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Marijuana would be legalized under California law but not under federal law. It permits local governments to regulate and tax commercial production, distribution and sale of marijuana to those above 21 years of age.
PROPOSITION 19
Potential increased tax and fee revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually could be generated as well as potential correctional savings of several tens of millions of dollars annually.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
Legalizing would save taxpay-er dollars on failed marijuana prohibition and would gener-ate billions in revenue.
Legalizing marijuana endan-gers public safety, federal contracts, jobs and jeopardizes billions in school funding.
Repeals recent legislation that would allow businesses to lower their tax liability.
PROPOSITION 24
Increased state rev-enues of about $1.3 billion each year by 2012�–13 from higher taxes paid by some businesses.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
Prop 24 stops $1.7 billion in new special tax breaks for wealthy, multi-state corpora-tions.
Prop 24 reduces long-term revenues for schools and vital services. It would hurt small businesses, tax job creation and send jobs out of California.
Prop 20 authorizes a 14-person redistricting commis-sion to establish congressional districts instead of the legislature. Prop 27 abolishes the commission. Whichever measure receives the most support will become law.
PROPOSITION 20/27
No significant net change in state redis-tricting costs.
Fiscal Impact: Pro 20/Con 27
Pro 27/Con 20
20 helps voters take politicians out of office for not doing their jobs. 27 allows pols to draw safe districts for themselves.
27 saves taxpayer dollars. 20 gives a non-accountable 14-person bureaucracy even more power.
Passing of the bill changes legislative vote require-ments to pass budget and budget-related legislation from two-thirds to a simple majority. It would retain the two-thirds vote requirement for taxes.
PROPOSITION 25
State budgets may be passed faster, resulting in no delay of pay-ments to state workers or projects.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
Stops legislators pay and benefits every day the budget is late. Ends budget gridlock by allowing a majority of legisla-tors to pass the budget.
Prop 25 makes it easier for politicians to raise taxes and restrict our constitutional right to reject bad laws.
Prohibits the state from borrowing or taking funds used for transportation, redevelopment or local gov-ernment projects and services.
PROPOSITION 22
A yes vote will decrease state General Fund spending and/or increase state rev-enues, probably in the range of $1 billion to several billions of dol-lars annually.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
This stops state politicians from taking local government funds.
If passed, public schools stand to lose billions of dollars and will also take money away from firefighters used to fight fires and natural disasters.
A yes vote establishes an $18 annual vehicle license surcharge to help fund state parks and wildlife pro-grams, thus allowing registered vehicles free admis-sion to all state parks.
PROPOSITION 21
An annual increase to state revenues of $500 million from surcharge on vehicle registrations would result. After offsetting some exist-ing funding sources, these revenues would provide at least $250 million more annually for state parks and wildlife conservation.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
Prop 21 establishes a vitally-needed trust fund to keep parks open, maintained and safe. Protects economic ben-efits to California from parks-related tourism.
Prop 21 is a cynical plan to bring back the car tax.
Requires that certain state and local fees be approved by two-thirds vote. Fees include those that address adverse impacts on society or the environment caused by the fee-payer s business.
PROPOSITION 26
Depending on deci-sions by governing bodies and voters, decreased govern-ment revenues and spending (up to billions of dollars annually). Increased transportation spend-ing and state General Fund costs ($1 billion annually).
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
Stops politicians from raising taxes on goods by disguising them as �“fees�” and circumvent-ing constitutional requirements for passing higher taxes.
Big oil, tobacco and alcohol cor-porations want you to pay for the damages they cause. Prop 26 was written behind closed doors and without public input.
Suspends implementation of air pollution control law (AB 32) requiring major sources of emissions to report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause glob-al warming until unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year.
PROPOSITION 23
Likely modest net increase in overall eco-nomic activity in the state from suspension of greenhouse gases regulatory activity, resulting in a poten-tially significant net increase in state and local revenues.
Fiscal Impact: Yes vote/Pro:
No vote/Con:
23 saves jobs, prevents energy tax increases and helps families while preserving California s clean air and water laws.
23 threatens public health with more pollution, increases dependence on oil and kills competition from job-creating wind and solar companies.
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OpinionOPINION EDITOR, ANNA JACOBSEN �• [email protected] 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010
THAT S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...“I could hear people screaming from the bar. The whole city was excited. People
were yelling ‘U-ree-bay!’”– Hudari Murray, S.F. barbershop owner, New York Times
CAMPUSSPEAKWhat are you doing for Halloween?
