brien, I believe that this man is false and has been delivering a wrong message, RACISM. His page practically screams it!!! This guy is a joke and needs to be investigated.

— Reyna Cazares

Drinking and driving game

For the first time the social advergame “What Russian doesn’t like to drive fast?” has been created in Russia.

The aim of this game is to attract public attention to the problem of drunken driving.This game is created by the group of students from Kirov town, Russia, on the base of social program that helps young people who suffered in accidents. We are writing you with suggestion to take part in lives of those young people and to give information support to the program with any possible ways. Also we ask you to share this information with your friends through social networks. For more information visit www.SharpTurn.org or e-mail info@SharpTurn.org

— Diana Tsipileva

I n a lot of ways many of us think we are much cooler than our parents ever were, until we remember the cars

they used to drive. Camaros, GTOs, Mustangs, Barracudas, Challengers, Chargers, the kind of cars people will always talk about.

Let me start out by saying there are some really cool things going on in the automotive industry. The muscle-car race going on between the Mustang, Camaro and Challenger is great. It’s a smaller version of the muscle-car race that went on all through the ‘60s and early ‘70s, which was an era about which every gear head fantasizes.

All the modern muscle cars being produced by the Big Three are based on influences from their mid-‘60s models, and all have models that produce more than 400 horsepower, and that’s a lot! Although the cars are cool, they don’t carry the same vibe and spirit as the original models.

I was raised driving classic muscle cars, and I understand the intoxicating value of driving a 1968 Camaro without a thought of ride quality, or why I can’t hear the stereo. It’s just you and eight cylinders thumping down the road, making too much noise and pushing a stiff clutch pedal as you grab second gear.

Some people could never understand how this could be enjoyable, and to that I would suggest, buy the new model, or a Prius. For those of you who do get it, you might agree or disagree with my thoughts on the new muscle cars, but that’s what muscle cars are all about: “Mine’s faster and cooler than yours.”

Although I am a classic Camaro enthusiast, I have to admit the new Challenger takes the cake from a styling and coolness perspective. Dodge did the best job in staying true to the influences from the original model. Looking at a side-by-side picture between the new and old model, you can see the point I’m making.

Now, from a gear-head’s perspective there are some disturbing car models that were

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‘acohen’: “I supported Pedro, but it’s time for him to resign. I admire him for taking a stand, but he’s now dragging the school, the students, and even Fresno’s image through the mud. By his own admission he’s in the country illegally and didn’t disclose that when running for office. He said he was law abiding, but then we find out that he’s illegally registered to vote even after he said he wasn’t. I know it’s not Pedro’s fault that he was brought here as a child, but he knew it was illegal to register to vote yet he did it anyway. If a politician isn’t even going to respect voting laws, how can we trust him to respect any other laws?”

Response:‘The life and times of Ronald Reagan’

‘westontsmart’: “This was a great article. I love that he even researched and found an incredibly funny joke from Reagan himself.”

Response:‘Student Recreation Center turns five’

‘bulldog2011’: “The SRC is a dump......all the equip-ment and especially the TVs are outdated! Charging for towels? And then not even require the use of them, so you know people won’t pay the extra to clean the equipment after (GROSS!). I’m surprised there hasn’t been a MRSA outbreak.”

Response:‘ASI PRESIDENT RAMIREZ THREATENS RESIGNATION AT SENATE MEETING’

‘PARKS329’: “I find it hilarious that our president is an illegal mexican. Welcome to Fresno State!”

Response:‘ASI PRESIDENT RAMIREZ THREATENS RESIGNATION AT SENATE MEETING’

‘magjc’: “I think Neal needs to just leave pedro alone. He seems obessed. Pedro you need to file a restraining order on this guy. I think you guys should just let him finish his office term. I bet half of you didnt even know was the ASI was before you started to take sides on the issue.”

Response:‘If it makes you feel sexy, why not?’

‘Demosthenes11’: “The puzzled reader is left haunted with a few questions after this shallow turn of phrase and rhetoric. Why does the author feel sexy when she wears high heel shoes or listen to Aretha Franklin? Is sexiness a product of the clothes that one wears, the stuff that one has purchased, or is it an inner quality, a certain confidence that transcends fashion and rather is sourced from some inner well of confidence? It is my assertion that the answer to the latter is yes, and that women with self confidence and self esteem do not need things like high heeled shoes to feel ‘diabolically unstoppable.’”

Jake SevernSThe Sticks

produced in the past few years. The new Chevy Malibu, which used to be the same model as the Chevelle, and the GTO that was being produced before Pontiac went under.

The new Chevy is a disgrace to the Malibu name. It in no way resembles the golden years of the asphalt-pounding Malibu from 1964 to 1970. It’s fine if Chevy wants to make a user friendly commuter car, but come up with a different name.

