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fire victims
cope with loss
By Matthew Mendes
The Collegian
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The ASI Senate elected a new president and executive vice president at Wednesday’s meeting. Former college of
engineering Senator, Graham Wahlberg, above, is now president. Beatriz Campuzano took over as the executive VP.
By Kelly Lucus
The Collegian
needs to get done as soon as possible.”
Wahlberg said that he is also supportive of an
open and transparent presidency.
A new president and executive vice president
He closed by telling the Senate how passionate
were instated by a majority vote at Wednesday’s
he is about Fresno State.
ASI Senate meeting.
“My greatest strength is my passion for this
Graham Wahlberg, former college of engicampus. I love Fresno State,” Wahlberg said. “I
neering Senator, is now president and Beatriz
look forward to serving you and I look forward
Campuzano, for mer
to leading you. And
senator-at-large, is the
this is a great time for
new executive vice
Fresno State.”
president.
Campuzano, an
Wahlberg, a senior
agricultural educaconstruction managetion major, is also the
ment major, said his
chair of the activities
focus is on increasing
committee for ASI
parking availability on
and coordinates the
campus and decreasASI tailgates.
ing student fees.
She would like to
In his speech to the
make ASI a family
Senate on Wednesday
by bringing togethafternoon, Wahlberg
erness, support and
stressed his desire to
trust.
bring these improve“How cool would
ments to the students.
it be to have a place
“I am under the
w h e r e e ve r yo n e ’ s
impression that stuopinions were weld e n t s s h o u l d re a l comed?” Campuzano
ly ke e p t h e i r ow n
said. “A place where
m o n e y, ” Wa h l b e r g
everyone felt they
said. “They should
were supported by
not be increasing fees.
one another and a
They should not be
place where students
giving money to things
always came first.”
they don’t believe in.”
She said that the
Wahlberg said in his
Senate could accomspeech that he would
plish that by knowing
like to get the money
its purpose, valuing
back into the students’
people, taking action
hands as quickly as Beatriz Campuzano plans to focus on getting students and serving others.
possible.
involved with ASI and the events it puts on.
She also said that
He is focused on
her primary goal is
increasing the amount of parking for students
for the Senate to increase communication withon campus.
in itself and with the students.
“There is a big push to build parking struc“All of that is for the betterment of the stutures and to get parking and the flow of traffic
dents, which is why we’re here,” Campuzano
in a way to where we can get 23,000 students
said.
[here],” Wahlberg said. “We need to show
administration here that it is a big issue and
Three Fresno State students
who lost their apartment to
a fire Tuesday evening have
been identified and say they
are receiving a lot of support
from friends and strangers
in the local community.
Tess Warwick, a 21-yearold nutrition major; Molly
Kaiser, a 21-year-old mass
communication and journalism major; and Lindsey
Thomas, a 21-year-old event
management and planning
major are still in disbelief
after Tuesday’s tragic fire at
Bulldog Village, located on
Cedar Avenue across from
campus.
“It’s still setting in that this
has happened…we don’t have
a plan,” Kaiser said.
F resno city fire crews
responded to the call from
the 5100 block of Nor th
Cedar Avenue, according to
Ken Shockley, a spokesperson for the Fresno City Fire
Department.
“Luckily, residents heard
their smoke alarm go off and
evacuated the complex safely
with no one getting injured,”
Shockley said.
Shockley said that when fire
crews got reports of the fire
at 6:05 p.m., they found one
apartment on fire and heavy
smoke in the area. The fire
caused an estimated $100,000
in damage. It destroyed one
bedroom and caused smoke
damage to the rest of the
apartment, in addition to the
above apartment units.
The last person left the
apartment at 5:45 p.m., Kaiser
said.
The
Fresno
Fire
Department ruled the fire,
which started in Kaiser’s
bedroom, an accident — an
accident that they say started
with the disposal of a candlewick.
Kaiser isn’t convinced
that’s how it began.
Fire investigators met with
the victims Thursday.
“I’m certain it was an accident, but I’m hoping the fire
investigators can determine
if it was an accident on my
side or if it was an electrical
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Unusual guest
visits practice
A
Juan Villa / The Collegian
squirrel at practice isn’t enough to get Fresno State NCAA AllAmerican women’s tennis player Melanie Gloria, right, off her game
on Tuesday afternoon at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Gloria is currently the 12th-ranked singles player in the country and will
be competing with the women’s tennis team at the ITA Northwest Regional
Championships held at Stanford University starting Friday.
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News Editor, Kelly Lucus • kellyann@csufresno.edu
Student
panel to
discuss
election
issues
By Ben Keller
The Collegian
With all the talk about presidential candidates Barack
Obama and John McCain, students may be missing out on
the propositions that will be
on the ballot this November.
To conquer this elusiveness, USU (University Student
Union) will be hosting a panel
discussion today that will
allow crusaders of each topic
to argue their viewpoints and
challenge the opposition. The
panel will take place in USU
312 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Dalitso Ruwe, who is coordinating the event for USU, said
this discussion will incorporate the ideas of Republicans,
Democrats and members of
several clubs on and off campus.
“Hopefully we can push it to
the limit to get students more
concerned about these issues,”
Dalitso said. “Education is
important right now, especially when you think about the
budget cuts going on.”
Ruwe said he asked the panelists to think of themselves
as presidential advisors, but
the discussion will be less concerned with the candidates
themselves because of potentially perceived biases that
might come against the university.
“We started off trying to
attack presidential issues,
but that raised red flags about
endorsing candidates,” Ruwe
said.
Today’s panel will not mirror the typical rhetoric heard
in most political discussions.
Not only will the speakers
be asked to divulge both the
strengths and weaknesses of
their particular proposition,
but their topics will be selected for them.
While they may favor one
side or the other, they must
come prepared to share the
pros and cons of their assigned
proposition.
A moderator will ask the
panelists three basic questions: What stance are they
taking on the proposition, why
they feel the way they do about
it and how much money would
be allocated if their views
were approved by voters.