Favre trips on his own ego
There is no doubt that most of the news-watching world has seen the ruckus stirred by GQ’s most
recent spread. “Glee” stars Lea Michele, Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith were most recently photographed in GQ’s November issue. In case you haven’t seen it, Agron and Michele are photo-graphed wearing skimpy clothes, cling-ing to Monteith like desperate hussies, and otherwise engaging in shenanigans
that The Parents Television Council called, “near-pornographic pedophilia.” I have to say I agree with them, but not for the same reasons. Parents everywhere are up in arms about the sexy ‘Glee’ photos because all three stars play high school students on a popular television show. That’s how they earn their living, and that’s how much of America sees them. Most sup-porters of the photo shoot say the stars are in their twenties and have the right to take sexy pictures if they want. The problem with the photos isn’t that Monteith, Agron and Michele play high school kids on television. The problem is that they portray childlike innocence in a sexual way in the photo shoot. One photo published in GQ’s latest issue displays a picture of Michele in a baseball-style t-shirt and panties suck-ing on a lollipop. GQ’s website features more photos of Agron and Michele scantily clad, while Monteith is pictured fully clothed. One of the pictures featur-ing Michele and Agron depict Agron in a sexy-yet-sweet outfit, giving even more fodder to an otherwise sexual depiction of childhood. The difference between how Monteith is portrayed and how Agron and Michele are portrayed brings to light a key issue: that Monteith is made to look like a stud, while Agron and Michele
look like they are dependent on him. The cover photo alone says that. He’s got a handful of each of them, and they cling to him like weak, pathetic crea-tures. In response to the criticism, Agron apologized for the racy pictures and said on her blog, “Nobody is perfect, and these photos do not represent who I am.” Be that as it may, the decision to pose for this photo shoot without thinking about the repercussions makes her look like the mindless floozy she’s portrayed as in these pictures. Agron and Michele are both adults, and if they want to pose for sexy photo shoots for the fun of it, they should be allowed to. Sexy pictures, for some women, are simply a part of adult life. But sexualizing something that should be regarded as innocent isn’t cool to a lot of people, parents or not. GQ is obviously a men’s magazine and will continue to publish racy pic-tures of almost naked women as long as there are women willing to take their clothes off. And as long as publica-tions like GQ want to feature pictures sexualizing something that should be innocent, there will be women as dumb as Agron and Michele to supply the demand.
Parents TV Council right about ‘Glee’ photos
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�“Practicing with my band. Then I�’ll stay at home and give kids candy.�”
Erik Garibay
Orry Hamilton
�“I am going out of town to San Francisco to celebrate the World Series. But I�’m not going to the game cause it�’s too expen-sive.�”
Rudy Placencia
�“I�’m going to Los Angeles to go to home-coming for USC. That�’s where I did my under-graduate work.�”
Michelle Ruano
�“I�’m going to spend my Halloween working.�”
Public AdministrationGrad Student
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For a few seconds on Sunday night, it looked like Brett Favre put all his struggles behind him and
started to resemble the quarterback he was a short year ago. With 48 seconds left, Favre, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback playing for the third time against his former team, the Green Bay Packers, heaved up a desperation pass to wide receiver Percy Harvin in the back of the end zone. Harvin caught it for a touchdown. For a fleeting moment, it looked like that old Favre magic was back and the quarterback, who we later found out was playing with two fractures in his left ankle, was jumping around like an oversized kid—the same oversized kid football fans have seen cel-ebrate like this many times before. It wasn’t meant to be. Replays showed that Harvin failed
to get the required two feet in bounds for the play to count as a catch. Three incomplete passes later the Packers got to bask in the glory of their victory, their first one against the former Green Bay legend since he left the frozen tun-dra of Lambeau Field in 2008. After the game, Packer fans, some who are likely to have Favre jerseys in their closets, booed the embattled quar-terback off the field. Brad Childress, the Vikings’ head coach, criticized No. 4 in the post-game press conference, saying, “It still goes back to taking care of the football. You can’t turn it over to them. You’ve got to play within the confines of our system. Sometimes you have to just protect the football. You can’t have seven points going the other way. Not in a game like this.” Favre didn’t even have a welcome home to go back to—his reported infi-delities have put a strain on his rela-tionship with his family, with his wife Deanna explaining that faith “will get me through this.” Brett Favre has been one of the best and most beloved quarterbacks of the last two decades. He has won three Most Valuable Player awards, one Super Bowl championship and holds NFL records for career touchdown passes, career passing yards, career wins as a starting quarterback and consecutive games started. It is undeniable that he is an his-toric player, one of the all-time greats, and is a heroic figure for some. The problem is, he is a hero of the tragic type. In a Greek tragedy, there is a hero who has a tragic flaw that does the person in. In this case, Brett Favre’s ego has ruined his career, his reputation and, perhaps,
his personal life. On March 4, 2008, after tiring the Green Bay organization with a yearly dalliance with retirement, Favre finally announced his decision to quit playing in a tearful press conference. His repu-tation was at perhaps its highest point. He had just finished a 2007 campaign in which Favre proved he still had talent, being selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time since 2003. That year he led the Packers to the brink of another champi-onship, losing to the New York Giants, who were the eventual champions, in a hard-fought game. Alas, Favre’s ego got in the way. He told the Packers, who’d already com-mitted to Aaron Rodgers, that he was coming back whether they liked it or not. They traded him to the New York Jets. After one subpar season, he “retired” again, only to resurface as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback, Green Bay’s hated rivals. And now we have Favre’s voicemail and “sexting” scandal. God only knows what really happened. But the damage with public opinion has been done. The story of Brett Favre is a truly sad one. It didn’t have to be this way. If he had simply stayed in retirement, Wisconsin residents and football fans in general would worship him as a deity. He would have never been in New York and met Jenn Sterger, the woman to whom he purportedly sent the racy text messages. He would have never played for the Minnesota Vikings and ruined his status with the organization where he made his name famous. But he didn’t. And now this tragic hero must trudge on, not knowing his future in the NFL or in his personal life.