A similar problem exists with the recent model of the Pontiac GTO. The original GTO is credited with starting the entire muscle car race in 1963. In other words the GTO was the beginning of an era, and a legend.

There really isn’t a problem with the newer GTO other than the name. It produces more than 400 horsepower, but from the styling aspect, it’s just a Grand Prix fitted with some fake hood scoops. That’s like throwing a cowboy hat on Elton John and calling him John Wayne.

There are a few kinks to work out in modern-day muscle cars, but I hope the market for these cars keeps up. It’s finally getting to the point again when the Big Three are duking it out with good old fashion cubic inches and horsepower numbers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting more than 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.

In just a year of peering out at a small slice of the galaxy, the Kepler telescope has dis-covered 1,235 possible plan-ets outside our solar system. Amazingly, 54 of them are seemingly in the zone that could be hospitable to life — that is, not too hot or too cold, Kepler chief scientist William Borucki said.

Until now, only two plan-ets outside our solar system were even thought to be in the “Goldilocks zone.” And both those discoveries are highly disputed.

Fifty-four possibilities is “an enor mous amount,

an inconceivable amount,” Borucki said. “It’s amazing to see this huge number because up to now, we’ve had zero.”

The more than 1,200 new-found celestial bodies are not confirmed as planets yet, but Borucki estimates 80 percent of them will eventually be verified. At least one other astronomer believes Kepler could be 90 percent accurate.

After that, it’s another big step in proving that a con-firmed planet has some of the basic conditions needed to support life, such as the proper size, composition, tem-perature and distance from its star. More advanced aspects of habitability such as atmo-spheric conditions and the presence of water and carbon require telescopes that aren’t built yet.

unit levels and completing required courses, students such as Mesa have the concern of paying for education even though the classes they need aren’t always available.

The nursing program at Fresno State contains eight prerequisites that must be completed before a student it accepted into the program. It usually takes students two years to complete the prereq-uisites along with general education classes, and the pro-gram itself is six semesters, which totals an estimated five years for expected graduation.

“Wait lists for the prerequi-sites can become a problem if you’re not organized,” Ryann Bringhurst, nursing major, said.

Bringhurst said that as long as students have a class plan when they start college, the wait lists will not affect them. The nursing program itself does not contain a wait list, so students must reapply each year until they are admitted.

“The extra schooling is definitely worth it in the long run, it’s just hard right now,” Bringhurst said.

studies major, said she has never seen any pests in the library and believes food con-sumption and purchases con-tribute to noise in the library.

“The area by Starbucks gets so loud that when I go

into there to study, I can’t,” Grottkau said.

Although Grottkau likes the quiet areas in the library, she doesn’t think having food in different parts of the library will hurt.

“Even before the food rules, I never had a problem finding a quiet place to study,” she

said. Tyckoson said that there is

always a possibility the food rules may change again, but as of right now many students like them the way they are now.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS PAGE 3NEWS EDITOR, DANA HULL • COLLEGIAN-NEWS@CSUFRESNO.EDU

LIBRARY: Administration aims to keep library quiet and pest-freeCONTINUED from page 1

WAITLISTED: Budget cuts make it harder for students to get needed classesCONTINUED from page 1

Construction began on the west side of the University Center building this week.

According to Rod Gleghorn, manager of the project, the construction will not only give the building a new look, but will make walkways more open for students.

“We are putting new sid-

ing on that building to make it look nicer,” Gleghorn said. “And then we will get rid of some of the columns so it opens up the walkway between the library and the center.”

In addition to adding grey concrete panels to the side of the building, Gleghorn said they are also going to recreate landscaping along the south side of the building.

The University Center

Exterior Renovation proj-ect, which is projected to cost approximately $158,000 is a non-state funded project. It is set to be completed by March 31, 2011, but Gleghorn says he can’t be certain if it will be finished by that time.

“I wouldn’t say that’s a hard deadline,” he said. “It will probably be extended.”

Kyle Lowe / The Collegian$158,000 renovation project has begun at the University Center.

University Center building gets facelift

By Dana HullThe Collegian

NASA spots 54 potentially life-friendly planets

By Seth BorenstienAssociated Press

While some students have to work during the Super Bowl, or others simply don’t care, the big game has its way of creating memories by bringing friends and family together.

With the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers getting ready to kick off Super Bowl XLV on Sunday after-noon, Fresno State students reveal their p l a n s , p r e -dictions, tra-di t ions and their favorite commercials and halftime shows.

Kinesiology major Tom McLaughlin and criminol-ogy major Daryl Paust plan to watch the game with their fra-ternity brothers, Sigma Chi.

