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ou get hands-on experience you wouldn't get from sitting in a lecture.”
—Hannah Frick,
Senior Political Science Major
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Dolores Huerta spent time engaging with students and signing books after her lecture.
Activist urges
students to
get involved
By Thaddeus Miller
The Collegian
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the
United Farm Workers Union (UFW),
spoke to California State University,
Fresno students Friday about her life’s
work and the importance of universal
health care.
McLane Hall room 121 fell silent as
the diminutive Huerta, 79, descended
the stairs leading to the front of the
classroom’s stage. However, the audience quickly rose to a standing ovation
as she was introduced.
Huerta was the counterpart to Cesar
Chavez and continues to advocate for
farm laborers and women through the
Dolores Huerta Foundation. She has
numerous awards to her name and
nine honorary doctorates from universities across the United States, according to her foundation’s Web site.
In her speech, Huerta urged students
to get involved in the effort to usher in
a public option for health care.
“We don’t have a lot of time if we’re
going to save it – if we’re going to get
this national health care with a public
option,” she said.
Huerta said that this might be the
only chance to pass national health
care into law.
“When change comes from the bottom to the top, it’s always been done by
the young people,” she said
She wanted students to write their
congressman and to stay visible.
“You only need what they call the militant few,” Huerta said.
Huerta, who is a mother of 11, urged
mothers to take their children along
when demonstrating. She went on to
say that students should not become
economically hindered after graduation, but should be willing to make
change while making less money.
Huerta’s appearance correlated with
a showing of “Viva la Causa,” a film
from the Southern Poverty Law Center
that documented the struggle of farm
workers in California and the boycott
of California Table grapes in the late
1960s.
Farm workers at that time organized
a march from Delano to Sacramento.
They left Delano with a crowd of 70
See HUERTA, Page 6
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Volunteers unload pieces of a wrecked boat from a canoe on the San Joaquin River. This boat was one of many things removed from the river.
Students join river cleanup
By Jakob Smith
The Collegian
Jakob Smith / The Collegian
A flatbed truck approached the RiverTree Volunteers’
cleanup site, just steps away from the San Joaquin River. It
was filled with tractor tires, wood scraps, debris and more
than a dozen large plastic bags filled with every kind of
trash imaginable. And this was just one truckload.
“This all came from just the tops of the bluffs,” said Jana
Leiran, fish and wildlife interpreter with the California
Department of Fish and Game.
She and three of her colleagues were among the 113 volunteers who teamed up with RiverTree Volunteers on
Saturday to participate in the California Coastal Cleanup
Day. According to Leiran, this particular truckload of trash
was picked up by approximately 42 students from Edison
High School, who were also volunteering on Saturday.
Driving the truck was Mark Somma, political science professor at California State University, Fresno. Forty Fresno
State students from Somma’s environmental service learning class, Political Science 157, spent time working at the
cleanup site over the weekend.
“We’ll do five or six of these [cleanups] this semester, along
with other projects,” Somma said.
Trash is nothing new for the director of RiverTree
Volunteers Richard Sloan. He has seen more litter in the
San Joaquin River than most people could imagine.
One year, he said they saved all the flip-flops and sandals
they found. They filled four large trash bags.
“It’s amazing how many shoes we find,” Sloan said.
According to Sloan, there is no telling what objects might
be discovered in the river.
“We find stolen cars all the time,” Sloan said.
On one occasion several years ago, Sloan recalled finding 22 bags of marijuana floating down the river, weighing
between six and seven pounds each. Sloan says the origin
Chuck Kroeger, a RiverTree volunteer, used a saw to disassemble the
second of two boats found abandoned in the San Joaquin River.
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Opinion Editor, Haisten Willis • collegian-opinion@csufresno.edu • Monday, September 21, 2009
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@ issue: parking
Throw me
a bone here!
Collegian article, restaurant
chains with over 20 locations
are required to post the number of calories for items on
their menu. We have all seen
the infamous Subway napkin,
whether that’s because Jared
made you a Subway regular or
because you see it in the form
of trash all over campus.
In some California jurisdictions the minimum fine for
littering is as high as $500,
“I
don’t know about you in particular, but I
don’t have enough influence to increase my
wages and enough money to power my PG&E
and ‘The New California’ on top of parking tickets.”
like Carmen San Diego?
Students are expected
to pay more to learn less.
Teachers are expected to teach
less for even less.
And now the cigarette
fiends who partake outside of
the designated smoking areas
get more leeway than students
who just want to park in a
world that’s free of tickets. I
don’t see these campus rebels
slapped with $25 fees placed
inside recognizable neon
orange envelopes (which has
ruined the color for me by the
way).
And I am a smoker. Can you
imagine how much I would
have to be bribed to call out
my own kind?
For the students, faculty,
and staff who have the luxury
of living in walking distance
or use a bicycle as a mode of
transportation to campus,
consider yourselves lucky.
As for the rest of us, wondering whether we will have to
scrounge up change or give
that dreaded phone call to
borrow money for a parking
ticket is an everyday occurrence.
I don’t know about you in
particular, but I don’t have
enough muscle to increase
my wages and enough money
to power my PG&E and “The
New California” on top of
parking tickets. It’s no wonder
I smoke.
According to a previous
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excluding the maximum fee
of $1,000 for littering on highways.
But do these garbage-leaving, trash-loving, law-breaking students get fined? What a
surprise — no.
If you’re curious to the
reason why, it’s because someone is specifically hired to
clean up their mess. I wish
California State University,
Fresno would hire a parking
ticket fairy to take care of this
mess.
At least cigarette smokers make an effort to put out
their buds as close to the trash
can as possible, if not in one
of those sand-filled pots that
are placed at random around
campus (even in non-smoking
areas, don’t act like we can’t
see that life-size ashtray hidden in the back corner of the
Peters Building.)