Pedro Ramirez, president of
Students for Barack Obama on
campus, will be discussing the
merits of Proposition 10, the
California Alternative Fuels
Initiative. Ramirez said it the
proposition is really an addition to the Clean Alternative
Energy Act of 2006.
“It’ll basically renew our
energy program, our energy
policy and basically renew
the economy in California,”
Ramirez said, adding that,
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problem,” Kaiser said.
She also said that investigators should look into other
possibilities of what may
have started the fire.
“All of my candles are still
intact. I would’ve never left a
candle burning,” Kaiser said.
“It could’ve been a cigarette
butt that someone threw, it
could’ve been the power outage [Tuesday] or it could’ve
been an electrical problem
that caught my trash can on
fire because my trash can was
full.”
She added that neither she
nor her roommates smoke.
The three roommates, who
moved in together back in
August, are left with almost
nothing. The fire destroyed
their clothes, necessities and
sentimental property.
Carla Coleman, Kaiser’s
mother, told The Collegian
that if there’s a lesson to be
learned, it’s to buy into renter’s insurance.
“I’m thankful no one was
hurt — it’s just the material
stuff [that was destroyed],”
Coleman said.
The victims received aide
from Red Cross, including
food, money and clothes for
the next two weeks, and have
been moved into a new apartment temporarily.
Since the fire, members of
the community have been
donating clothes at the complex for the ladies.
“We are just so lucky, lucky
to know a lot of really nice
people; we’re lucky to have
such great friends and support,” Kaiser said.
On Wednesday, Kaiser and
her mother sifted through
the charred remains, looking A fire at Bulldog Village apartments on
for diamond and gold jew- $100,000 in damages.
elry that Kaiser received as a
graduation gift, but neither
on campus, Thomas works
of them were able to find it in
at the Kennel Bookstore and
the mess.
Kaiser is an inter n at the
The three students will conNational Parks Conservation.
tinue on with their everyday
The three students relocatactivities. Warwick works at
ed into their new apartment
the Student Recreation Center
temporarily until their burnt
Juan Villa / The Collegian
Tuesday night caused an estimated
apartment is remodeled and,
in the meantime, are trying
to focus on getting settled in.
Anyone who wishes to send in
a donation may do so at any
Bank of America branch here
in Fresno.
Residence dining gets rid of trays
By Aly Kennett
The Collegian
Last year the Residence
Dining Hall washed about
500,000 trays, wasting water
and energy. This year, the
cafeteria-style dining hall is
making an effort to “go green”
by getting rid of the trays.
“The main reason we got
rid of the trays was to try to
cut down on food consumption and conserve energy,”
Brent Hansen, marketing
coordinator for University
Courtyard, said.
“In just the month and
a half of being tray-less
we are already seeing a
decrease in the amount of
water we’re using,” Hansen
said. “The dish crew are
getting things done faster
because they’re not as rushed
and you don’t have the huge
pileup any more.”
Joey Agundez, a 20-yearold junior at Fresno State, is
going on his third year of living on campus and eating at
the dining hall.
“I like the fact that they’re
not using trays any more
because it cuts back on the
amounts of food people eat,”
Agundez said. “But at the
same time we end up having
to go back and forth for food.”
But Agundez stressed that
students want bang for their
people are complaining is
because they haven’t adapted
yet,” Agundez said. “I think
once everyone has adapted to
it things will be fine.”
Taking away the trays is not
the only thing the dining hall
has done to “go green.” The
dining hall has also started
using eco-friendly products at
“I
think the reason a lot of people are complaining
is because they haven’t adapted yet. I think once
everyone has adapted to it things will be fine.”
— Joey Agundez,
Junior Fresno State student
buck.
“The dining hall is getting
cheap,” Agundez said. “ We’re
paying all this money for the
dor ms and the university
and we go into the dining hall
where there’s no trays and
sometimes paper plates.”
“I think the reason a lot of
all of its catering events.
“They are 100-percent biodegradable, and we’re composting them,” Hansen said.
“Plates, napkins, utensils, etc.
At the end of the event we are
able to bag them up and take
them to the university farm,
the compost pile.
“We also have eco-friendly
products in the Bucket and
we have various products in
other operations. Catering
and the Bucket are completely green.”
Hansen said that the topic
of “going green” had been
discussed for a few years but
that up until a year ago it had
been really hard to purchase
eco-friendly products.
“ B a ck i n M a rch , t h e re
was an article in, I believe,
the [Fresno] Bee, about UC
Merced talking about how
they are going green,” Hansen
said. “[UC Merced] is less
than five years old and we’re
100 years old and they are
beating us to the punch. That
helped as a catalyst to get us
going.”
Hansen said that they are
going to ree-valuate things at
the end of the school year to
see if they are going to keep
the trays out of the dining
hall.
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News Editor, Kelly Lucus • kellyann@csufresno.edu
A different look at
the Middle East
By Heather Billings
The Collegian
Touted as the first of its kind in
California, the Conference on Middle
East Studies will attempt to expose students, faculty and the general public to
the many facets of the Middle East’s
culture this weekend.
José Díaz, Ph.D., associate dean of
the college of arts and humanities,
said that this conference is different
from others held on the topic.
“Ours is unique in that it teaches
about the Middle East,” Díaz said. “It’s
the first conference on the west coast
that focuses on the pedagogy of Middle
East studies.”
The conference, which began last
evening and will continue through
Saturday evening, is scheduled to host
13 panel discussions, two keynote
addresses, an art exhibit and two musical performances.
“The primary objective of the conference is to explore the constructions
and contextualizations of the modern
Middle East through artistic, literary,
historical, religious, sociological and
political works,” Sasan Fayazmanesh,
economics professor and program committee chair for the conference, said.
“It’s not all that dry as it sounds,”
Díaz said, laughing. “The benefit of
having a conference like this on our
campus is that it provides students the
opportunity to gain insight into a culture different from theirs.”