While Pasut said he is defi-nitely rooting for the Steelers, McLaughlin said this is the first Super Bowl where he doesn't care who wins.

McLaughlin is a Denver

Broncos’ fan and Pasut is a San Francisco 49ers’ fan.

Aside from who wins or loses, for some, it’s for the sake of fun. Some Super Bowl tra-ditions that McLaughlin and Pasut have are the type of food and beverage that they eat and drink, and the games they play that involve a friendly wager.

Pasut said that one tradi-tion is eating a lot of food.

“Seven layer dip is one of them,” Pasut said. “Hot wings

are another regular prefer-ence and shotgunning every touchdown.”

Shotgunning a beer refers to a strategic way of drinking beer out of a can.

Another tradition that McLaughlin and Pasut play with their friends is Football Squares, where whoever wins takes all.

“You predict how many points are going to happen through each quarter, half-time and then at the end of the game,” Pasut said. “Say it’s like five bucks a square, two bucks a square.”

Sociology major Chalon Davis said he doesn’t have any formal plans for the Super Bowl.

“But what I usually do sometimes is hang out with a bunch of friends and try to sit

in front of the biggest TV we can,” Davis said. “Some people drink, eat food and e n j o y e a c h other’s com-p a n y w h i l e we’re watch-ing the game pretty much.”

Davis said he is not a fan of the Packers or the Steelers.

“I’m a Jets’ fan, but if I had to choose, I’ll go with Pittsburgh,” he said.

Although communications major Gia Aguilar said she’s rooting for the Packers, she’s a die-hard Raiders’ fan.

“Born and raised on the Raiders,” Aguilar said.

Aguilar plans on going over to a friend’s house for a barbecue on Super Bowl Sunday.

“I’m definitely going to watch the whole game,” Aguilar said. “I love football.”

Aside from foot-ball, another thing to look forward to during the Super Bowl is the commer-cials. The beer com-mercials were among the favorites of the students, along with E*TRADE, Doritos and Snickers.

Davis said there are always commercials that he enjoys.

“Budweiser with the frogs, that’s a classic one,” Davis

said. “The bottle top twist to open, the guys were

twisting trying to open the bot-tle, that wasn’t w o rk i n g f o r them.”

One halftime show that stands

out in everyone’s m i n d i s J u s t i n

Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction.

“ T h e o n ly o n e I really remember is the Justin Timberlake one and Janet Jackson,” Aguilar said.

“ D e f i n i t e l y , d e f i n i t e ly, Ju s t i n T i m b e r l a k e a n d J a n e t J a c k s o n , ” Pasut said.

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Students share their Super Bowl plans, traditions and memoriesBy Julie Bounchareune

The Collegian

Writing Center helps students in several waysBy Sarah KainThe Collegian

Some students receive a term paper back from their professor with red ink splat-tered across the white page. The corrections and sugges-tions make no sense to them.

Sound familiar?The Writing Center is a free

service aimed to help students on any stage of the writing process by one-on-one or in a group tutorial.

The Writing Center is nestled in the heart of the Kremen School of Education and Human Development building in room 184.

In addition to one-on-one and group tutorials, the Writing Center of fers an online submission of drafts and a one-unit class with tutors twice a week.

Group tutorials are the most popular workshops at the Writing Center. Students meet with a peer tutor and two other students for one hour, twice a week.

“I think that any writer that seeks feedback on their writing should come to the center,” Magda Gilewicz, director of the Writing Center and English professor, said.

“Every writer has times when they have difficulties. Even proficient writers struggle when new demands are put on them.”

A l t h o u g h t h e Wr i t i n g Center has been on campus for 30 years, some students don’t remember this service until their English professors men-tion it.

“I think that our location is part of the reason that people do not frequent the center, because we are on the fringes of campus, not in the center,” Gilewicz said. “The places in the library get more attention because of the central location and that is where everyone is now.”

The budget cuts over the last couple of years have also reduced the knowledge of the Writing Center to the campus. This last year the budget for the Writing Center was cut by 20 percent after no change since 1995. Because of cuts the Writing Center had to turn away 200 people for the one-unit course.

“In the last two years I have not advertised the center as much because of the budget cuts,” Gilewicz said. “All the money goes right to the tutor-ing and the tutors. I do not spend money on brochures or

pencils with our information on them.”

Garrett Smothers, tutor and supervisor at the Writing Center, did not know about the Writing Center until he ended up there and decided to tutor for the last four semesters.

“I think that people should take more advantage of the walk-in option of the center,” Smothers said. “There are a lot of times where we are there waiting in the center with nobody’s name on the walk-in list.”

Smothers a g rees with Gilewicz about the location being bad for the center but also believes that people know the center for its reputation about not being copy editors.