At least in high school parking was reasonable. Parking
permits were, what, five dollars? And although there were
no segregated colored lines,
students abided by an unspoken agreement. The same
unspoken agreement Bulldogs
have (not the gang) for classroom seating arrangements.
I am sure that everyone is
just as sick of parking stories
as I am, and for that I apologize. But I am sick of parking
tickets.
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Suck it up
and walk
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Whiteout
Danielle Gilbert
You know who needs to take
a darn furlough — the campus
police officers who plop parking tickets under our windshield wipers like they’ve got
a quota to fill.
I mean we’re bulldogs—
throw us a bone here, or at
least a warning. Has anyone ever caught
a police officer in the act of
soliciting a ticket? Are they
even real? Or are they more
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Haisten Willis
As opinion editor, I feel
obliged to give this section of
The Collegian balance in its
content. Aside from politics,
this includes the nature of
what is being written.
Last week was a high
watermark for complaining.
Be it the whiteout, banking,
student apathy or even dirty
words, this section was quite
negative.
And so, I feel it is my duty
to provide the community at
California State University,
Fresno with a subject we
should all quit complaining
about.
Parking.
“What!? You mean when
they charge me $ 60 for a permit and then give me a ticket
when I don’t park perfectly
and then I can’t find a spot
and I have to walk from the
Save Mart Center to the North
Gym for a class when it’s
really hot outside I shouldn’t
complain?”
Yep.
You’re reading this on campus right? Look around for a
minute. How many people can
you see? How many people are
in the Free Speech area, and
the library, and classrooms?
over it you prevent the space
next door from being used,
meaning that even if you’re
4-feet-9-inches tall and weigh
95 pounds you are taking up 18
feet by 18 feet all by your lonesome for the entire duration
of your visit.
And of course, the reason
walking anywhere is impossible today is that parking
lots spread cities out so far. In
many American cities there
are more parking spaces than
people. That precious lot creates the very problem it is supposed to fix.
Take the walk from the
SMC to the North Gym: It’s
particularly long because
half of the walk is over other
parking lots, where the early
birds are taking up their 9-by18’s. Perhaps we could solve
this problem by having colorcoded parking that changes
according to your class schedule and where you needed to
park at different times of the
day and you could get a ticket
for being in the right lot at the
wrong time or vice versa.
What’s that? That sounds
worse? I thought so.
And there’s no need to
sugarcoat it (literally), the
“T
here’s no need to sugarcoat it (literally)
the Central San Joaquin Valley has a
weight problem. Some people could use a nice
long hike.”
Now imagine every single
one of these people taking up
a space 9 feet wide and18 feet
long.
“Man, that sure would
suck.”
That is the size of a standard parking space, which
means that every person you
see really is taking up that
huge space somewhere (don’t
pretend anyone carpools), and
they are holding it hostage for
hours on end.
We have a little over 20,000
students at this school. You
can do the math if you like.
People complain that they
get tickets for parking over
the white line: “That cop must
be filling a quota!”
But if you park far enough
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A Boise rock station recorded a
parody about Pat Hill before the
game. The lyrics include, “He’s got
a rock and roll Fu ManChu, and
another loss to BSU.” Not only is
the song hilarious, it’s now true.
Thumbs up
Sean Hannity in
the valley
The farmers-vs.-environmentalists
battle is heating up as right-wing
hero Sean Hannity visited the west
-valley city of Huron. Who needs
football when you can watch a
fight like this?
Thumbs down
Fresno man who
traded his dad’s car
for crack
We wish it was made up, but a
Fresno resident really did trade his
dad’s Lincoln for $ 50 in crack.
Quick! Come up with as many
“Crack for Clunkers” jokes as you
can in 30 seconds.
Thumbs up
Central San Joaquin Valley
has a weight problem. Some
people could use a nice long
hike.
I walk to class from my
apartment building, which
is about the distance of the
dreaded Save-Mart-to-NorthGym trek. If parking stickers
were less expensive I might be
tempted to buy one and hunt
down my own 9 by 18, making
you park even farther away.
If you really want to park
close for cheap, get a motorcycle. The permit for one is $ 17
and the lot is right next to, you
guessed it, the North Gym.
Why? Because bikes take up
a tiny space. This issue should
follow suit.
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The whiteout worked surprisingly
well. Not only did it look cool,
it provided an outlet for political
action from the Ag. students with
their black “Got water?” shirts.
Ryan Mathews perfected the night
by putting up ghostly numbers.
Reel Pride Film
Festival
The GLBT festival turned 20 this
year and provided an excellent
slew of movies normally unavailable to valley residents. What if
Sean Hannity visited this instead
of that farm?
Thumbs down
Ascots
You’re not Richie RIch, Lil’ Wayne
or Freddie from “Scooby Doo.”
You’re in college, in Fresno, and
it’s still 100 degrees outside. Get
the picnic table off your neck, and
while you’re at it, drop the clown
shoes, painted-on pants and dog
collar you call a belt.
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Page 3 • Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • collegian-features@csufresno.edu • Monday, September 21, 2009
The Informant!
Box office
Here are the top
new films at the
box office for
the weekend of
Friday, Sept. 18,
through Sunday,
Sept. 20, based on estimates of ticket
sales compiled by Yahoo.com.
1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Weekend gross: $30,100,000
Overall gross: $30,100,000
Release weeks: 1
2. The Informant!
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Weekend gross: $10,545,000
Overall gross: $10,545,000
Release weeks: 1
3. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By
Myself
Distributor: Lionsgate
Weekend gross: $10,060,000
Overall gross: $37,932,000
Release weeks: 2
4. Love Happens
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Weekend gross: $8,456,000
Overall gross: $8,456,000
Release weeks: 1
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Review by Bethany Rangel
The Collegian
“The Informant!” directed by Steven
Soderbergh and staring Matt Damon
as Mark Whitacre, offers intelligent
and thought provoking humor to viewers.