He said that while students may not
find cultural awareness of great value
now, such knowledge will probably
benefit them down the road in their
working lives as businesses and society
become more globally focused.
Though financial issues are now
receiving more media coverage than
the Middle East is, Fayazmanesh said
the Middle East is probably going to
reemerge as the more important issue
soon, making the dynamics of this area
of the world important for students to
understand.
“It appears that the Middle East will
be the focus of the U.S. foreign policy as
well as economic policy in the future,”
Fayazmanesh said. “The turmoil in
the Middle East rattles the prices in the
energy markets and contributes to the
financial instability of the world.”
If students can only attend one part
of the conference, Díaz recommended Friday night’s keynote speech by
Juan Cole, Ph.D., of the University
of Michigan. The speech, entitled
“Making Iraq Understandable” will
cover a broad range of topics relating
to Arabic society.
A panel discussion Saturday morning will tackle the theme, “What the
Future Has in Store for the Middle
East.” Cole will focus on how the election of a new U.S. president will affect
Iraq. Fayazmanesh will talk about how
Obama’s and McCain’s advisors’ policies could affect Iran. Eric Hooglund,
Ph.D., from Bates College in Maine,
will talk about how the U.S. elections
will affect Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Haleh Afshar, Ph.D., will discuss the
European Union’s policies about Iran.
It will be moderated by Afshin
Matin, Ph.D., a history professor
from California State University, Los
Angeles. Afshar, who gave Thursday’s
keynote speech about feminism in
Islamic culture, is a professor at the
University of York in York, England.
He has received the Order of the
British Empire and is a member of the
House of Lords, one of the houses of
Parliament.
“It really is an international conference,” Díaz said.
He said that Califor nia State
University, Fresno’s central location
has made it possible to open the conference to so many.
Upcoming events:
Student registration for the entire weekend
is $25.
• To register visit www.csufresno.edu/mesp/
news_events/me_conference/ registration.
shtml.
• Scholarships funds are still available
through the Central Valley Cultural Heritage
institute and may be applied for at www.csufresno.edu/cvchi/
Friday:
• 8:30 – 10 a.m.: Quests and Conquests:
Visual and Performance Arts and the Pursuit
of Identity in the Modern Middle East (panel)
• 8:30 – 10 a.m.: Diaspora, Culture and
Identity (panel)
• 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Minorities in the
Middle East (panel)
• 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m: Palestinian
Diaspora (panel)
• 2 – 3:30 p.m.: Narrating the Legacies of
Colonial and Imperial Encounter Literature of
the Modern Middle East (panel)
• 2 – 3:30 p.m.: Teaching “Middle East”
(panel)
• 3:30 – 5 p.m.: Reception and film
• 5 – 6:30 p.m. Juan Cole, Ph.D. (keynote
speech)
• 8 p.m.: Lian Ensemble
Saturday:
• 8:30 – 10 a.m.: Research in the History
and Historiography of the Middle East
(panel)
• 8:30 – 10 a.m.: Research on Comparative
Middle Eastern Religions (panel)
• 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: What the Future
Has in Store for the Middle East (plenary
session)
• 2 – 3:30p.m.: De-mystifying “Middle East”
in the Classroom (panel)
• 2 – 3:30p.m.: Studies in Language and
Literature (panel)
• 4 – 5:30 p.m.: Arab Melodies, Arab Music
Videos, Middle Easter Rhythms, and Middle
Easter Dance: Understanding Aspects of
Present-Day Performance Practices (panel)
• 4 – 5:30 p.m.: US, Iran and Iraq
• 7:30 – 10 p.m.: University of California,
Santa Barbara, Middle East Ensemble
“We’re very excited that this event is
taking place here,” Díaz said. “It draws
attention to this institution.”
The conference is presented by the
Middle East Studies Project, part of
the college of arts and humanities.
Additional reporting by Tiffany
Olguin
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Constitution insisting on parental
notification before the termination of
“it’ll cost a lot of money to renew
a minor’s pregnancy. A “yes” on Prop.
that infrastructure of the state from
8 will amend the constitution to valigas oriented to an alternative energy
date marriage only between a man
infrastructure.”
and a woman.
He said that the benefits of
Ruwe said the panel is open to the
Proposition 10, which offers certain
public, but urged that it would help
rebates to drivers of high fuel econoto come with some understanding of
my and alternative energy vehicles,
the issues that they can bring into the
would outweigh
discussion. He
the costs. The
added that while
costs he menthe audience
tioned were the
may express
$700 billion for
their opinions,
energy that is
he requested
asked them to be objective.
currently going
that the panelto aid foreign
They can’t endorse anybody
ists be a little
countries that
more impartial
at all, but everything else is fair
don’t like the
with the assogame. But you can’t attack anyU.S. very well
ciations they are
body.”
anyways.
linked to.
Oliver Darcy,
“I asked them
vice president
to be objective,”
— Dalitso Ruwe,
of the College
Ruwe said.
Event coordinator
Re p u b l i c a n s ,
“They can’t
UC Merced
endorse anyC h a p t e r,
body at all, but
will speak in
everything else
opposition to
is fair game. But
Proposition 7, which would require
you can’t attack anybody.”
California utilities to procure half
Representatives of ASI will open
their power from renewable energy
up the panel with a brief explanation
resources by 2025.
of the propositions and as always,
He said the proposition caters to
provide voter registration forms and
big businesses like PG&E which will
material about the upcoming elec“take out most of the small busition.
nesses because the big companies are
gonna be forced to do it.”
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— David Letterman, ‘The Late Show’
Disneyland Memories
I
’m in the process of planning my fifth trip
to Disneyland this year, which would
make it my thirtieth time, total. I went in
January, May, July and August
and I’m trying to make a trip in
time for the Halloween decorations, but if not, then definitely
for the It’s A Small World reopening.
I’m getting ahead of myself.