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MADDIE SHANNONGoing Madd
decreasing every year.In 2008 NFPA responded to
386,500 home fire cases. This was 24,000 more cases than in 2009.
These 386,500 fire incidents resulted in 2,755 deaths and 13,160 injuries.
To prevent such incidents, the Fresno Fire Department does not only inspect fire alarms and fire extinguishers, they also check if all exits are clear and ready to use in case of an emergency. They inspect all electrical usage and main-tenance, all propane appli-ances and mechanical devices, storage of combustible mate-rial and the visibility of street address numbers.
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Fire extinguishers, fire alarms and all fire preven-tion devices are designed to prevent and minimize fires. Most residents, however, are unaware of them and often do not have them.
About one out of every two homes are not required to have any fire safety inspec-tions or fire extinguishers. The fire department has no authority to implement safety regulations in these buildings.
According to the California Fire Code, all buildings should have working fire alarms, but fire extinguish-ers are only required for businesses, office buildings, markets, schools, retail stores, medical offices, public build-ings, apartments and other similar buildings.
The distance between fire extinguishers and individu-als have also been a concern. According to CFC, “the travel distance for occupants [door]
to an extinguisher is to not exceed 75 feet.”
The CFC also requires building inspections.
The city of Fresno pub-lished on their website that the Fresno Fire Department Prevention and Investigation Division inspects over 18,000 commercial and/or multi-family occupancies and receive inspection either annually or biannually. All new construction in the city is also inspected.
Because of budget cuts to the Fresno Fire Department, now they only do one inspec-tion per year. Apartment owners also have to hire a pri-vate fire safety contractor to inspect all fire extinguishers, emergency exits and other safety devices at least once per year.
Shaw Court apartments across the street from Fresno State had an inspection three weeks ago, which they did not pass. Shaw Court’s mainte-nance manager, Angel Soto, said that four of the 20 fire
Apartments, absence of fire extinguishersextinguishers in their apart-ment complex did not work and had to be replaced.
Soto said that the Fresno Fire Department gave Shaw Court two weeks to replace the four fire extinguishers. The apartment complied with these regulations, because according to Soto, “[the fire department] can do whatever they want.”
Soto said that if the apart-ment complex did not comply with these regulations, they could get a fine or be shut down.
Shandy Solis, Fresno County Senior Fire Prevention Inspector, said that because of budget cuts the department has decided to do only one inspection per year and if an apartment com-plex does not pass, it is up to the owner to fix the problems.
The Fire Department no longer has the authority to shut down an apartment complex for not following fire safety laws. Solis said that if a fire was to happen in these locations, the owner of the apartment complex would be responsible for all costs relat-ed to the fire.
According to the California Code of Regulations, “At least one fire extinguisher shall be provided on each floor. In multi-story buildings, at least one fire extinguisher shall be located adjacent to the stair-way at each floor level.”
Because the fire extinguish-ers are so far apart, however, they are sometimes hard to find. Amanda Marks a com-munications disorder student from Fresno State said she has not seen, nor does she know, where the fire extinguishers are located in her apartment complex.
“We have a lot of fire detec-tors. There are actually sprin-klers in our apartment but there are no fire extinguish-ers,” said Marks.
Solis said that all apart-ment buildings, even if they have sprinklers, must have fire extinguishers.
The California State Marshal, 2007 California Fire Code Section 907.4.1 “requires manual fire alarm boxes to be located within five feet from
the entrance to each exit.”According to Solis, if a
tenant suspects that an apart-ment complex is not fallow-ing proper fire safety laws, the tenants has to talk to the building manager, if there is no response they should con-tact the Fire Department.
The Fire Department will send a note to the owner, but they will not inspect the build-ing until the facility is due for their annual review. This is due to budget cuts, accord-ing to Solis. At the moment they don’t have enough person-nel to do follow-up inspections.
The kitchen, however, seems to be where most fires begin.
In 2004 the U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Data Center found that most home fires occur in the kitchen.
In 2002 the U.S.F.A found that there had been 156,000 kitchen fires in the U.S., which killed 331 people and caused 4,914 injuries and $876 million in property damage.
According to this report, smoke alarms were present and operational in 45 percent of these kitchen fires.
The California Fire Code has more than 300 codes and standards whose main focus is to prevent fires and injuries.
The National Fire Protection Association found that there were 369,500 report-ed fires in 2009, causing 2,565 deaths, 12,650 injuries and $7.6 billion in property damage.