Set in the 1990s, Whitacre works
as an executive at Archer Daniels
Midland (ADM) headquarters in rural
Decatur, Ill. Whitacre, his wife Ginger
(Melanie Lynskey) and their three
children live on a more than comfortable salary, complete with several
expensive cars.
Whitacre constantly searches for
ways to turn a profit. ADM manufactures corn into every type of product
imaginable. He is also working to
manufacture lysine, an amino acid.
Whitacre explains to his son, while
driving his red Porsche, “Corn goes
in one end and profit comes out the
other.”
“The Informant!” contains humor
with a twist. It is a thoughtful comedy
that requires the attention of viewers,
rather than relying on uncomplicated
jokes or gag humor. One of the best
aspects of the film is that it brings
smart comedy to the screen without
feeling overly educational.
When Whitacre approaches his
supervisor with information that
Japanese manufacturers have been
sabotaging the lysine project, his
supervisors consult the FBI for help.
Whitacre must inform the FBI in
The daily crossword
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phrase
53 Sorrow
56 Sweet-talk
57 Dabbling duck
58 Puts behind bars
60 Roof overhang
61 Northern Nevada town
62 Pop music’s Hall & __
63 Lose, as skin
64 Eject, geyser-style
65 Internet giant with an
Matt Damon
stars as Mark
Whitacre in
the offbeat
comedy, "The
Informant!,"
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regards to the conflicting information he possesses. Whitacre grows
exceedingly nervous about the subject
-- although, he eventually cooperates.
After being pressured by his wife,
Whitacre approaches an FBI agent
monitoring the case with information alleging ADM’s involvement in
price fixing. This information spurs
an investigation in which Whitacre
voluntarily acts as an informant.
Whitaker intends to expose the company, be hailed as a hero and ultimately
become CEO of ADM.
Whitacre’s thoughts can be heard
audibly throughout the film. Their
role, however, is not to narrate.
Instead, his thoughts, often about
random subjects, facts or ideas, metaphorically describe situations in his
personal life or at the company.
The plot of the film unfolds in
alternate paths as Whitacre’s stories
change daily and the information he
provides often contains discrepancies.
Nothing Whitacre says can be taken as
completely factual and he lies compulsively to everyone. It seems none of his
relationships hold his full trust as no
one is sparred from Whitacre’s deception, investigators become suspicious
and it would seem that Whitacre’s
hopes of emerging a hero might not be
feasible.
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
Los Angeles Times
ACROSS
1 Skills-sharpening piano
piece
6 El __, Texas
10 SoCal cop force
14 Bolshevik leader
15 “Baseball Tonight” station
16 Prefix meaning “same”
17 Elementary
18 Bit of sports info
19 To-do
20 Pose a question
21 Capable of doing a job
24 “To whom __ concern”
26 Tarzan actor Ron
27 Improvises lines
29 Solidify
31 La __, Bolivia
34 Group fight
35 Subtle emanation
36 Yard event
37 Next in line to advance
at work
40 Astound
41 Corp. leaders
42 Acted boldly
43 Subj. for some immigrants
44 Berlin “Mister”
45 Mother with a Nobel
prize
46 More than damp
47 With __ breath: tensely
anticipatory
48 Jackie Gleason catch-
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review
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name
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1 Napoleon’s exile isle
2 Oolong and pekoe
3 Not practiced
4 502, to Nero
5 Burden
6 Annoying, like a kid
brother
7 Concerning
8 Minor quarrel
9 Like an escapee
10 Southpaw’s nickname
11 Greenish-blue
12 Kitty or kisser
13 Floppy with data
22 Daddies
23 Building wing
25 Attach with rope
27 Cause to chuckle
28 U.S. Cabinet divisions
29 Foreman in court, e.g.
30 Bow-toting god
31 Assigned as the partner
of, as in dance class
32 Medicinal plants
33 “The Prisoner of __”:
1937 Fairbanks film
35 Imitator
36 Unwavering look
38 Plastic overlays for artwork
39 Poem used in
Beethoven’s “Choral
Symphony”
44 Fell with an axe
45 Playground game
46 Applied Simoniz to
47 Underneath
48 Unreturnable serves
49 Ark builder
50 Pianist Brubeck
51 Shrill bark
52 Open one’s eyes
54 Butterlike spread
55 Exxon, once
59 Small battery
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Pirate bath
The process of washing just the arm pit
area and the private area with a wash cloth
or handful of water. People will ask you to
define a pirate bath, the easy definition is
"pits and privates"
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Moday, September 21, 2009
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Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • collegian-features@csufresno.edu
Tamejavi
Festival
Our voices, our stories
By Bethany Rangel
The Collegian
Crossing cultural boundaries, the 5
annual Tamejavi Festival, “Our voices,
Our stories: A Path to Inclusion,”
transformed Radio Park on Sept. 18
into a space where diverse cultures
converge to express and share stories,
music, food, traditions, and ways of
interpreting the world.
The weather was warm, but festival
attendees who mingled in the outdoor
market hardly seemed to mind. They
carried fans, umbrellas or waved their
programs as makeshift devices to
stay cool. Some enjoyed agues frescas,
Spanish for “fresh water,” drinks made
from fruit or rice, or nieve, which is
Mexican ice cream.
The diverse crowd sat beneath the
shade of large trees on folding chairs
and on the grass, where they enjoyed
performances. Various languages
greeted ears — Spanish, Hmong and
Farsi, as well as multiple other languages, simultaneously.
One man explained to another, it’s
not the differences, but the similarities
which bring us together. Another caucasian man fluently conversed with two
Asian women in their native language.
The entire atmosphere seemed to be
a silent plea for peace and equality. The
Tamejavi Festival sought to expose
people to other ethnic groups in hopes
of bringing about cultural respect and
Where is Kanye
when you need him?
By David Hiltbrand
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Say what you will about Kanye West
but we could sure use his brazenly
meddlesome approach at Sunday’s
Primetime Emmys. This has always
been an awards show desperately in
need of a second opinion.