Hello, my name is Jessica
and I’m a Disneyland addict.
I spend a lot of time defending this second home to people
who only see it as consumerJessica
ism at its worse and a delusion
for reality.
People think I’m kidding when I talk about
anything Disney in excited tones. I was raised
as a Disney kid, though, and once I got a taste of
the magic, I vowed never to grow up. It’s my last
grasp of imagination and wonder in a world
that’s vastly suit and tie.
You can be anyone at Disneyland. I usually
go for princess, as I keep a crown in my car at
all times for such purposes. I only wish the costumes were bigger because I would love to rock
some Snow White gear.
A lot of what I am now links back to past
experiences at Disneyland.
I began my obsession with pirates at age four
when I met Captain Hook, who scared me at
first with that giant hook oh his, but then put
it behind his back and knelt down to shake my
hand with his other.
Which means I beat the coolness factor by
years, thanks to the recent success of the movie
versions of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
I wrote a 10-page paper on the Haunted
Mansion ride in the eighth grade. Ridiculous, I
know, but it helped me develop a love for writing.
“Suburban Legends” was a ska band that
started playing at Downtown Disney seven
years ago, which is where I was introduced to
and fell in love with the genre.
Ska was a catalyst that led me
into big band and swing, which
in turn spurned their own tangents.
The band also linked me to
other fans that are now friends.
Disney likes “Suburban
Legends” so much, they
even played for Miley Cyrus’
birthday party that she had at
Disneyland early this October.
Dugan
Trust me, I fought the “High
School Musical” thing hard
for a long time. Then, last year for my birthday,
I was planning a trip to Disneyland and found
that the High School Musical 2 premier was
going to happen there the same day. Getting star
struck changed my mind.
Damn you, Zac Efron and your flowing hair.
Disneyland makes it snow in the winter. Puts
details in every crevice to create an intimate
atmosphere. Sets off fireworks to music. Cleans
their bathrooms hourly. Plus, just try to keep a
straight face during a parade. I dare you.
While this should have been the easiest thing
to write, I’ve never spent so many hours staring at blank words. I keep trying to go on rants
about psychological or societal patterns to justify my obsession. Like how It’s A Small World
is currently closed because the average person
is significantly heavier than in the ’60s and the
boats kept dragging and scraping the walls of
the man-made canals.
No, it would sound like I’m more making
excuses than simply talking about it.
Which makes me realize, I don’t need a reason. Disneyland just makes me happy. Plus, the
churros are delicious.
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Average Joe not so average
Y
esterday, after what surely must
have been a night of very little
sleep, Joe Wurzelbacher probably
opened his eyes to a television with his face
on it, while news networks were trying to
explain to the rest of us who, exactly, Joe
the Plumber is.
Joe’s introduction to much of America in
Wednesday night’s final presidential debate
was a big one — he was mentioned more
than two dozen times. Very few of these
included his full name though, with the
candidates preferring just “Joe” or the nowfamiliar “Joe the Plumber.”
And it seems to me that there’s a reason
they’re calling this guy Joe the Plumber
instead of Joe Wurzelbacher, and it probably isn’t just because they’re having trouble
pronouncing his last name.
It’s because they aren’t the same person.
Joe Wurzelbacher is not Joe the Plumber,
at least not in the sense presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain used
him Wednesday night.
McCain, in particular, latched on to
Joe as a symbol for blue-collar workers
and “average” Americans. Of course,
Wurzelbacher, as we learned Thursday, is
considering buying the plumbing company
he’s working for and is concerned about
being taxed at a higher rate for the income
he will be earning over $250,000, under
Obama’s proposed income tax policy.
Still, in a spectacular bit of “monkey see,
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monkey do,” most media outlets bought
the “average” American bit hook, line and
sinker.
So while Joe Wurzelbacher says he is
“infuriated” by Obama’s tax plan, but it
seems to me there’s a whole lot more for
him to be angry about. The candidates’ and
the mass media’s appropriation of his name
and occupation as a marker for American
“commonness” is one. Because in truth,
there’s not really much common about
being a plumber — most of us can’t do what
they do. That’s why we have to call one and
dish out $200 an hour when our sinks and
toilets start acting up.
There’s nothing common about it, and
there’s nothing common about being a
construction worker. There’s nothing common about being a fisherman, or an auto
mechanic or a factory worker. There’s nothing common about “blue-collar” workers.
While these people might have average yearly incomes, there’s not much
common about who they are. They live in
Massachusetts and Connecticut as well as
in Tennessee and South Carolina. They
have a diverse set of skills and interests.
They are Protestants, they are Catholics,
and Muslims and Atheists.
Shame on John McCain, and Barack
Obama and the media who lapped it all up.
Because the average Joe isn’t average at
all. Hell, he’s probably not even Joe.
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you watch it?
Web-Spe@k Question: Recently, Fresno State
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school. What would you do with it?
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chool, food, gas for the car. It seems to be a
never-ending cycle every week. Then again,
I think it would be great to just go and spend it on
something stupid too. Personal Slurpee machine
anyone?”
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his video really roped me in from the beginning.
Knot that your other videos don’t, it was just
that this one didn’t string me along. It was, in a word,
fasten-ating. Especially the ending. It tied everything
together for me. No loose ends here.”
Response: Loss of options
“I
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for these food places in the master plan. First
we lost Round Table, and now I lose Taco Bell! I
think this is a horrible decision. Eating on campus is
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only three places. Not good planning on the campus’
part.”
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hile its sad people need something like a list
of reasons to do their civic duties, especially
one as important as voting, this is a damn good list.”
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ew offensive coach year after year makes it
hard for the team. I really liked the guy who
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for Fresno State. We need to take more risks like that
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over isn’t going to work on Boise or other teams with
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Local Thrift Stores
From
Plato’s
Closet
to
yours
Juan Villa / The Collegian
Plato’s Closet attracts people living outside Fresno. Amy Brewer (right) and Amy Brauer (left) both traveled from Hanford because a close friend recommended they take at look.