“The center has a reputa-tion for not copy editing which has changed, but we want to do more than that here because that is not the purpose of the center,” Smothers said. “I understand it is hard to ask for help, but that is what we are here for.”

Sociology major Roman Reyes has used the center and recommends students take advantage of the free service.

“I have taken papers into the walk-in tutorials before and they helped me a lot,” Reyes said. “They pointed out the things in my paper that needed changing or clarifying and that made a better paper.”

Gilewicz offered a guaran-tee to students who bring in their assignment.

“Bring in your assignment as soon as you get it and with our tutors’ help, you will gen-erate two to three pages of writing before you leave,” she said.

“I think that people should take more advantage of the walk-in option of the center.”

— Garrett Smothers, Tutor and supervisor at the Writing Center

The Writing Center is located in the Kremen School of Education and Human Development building, between Maple and Barton Avenues.

Kyle Lowe / The Collegian

Infographic by Michael Uribes / The Collegian

“I'm definitely going to watch the whole game.”

— Gia Aguilar, Communications major

CollegianThe

Arts & EnterTainmentARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, MADDIE SHANNON • COLLEGIAN-FEATURES@CSUFRESNO.EDUFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 PAGE 5

Weekend of Movies

Photo Illustration by Matt Weir

By Maddie ShannonThe Collegian

Psychotic roommates, underground caves and stepmothers take over Friday and Saturday

This weekend brings anoth-er stellar round of movies to local theaters, including dramas and a 3-D adventure movie.

Big names l ike James Cameron and Natalie Portman hit the big screen in two mov-ies: Sanctum for Cameron and The Other Woman for Natalie Portman. While fans of both are excited for these latest releases, these two are rela-tively quiet compared to previ-ous works. Portman’s “Black Swan” earned her a Golden Globe and a Screen Actor’s Guild, while “Avatar” won three Oscars last year.

Here’s the lineup of this weekend’s movies.

The Roommate (R)

What it’s about: Two col-lege roommates, Sara and Rebecca, start their fresh-man year as friends. But soon

Rebecca, who is emotionally unstable, starts to obsess over Sara’s life, family and other friends. The weird antics start with Rebecca obsessing over when her roommate’s com-ing back to their dorm. It pro-gresses to Rebecca stalking Sara’s boyfriend in the library and eventually attacking one of Sara’s other friends in the shower.

Why you should see it: Leighton Meester’s perfor-mance as a psychotic college roommate is convincing, and one well worth seeing on the big screen. For those who like Meester’s role on Gossip Girl, this movie might be one to skip out on unless you can handle scary.

S t a r r i n g : L e i g h t o n Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet and Danneel Harris.

Sanctum (R)

What it’s about: Frank McGuire, a deep-sea diver, attempts to be the first to

explore the biggest under-ground cave system in the world. With a group of friends including his financier and his 17-year-old teenage son, he sets out on what he sees as the last place left on the planet to explore. When a massive flood blocks the way they came in, the group is forced to swim with the underground river to the sea.

Why you should see it: I f you like underg round adventure stories like The Core, then this larger-than-life movie is for you. James Cameron’s vision of other-worldly scenes trickles down from his vision for Avatar, although “Sanctum” isn’t as good as Avatar. For the more phobic audience members — if claustrophobic situations in movies make you uncomfort-able, forego this one.

S t a r r i n g : R i c h a r d Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, A l i c e P a rk i n s o n , R hy s Wakefield, Christopher Baker and Dan Wyllie.

Waiting for Forever (PG-13)

What it’s about: Childhood friends Emma and Will spend every minute together — until Will moves away. Years later, they both come back to their hometown and reunite as adults. Will expects their long-lost friendship to grow into a relationship, but Emma gave up on Will years ago. The contradiction of their expecta-tions grows makes for a good “Will-they-won’t-they” story.

Why you should see it: For moviegoers who love to be in love, ‘Forever’ is a roman-tic film that won’t disappoint. More critical audience mem-bers will notice that most of the actors throw themselves into their roles, with the exception of Rachel Bilson. She doesn’t live up to the emo-tional capacity of her charac-ter the way Bilson’s on-screen love, Tom Sturridge, does.

Starring: Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Davis, Jaime King, Scott

Mechlowicz and Jaime King.

The Other Woman (R)

What it’s about: Emilia, mistress-turned-second-wife to businessman Jack, tries to fit in with her husband’s son as she tries to figure out how to handle her new family with Jack’s old one. While she and Jack grieve the death of their first baby, she tries to become the mother she wants to be by spending time with her step-son, William.