Data from the NFPA show, however, that deaths and injuries caused by fires are
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Students set sail for a grade
The Semester at Sea program has a state-of-the-art floating campus called The MV Explorer. The ship has nine classrooms, a library, computer labs, several dining halls, a student union and more.Photo Courtesy of Lauren Heinz
To reach former Fresno State stu-dent Jay Yoder, you need to adjust for a nine hour time delay. Yoder currently resides in the Netherlands and was bit by a travel bug after an experience on a floating university.
Yoder heard about the Semester at Sea program while watching MTV’s Road Rules. After a few Internet searches and some encouragement he received in a business entrepre-neurship class, he decided that life is too short and booked a voyage in the spring of 2010.
“I had two roommates in a room the size of a closet,” Yoder said.
Yoder paid the cheapest option on the ship, but admitted that it made no difference due to the experience that awaited him. During this journey, Yoder visited 10 countries with two full weeks in China and India.
The Semester at Sea program start-ed back in 1963, and since its incep-tion it has had four academic spon-sors; its current one is the University of Virginia. This sponsorship allows for fully accredited classes that could land four to 15 credits on a student’s transcript depending on the journey chosen.
“College can be a transforming expe-rience, but the experience at Semester at Sea is a mind blower,” said Michael Zoll, vice president of enrollment and student affairs at the Institute for Shipboard Education.
Each student has the choice of tak-ing a full semester, summer semester or short-term semester on the ship. The full semester price tag peaks at more than $31,000 and the short-term program begins at $3,475. The full semester lasts 100 to 110 days and the short-term program visits seven coun-tries in 26 days.
Zoll said that the hefty price tag shouldn’t scare students—more than 50 percent of those on the boat received financial aid last year. The Semester at Sea financial aid comes directly from
its own budget and goes on top of any other state or federal aid.
“Don’t think just because you got $2,000 from your home school that you will get the same amount from us, you might be surprised,” Zoll said.
On average there are 280 schools represented on each voyage and Zoll had a lot to say about the 50 people that make up the Institute for Shipboard Education, which is the non-profit side of Semester at Sea.
“Most of us are here purely out of passion and the magic of this program is that it has all the right elements,” Zoll said.
One of the larger concerns is the safety of the students.
“We work with various risk assess-ment agencies to monitor what is going on around the world at all times,” Vice President of Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs Laura Heinz said.
The Overseas Security Advisory Council and the ASI Group are two risk assessment agencies that help admin-istrators decide where to plan the next trip. Heinz says that while these agen-cies are important, the process begins internally by looking at the academic value of the region.
The fall 2011 itinerary includes 12 locations ranging from Cape Town, South Africa to Chennai, India. Music professor Laxmi Tewari, who is attend-ing his third semester at sea, has had great experiences in India.
“I had my Indian singing ensemble class give a performance in Chennai,” Tewari said. “It was very well attended by the local people.”
Tewari said that 20 percent of the learning experience has to come from port locations and offers students a chance to interact with the culture they have been learning about. His stu-dents learn nine classical Indian com-positions by the end of the semester.
Tewari went on to say that he really likes being able to rub shoulders with students 24 hours a day. Students have the opportunity to ask questions both inside and outside of class. When the ship is at sea, students have to attend class every day and when the ship is at port they get Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off.
Fresno State graduate Jay Yoder said that there negative aspects of being trapped on a ship with your pro-fessors.
“Say you were sick one day and didn’t want to go to class, the profes-sors would see you eventually and real-ize if you were sick or not,” Yoder said.
On the positive side, Yoder said that going on the Semester at Sea trip helped him directly apply what he was
learning and break through some ste-reotypes that he may have had growing up. Vietnam ended up being his favor-ite country on the trip.
“It’s dirty, it’s poor, it’s hot, but everyone is so happy and positive liv-ing in the poorest conditions,” Yoder said. “The people really made it for me.”
According to data from Semester at Sea graduates, 97 percent of students
say that going on this program was their most significant college experi-ence.
Yoder falls into the 42 percent of stu-dents that spend time living and study-ing in other countries after the semes-ter ends.
“Semester at Sea definitely sparked off my addiction to travel.”
“Semester at Sea defi nitely sparked off my addiction
to travel.”
— Jay YoderFormer Fresno State student
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Fun films to watch on Halloween
Good movies to watch for kids of all ages
This Halloween, there are plenty of scary, bloody mov-ies coming out to celebrate the scariest season of the year. However, none of those movies are in this lineup. Here is a rundown of some fun movies to watch with friends, none of which involve evil corpses, ax murderers or buckets of blood.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
What it’s about: For those who haven’t seen this Peanuts classic, 25 minutes of good, clean Halloween fun awaits. Charlie Brown and his buddies gear up to cel-ebrate Halloween once again by trick-or-treating, having a Halloween party and waiting all night in a pumpkin patch for “The Great Pumpkin.” Familiar situations l ike Snoopy’s flight on his dog-house and Charlie Brown fall-ing flat on his back when he tries to kick the football pop up in this classic Halloween favorite.
Why you should watch it: While it might not be a typical
Halloween movie most college students look for, it’s good for little kids and it’s good for college kids too. The good, clean fun in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” never gets old.
