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11th anniversary of attacks inspires tolerance discussion

By Evelyn Demirchian The Collegian An interfaith discussion panel, featuring Fresno State philosophy instructor Robert Maldonado, was held Monday, on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, to promote tolerance and understanding.

The discussion was also held in light of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting and Missouri Mosque attacks last month.

The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno and the Interfaith Alliance of

California hosted the event, “A Night of Healing,” by bringing together spiritual representatives from various backgrounds in Fresno.

In addition to Maldonado, panelists included Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno; Rev. Bryan Jessup of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno; Dr. Sharnjit Singh Purewall, Assistant Secretary of the Sikh Council of Central California; Rabbi Rick Winer of Temple Beth Israel and Dr. Negin Tahvildary sitting in for Rev. Natalie Chamberlain.

Jim Grant of KNXT served as moderator for the panel, leading the discussants in a formal conversation regarding race relations and religious tension in the United States since 9/11.

With their opening statements, panel members each discussed how the ethnic and religious diversity of the United States has come with historical baggage. Each panelist said they have seen acts of religious intolerance committed against their respective cultures.

Maldonado, coming from a background in philosophy and the only panelist not directly affiliated with a

religion, came to the discussion from a secular, scholastic stance.

“When I think about hope it often goes with hopeless,” Maldonado said.

“But then I think about my own profession, which is academic, and when you think about academics it’s fundamentally a hopeful enterprise.”

He was also critical of the absence of religious education among American students, and that the lack of interfaith understanding leads to miscommunication which leads to violence.

“What I call the principle of religiousnon charity, is that people sometimes,

Grant funds new Suicide Prevention Program

By Haley Lambert The Collegian National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 9 - 15. In honor of this, Fresno State’s Suicide Prevention Program is sharing information with students and organizing a workshop.

The program is the product of a grant from the Califor nia Mental Health Services Act. This grant provides almost $300,000 for a two-year program focused on suicide prevention.

Melissa Watkins, the coordinator for the newly established Suicide Prevention Program, said that it has

multiple events planned for the coming years.

“Over the next two years we have six programs that are all focused on building up that awareness, education, and making sure we are reducing the stigma that is associated with suicide,” Watkins said.

She continued by expressing the necessity of understanding factors like depression, which often precede suicide.

The Suicide Prevention Program set up a booth in the Free Speech Area on See HEALTH, Page 3

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Local Sikhs attend a religious ceremony at a temple in Fresno. Local members say they have seen an increase in attendance since the shooting in Oak Creek, Wis.

SIKH DOCUMENTARY ONLINE Collegian Staff

The attack on the Twin Towers 11 years ago left the United States in shock, and some of the outrage about the terrorism has been misdirected at the Sikh community in America.

There are about 100,000 Sikhs in central and northern California, and many feel they have been misunderstood and are discriminated against daily.

That discrimination reached a crescendo last month when a for mer U.S. soldier attacked a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., killing six people before tur ning the gun on himself.

Investigations indicated that he had served in the Middle East and may have thought he was attacking Muslims.

Members of the local Sikh community say they have faced misguided aggression, taunting and even physical abuse, as well.

A team of multimedia journalists from The Collegian Online has spent several weeks interviewing local Sikhs, attending Sikh services, learning the

basics of their religion and getting their stories.

The results of the team’s work have just been posted on the website. The seven-minute documentary is titled “Sikhs Plagued by Ignorance.”

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The Suicide Prevention Program informational booth uses a spin-the-wheel Suicide Mythbuster to engage students. Josephine Gildersleeve explains to Sunvir Johal, an enviromental occupational health student, about the two-year grant the program recieved this year.

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anamnesis (noun) The recollection or remembrance of the past.

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When the world stopped turning

By Liana Whitehead Opinion Editor On what seemed like a typical September morning in 2001, Americans in every city were preparing for the day ahead.

Parents sat at traffic-jammed schools while their half-asleep ch i l d re n re l u c t a n t ly returned from summer break. Men and women in business attire grabbed their morning coffee before heading to the office. Some of us were running late for whatever plans we had, and others were comfortable within the walls of their homes.