Say Elizabeth Moss wins Best Actress
in a drama for her role on “Mad Men.”
Kanye could run out, snatch the microphone from her and declare, “You can
have your say in a minute, but I just
want to point out that Glenn Close had
a monster season on ‘Damages.’ One of
the best seasons EVER!”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus takes best actress
in a comedy? Kanye to the rescue. “I’m
going to let you finish,” he begins.
“Finish?” marvels Louis-Dreyfus. “I
never got started.” “Whatever,” continues Kanye dismissively. “Before you
make your little speech, I just want to
give props to my girl, Tina Fey — stand
up, Tina. She is so much funnier, it’s
sick. Sick.”
When the figurine for best actor in
a comedy goes to Alec Baldwin, our
Emmy emmisary sprints out, takes one
look at the burly Baldwin and backs
away, fanning his hands.
Because Kanye has one hard-and-fast
rule for his awards show interventions:
Never bum-rush a winner who weighs
more than 120 pounds.
—What was the name of your band?
Mary Hart conducted an interview of
Paul McCartney on “Entertainment
Tonight” this week that exemplified the
understanding.
Approximately 33 booths surrounded
the stage, each displaying a different
aspect of culture. One group of booths
in particular entitled “Our Voices,
Our Stories,” featured the Wukchumni
Native American tribe as well as three
regions in Oaxaca, Mexico: Triqui,
Zapoteca and Mixteca. Oaxacan women
demonstrated how to weaved bags,
baskets, ponchos and mats out of heavy
cloth.
The women also shared stories of
Oaxaca and told of the city's reliance
on corn as a source of income. The
Wukchumni taught people words from
their language and sold colorful beaded
jewelry.
Entertainment included a captivating story titled “The Invisible Tear”
by Native American singer and musician Lance Caneles. The story told of a
mother’s search for her lost daughter.
Caneles also played a Native American
flute to illustrate the story.
The words “Taj laj Tshav Puam”
(Hmong), “mercado” (Spanish), and
“nunjavi” (Mixteco) were combined to
form “Tamejavi.” The interpretation of
these words can be “market.” Tamejavi
was intended to be a sort of cultural
market or gathering place for people of
different ethnicities to meet and share
in each other’s lives. “It’s a great project because so many can be involved,”
Pan Valley Institute’s office manager
Jennifer Meinert said. “People learn
from each other.”
The Tamejavi Festival also featured
artists and poets, in a film series produced by first generation Americans
and Platicas, which gave people space
to discuss current issues.
Poet Saadi’s words, displayed near
the Persian booth, seemed to sum up
the common feeling at the Tamejavi
Festival: “All Adam’s race are member
of one frame; Since all, at first, from
the same essence came. When by hard
fortune one limb is oppressed, the
other members lose their wonted rest;
If thou feelest not for others’ misery, A
son of Adam is no name for thee (Saadi
1258 AD).”
show’s ridiculous obsession with the
flavor of the week.
She asked the pop legend what he
thought of flash-in-the-pan Susan
Boyle. That’s like getting a sit-down
with Dame Judi Dench to ask her what
she thinks of “Gossip Girl” Blake
Lively.
—Makeup please. This doesn’t happen often, but it was a good week for
Tom Arnold. He’s featured in a funny
new ad campaign, lecturing a bunch of
sad sacks sitting on folding chairs in a
church basement on how to improve
their football watching techniques.
Arnold also showed up on FX’s “Sons
of Anarchy” as a sleazy porn king.
Most convincing performance he’s
ever given. But I have to tell you, Tom
— hi-def is not your friend.
—Maybe he knows a shortcut? The
supernatural “Fringe” has returned
for its second season, more patterned
than ever on “The X-Files.” Right down
to its causal disregard for travel time.
Peter is grocery shopping with his
father in Boston when he gets a call
that Olivia has been in a serious car
crash in Manhattan.
Next thing you know he’s screeching
up to the accident scene in a black SUV.
The smashed cars are still in the same
spots, as are the emergency responders.
I made that same drive two weeks ago
with my daughter. Took us five hours.
And I tore through Connecticut like
Tony Stewart.
While I’m picking nits: as Olivia is
recovering in the hospital, her FBI
partner Charlie tells her a story that
begins, “When I was in my second year
on Brooklyn P.D. ...”
Sorry, Charlie, there is no such
thing. Every borough is policed by the
N.Y.P.D.
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Features Editor, Michelle Furnier • collegian-features@csufresno.edu
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A night in
the life of
tailgaters
Fans come together to
take a break from their
hectic week and tailgate
at football games.
By Eric J. Neufeld
The Collegian
“Anyone, anytime, anywhere.” These three words are
inherent with faithful campus
tailgaters in Fresno.
Tailgating is a cultural phenomenon that has evolved into
an environment for massive
cookouts, drinking competitions, and pregame warm ups.
For some fans, tailgating
is an opportunity to pound
drinks and eat hamburgers
while others deem it as more
impor tant than the g ame
itself.
“Tailgating is the game,” said
California State University,
Fresno alumnus Dant Morris.
“It’s super important to the
whole package.”
The age of attendee's ranges
from young children to retired
businessmen seeking a break
from a hectic work week.
Tailgate attendance has varied
from a handful of pregame
Matt Weir / The Collegian
parties to more
Tailgaters
get
together
around
their
cars
to
barbeque,
drink,
hangout
and
get
excited
for
the
game
on
Friday
night
against
Boise State.
than 100 parties
per person.
alterations.
David Hall, 64, purchased a
fans indulge in foreign cui“We’ve hosted more than
Glass bottles and charcoal
tailgating spot on campus for
sines deemed uncommon
100 tailgate parties,” Terrie
have been prohibited as a safe$25 the first year the stadium
for fare at football games.
Antonino, local businesswomty precaution to players and
was open.