By Tori Pollock
The Collegian
For most college students, saving
money can be difficult. And finding a
store that has reasonable prices is hard
to find.
Plato’s Closet is a nationwide store
that specializes in clothes for young
adults. The store buys and sells gently used clothes from the latest styles
of brand name designers for men and
women, such as Hollister, American
Eagle and Forever 21.
Plato’s Closet calls their store, “Trendy
Teen Wear.”
When you walk into the store, there
are rows of jackets and sweatshirts followed by rows of jeans. Everything is
organized by color and sizes, which
makes it easy for customers to find
styles they like.
The Fresno store opened up Sept. 14,
2006.
“Plato’s Closet carries designer items
like jeans and wallets, but unlike department stores the things are cheap,” said
customer Vanessa Wells.
Everything in the store can also be
found in the mall, but at a cheaper price.
The staff does walkthroughs of the mall
to know what is current when buying
back people’s clothes.
When pricing items, it is all computer
ran through a corporate data base. They
enter the basic information like brand,
condition, size and it generates a quote
of what the retail stores sell it at and
what Plato’s Closet will buy it back for
or sell it at.
Plato’s Closet’s price is one third of
what the original retail price is.
“Plato’s only takes back items that can
be resold and are in good condition,”
said customer Sammy Freitas. “And
in most cases the clothes they sell are
brands that are recognizable.”
Freitas, who was looking around while
she waited for her clothes to be priced,
comes into Plato’s Closet to mainly sell
back clothes.
“I just sell clothes. I have found a
top once that still had the tag on it, so
it made me excited enough to buy it,”
Freitas said.
When people sell their clothes back,
Plato’s Closet looks for style and condition and if it is trendy.
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A variety of brands can be found at Plato’s Closet — Kate Spade, Donna Karen, Coach — for a very
inexpensive price, compared to department stores.
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Ready for
fame
By Dominique Vargas
The Collegian
Three Fresno State students
and one alumnus have turned
coincidental collaboration
into a growing success, taking
them from recording music at
home to an actual recording
studio.
N.Y.C.A, an acronym for the
members’ home states — two
are from New York and two are
natives to California — had
its humble debut one night at
Bulldog Village, giving the residents a performance outside.
This Saturday the group will
perform for the Step the Union
show in the Satellite Student
Union starting at 2:30 p.m.,
along with other artists. The
event is $7 for students and $12
for the public.
The members, Devon Wade
and Trevor Shamblee of New
York and Davion Baker and
Alex Lindsey of California,
came together one by one to
record “Cali,” the group’s
first song. Fans can view their
music video “My Life” on
their MySpace music page,
along with a playlist of all
their songs.
N.Y.C.A has started to become
known not only in Fresno
nightclubs and bars, but also
in other California cities and
even out of state. The group’s
unique blend of rap and the
R&B twist that Baker brings
to the group has even begun
to get it air play on radio stations, including Fresno’s B95.
To date, the group has made
appearances in Sacramento
and Los Angeles, sometimes
driving for hours after class to
perform, only to have to come
back the same night and go to
class the next day.
As with any musical group,
it has not been all roses; they
have had to overcome obstacles in addition to their success. Shamblee described the
group’s anticipation for a gig
at Chuchanksi Park, which
was supposed to be the biggest
performance to date.
“They were so unprofessional,” says Shamblee of the
Chuchanksi Park staff, who
failed to provide them with
more than one microphone
and a sound check before the
performance. To make matters worse, they were asked
to stop in the middle of their
show because fans had become
unruly.
As a fight broke out, fans
started to disperse. “I’m rapping and everybody was leaving, and I’m like, I know we
ain’t that wack… and some
lady ran up and told us to stop,
waving her hands like she
would for an airplane,” recalls
Lindsey.
Despite this letdown, the
group continues to work hard,
recording new songs in a reallife studio, a new experience
for all of the members. Wade
describes his feelings before
a performance as “the calm
before for the storm”, because
once they start, that’s when
they explode.
When asked about the future
of the group, they all agreed
they wanted to take their
group “to the top”, and once
they are there, to consistently
provide new music to keep
from fading from the music
scene.
“We are trying to be like
Michael Jackson, where there
are people fainting,” said
Shamblee.
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Quote of the Day
“I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think
there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of
anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think
you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause
it's important. ”
— John F. Kerry,
politician
From brainyquote.com
The daily crossword
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3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
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Calendar
Compiled by Paige Ricks
The Collegian
October 16 — Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Haleh Afshar,
OBE, University of York,
“Islam and Feminisms” —
Held at the Alice Peters
Auditorium in the Deanís
Gallery from 5:00 - 6:30
p.m. After a discussion works by William
Minschew, Professor
Emeritus of Art and Design
From 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.—
For more information,
visit www.csufresnoedu/
artshum October 20 — The
Department of Food
Science and Nutrition
invites you to a networking event and educational
evening about Spice and
Seasoning Seminar
Presented by Elite Spice,
Inc. from the origin, harvesting, quality, and evaluation of spices to the development and capabilities
of seasonings — Begins
at 5:30 p.m. — For more
information contact Klaus
Tenbergen at ktenbergen@
csufresno.edu
National Internship
Program is introducting
students to valuable onthe-job experiences and
helping them get paid
internships. Kremen
Scchool of Education, room
140. All majors and class
levels are invited. Pizza
and refreshments will be
served. Begins at 5:45
p.m. For more information, call 278-8682
October 21 — You are
invited to learn about the
story that’s been missing
from Little Rock’s history,
Dunbar Ogden, Sr. the
white minister who defied
the unruly white mobs and
led the black Little Rock
Nine into all-white Central
High School in 1957
— The event is held on
October 28-29, but must
R.S.V.P by October 21
— For more information
contact the EOP office at
278-5364
October 22 — The
Women’s Alliance and the
Women’s Resource Center
at Fresno State will present Take Back the Night
— Held in the Free Speech
Area — Free to the public — Doors open at 5:30
and the program runs from
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Events are listed as space allows.