Why you should see it: “The Other Woman,” the third Natalie Portman film to be released in two months, fea-tures nothing short of exem-plary work on Portman’s part. Her role as young stepmom to a stubborn preteen son creates a heartstring-tugging connec-tion with her character.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Charlie Tahan and Scott Cohen.

News BriefsBrief news for the brief attention span

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen wants to get back to work this month on “Two and a Half Men,” a spokesman said Thursday.

T h e 4 5 - ye a r- o l d a c t o r remains in rehab but hopes to return to TV’s top-rated com-edy by the end of February, publicist Stan Rosenfield said. That’s a “target” projection, Rosenfield said.

The series halted produc-tion after Sheen sought treat-

ment for undisclosed reasons following a 911 call and brief stay at a Los Angeles-area hos-pital last week. According to a tape of the 911 call, Sheen was said to be intoxicated and in pain.

CBS and series producer War ner Bros. Television declined comment on Sheen’s intentions. But decisions about the show aren’t Sheen’s alone.

Producers intend to evalu-

ate the situation before decid-ing whether to resume film-ing for the season, a person familiar with their plans said Thursday. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke Friday on condition of anonymity.

With uncer tainty over Sheen’s return, CBS intends to use a combination of “Two and a Half Men” reruns and other sitcoms to fill out its Monday night schedule. The

network has two unaired episodes of “Men” in hand, which are to be broadcast Feb. 7 and 14.

Out of 24 episodes ordered for the season, 16 were com-pleted.

PARIS (AP) — Maria Schneider, the French actress who was Marlon Brando’s young co-star in the steamy 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris,” has died at age 58.

Schneider died in Paris on

Thursday “following a long ill-ness,” a representative of the Act 1 talent agency said, but declined to provide details.

Schneider was 19 when s h e s t a r r e d o p p o s i t e Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci’s racy “Last Tango in Paris.” In it, she played Jeanne, a young Parisian woman who takes up with a middle-aged American busi-nessman, played by Brando.

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item 27 Triple-layer cookies 28 Group of six 30 Fail to heed the “Measure

twice, cut once” adage 34 Defendant’s story 35 Curved part of the foot 36 Stein fillers 40 Aloof refusal to speak 43 Guinness

book adjective 44 Unimaginably long time

(Var.) 45 Valuable violin 46 Wispy clouds 47 Puzzling problem 48 Perform ineptly 52 Unmannerly man 54 60-min. periods 55 Working (with) 59 Launching platform 61 1982 Meryl Streep

thriller 66 Scholarly book 67 Unrivaled rating

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O’Brien 8 Album that included

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The Fresno State College men’s freshman basketball team played a winning season during the 1948-1949 school year, winning 16 games out of 18. This picture ran in the Feb. 11, 1949, issue of The Collegian.

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

Farrah Fawcett’s red swimsuitgoes to Smithsonian

By Jessica GreskoAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The red swimsuit that helped make “Charlie ’s Angels” actress Far rah Fawcett a 1970s icon became part of the Smithsonian’s collection Wednesday on what would have been her 64th birthday. Fawcett’s longtime compan-ion Ryan O’Neal presented the swimsuit and other items to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. O’Neal said Fawcett, who died in 2009 after battling anal cancer for several years, always intended to give

the suit to the museum. “They asked her years ago for the bathing suit,” he said. “So it was always in her plan.” Fawcett wore the bathing suit for a photo shoot shortly before her debut on Charlie’s Angels in 1976. The resulting poster sold millions of copies and became the best selling poster of all time, according to Smithsonian curator Dwight Bowers. Bowers compared the poster to World War II pin-ups of Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, saying it became a symbol of the 1970s era. Though fans know the bathing suit as red, it is actu-ally a burnt orange color, pos-

sibly due to fading. Before it was donated to the museum, Fawcett framed it herself, and it was stored at a Los Angeles warehouse, O’Neal said. Nels Van Patten, Fawcett’s friend and tennis coach who was with her during the bath-ing suit shoot, said Wednesday she did her own hair and makeup for the pictures and didn’t have a mirror. She also squeezed a lemon in her hair to get natural highlights, he said. Also donated to the Smithsonian were Fawcett’s book of scripts for the first season of “Charlie’s Angels,” a 1977 Farrah Fawcett doll and a “Farrah’s Glamour Center”

styling kit for creating her sig-nature hairdo. The items will be part of the museum’s popu-lar culture history collection and will go on display this sum-mer. Fawcett’s friends and fam-ily at the museum Wednesday for the donation included Fawcett’s son with O’Neal, Redmond O’Neal, and O’Neal’s daughter, Tatum O’Neal. O’Neal, who became choked up during the ceremony, said later he feels Fawcett’s pres-ence every day. “I’m still having trouble with losing her,” he said. She was born Feb. 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Spring sports heating back upWomen’s basketballWith only eight more games

before the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, the Fresno State Women’s bas-ketball team is set to take on Louisiana Tech Saturday, Feb. 5, before returning home to host Boise State and Utah State. The ‘Dogs will end their regular season play facing all WAC opponents, but none more important than the Lady Techsters. Louisiana Tech remains their toughest oppo-nent, being the only team the ‘Dogs have yet to dominate this season in conference play, dropping a close game, 94-92 on Jan. 13. Jaleesa Ross leads the team in scoring and broke the Fresno State all-time scoring record this season. The WAC Tournament will take place on March 9-12 in Las Vegas.