Lasagna, Mexican food and
an said. “Our parties are busispectators. People attending
Prime locations for tailgatlamb shank are just a few of
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the game are allowed to tailing include heavily shaded
the items included in the abuna group.”
gate no sooner than four hours
areas, an obvious choice in
dance of choices at Bulldog
People aren’t sticking strictbefore the game as well.
Fresno’s heat. More daring
Stadium.
ly to Fresno either. Many supAccording to campus tailgatsupporters seek space away
“Today we have barbecue
porters travel up and down
ing policies, individuals hostfrom other patrons in order to
beef and pulled pork,” Sam
California. The Bulldog faithing tailgates where alcohol
move about freely and avoid
Gibbs, Fresno State Alumnus
ful bring their enthusiasm
will be present must be registraffic after the game.
said. “Last week we had Bobby
and volume to states as far as
tered as season pass holders
Regardless of rules and regSalazars. It’s pretty random.”
Tennessee. While some other
or register with the University
ulations, the Red Wave comes
Local fanatics have staked
stadiums have more relaxed
Police Department on the day
out in droves for Saturday’s
their claim at Bulldog
policies, recent implementaof the event.
bar nbur ners at Bulldog
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the attention of partiers.
has been marked off from tailpus bring a virtual supermarcooking.
Campus policy changes have
gaters, leaving limited space to
ket of items to eat and drink
squelched the plans of some
enthusiasts. Some supporters
before the game.
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New beginnings for Fresno State nursing student
By Lacee Solis
The Collegian
Photo courtesy of Department of Nursing / The Collegian
Nursing major, Anna Campbell receives $10,000 scholarship and wins
national essay contest through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
When Anna Campbell graduated college in 2001 she never
envisioned herself back at
school years later, embarking
on a new career.
“I kind of returned to what
I’d always thought I’d do, I just
kind of took a detour along the
way,” nursing student Anna
Campbell said. “I really forgot
I loved caring for people.”
The 30-year-old Campbell’s
detour included a marriage and
the birth of her son, Canaan.
After earning her bachelor’s
degree in Communications,
she planned to start a career in
the media field as a broadcast
news anchor until she realized
she wanted an occupation that
would allow her to spend time
with her son.
Her decision to go back to
school and become a nurse
emerged when she became
the primary care giver for
her 100-year-old great-grandmother. Taking care of her
g reat-g randmother helped
re-establish the joy she felt
providing health care for others. Campbell enrolled in
California State University,
Fresno's accelerated master’s program for nursing in
January 2008.
Campbell was chosen as
one of 10 students to receive
a $10,000 scholarship from
the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s New Careers
in Nursing Scholarship
Program. She applied for the
scholarship with no expectations she would be selected as
one of the candidates. She said
she was equally surprised and
excited when she discovered
she was one of 10 applicants to
be picked.
“I had hopes for it but you
really never know,” Campbell
explained. “I just feel like you
never know what you are eligible for so just try for everything.”
The foundation’s New
Careers in Nursing
Scholarship program provides
support for students who have
received degrees in other studies and entered an accelerated
curriculum that would ultimately lead to a career as a
registered nurse.
According to Campbell,
Financial aid has helped alleviate some of the stress she
has endured since returning
to school with the additional
responsibilities her role as a
mother brings. She emphasized that being with her son
and caring for him is the most
prominent thing in her life.
“It’s so different to be a
mom and try to balance it all
because he really is my first
priority,” she said. “I mean I do
my best at nursing school and
I give 100 percent but it’s just a
really different experience.”
To show her appreciation
to the Robert Wood Johnson
Fo u n d a t i o n ’ s g e n e r o s i t y,
Campbell wrote and submitted an essay into the foundation’s “I Believe This About
Nursing” essay contest. The
national contest was designed
as a way for nursing students
to write about their personal
experiences encouraging others to enter the nursing profession.
Her essay was picked as one
of the winning entries and it
was displayed on the foundation’s website.
Campbell’s essay focused
on her commitment to uphold
her promise to help serve others, both a personal responsibility and an honor she takes
seriously. She wrote about
the struggles of going back
to school, taking care of her
great-grandmother, and the
devotion she has to providing
for her son.
“I just really feel like it’s
something that if you’re gonna
be good at it, it has to be a calling on your life,” Campbell
said. “I just really believe that
God has called me to be a nurse
and to cure others, to help take
care of them when they need
it the most. I just love it.”
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News Editor, Jakob Smith • collegian-news@csufresno.edu
RIVER: Tires are most common find
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of the drugs is still a mystery.
But of all trash, the most
commonly found items in the
river are tires.
a fee to dispose of their old
tires. So instead of paying for
something that they no longer have any use for, they just
dump them.
He said that a deposit should
Jakob Smith / The Collegian
Jana Leiran (right) helps another volunteer unload trash at the dump site.
According to Sloan,
RiverTree reached a milestone on Saturday. They
removed their 5000th tire from
the San Joaquin River and its
banks since the organization
was founded on March 10,
2003. These tires have ranged
in size, from average car tires
to tractor tires weighing hundreds of pounds each.
This weekend alone, Sloan
expected that four tons of
tires would be removed. He
blames bad disposal policy for
the massive amount of tires
that are polluting the river.
The problem, Sloan said,
is that people are charged
be required when purchasing
tires, like the deposits made
on soda cans and bottles, that
would be refunded to people
when they properly disposed
of their used tires.
“If people were getting
deposits back, there’s no
way they would be dumping
them,” Sloan said. “As of
now, you’ve got to pay to buy
[the tires] and pay to get rid
of them.”
Along with the other trash,
most of the tires are removed
from the river and transported back to the shore by canoe.
At another spot, approximately a mile from the main
site, volunteers spent the
earlier parts of the day disassembling and removing two
boats that had been stuck in
the river for more than a year,
according to Sloan.
Standing next to a pile of
trash including vacuums, a
baby stroller, a car bumper
and a road cone was James
Cobern, a freshman political science major who is also
part of Somma’s class.