Please e-mail calendar information to the features editor at
paige_ricks@csufresno.edu, with the subject line: features calendar.
The deadline is one week before publication.
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1 Watch pockets
5 With __ breath
10 Norse Zeus
14 Vicinity
15 “Christ Stopped at __”
16 Nothing but
17 Three bigs
20 Enter by force
21 Offhand
22 Turkish title
23 __-masochism
25 Stu of early TV
28 Jodie Foster film
30 Celtic worshiper
33 Lamenter’s words
34 Hit in a high arc
36 Ahead, in a way
38 Serving of corn
39 Three bigs
43 Napoleon’s commander
at Waterloo
44 “It’s a Wonderful Life”
director
45 Impresario Hurok
46 Sprinkle after a shower
48 __ out (intimidate)
50 Betting figures
53 Shaquille of the NBA
55 Drag along
57 “Sands of __ Jima”
58 Painter Modigliani
61 Pager
63 Three bigs
66 Faithful
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68 Morays, e.g.
69 Clairvoyant
70 All thumbs
71 Before, before
DOWN
1 Teen idol of the fifties
2 Navel, e.g.
3 Three bigs
4 Heroic tale
5 Decapitate
6 “Honest” politician
7 Three bigs
8 Lohengrin’s love
9 Goes kaput
10 Mark of the PGA
11 Three bigs
12 Damaged mdse. tag
13 Butterfly catcher
18 LPs, updated
19 Tint or tone
24 Sags
26 Somali supermodel
27 Social misfit
29 Mauna __ volcano
31 Cornell’s town
32 Anonymous John
35 Eng. channel
37 Phone-pad sequence
39 Toward the center of
40 Novelist Koontz
41 Eminem’s genre
42 Scary word?
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47 Tent occupant
49 V.P. Humphrey
51 Resides
52 Most painful
54 Luau garland
56 Poetic meadow
Video Game Review
The sequel to Saint’s Row continues
the street war between feuding gangs,
but improves the game play this time
around. The game continues the trend
of “sandbox game play”, which allows
players to explore the massive city, while
completing missions as they wish.
The game play itself has been
changed completely from the original,
but almost feels too close to that of
Grand Theft Auto IV.
On the flipside though, this game play
is expanded to include more side quests
which don’t exactly tie in with the primary story and give it a little more
depth.
Aside from this unoriginal feel in the
way that the game is played, the only
major drawback is the shortage of save
points; but one can argue that true
gamers don’t need a lot of save points.
A minor flaw in the game is cheesy
dialogue; this of course can be either
positive or negative, depending on the
player’s taste.
Major standouts that make the game
great are the amount of customization
that’s available when you first create your character and the multiplayer
modes which includes a local and multiplayer co-operative mode where you
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60 Harrow rival
62 Fencing sword
63 Barbell lbs.
64 Dudgeon
65 Agt.
By Michael Mygind
The Collegian
The sequel to
Saint’s Row continues the same
trend as before,
but expanded with
more depth. The
game has unique
customization of
characters and a
very impressive
replay value. The
game is available
for XBox 360 and
Playstation 3.
Photo Illustration from
IGN Entertainment
can play through the game with someone else. This expands the replay value
greatly.
The online multiplayer component
of the game is primarily death match
based, in either a team oriented or every
man for himself setup.
A completely different mode is included, which involves players working
together as a big group to complete certain missions; this is quite similar to the
co-op mode.
Overall, it’s not a bad game, it’s actu-
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ally quite good. It’s just nothing completely new in terms of overall presentation. However, if you enjoy the Grand
Theft Auto series, as well as the first
Saint’s Row, you’ll probably enjoy this
one as well.
Saint’s Row 2 is currently available
for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and
Windows based PC’s and is rated M for
Mature.
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Plato’s: Stay
trendy
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“We look to see what is in
other stores and magazines,”
employee Kaylyn Lasko said.
At times, Plato’s Closet is
looked at as a thrift store, but
is often compared to places
like Ross and Goodwill.
“I see thrift stores as more
vintage, with pieces that are
one of a kind, where Plato’s
has more trendy items, which
are obviously wearable,”
Freitas said.
“This is my first time in the
store,” Gwen Huff of Fresno
said, as she shops with her
daughter. “It is all department
store stuff but at a cheaper
price.”
One employee said they also
look for style unlike other
stores.
Plato’s Closet not only takes
what is seen in the malls but
unheard of clothing, as well.
“We will take almost any
brand if it is a good style and
in good condition” Andrew
Belleci, re gional manager
said.
What sets Plato’s Closet away
from other department stores
is their small base of customers. They recognize faces and
know people by name.
“We are able to build better
relationships,” Lasko said.
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HOGAN: Sophomore back on track following transfer
CONTINUED from page 12
Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletic Media Relations
Bryan Hogan was a success at Stockdale High in Bakersfield with current Bulldog teammate Grant Doverspike. Hogan’s first love was hockey, but after a nearparalyzing experience, Hogan turned to his father’s sport.
that in high school, he hung
out with the wrong crowd, was
an underachiever and that his
grades would hold him back
from playing at Fresno State.
“I didn’t care about my
grades in high school,” Hogan
said. “I didn’t see where they
would get me, and all I could
think about was playing golf
in college.”
Ho g an said becoming a
Bulldog and having Watney as
a coach has changed his outlook on school. He said Watney
is strict about performing on
and off the course.
“Coach goes out of his way to
help any player,” Hogan said.
He has made me realize that
I should have a backup plan,
and work hard at everything
in life.”
Doverspike said he has seen
the change in Hogan’s maturity.
“Bryan has always had a
great drive to get better in
golf,” Doverspike said. “Now,
he is not only a good teammate
but student as well.”