On that same Tuesday

morning, I was home in Torrance, Calif. nervously preparing for my first day as an eighth grader.

With a three-hour time d i f f e r e n c e , I awo k e admist the tragedy.

As I dragged myself out of bed at 6:45 a.m.

(Califor nia time) and i n t o t h e k i t ch e n fo r breakf ast, American Airlines flight 77 had literally just slammed into the Pentagon. Had I been awake sooner, I would have witnessed the terror that had been unleashed just an hour before.

The footage of our fallen towers seemed to play out in stages for weeks. Stage one — the

first plane hit the north tower. Stage two arrived 18 minutes later — the south tower was hit. It became too unbearable to watch as the towers fell out of sight in the New York skyline.

Newscasts repeatedly showed us this step-bystep process in which terrorism attempted to kill our spirit, and dismally took the lives of our family and friends on its way.

Eleven years later, we can still see and hear a n d s m e l l t h e aw f u l familiarity of that day. It may take some reminding, but the memories are not so far away.

“I

was 14 when the towers fell. I walked into my living room and saw my step-father standing in front of the TV. “The towers are falling,” he said. I looked at the TV screen and thought a movie was playing; it didn’t seem real. We watched the news all day in class. I remember feeling that I should take in that moment as much as I could because I was watching a historical moment. ” — Rogue Morales News Editor

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remember my dad waking me up in the morning to see it on TV. Everyone was talking about it on the bus to school. It was fifth grade, and my teacher had to try to explain what was happening to us. I do not think we could fully comprehend it all at that age.”

Mitt Romney’s campaign seems to be absent of solid policy proposals and an explanation of how he would get our economy back on track.

Romney is running the most policyfree campaign we have ever seen. What are his economic, energy and foreign policy proposals? Nothing, besides very vague and unspecified tax proposals.

He has focused nearly entirely on criticizing Obama’s record, rather than how his own would help the country. It is good politics to not lay out a solid plan, but bad policy.

Romney has proposed massive tax cuts — overwhelmingly favoring the rich — and massive spending cuts into unspecified discretionary spending, especially for the poor, with the closing of unspecified tax loopholes. He claims to propose tax cuts for everyone that would allegedly help economic growth, but when it comes to how this would be funded, he seems to prefer us getting back to him after the election.

Such a tax proposal would explode the deficit (which he campaigns on criticizing Obama for adding to), cause an increased tax burden on the middle class or result in serious cuts disproportionately burdening the bottom of the income spectrum.

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Romney is obviously not true to his promise to create a society in which everyone has the equal opportunity to succeed. It amazes me that a candidate can have so much support whose proposals are so blatantly and overwhelmingly construed for the super rich. And he seems to think any criticism of this is an attack on success or a call for increased jobless welfare abuse.

Paul Ryan’s “Medicare plan,” accompanied by other spending cuts, reduces spending by about $1.7 trillion over the next decade, but does not use this to reduce the deficit or pay off the debt.

Rather, it will fund $4.3 trillion worth of tax breaks, especially for the rich.

Ryan’s tax breaks are so much greater than his proposed deficit reduction, his “Medicare plan” will result in a stark deficit increase, and yet he is still pretending to be a deficit hawk.

Hardly a realistic address of our national debt or strong economic leadership.

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Members of The Collegian staff recall their experiences from when the towers fell.

— Dalton Runberg Editor in Chief

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was nine years old and in fifth grade.

I didn’t see anything about it on TV that morning. It wasn’t until I was in class where my teacher explained what had happened, which caused another student to become violently thysterical.”

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was in eighth grade when it happened, and I found out about it from my teacher at the start of my morning P.E. class. On the afternoon of Sept. 11, I rode my bike to several nearby newspaper stands until I found one that still had copies. Soon after, I subscribed to the local newspaper. I still have that day’s paper, and I have continued my subscription to this day. ”

Romney lacks strong economic leadership

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was 16 years old on 9/11. My family and I were visiting my grandfather on my mother’s side. As the attack on the World Trade Center commenced, I wasn’t aware of it because during that time I was still safe in bed. I awoke to find my family in the living room watching TV. In my sleepy haze, I didn’t immediately register what was happening on TV. It all felt surreal to me and honestly, it still feels that way 11 years later.”