Funny movie moment: When the kids compare what they got after trick-or-treating and Charlie Brown announc-es, “I got a rock.”
Hocus Pocus
What it’s about: Another Halloween favorite, three witches come back to life 300 years after their deaths. In their quest to live forever they come across brother and sis-ter Max and Dani Dennison and Max’s crush, Allison. Their attempts to send the witches back whence they came makes for some hilari-ous situations.
Why you should watch: Some of the funniest scenes involve Max and Allison, and the awkward jokes that come out of Max’s feelings for Allison.
See MOVIES, Page 6
Weezer rarities hit, missBy Anna Jacobsen
The Collegian
“Death to False Metal” releas-es less than two months on the heels of Weezer’s “Hurley” and establishes the geek-rock band as an overachiever in the alter-native music scene. The band has kept fans guessing with a history of side projects, near breakups and quirky unpredictability. With “Hurley” and the upcoming Nov. 2 release “Death to False Metal,” Weezer embarks on a new chapter, switching from their old label, Universal, to join the indie ranks at Epitaph. “False Metal” is a 10-track reflection of Weezer’s colorful past with unreleased songs that span the band’s history. Songs range from hook-laden tunes with radio potential to aggres-sive hard rock departures from the trademark Weezer sound.
Lyrically, lead singer and songwriter Rivers Cuomo presents equal parts genius and innocence in a cocktail of pomp and introspection. In “Odd Couple,” the joy and pain of divergent interests in romance takes center stage in a song that boasts the album’s best showing of hooks and songwriting. “I’m A Robot,” a contradic-tion of downer lyrics and a jangly-keyboard melody, romps through a typical daily grind. Cuomo belts, “I’m a robot, I’m a robot,” throughout the chorus, reinforcing the repetition of living in a routine. “Losing My Mind” matches the contradiction of “Robot,” attempting a balladic melan-choly offset by cheery violins. The tone does not lend itself to the idea that Cuomo is in fact losing his mind. The song is one of the album’s concep-
tual standouts, however, with Cuomo looking for something more meaningful than the club life. “I Don’t Want Your Loving,” an assertion of independence from meek and needy lovers, has complaints like “every word that you know gets caught up in your throat” and “I have way too much pride to go for this.” The most obvious blemish on the album’s face is “Blowin’ My Stack,” a throwaway track celebrating a loose temper with lyrical gems like “I’m blowin’ my stack—it makes me feel good!” With “False Metal,” Weezer ef fectively puts a bow on “Hurley,” an album that, according to industry rumors, was funded by the surf com-pany of the same name. In a mocking response to what they saw as a sell out move,
critics of the band offered Weezer $10 million to break up. With typical tongue-in-cheek Weezer style, drummer Patrick Wilson responded on Twitter and accepted the offer, but at a higher price. “If they can make it 20, we’ll do the ‘deluxe break-up.’” Whether Weezer sold out to corporate America is unclear. A listen to “False Metal” gives an equally murky impression of Weezer’s musical direction. “Unreleased” collections are usually reserved for die-hard fans, featuring demo tracks and songs that didn’t make the studio album cut. “False Metal” is no exception—dis-missible for casual fans but a must-buy for Weezer loyalists.
Light-hearted Halloween films such as “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are easier to watch for the weak-stomached.
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Death to False Metal
Hurley (2010)
The Red Album (2008)
Raditude (2009)
•“Odd Couple”•“Trampoline”•“I Don’t Want Your Loving”
Make Believe (2005)Maladroit (2002)The Green Album (2001)Pinkerton (1996)The Blue Album (1994)
A la carte picks:
Nov. 2(Epitaph)
By Maddie ShannonThe Collegian
Funny movie moment: Max’s attempted pick-up line when the three kids are trying to protect themselves from the witches.
The Le g end of S lee py Hollow
What it’s about: Disney’s retelling of another favorite Halloween story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is another short but fun Halloween film that’s good to watch for kids of all ages. The music features Bing Crosby’s unmistakable voice, and gives the cartoon an even more charming feel of a time gone by.
Why you should watch it: If you like the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but don’t want to watch Tim Burton’s bloody version, this is a good way to go.
Funny movie moment: Ichabod Crane’s funny walk as he enters town at the begin-ning of the movie. Halloweentown
What it’s about: Marnie Piper, a Halloween-obsessed teenager, runs away with her siblings to Halloweentown, where their grandma lives. The ensuing adventures are silly and weird, but fun neverthe-less.
Why you should watch it: Another fun Disney movie, this one is a classic that celebrates Halloween better than most Halloween movies out there.
Funny movie moment: When the kids’ grandma, Aggie, gets off the bus and has to call to her bag to follow her.
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station 22 Old newsboy’s call 24 Durable tree in the pine
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stick 6 To the end, in music 7 Weekend NBC comedy, for
short 8 Praising poem 9 Tried to rip open 10 Mentor’s charge 11 Tubman or Nelson 12 Model train stick-ons 15 Certain coiffure 18 Fond du ___ (Wisconsin
city) 23 Photographed in a dentist’s
office 25 Munchen Mr. 27 Regretful RSVPs 28 More than encouraged 31 Acknowledge anew 34 Maritime hazards in
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Dracula SneezeHolding your arm up over your face in a position similar to Dracula holding up his cape and then sneezing into your elbow.