Men’s basketballThe Fresno State men’s

basketball team will remain at home playing their next game Saturday, Feb. 5 against Louisiana Tech in a televised matchup on ESPNU. The men’s team is struggling this season and is stuck in a losing streak, winning only one of their last seven games prior to their Thursday night match-up against New Mexico. They have had varied success in their con-ference games this season, but have lost to all upcoming oppo-nents so far. Freshman guard Kevin Olekaibe has shined in

By Brandy FloresThe Collegian

thinks that he will be used in other ways on defense.

“They see me as a tweener,” Lewis said. “Defensive end and outside linebacker so they want to be able to use me in drop [coverage]. Certain pass defenses. Cover three whatev-

er so they will be able to drop me back and play a little bit of backer. I’m just down to play.”

Although the new season doesn’t start until August, Lewis has aspirations of being an immediate impact player on one of the Western Athletic Conference’s top pass-rush defenses last year.

“I’m going to be there,” Lewis said. “Be involved with the program as much as pos-sible before I actually have to join the squad. Being there will give me a chance to get the plays down and get a lot of the formations down, so I don’t come in July and have any idea of the playbook.”

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handing it off, to the blocking. I felt like it’s more of a team record than just me.”

Root was the first player in Hill’s 15th recruiting class to make an oral commitment to Fresno State. Root said he had an offer on the table from Nevada. Pac-12 schools Washington, Arizona State, Cal and Stanford even courted the

back.But along with his toughness,

Hill took note of another of Root’s admirable attributes.

“Dillon Root was the first ath-lete to commit and he stayed with his commitment through-out the recruiting process — never taking any other visits, highly loyal,” Hill said.

Root decided to stick with Fresno State because of every-thing that the program stands for and its strong tradition of

developing runners.“They preach all the same

values that my father preached to me growing up — about becoming a man and taking on responsibility,” Root said. “That’s what they’re going to teach to me. I feel that it’s real homey. The coaches and the players and the relationships they have with each other. It’s also a Valley thing.”

Root brings a blend of size, speed and strength to a Fresno

State rushing attack that was decimated by injuries in 2010. He ran a handheld 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds and also excelled in track at Redwood clocking in a 10.8-100 meter dash in the CIF state finals.

“I think Dillon’s that kind of guy that can really develop into that type of running back that’s a physical downhill run-ner,” Hill said, “but has the breakaway, accelerating speed [too].”

Root said that he wants to add 10 pounds to his frame before he enrolls in the fall.

But with his legacy firmly planted back at his alma mater high school, Root now has his vision set on making history elsewhere.

“I want to leave probably the same stamp that I left at Redwood if I could,” he said. “I want to be known as one of the best.”

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Lacrosse returns all but five players from last season’s team, including sophomore midfielder Amanda Cross.

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his first season, leading the team in scoring with 12 points per game. Center Greg Smith is second on the team with 11 points per game to go along with seven rebounds.

Softball Early predictions from WAC

coaches have Fresno State finishing second this year, as seniors Haley Gilleland and Caitlin Stiglich, along with junior Michelle Moses, were selected to the 2011 Preseason

All-WAC. In a press release on Jan. 31, head coach Margie Wright said the ‘Dogs will continue its tradition of hav-ing a strong national schedule including 12 games against the Top 25 ranked teams in the USA Today/NFCA pre-season coaches poll, and 12 games against the Top 25 ranked teams in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate preseason poll. The Fresno State softball program is enter-ing its 34th year just nine wins shy of its 1,500 all-time victory. The ‘Dogs open their season at home on Feb. 12 with a double-header against Sacramento State before travelling the next weekend to participate in the San Diego State Classic I. The ‘Dogs will also serve as the hosts for the 2011 WAC Softball Tournament on May 11-14.

