CRIME
Fresno police searched for one suspect Tuesday night after a non-injury crash that followed a pursuit down Chestnut Avenue.
Chase ends in crash near campus By Christopher Livingston and Jesse Franz The Collegian One suspect was outstanding Tuesday night after a car chase ended on the front lawn of a home near Fresno State, Fresno police reported. The chase broke out near
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Barstow and Chestnut avenues when a Valley Crime Stoppers tip notified police of the suspects’ whereabouts. The caller saw the two suspects, April Alaniz and Lupe Nieto, in a 2005 Suzuki Forenza, Fresno Police Lt. Mike Doyle said. The suspects wrecked the car in the front yard of a home on the corner of East Santa Ana and
North Bonadelle avenues. Alaniz and Nieto then fled the scene, jumped fences and broke into a home, Doyle said. Neither suspect was armed, and the occupants of the home were startled, but not hurt, he said. Officers found Alaniz, but were still searching for Nieto with the assistance of a helicopter at 8:15 p.m.
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STATE OF THE UNION
COLLEGIAN
Obama: ‘America will not stand still’
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014
By Jesse Franz The Collegian
Matthew Vieira / The Collegian
Fresno State graduate Oscar Ramos owns and operates his winery, Ramos Torres Winery, in Kingsburg, which produces 2,500 cases of wine each year.
Grapes of ‘Gold’
Fresno State graduate’s unexpected career path leads to award-winning wine By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian
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scar Ramos and his staff at Ramos Torres Winery in Kingsburg have one goal -- to ensure their product is “double-gold good.” The Ramos Torres Winery is a 2014 award-winner in the San Francisco Chronicle’s wine competition. The winery’s 2011 “Branches,” a cabernet blend, won “Double Gold” in the competition. The winery’s owner, Ramos, 34, is a 2003 Fresno State graduate with a degree in enology. He began making his own wine in 2005 and, the winery opened in 2008. In 2011, the winery had its first full vintage
batch. Though he considers winemaking to be both an art and a science, when Ramos first entered Fresno State in 1998, he didn’t know the first thing about winemaking. He entered Fresno State as a business major, but after three semesters he wandered into the enology department. “I didn’t have any knowledge about wine, and I didn’t have a level of appreciation other than I knew that I liked it,” Ramos said. It only took a five-minute conversation with Dr. Carlos Muller, now a professor emeritus in enology, to convince Ramos to begin the program. “He didn’t give me a lot of
explanation other than saying, ‘You’re here for a reason.’” Ramos said the fact that Fresno State’s winery was making headlines, and was the only university winery in the country at the time, drew him in. He quickly learned to love the department. “I enjoyed the program, maybe not the chemistry and long hours, but the camaraderie and relationships. I liked the social atmosphere the wine industry provides. “I liked being able to enjoy the product, understanding the dynamics and what it means to appreciate wine.” After he graduated, Ramos began working at Cedar View Winery in Sanger with
Fresno State alum Oscar Ramos
owner Jim Haun. Haun called Ramos a “conscientious winemaker.” “You have to be attentive to See WINE, Page 6
GREEK LIFE
Spring recruitment different for each house New app aims to increase accessibility By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian Recruitment week for Fresno State fraternities begins next week, and this semester students planning to join an organization
can use a mobile app to access information about fraternities and related recruitment events. The information is available on the app Guidebook under Fresno State fraternity recruitment. Those interested in participating
in recruitment can browse each fraternity, events, social media sites and contact information. “We wanted the information to be at their fingertips,” said Eddie Dominguez, Greek adviser in Fresno State’s student involvement and student activities office. All fraternities that are part of the Interfraternity Council will be recruiting Monday through
Friday and will begin giving out bids Thursday, Dominguez said. Some Panhellenic Association sororities began recruiting for the spring semester last week, some will continue recruitment this week and into next week and one didn’t recruit at all. If sororities reach the quota of See GREEK, Page 2
President Barack Obama announced he will “not stand still” in combating America’s growing income inequality gap during his State of the Union Address Tuesday night. “Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled,” Obama said before a joint session of congress. If Congress does not act to fight the problem, Obama said he will use the executive actions within his power to move the issue forward. He also detailed other issues on the White House’s policy agenda for the coming year, reiterating his commitment to the economy, early education, health care, gun control, foreign policy and equal pay for women. He also said that the White House is working toward making college education more affordable for students. “We’re shaking up our value, so that no middleclass kid is priced out of a college education,” Obama said. “We’re offering millions the opportunity to cap their monthly student loan payments to ten percent of their income, and I want to See PRESIDENT, Page 3
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