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Taylor Swift on stage during a performance on NBC’s Today Show, held at Rockefeller Center in New York, Tuesday, October 26, 2010.Jennifer Graylock / Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Spirit Awards honoring inde-pendent film are going back to the beach. Organizers said Tuesday the honors next Feb. 26, the day before the Academy Awards, will once again be handed out at an afternoon ceremo-ny along the beach in Santa Monica. The Spirit Awards had moved to an evening event in downtown Los Angeles last winter to mark the 25th anni-versary of the show, which honors lower-budgeted films made outside the Hollywood studio system, such as 2009’s big winner, “Precious.” The Feb. 26 ceremony will air later that night on IFC. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard will not be coming to
Hollywood to accept his honor-ary Academy Award. Academy President Tom Sherak said Monday that he had gotten word from Godard that the 79-year-old direc-tor would not attend the Governor’s Awards on Nov. 13, when honorary Oscars are pre-sented. The decision followed what the academy called a cordial, two-month exchange with the iconoclastic filmmaker, a pio-neer of the French New Wave who has taken potshots at Hollywood over the years. Sherak said Godard thanked academy of ficials for the lifetime-achievement award, which will be delivered to him in Switzerland after the event. Godard’s films include “Breathless,” ‘’Contempt,” ‘’Alphaville” and “Band of Outsiders.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man in black will be bringing in some green when Johnny Cash’s guitars, cos-tumes, handwritten lyrics and personal belongings go on the auction block. The embroidered blue jump-suit Cash wore to rehearse for his infamous performance at San Quentin State Prison is expected to fetch $3,000 to $5,000. Also up for sale are vintage guitars, a harmonica, Cash’s passport and brief-case, and pages and pages of handwritten lyrics, notes and poems. The items will be on view in Los Angeles before the Dec. 5 sale, administered by Julien’s Auctions. A portion of the pro-ceeds will benefit MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s char-ity for musicians in need.
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Cleveland does have a resume that includes a 201-171 collegiate coach-ing record, and has inked recruits like George and Smith who were looked at by top national programs such as Florida, UCLA, Kansas and Georgetown. But the level of under-achievement and number of ques-tions marks for a once-proud pro-gram such as Fresno State is border-line unacceptable.
Hypothetically speaking, what if
Fresno State football coach Pat Hill had his quarterback Ryan Colburn ruled academically ineligible and Robbie Rouse and Ben Jacobs trans-fer before the season even began? On top of that, what if Hill also missed a bowl game for three straight years?
Fans and alumni would be out-raged with Hill, even more so than we thought they would be when Hill interviewed for the vacant Washington job before last season. But since basketball doesn’t reel in the money that football does, outsid-ers have become a lot less critical of the men’s basketball debacle on cam-pus.
Men’s basketball has not had a win-ning season since 2006-07. So when will things turn around? Cleveland once again recruited a promising freshman class for this upcoming sea-son, but promising is a word that has been tossed around far too much in the program.
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defense] out a little bit which opened it up for Robbie inside. The combina-tion of Robbie and Jalen Saunders was helpful.”
The “Hound” package has kept opposing defenses honest. Hill explained that the running formation has also kept defenses guessing on what play the ‘Dogs are going to run on offense.
“It’s just a good change up,” Hill said. “What it does is it spreads the defense out a little bit more. If people want to stay tight you put the ball on the perimeter. If they start moving with the motion you’re hitting up inside with the quarterback. There’s still a lot more we can do out of it. It was very, very basic, but we wanted to get a chance to put it on film and work with it.”
With the “Hound,” the ‘Dogs have been able to rack up yards behind a depleted offensive line. Against San Jose State, Rouse carried the ball 27 times for 116 yards and two touch-downs with backups Leslie Cooper and Richard Helepiko in the lineup. Helepiko made his first career start filling in for the injured Joe Bernardi, while Cooper has started his fifth game in a row in place of Andrew Jackson.
“I like it because I have control of the ball,” Rouse said. “I like the ‘Hound.’”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and the rest of the San Francisco Giants can study the scouting reports and videotape all they want, trying to find the secret to get-ting a hit against Cliff Lee.
Or, they can just ask Cody Ross.Because many years ago, before he
blossomed into the MVP of the NL championship series, Ross was a strug-gling rookie with the Detroit Tigers. Who happened to hit his first major league home run off Lee. A grand slam, at that.
Of course, Lee was early in his career, too. He hardly had become Mr. Perfect in the postseason, the left-hand-er who will pose a giant challenge for San Francisco when it faces the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night.
“Cliff Lee, superhero,” summed up Sandoval.
Watch Lee from the center-field cam-era and it’s difficult to tell exactly what makes him so dominant.