Hogan said life up to this
point has been a long journey
and he feels that becoming a
Bulldog has been everything
he’s hoped for and more.
“I’m excited to wake up
every day here in Fresno,”
Hogan said. “It wasn’t like
that in Bakersfield. Now, I
even look forward to learning
at school.”
GOESSLING: Freshman kicker still feeling confident
CONTINUED from page 12
that some fans associate
Goessling most with.
“He gives me a heart attack
every time he kicks,” sophomore student Chris Lamadrid
said. “I don’t feel bad for him
either. All he does is kick in
practice.”
Another student, Chris
Ramos said, “We’d still be
ranked if he didn’t blow both
our losses. I think I could kick
better than him.”
There’s been a lot of that
talk echoing around campus, but does anyone really
think they can kick better?
Goessling didn’t receive a fullride scholarship for nothing.
But, his only job is to kick.
He should be more consistent.
In Goessling’s defense he
is only a freshman and many
freshman kickers in the
nation have an adapting period. He has been thrown into
the battle from the get-go.
Coach Pat Hill is sure
Goessling is the kicker of the
future.
“I’m not worried about
Goessling,” Hill said. “I think
he’s gonna be just fine.”
Goessling has shown glimpses
of promise. In warm-ups at
Rutgers he nailed a 67-yard
kick, and against Toledo he
displayed great composure
throughout the double overtime thriller.”
“Each game I have the same
mindset,” Goessling said. “I
just go out there trying to be
1-0 with each kick.”
Student Mike Hamlin
doesn’t know why people have
been so hard on Goessling.
“I don’t believe he is the
only player on the football
team,” Hamlin said. “You win
and lose as a team.”
will have your back until the
end. It is the support that
Goessling has received from
friends, family and teammates
that he is most grateful for.
“Everyone close to me
has been very supportive,”
Goessling said. “They understand and know I’ll rebound
from this tough start.”
Goessling also had a comment to fans that are upset
with him.
“Hopefully three years from
now, you’re still not upset with
me,” Goessling said.
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Joseph Edgecomb / The Collegian
Kevin Goessling celebrates with coach Pat Hill after making a field goal last
weekend against Idaho. Hill believes Goessling will be a great kicker.
Goessling carries himself
with a positive attitude and
hasn’t let the rough start get
to him. With the first half of
the year he’s had, some kicker’s confidence would have hit
rock bottom.
“My confidence hasn’t really shaken,” Goessling said.
“If I don’t have confidence in
myself, then no one will.”
It comes with the territory
in sports. Some people will
give up on you, and others
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Kicker Kevin Goessling has
missed field goals in three games
this season, including both of
Fresno State’s losses.
• Wisconsin - Misses from 47,
51 and 35 yards
• At Toledo - 58-yard miss
• Hawaii - Misses from 36 and
35 yards
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Bulldogs get much needed rest this weekend
Joseph Edgecomb / The Collegian
Above: Wilson Ramos broke his ankle last Saturday against Idaho. Ramos was switched from defensive end to tackle
to fill in for senior Jon Monga. Right: Ben Jacobs (54) leads the Bulldogs’ defense this season with 51 tackles.
Fresno State football team using bye week to
recover from injuries, shore up defensive unit
By Lorenzo Reyna
The Collegian
Even with no g ame this
week, there are still some
glaring issues the Bulldogs
are looking to address on the
football field before their next
road trip.
The principle concer ns
involve players coming back
from injury, practice time for
injured players and limiting
points on defense.
Pat Hill believes that a bye
this week came at the right
Bulldog Football
time for his team.
“It was a great time [for the
bye week],” Hill said. “There
hasn’t really been a time to
take a breath of air yet here.
Every game for us is going to
be very difficult.”
The Bulldogs head into their
bye week 4-2 overall and 1-1 in
Western Athletic Conference
play.
F resno State rebounded
from a disappointing home
loss to Hawaii with a 45-32 victory over Idaho last Saturday,
giving the Bulldogs their first
victory at Bulldog Stadium
this year.
The victory over the Idaho
Vandals was also the first win
in WAC play for the Bulldogs
Bryan Cole / The Collegian
“W
e are what we are, we’re 4-2, and still in control of our season.”
— Pat Hill,
Head coach
this season.
Wi t h wh e r e t h e r e c o r d
stands, Hill feels content with
where his team is at this point
in the year.
“We are what we are, we’re
4-2, and still in control of our
season,” Hill said. “You can’t
ask for anymore than that
right now.”
The Bulldogs have played a
very rugged four-game stretch
that had two games decided in
overtime and one decided on a
fourth quarter fumble recovery. Fresno State also held off
a late comeback attempt in the
fourth quarter against Idaho
last weekend to pull away with
the win.
The Bulldogs have had injury concerns at their skill positions on offense, with players like Marlon Moore, Bear
Pascoe and Devon Wylie being
sidelined for the past few
weeks.
Moore, however, has been
practicing this week with the
team and believes his ankle is
nearly healed.
“The ankle so far is pretty
good,” Moore said. “Right now,
I wouldn’t say its 100 percent,
it’s about, I would say 90 percent.”
The junior receiver utilized
the week off to reclaim his
speed and become healthy
again.
“The bye week was real
important,” Moore said. “The
players who were injured took
the time to heal themselves. It
wasn’t just for us to rest but
for us to improve ourselves
mentally.”
On the other side of the football, sophomore linebacker
Ben Jacobs also saw the importance of having a week off,
especially from a fundamental
standpoint.
“We just got back to what we
should be doing,” Jacobs said.
“We just got out there, clear
our heads, and worry about
fundamentals.”
Defensively, the Bulldogs are
looking to re-energize a unit
that surrendered a combined
20 points against Rutgers and
Wisconsin, but has allowed
over 30 points in the last four
games.
“I think the pass rush is one
of the biggest things we’re
going to need to do,” Hill said.