Cober n, who spent the
majority of his mor ning
hauling tractor tires from the
river, said that the class is a
good opportunity to accomplish something positive.
“Instead of books and
tests, you’re actually getting
out and doing something,”
Cobern said.
Somma said it takes the support of the entire community
to put on events like this one.
Several local and chain businesses donated food, water,
and equipment to the cause.
The large Dumpsters they
used were paid for by a $3000
IRA grant from Fresno State’s
Associated Students, Inc.
Back at the main site,
Hannah Frick, a senior political science major who is also
part of Somma’s class, surveyed the Dumpsters full of
trash and tires. Her most
interesting find of the day
was a 5-foot-tall metal safe.
Frick also said that this
class provided students with
a unique opportunity.
“You get hands-on experience you wouldn’t get from
sitting in a lecture,” Frick
said.
Collegian News Briefs
Chicago Professor dies of plaguerelated infection
C H I C AG O — A U n ive r s i t y o f
Chicago molecular genetics professor
studying the origins of harmful bacteria died last weekend after contracting an infection linked to the plague,
officials said.
University hospital officials said
there “does not appear to be a threat
to the public” following the death
of Malcolm J. Casadaban, 60, at the
Bernard Mitchell Hospital on Sept. 13.
The researcher was studying a weakened laboratory strain of Yersinia pestis that lacked the plague bacteria’s
harmful components, officials said.
Further study is under way after
the initial autopsy showed no obvious
cause of death other than the presence
of the bacteria.
University officials said the weakened strain of the bacteria is used as a
vaccine to protect against the plague.
Once the lab strain was identified
Friday, officials contacted the Chicago
Department of Public Health.
They are working with that office
along with the Illinois Department of
Public Health and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention officials to
investigate the researcher’s case and
take precautions.
Officials have reached out to family, friends and colleagues of the
researcher. So far no one has reported
being sick even though symptoms typically occur within 2 to 10 days after
exposure.
West Nile Virus kills two in
California
Two California men are dead after
contracting the mosquito-born West
Nile Virus.
T h e C a l i fo r n i a P u bl i c H e a l t h
Department announced the state’s
first two fatalities due to the virus this
year -- one in Merced County and the
other in Fresno County. State officials
urged people to continue to take precautions, though human cases traditionally diminish in fall as cooler temperatures arrive and mosquito populations recede.
Reports of human illnesses caused
by West Nile are sharply down in
California -- 36 this year, compared to
445 in 2008. Nationally, virus-linked
sicknesses have totaled 280 this year,
with eight deaths, compared to 1,356
illnesses and 44 deaths a year ago, the
Center for Disease Control reported.
The cooler summer and better
reporting of mosquito breeding areas
have combined to bring down this
year’s number, according to the CDC
and other pest control agencies.
Bar enforces identification rule
on cross-dressing patrons
CHICAGO — A Chicago gay bar popular with crossdressers now requires
them to show a valid photo ID that
matches their “gender presentation.”
Put another way, they now need a
photo ID that shows them in drag.
Hunters Nightclub in Elk Grove,
Ill., reluctantly imposed its new ID
requirement because cross-dressing prostitutes were advertising
on Craig’s List and mentioning the
establishment, said manager Peter
Landorf.
“They’re implying they’re coming
here,” said Landorf, whose new rule
could cut down on his cross-dressing
clientele. “If it is prostitution in any
form, that could cost me my liquor
license.”
Under the new admission rule, cross
dressers must have a government-issued photo ID that looks like the person presenting it at the bar. T“Since I
am not a full-time trans, it is not really
feasible for me to have my ‘femme’
photo on my license,” he said. “I do
not even know if they would allow it.”
The McClatchy Tribune contributed
to this report.
Monday, September 21, 2009
HUERTA: Lecture inspires students
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and by the time they reached
Sacramento they numbered
10,000.
Eventually, the g rowers
signed a contract with the
farm laborers.
Huerta said, “This film has
“W
Cerda cited the fact that
Chavez and Huerta’s achievements came without prestigious educations.
Huerta’s foundation works
within small communities to
teach people how to be their
own advocates. She reminded students that people have
hen change comes from the bottom to the top,
it's always been done by the young people."
— Dolores Huerta,
United Farm Workers Union Co-founder
a happy ending, but it’s not
there anymore.”
She said that most of the
agreements have since been
repealed.
“We need to respect the
people that work with their
hands,” Huerta said.
For Cesar Sanchez, a senior
business administration
and economics double major
whose uncle marched with
Cesar Chavez, the night was a
direct connection to his family.
“It was quite inspiring to see
the lady that my parents talked
about,” he said in an interview
with The Collegian.
Hector Cerda, a Master’s student in social work, was motivated by Huerta’s dialogue on
staying economically unhindered.
Cerda said, “[People think
that] in order to make change
we have to g raduate and
become this great, knowledgeable thinker.”
power, and they don’t have to
have money and assets to be
powerful.
“We are the ones that have
the power to change things,”
Huerta said.
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Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • collegian-sports@csufresno.edu
The Curse of the Trojans
Fresno State is 21-23 since losing to USC.
Analysis by Logan Hopkins
The Collegian
The Lo Down
Logan Hopkins
D
ang, it’s frustrating. Losing
to Boise State four years
in a row by an average of
26 points, losing in each of my four
undergrad years. I thought this game
was supposed to be a yearly rivalry.
This sucks.
It would have been nice to get just
one victory over the much-hated
“B
oise State has beaten Fresno
State eight of nine times
since 2001. That’s domination.”
Broncos. The Bulldogs haven’t beaten
them since I was a senior in high
school in Fall of 2005.
Oh, by the way, Boise State has beaten Fresno State eight of nine times
since 2001. That’s domination. No
other way to put it.
My story probably sounds really
familiar to seniors at the University of
Washington.