David Price brings more heat. Andy Pettitte brought more October experi-ence. But Lee beat them in the playoffs.
Maybe it’s the way he throws any of his pitches for strikes on any count. At any speed, too. A real-life version of a video game — try to duplicate that in “Major League Baseball 2K10.”
“Confidence, relying on my routine,” Lee said Tuesday before the Rangers worked out. “Going out there and expecting to be successful.”
Lee is 7-0 with a 1.26 ERA in eight life-time postseason starts heading into his matchup with two-time NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum in the opener. Lee went 3-0 this year in the AL play-offs, striking out 34 and walking just one.
Lincecum and Lee pose an intrigu-ing matchup of opposite artisans. The Giants’ lanky ace’s pitches have dizzying movement, while Lee is able to adjust his pinpoint control for an umpire’s strike zone.
Rang ers pitching coach Mike Maddux said Lee reminds him of someone he knows well — namely his brother, four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux. A left-handed version, naturally.
“If you can command your fastball and change speeds, you’re going to have good results,” Maddux said.
Lee’s severe strikeout-to-walk ratio has prompted many to suggest the best strategy is to hit the first strike he throws, rather than risk falling behind in the count.
“People love to talk about Cliff throw-ing strikes but it’s not like he’s just gunning balls down the middle of the plate,” Texas third baseman Michael Young said. “There’s a big difference
By Ben WalkerThe Associated Press
Lee, Lincecum face off
between throwing strikes and throw-ing quality strike after quality strike.”
A win over the Giants will tie Lee for the best start in postseason history—Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, with all his quirky gyrations and deliveries, won his first eight decisions.
To Lee, it’s all rather routine. In fact, there was a neat picture of him during the playoffs, yawning in the dugout at
Yankee Stadium.Sure doesn’t look like someone pitch-
ing in huge games.“I don’t really look at it like that,”
Lee said a few days ago. “Some people might, I don’t feel any more pressure.”
Lee has been equally perfect against the Giants — three starts, three wins and a 1.13 ERA. He last faced them in 2009 in his first start after being traded from Cleveland to Philadelphia, and breezed at AT&T Park.
“Weather and clubhouse and the bull-pens” are different, he said. “Once you get on the mound, it’s 60 feet, 6 inches and you’ve still got a professional hit-ter in there trying to do damage off of you. To me, that doesn’t really matter that much.”
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San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum has a 2-1 record this postseason with a 1.93 ERA, but will face Cliff Lee today, who is a perfect 3-0 in the playoffs.
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“Everybody knows how good our staff is. But I think we
prefer for everyone to talk about everybody else.”
— Cody Ross
Call it superstition or just being com-fortable, Lee doesn’t like to change his hat, glove or cleats during the season. Sometimes he has to — he’s been trad-ed four times in his career, most recent-ly from Seattle to Texas before the All-Star break.
Lee found himself with mixed emo-tions watching Philadelphia, where he won twice in the World Series last year, play San Francisco in the NLCS.
Sure, he was friendly with many of his former Phillies teammates. But there was the other side of the baseball business.
“I didn’t mind seeing them get beat because they got rid of me,” he said.
Now, the Texas pitchers are the ones who benefit from Lee’s presence.
“I’ve become more like Cliff in my preparation since he’s been here,” starter C.J. Wilson said. “I watch what he does through an order, and if they don’t adapt he doesn’t have to. Whereas I used to get into trouble before, where I would adapt maybe before the hitters showed me an adjustment, and I would basically turn into their strengths. But Cliff trusts his strengths to the degree that he doesn’t think he has to do any-thing different from game to game.”
Several of the Giants have faced Lee many times.
Juan Uribe is 11 for 37 (.297) with two homers against him. Jose Guillen is 9 for 25 (.360) with two homers. Aaron Rowand is 7 for 25 (.280) with four dou-bles and a home run. Aubrey Huff is 5 for 19 (.263).
Rowand is willing to give any advice he can.
“You can watch video. You can talk to them about what his out pitches are, what he likes to do when he’s ahead, and with runners on,” he said.
Then there’s Ross.Ross had played a handful of games
in the majors and had only two career hits when he faced Lee on Sept. 2, 2003. Ross struck out looking his first time up, but got more than even in his next at-bat, launching the first grand slam ever allowed by the young Cleveland lefty.
The game was memorable for Ross because of something else. In the late innings, he tripped over first base beat-ing out a bunt, tore his knee, was cart-ed off the field and done for the season.
Both Ross and Lee have come quite a way since then. They haven’t faced each other since the slam, either. Ross promises his team will be ready for baseball’s No. 1 postseason ace, having already solved the supposedly unbeat-able Roy Halladay in the NLCS opener.
“It was the Halladay show a week ago after he threw the no-hitter against the Reds,” Ross said. “We’re not surprising anybody, believe me. Everybody knows how good our pitching staff is. But I think we prefer for everyone to talk about everybody else.”
“Since basketball doesn’t reel in the money that
football does, outsiders have become a lot less critical of the men’s basketball debacle on campus.”