BaseballComing off a heartbreak-

ing loss in last year’s WAC Championship, Fresno State is the early favorite to win it all. Seven players were named to the preseason All-WAC team. After being tabbed last year’s WAC player of the year, senior

first baseman Jordan Ribera enters this season with three preseason All-American hon-ors. The seven preseason All-WAC selections were the most by any team, including rival Hawaii, who had four play-ers. Along with Ribera, junior outfielders Brennan Gowens and Dusty Robinson, senior shortstop Garrett Weber, senior third baseman Danny Muno, junior catcher Trent Garrison and senior starting pitcher Greg Gonzalez all made the team. As announced in December, the ‘Dogs will open their fourth straight season with a preseason ranking with Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as the No. 29 team in the nation. Fresno State will begin its schedule on Feb. 18.

Lacrosse Despite losing its head coach

in the offseason, the Fresno State women’s lacrosse team will enter its third season as a program. The ‘Dogs will kick off their season in an exhibi-tion match against the Fresno men’s club team on Feb. 12, before travelling to Palo Alto to take on nationally-ranked

Stanford. The team will spend the first month of their season on the road, before returning home to host Bryant University on March 7. Interim coaches Carlee Buck and Lindsay Gotham head this year’s squad as all but five players return this season. Entering into her third season, senior Krisdina Gehring became the first all-conference player after her excellent performance last sea-son in only her second season playing the sport. After com-peting against several tough east coast opponents, the ‘Dogs will start April at home in an alumni exhibition match.

TennisOn Wednesday, the Fresno

State women’s tennis team opened its spring season at home competing against No. 40 Saint Mary’s. The team con-tinues today against No. 49 Arizona and on Saturday face Nevada. Against both teams they have had strong success holding a 4-1 record over the Arizona Wildcats and a 17-1 record over the Nevada Wolf Pack all time. The ‘Dogs expect a tough, competitive doubles match from No. 68 Arizona’s Lacey Smyth and Kim Stubbe. Fresno State has its own ranked competitors in singles players No. 75 Marianne Jodoin and No. 81 Abby Haley. Fresno State will remain at home for a doubleheader against Sacramento State and Pacific Feb. 19.

Today, the No. 28 Fresno State Men’s team will take on No. 52 San Diego State, opening the first of four home matches for the ‘Dogs. After opening the spring season by defeating San Francisco 6-1, the ‘Dogs dropped two straight to No. 27 Florida State and No. 33 Minnesota. The doubles team of Remi Boutillier and Rikus de Villiers remain the pair to watch, as they continue to provide tough competition to their opponents and keep each match close. De Villiers was also recently acknowledged as the Verizon WAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the third time in his career.

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THIS WEEKEND...The women’s basketball team travels to Louisiana Tech

Saturday at 5 p.m. in a pivotal WAC matchup.

Dillon Root is known for his speed and agility as a running back, but he couldn’t dodge the sharp pain that was throbbed from his abdominal area after colliding with a player while attempting to recover a fum-ble.

Trailing 16-7 in the sec-ond quarter, the 2011 Fresno State signee knew he wanted to continue playing if he was going to lead his team to a c o m e - f r o m -behind victory in the Central S e c t i o n Division II p l a y -

offs.So Root fought on—despite

the pain.“It felt like I had a bruised

rib or something,” Root said. “It happened midway through

the second quarter and I just kept playing

with it and [the pain] kept getting worse and worse. I just wanted

to finish the game.”

Root finished the game, and later discovered

he had a lacerat-ed kidney. But through the second half Root carried

the Redwood Rangers to a 29-22 over-time win over the Hoover Patriots, rushing for 116

yards and a touchdown on 25 painful carries.

The first-round victory would be Root’s final high school game. Without the star back, the Rangers were elimi-nated from the playoffs the fol-lowing week.

But Root’s toughness is just one reason why Fresno State head coach Pat Hill offered him a scholarship.

“[He] played the whole game

with it and got rushed to the hospital afterwards,” Hill said. “Very, very tough.”

Although Root’s injury ended his season, Root’s lega-cy stretches more than half a century of football tradition at Redwood in Visalia. In his three-year varsity career, the 6-foot, 185-pound back broke eight school records: most career rushing yards, most career touchdowns, most career points, most rushing yards, touchdowns and points in a season, and most touch-downs and yards in a game.

Root ran for 3,653 yards and 53 touchdowns in a Ranger uni-form, and as a senior rushed for more than 1,800 yards and 29 TDs.

Despite his decorated prep career, Root knows that the credit for his performance should be sprinkled around and believes the recipe to great-ness trails farther than that.

“I just felt like I couldn’t do it without my team,” Root said. “That’s what a lot of people overlook, like ‘He’s a real good player’ but I couldn’t do it without every else. It’s a team thing. Me rushing for all those yards started with the snap to the center, to the quarterback

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Root’s toughness,loyalty has Hill excitedFresno State’s first commitment follows through

on National Signing Day

National signing day has come and gone with most of the football players across the country already inked into their respective schools.