Or at least is used to.
Saturday, the then-No. 3 USC
Trojans traveled up to Seattle to take
on the Huskies. Coach Pete Carroll’s
team was favored to win by 19 points.
It seemed like it would be just a routine weekend business trip for the
near-professional Trojans. After all,
the Huskies hadn’t beaten USC since
2001. That was fall semester of eighth
grade for the current senior class at
“U-Dub.”
In a stunning upset, Washington
beat Southern California 16-13 on
a 22-yard field goal Saturday with
only 2 seconds remaining. The fans
stormed the field after the game and
they should have – the Huskies didn’t
win a single game last year. They were
0-12 and the worst team in the Football
Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
And nine months later they beat the
No. 3 team in the nation. The Trojans
are the best team in their conference,
arguably the best program in the country since 2001.
With the win, the Huskies jumped to
No. 24 in the AP Poll.
Should I repeat the fact about their
2008 record? The Huskies went 0-12.
And you know how Washington did
it? They took old adage, ‘If you can’t
beat ’em, join ’em,’ to heart.
After the 2008 season, Washington
fired head coach Tyrone Willingham.
And they went looking for their next
leader who could take down the Men
of Troy.
The Huskies considered Pat Hill,
who would have been successful in
Seattle, but ended up going with Steve
Sarkisian – USC’s quarterback coach
and offensive coordinator.
Forget being stubborn and losing its
eighth game in a row to the Trojans.
Washington knows USC is better than
them, or used to be better than them.
The Huskies acknowledged that fact,
tipped their caps to the Trojans’ success and plucked the best assistant
from the team that had its number.
Albert Einstein defined insanity as
doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results.
By Einstein’s definition,
Washington looked pretty smart only
286 days after hiring Sarkisian.
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Another year means yet another
loss to Boise State. Friday night’s
51-34 loss at Bulldog Stadium continues a trend for Fresno State – four
straight losses to the Broncos and
losses in eight of the last nine meetings.
But besides the one “rivalry” game
every year, Boise State’s program
has moved leaps and bounds beyond
Fresno State in the past five seasons.
Or has Fresno State fallen behind?
It really depends on perspective.
Before Nov. 19, 2005, the night Fresno
State nearly upset then-No. 1 ranked
USC 50-42, Fresno State and Boise
State were fairly even programs,
matching each other in most statistical categories.
Each team has played 44 games
since that night, with vastly different results. But before that night,
both schools were pretty close.
Fresno State had a cumulative
record of 499-335-27, giving the
Bulldogs an all-time winning percentage of 58 percent. Boise State
had gone 307-138-2, winning 61 percent of its games at the university
level up to that point.
Both schools had won three WAC
Titles before that fateful November
night and the series between the programs was tied at four wins apiece.
The 44 games leading up to the
USC game in the 2002, 2003, 2004
and early 2005 seasons were close
as well. Fresno State was 32-12 and
Boise State was 39-5 in the 44 games
prior to Nov. 19, 2005.
But Bulldog Football hasn’t been
the same since the loss. And Boise
State? Well, the program has been
nothing but stellar, jumping at the
opportunity to seize conference
supremacy and leaving the Bulldogs
behind to flutter in mediocrity.
Here is the statistical comparison of the two WAC football programs since the Bulldogs fell to the
Trojans. (Stats beginning Nov. 26,
2005 through Friday, Sept. 18, 2009)
Record
Overall Record:
Fresno State (FS): 21-23
Boise State (BS): 39-5
Home record:
FS: 11-9
BS: 21-0
Road record:
FS: 9-12
BS: 17-2
Conference record:
FS: 14-13
BS: 25-1
Bowl record:
FS: 1-2
BS: 1-3
Record against Top 25 teams:
FS: 0-9 (Losses to Boise State(3),
Oregon(2), LSU, Texas A&M, Hawaii,
Wisconsin)
BS: 4-3 (Wins against Oregon (2),
Oklahoma and Fresno State. Losses
to Boston College, Hawaii and TCU)
Record against Bowl
Championship Series (BCS)
teams:
FS: 4-7 (Wins against Kansas State,
Georgia Tech, Rutgers and UCLA.
Losses to Oregon(2), Wisconsin(2),
Washington, LSU, Texas A&M.)
BS: 4-2 (Wins against Oregon(2),
Oregon State and Oklahoma. Losses
to Boston College and Washington.)
Record against “Mid-Major”
teams (conference and nonconference):
FS: 15-15
BS: 31-3
R e c o r d a g a i n s t Fo o t b a l l
Championship Series (FCS)
teams:
FS: 2-0
BS: 3-0
Re c o r d a g a i n s t
Hawaii Warriors:
FS: 0-3
BS: 2-1
Q u a r t e r b a c k
Statistics
Completion percentage:
FS: 59.4
BS: 66.5
Yardage:
FS: 8,927
BS: 11,253
Yards per attempt:
FS: 7.2
BS: 8.3
Touchdowns:
FS: 63 (One TD every
20 attempts)
BS: 100 (One TD
every 13 attempts)
Interceptions:
FS: 44 (One INT
every 28 attempts)
BS: 35 (One INT
every 39 attempts)
Quarterback rating:
FS: 129.2
BS: 155.9
R u s h i n g
Statistics
Attempts:
FS: 1702
BS: 1719
Yardage:
FS: 8508
BS: 8061
Yards per attempt:
FS: 5.0
BS: 4.7
Ru s h i n g t o u ch downs:
FS: 83 (One TD every
21 carries)
BS: 100 (One TD every
17 carries)
Scoring
Average point total
per game:
FS: 29.31
BS: 38.04
Av e r a g e o p p o n e n t
point total per game:
FS: 29.27
BS: 16.79
Program accomplishments
WAC Titles:
FS: Zero
BS: Conference titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008
BCS Bowl births:
FS: Zero
BS: One – 2007 Fiesta Bowl
Undefeated regular seasons:
FS: Zero
BS: Two – 2006 and 2008 seasons.