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Today in sport s history...The Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in Game 7 of
the 2002 World Series to capture the franchise’s first ever MLB title.
With the opening tipoff to professional basketball going up last night, a thought came to me: What are we to make of Fresno State basketball as opening night inches closer?
Not a lot of this thought was weighted towards the women’s team. We know what to expect from head coach Adrian Wiggins’ squad. The women
return three of their top four scorers from last sea-son’s Western A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e regular sea-son champion team, includ-i n g W A C D e f e n s i v e Player of the
Year Jaleesa Ross. The core of the ‘Dogs are back after a 27-win season a year ago. Life is OK in Wiggins’ locker room.
The same can’t be said for head coach Steve Cleveland’s men’s locker room. T he ‘Dogs have drastically under-achieved in recent years, despite suiting up the NBA’s twelth overall draft pick in Paul George, and a poten-tial future lottery pick in Greg Smith. Since taking over the program five years ago, Cleveland has just a .500 record despite fielding a roster with arguably the best com-bined talent in the WAC for a couple straight years.
It gets worse, believe it or not. It gets way worse.
Paul George, Fresno State’s leading highlight reel since he arrived on campus in 2008, opted to waive goodbye and head for the NBA two years early. He’s now making a little more than $2 million a year. It was a wise move, and one most of us expected.
But in the spring of this year, not long after George’s announcement, both guards Michael Ladd and Brandon Sperling made separate, unex-pected announcements that they would transfer before the beginning of this fall. Cleveland’s backcourt was officially gutted. The only remaining ball handler with any valuable experience was Steven Shepp.
Well, that was until Shepp’s recent academic struggles sidelined him for at least the remainder of the fall semester. Shepp will miss the first eight games of the season and will not be eligible until Dec. 18’s game against North Dakota State, that is, if he gets his aca-demics in order.
All this jumbling around with the roster, and numer-ous questions surrounding the program as a whole begs one more inevitable question: When will fans and alumni alike start calling for a change, maybe even a drastic change.
BEN INGERSOLL
Ben there, done that
Questions surround basketball
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‘Hound’ assisting ‘Dogs
Sophomore Robbie Rouse (8) takes a snap from the “Hound” package in the season opener against Cincinnatti on Sept. 4. Rouse currently leads the team in rushing with 441 yards and five touchdowns.
Vongni Yang / The Collegian
Coming into the 2010 season there were many question marks surrounding the run-ning back position, especially with Ryan Mathews leaving a year early for NFL and the losses of Lonyae Miller and Anthony Harding to gradua-tion.
But halfway through the sea-son, the running game is start-ing to emerge after a slow start behind back-to-back 100-yard perfor mances by running
back Robbie Rouse.“I think Rouse is really get-
ting a good picture of it now, really getting a good feel for it,” head coach Pat Hill said. “He’s running very hard. He’s very decisive in his runs.”
Rouse opened the season against Cincinnati with 50 yards rushing while playing at less than 100 percent after injuring an ankle late into fall camp.
But Rouse’s injury woes would continue to stint his development as a featured back after also spraining his shoulder just one game into the season. The injury to his shoulder and ankle would make Rouse miss the follow-
ing game against Utah State.In Rouse’s absence, sopho-
more A.J. Ellis picked up the slack to record the Bulldogs’ first 100-yard rushing effort of the year. Ellis exploded for a career-high and season-high 165 yards and two touchdowns.
But like Rouse, Ellis also caught the injury bug on the road against Mississippi with a toe injury. With Ellis out, Rouse has regained his start-ing role and is excelling in the “Hound” packages.
“He’s [Rouse] on top of it now and I just think he’ll keep
improving,” Hill said. “I’d like to see A.J. Ellis get back into a groove, back like he was going into the Utah State game.”
Ellis returned after a four week absence against San Jose State last Saturday to record six carries for 10 yards after missing three games at Bulldog Stadium.
“A.J. Ellis made it through OK,” Hill said. “He’s had two days of practice and a game now. Hopefully, he’ll be full speed by [Lousiana] Tech. I thought he played alright.”
With nagging injuries to Ellis, Rouse and the running back corps, the offense has incorporated more of the “Hound” package into their
weekly game plan to help generate yards through the ground. Hill said the team plans to expand on the pack-age.
In the “Hound,” Rouse lines up behind the center in shot-gun formation with an option to either take a direct snap right through the middle of the defense or to hand it off to
a running Jalen Saunders on a fly sweep.
“It’s just something we needed to work on,” Hill said. “We’ve been working on it and wanted to work on it. Our regular run game was work-ing OK, but the fly sweeps and stuff started spreading [the
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By Vongni YangThe Collegian
With injuries to the offensive line and backfield, the offense has incorpo-rated more plays from the ‘Hound’ formation into its weekly game plan.
Freshman Jalen Saunders (6) has shined on fly sweeps from the “Hound” package after gaining 59 yards on three carries against San Jose State.
“Our regular run game was working OK, but the fl y sweeps and stuff started spreading [the defense]
out a little bit which opened it up for Robbie inside.”— Pat Hill,
Head coach