At Fresno State, it was no different with coach Pat Hill signing 18 future Bulldogs, the lowest number during his ten-ure. Out of all the new signees, there were three players from the Valley.

One of those players was highly-touted defensive end Donavon Lewis from Clovis West. His last name is familiar to the program with his broth-er Chris Lewis just finishing his career as a Bulldog this past fall and his father James Lewis playing as a linebacker in the 1980s.

The Clovis West senior entertained other offers, but leaned heavily on his family’s rich Fresno State past.

“They always wanted me to weigh my options and see what’s out there,” Lewis said.

Lewis also had offers from Washington State, Nevada and San Jose State but chose

Fresno State based on comfort.“ I t o o k m y t r i p s t o

Washington and Nevada,” Lewis said. “Those places were nice, but they weren’t my fit. Fresno seemed like a better fit for me. They already know what us Lewises are about and what we’re capable of. I’m pumped to come play ball for Fresno State.”

Brother Chris Lewis started at defensive end for Fresno State last year. The youngest Lewis might be following in his footsteps in this area as well.

This season, Lewis broke his brother’s career sack record with his 25 total sacks during his career. His brother held the record for five years.

The career sack leader at Clovis West also enjoyed suc-cess last year with his team winning the Division I cham-pionship over Bakersfield. He contributed to his team’s championship run with 75 tackles, 12.5 sacks and one interception, according to the Fresno Bee.

After playing on the defen-sive line last year, Lewis

By Jerry HuertaThe Collegian

Donavon latest in line of Lewises

Hill recruits defensive speed, O-line

It may be head coach Pat Hill’s smallest recruiting class in numbers, but the 14-year leader of the Bulldogs believes the newcomers will bring a new dynamic to the team.

In an effort to become more unpredictable on defense, Hill has opted to bring in play-ers that could provide mul-tiple looks on third down—an emphasis in the offseason.

The team will be experi-menting with new nickel pack-ages on defense this season on obvious passing downs. The new defenses will most likely consist of the standard nickel defense which consists of four defensive lineman, two linebackers and five defensive backs, the 3-3-5 or the 2-4-5.

“Our goal is to go from being a good football program to a great football program,” Hill said. “I think over the last three years we’re starting to put together the parts that give us a chance to really do some new things offensively

and defensively.”The incoming defensive

class is built around players who are capable of both rush-ing the passer or playing in coverage, an asset which the

team is hoping to use to con-fuse offenses by not using just pass-rushing specialists.

The offense has already com-piled of a lot of speed and tal-ent at the skill positions. But departures along the offensive line were fresh on Hill’s mind on the recruiting trail. The 2011 class features three long, athletic offensive lineman.

T h e fo o t b a l l t e a m h a s brought in 18 new players to join the team. Of the 18 players that joined the team,

17 played high school foot-ball in California. The lone player from out of state is Arizona offensive lineman John Archuleta, who played alongside a pair of the high-

est recruiting lineman in the country.

Last year’s recruiting class featured plenty of players at both wide receiver and in the defensive secondary. Hill signed wide receiver Davante Adams and defensive back Devontae Butler, but key loss-es offensively and defensively up front forced Hill to target a new look for the Bulldogs in the coming years.

“Developing talent in the defensive line with a real

emphasis on speed—explo-sive, quickness and speed. [We wanted] long arms and an ability to run,” Hill said.

The Bulldogs also landed a handful of linebackers

in attempt to fill a vacancy left by All-Western Athletic Conference linebacker Ben Jacobs. In order to accom-modate the use of multiple looks, Hill targeted a class of linebackers he feels can both defend against the pass and provide a steady pass rush.

“In the linebacker corps we felt it was really a necessity to go out and find the types of linebackers that not only can play in space and reroute receivers, but can also put

their hand in the dirt or be used in pass rush packages.”

The class also features a trio of players from the Valley, including Clovis West defen-sive end Donavon Lewis, Redwood running back Dillon Root and Ridgeview lineback-er Kyrie Wilson. Wilson was recruited heavily by Oregon, but landed in the Bulldogs’ hands after the Ducks rescind-ed their offer.

Hill was unable to determine exactly which players would make an immediate impact, but did say that this class is just another step in the direc-tion the program needs to go toward.

“This class is just another extension of what we’re trying to do to make our football pro-gram more competitive with the competition that we’re going to be playing against,” Hill said.

By Tim SalazarThe Collegian

“Developing talent in the defensive line with a real emphasis on speed—explo-sive, quickness and speed. We wanted long arms and the ability to run.”

— Pat Hill, On the attributes of his 2011 recruiting class

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18 new Bulldogs should give Fresno State more pass rush and new looks

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