Last sellout:
FS: Sept. 13, 2008 (No. 10 Wisconsin)
BS: Sept. 12, 2009 (Miami (Ohio))
Signature victory:
FS: The Bulldogs beat Georgia Tech, 40-28, in the
2007 Humanitarian Bowl. Think Clifton Smith …
“Look into my eyes and tell me what you see. I see
greatness,” Smith said after the game while looking into an ESPN camera.
BS: The Broncos beat Oklahoma, 43-42, in overtime, in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Think “Hook &
Ladder” and “Statue of Liberty.”
Conclusion
Boise State has clearly been the dominant program since the USC game. The Broncos own nearly
every statistical category and haven’t looked back
since Nov. 19, 2005. Every Fresno State player who
participated in the USC game has graduated or
moved on.
Are the Bulldogs still in a daze and will they ever
recover from that USC heartbreaker? Have the
Broncos been getting that much better than
the Bulldogs? Or has Fresno State been
getting worse since Nov. 19, 2005?
Matt Weir / The Collegian
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The
Collegian
Bulldog sound bite of the week
“I’m hurting more mentally than I am
physically.”
-Quarterback Ryan Colburn
Sports Editor, Logan Hopkins • collegian-sports@csufresno.edu • Monday, September 21, 2009
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FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS 34, NO. 10 BOISE STATE BRONCOS 51
Matt Weir / The Collegian
Boise State’s Jeremy Avery fumbled the football into the endzone after a 74-yard run, but Titus Young trailed and recovered the ball for a score, putting the Broncos up 34-24 in the third quarter.
Mathews not enough
The tailback’s 238 yards and three scores not
enough to keep up with No. 10 Boise State.
By Sara Almario
The Collegian
Brianna Campbell / The Collegian
Tailback Ryan Mathews carried the ’Dogs with 238 yards and three scores,
but nearly threw an interception on a halfback-option in the third quarter.
The Collegian’s Players of the Game
Ryan Mathews
Offense
A.J. Jefferson
Defense
Chastin West
Special Teams
The Collegian hands out game balls to its Players of the Game following every
football game.
Offense: Mathews had 19 carries for 238 yards and three touchdowns.
Defense: Jefferson had nine tackles, one tackle for loss and one forced fumble.
Special Teams: West had five kickoff returns for 115, averagaing 23 yards
Coming up next ...
The Bulldogs hit the road again, this time traveling all the way to Ohio to take
on the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats jumped to No. 14 in the AP Poll
after a win over Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. Saturday. Fresno State must
recover after two straight losses or could end up 1-3 traveling to Hawaii.
Despite tailback Ryan
Mathews’ momentous effort
trying to lead Fresno State
t o v i c t o r y,
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51-34, Friday
night.
Mathews led the Bulldogs’
struggling offense, trying to
end their three-game losing
streak to the Western Athletic
Conference (WAC) champions,
scoring three rushing touchdowns of 60 or more yards.
Head coach Pat Hill said that
he has never seen a game with
so many big plays as this one.
Both teams combined for eight
plays of 60 or more yards.
The Bulldogs’ offense struggled from the start when quarterback Ryan Colburn threw
an interception in the first
quarter and the Broncos took
back for a touchdown on the
opening drive of the game.
The Broncos, who jumped
up to No. 8 in the AP Poll, were
led in the first three games of
the 2009 season by a strong
defense. The team’s passing
defense proved to be impenetrable, picking Colburn off
twice and keeping him off-balance in the pocket.
“You got to give Boise State
credit, they’re a heck of a
football team,” Colburn said.
“There’s no question.”
Colburn got shook up in the
fourth quarter after he ran 22
yards for a first down conversion on fourth and four. He
ran into two of the Broncos’
defenders in a helmet-to-helmet collision on the play. He
said the blow to the head was
not as painful as the errors he
made from the start.
“I’m hurting more mentally
than I am physically,” Colburn
said.
Colburn gained his momentum during the third quarter
when he led a drive to the end
zone and threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver
Devon Wylie. The touchdown
pass got the Bulldogs within
three point, 24-27.
Although the Broncos maintained the lead throughout the
game, they had to pick up their
defense after Mathews ran for
two touchdowns during the
second quarter on back-toback possessions.
Matthews said that he did
n o t u n d e re s t i m at e B o i s e
State’s defense, but when he
saw the opportunity to go he
took advantage of it.
“I like making safeties miss,
that’s what a running back
is supposed to do,” Mathews
said. “You always got to make
that one guy miss and then it’s
off to the races.”
Mathews had 19 car ries
for 234 yards, the third highest single-game rushing in
Bulldogs’ history.
The Broncos’ special team
returners, Titus Young and
Doug Martin, each ran for
more than 100 yards in kick
returns, proving to be Achilles’
heel for the Bulldogs.
“Our cover teams did not do
the job we need to do against
Boise’s kickoff team. They
beat us there, for sure,” Hill
said.
The ’Dogs’ defense was successful in pressuring quarterback Kellen Moore. The sophomore completed 18 of his 26
throws and had 181 passing
yards and one touchdown.
The downfall for the
Bulldogs’ defense was their
lack of run defense against
Boise State’s running backs,
Jeremy Avery and DJ Harper.
Avery had 190 rushing yards,
and Harper had 112.
Ave r y ’ s b r e a ko u t r u n s
against the Bulldogs during
the fourth quarter eliminated
any chances for a comeback.
His final assault was a 67-yard
touchdown catch on a screen
from Moore.
Hill said despite the loss to
the Broncos, he is optimistic
of the team’s capabilities and
is now looking forward.
“I have to give a lot of credit
to Boise, they’re an excellent football team,” Hill said.
“They made some big plays,
we made big plays, it’s just
not enough tonight. Overall, I
told them in the locker room, I
think we have a chance to be a
very good football team.”
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