“We need to get more takeaways. I would like to see us
get into a position where we
can get the offense on short
fields and do a great job offensively. We’ve also got to get
back at getting off of the field
on third downs.”
The defensive line has been
without Jon Monga at defensive tackle. Losing Wilson
Ramos for the
rest of the season also puts a
damper on the
Fresno State
defensive line.
Jacobs, however, has the
belief that no
matter who
plays along the
Marlon Moore
line, they will
Wide receiver
make a difference and help the leading tackler shed off opposing blocks.
“Our defensive line will be
good,” Jacobs said. “Whatever
happens, we’ll have one of the
young guys step up.”
The Bulldogs will use this
weekend to continue to rest.
Next week the Bulldogs will
turn their full attention to the
Utah State Aggies.
Moore is already looking forward to the Bulldogs heading
to Logan, Utah for the October
25 afternoon game.
“I’m just ready for that
game,” Moore said. “It will be
my first game back so it should
be exciting.”
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Bulldog of the week
Sophomore Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Revel
Revel has recorded six shutouts this season.
Two of those shutouts came last weekend
against San Jose State and Hawaii. She
was named to the Soccer Buzz Magazine
National Team of the Week.
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Hogan wants to be a hero
Stepan Up
Sophomore
transfer looks
to make impact
in first season
with Fresno
State golf team
George Stepanoff, Jr.
Goessling’s
confidence
not shaken
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By George Stepanoff, Jr.
The Collegian
Fresno State sophomore golfer Bryan Hogan did not always
plan on playing collegiate golf.
“I was playing hockey, the
sport I loved for so long, and
then one day I nearly became
paralyzed,” Hogan said. “After
that day, I never put those pads
back on, and I turned to golf.”
Hogan grew up in Bakersfield
dreaming of some day becoming a Bulldog. However, eligibility issues regarding his
grades postponed that dream
for a couple years.
He settled on Cal State
Bakersfield out of high school,
and soon found out that the
college was going through
an athletic transition period
switching from a Division II
school to Division I.
“It was a mess,” Hogan said.
“The golf program wasn’t getting funded, the roster was
being adjusted and the quality
of play wasn’t improving my
game.”
Previously, Bakersfield was
the No. 2 Division II school in
the nation for golf. But during
the transition, the talent of the
team was not nearly up to par
for Division I standards.
After two years in
Bakersfield, Hogan decided it
was time for change and transferred to Fresno State.
“It’s night and day from
Bakersfield,” Hogan said.
“The talent isn’t comparable,
and I already knew a lot of the
players at Fresno State which
made transferring easier.”
Hogan was familiar with the
Bulldog golf team through
high school teammate Grant
Doverspike, a junior on the
team.
“Coach Mike Watney knew
me from high school when he
recruited me, but Grant helped
out by making sure Watney
didn’t forget about me,” Hogan
said.
Doverspike and Hogan led
Stockdale High to three Valley
Championships, and Hogan
said those championships are
his most memorable moments
as an athlete.
“Me and Grant dominating
in high school, winning sections individually, shooting a
low round of 66 and placing
fourth at the state championship are the highs of my young
career,” Hogan said.
The other three players that
finished above Hogan at the
Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletic Media Relations
Sophomore Bryan Hogan transferred to Fresno State after spending two years at Cal State Bakersfield. Hogan
played high school golf with junior Grant Doverspike. The duo took home three Valley Championships.
state championship are now
playing for USC, Stanford and
Oklahoma State.
“I remember taking that
Top 5 picture, and just thinking all these guys are going
to be on the tour playing professionally someday,” Hogan
said. “I want to be a pro golfer
as well, and feel it’s a realistic
possibility.”
Watney feels Hogan’s goal
is not out of reach.
“Bryan is a gifted athlete
with fantastic potential,”
Watney said. “Bryan has all
the tools and a good work
ethic to do what it will take
to take his game to the next
level.”
Someone with Hogan’s skill
level usually is developed by
many years of play. However,
it wasn’t until the 8th grade
that Hogan even picked up a
golf club. Hogan attributes
his success to his dad who
also played collegiate golf.
“What I admire most about
my dad is that he never forced
me to play the sport that he
was best at,” Hogan said. “He
let me come into my own.”
Hogan said he knows as an
only child that his parents let
him get away with more than
they should have. He admitted
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ans bite their nails,
the rowdy atmosphere
quiets down and freshman kicker Kevin Goessling
is sent in as the game comes
down to a field goal attempt.
The kick is up and it is like
Bulldog Stadium is frozen in
time, and then in the blink of
an eye, fans hold their breath
and their hearts sink to the
bottom of their stomachs.
The referee waves his arms,
‘no good.’
“It’s one of the lowest
feelings you could have,”
Goessling said. “You are the
hero one second and a villain
the next.”
Goessling has fit the role
of villain more often than not
this season.
He has made only 60 percent of his kicks, 9-for-15,
and he has missed at the
worst possible times. Some
fans might even say he has
single-handedly
shattered the
hopes of a Bowl
Championship
Series (BCS)
season.
Goessling
has missed
from 47, 51,
58, 36 and two
attempts from
Kevin Goessling
35 yards.
Kicker
Those misses
do not include a missed extra
point attempt or the miss in
overtime against Hawaii that
was nullified due to a penalty,
giving him a second shot to
redeem himself from five
yards closer.
“It’s not the pressure that
gets to me,” Goessling said. “I
just didn’t kick well against
Wisconsin and Hawaii.
Everyone has bad games.”
Five of his six misses have
come at home in the Bulldog’s
two losses. Goessling is perfect in Bulldog wins with the
exception of a 58-yard attempt
at Toledo.
No matter if his misses in
crucial game situations are
coincidental or not, Goessling
has been much better when
the game is not on the line.
Quarterback Tom
Brandstater still has confidence in his kicker though.
“He makes a lot in practice,” Brandstater said.
“Kevin’s struggled so far, but I
have no doubt he’ll start helping us win games soon.”
However, doubt is the word
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