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Benninga to receive national character education award

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Via University Communications The national Character Education Partnership has chosen Fresno State’s Dr. Jacques Benning a to receive its highest award, the 2012 Sanford N. McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education.

Benninga chairs the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and is director of the Bonner Center for Character Education and Citizenship, both housed within Fresno State’s Kremen School of Education and Human Development.

He coordinates Fresno State’s annual Conference on Character and Civic Education, which provides future teachers with information about ethical

implications they’ll face as educators and about local civic agencies assisting children and families with life issues.

Central San Joaquin Valley schools are recognized at the conference each year with the Virtues and Character Recognition awards. The conference is the oldest of its kind in the United States.

The annual award is named in memory of “Sandy” McDonnell, chairman emeritus of the McDonnell Douglas Cor poration and the Character Education Partnership. It is presented to a good-character role model who has played a significant role in promoting character education.

Benninga joined the Fresno State faculty in 1983. He has directed the Bonner Center since its founding in 1997. His innovative work with colleagues at the center has created professional development opportunities and materials that have guided teachers to reflect on ethical dilemmas they face working with students. “ Fo r m o r e t h a n 2 5 ye a r s, D r.

Benninga has been a major force in promoting quality character education in California and beyond,” Mark Hyatt, the partnership’s president and CEO, said. “His 1991 book, ‘Moral, Character and Civic Education in Elementary School,’ helped launch today’s character education movement.”

Benninga serves on various university and community committees and boards and has written about 40 journal articles on character education and sustainability. He has been the university’s liberal studies coordinator (1988-98) and the Department of Literacy and Early Education chair (1990-2003).

Benninga will receive the award Nov. 2 in Washington, D.C., during the 2012 National Forum on Character Education.

Corrections In the article “Annual Day of Caring serves community” in the Monday Sept. 10 issue of The Collegian: There were more than 400 volunteers instead of more than 200 volunteers participating in the event.

Vicki Landin’s name was spelled incorrectly.

are more companies involved.

The company name SimplexGrinnell was spelled incorrectly.

Operation: F resno Shape Up will take place on Saturday Sept. 22, not Sept. 26. United Way of Fresno will be working with Fresno State Athletics on the event.

The list of community partners is not exclusive to those names listed in the article. There

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With a plan to establish additional help, such as peer-to-peer networking, the Suicide Prevention Program connects with students on campus. The program’s student assistant, Josephine Gildersleeve (left), informs student Amarachi Egbuziem on how she can participate.

HEALTH: Program offers information and workshop CONTINUED from page 1 Monday. Volunteers offered yellow ribbons for suicide awareness as well as an information wheel which provided little-known facts about suicide. One states that suicides are more prevalent than homicides in the city of Fresno.

Thursday after noon, the Suicide Prevention Program is holding a workshop which will focus on the story of Kari Jorgensen, a Fresno State student

athlete who committed suicide in 1996.

Her mother, Carolyn Brown, will be telling Kari’s story while reflecting on the warning signs of suicide and her daughter’s battle with depression.

The workshop will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the University Student Union, rooms 212-214.

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Interfaith panelists from the left: Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini, Robert Maldonado, Sharnjit Singh Purewall, moderator Jim Grant f r o m K N X T, R e v. B r y a n Jessup, Rabbi Rick Winer, and Fr e s n o S t a t e instructor Negin Tahvildary sitting in for R e v. N a t a l i e Chamberlain.

Photos by K. Nabil Sakib

PANEL: Religious leaders call for understanding CONTINUED from page 1 many times, have a tendency to judge their own tradition by its best examples and other people’s traditions by their worst.

And so you’re hyper-charitable to your own.”

Rabbi Rick Winer commented on the Jewish perspective on religious intolerance, xenophobia and the social aftershocks of 9/11.

“I remember as a youngster figuring out okay, what is this xenophobia and I guess it’s just here because we need an ‘X,’ but I don’t really know what it means,” Winder said. “And as I’ve gotten older, and in recent years I’ve come to appreciate,

that we must too, always be careful not to participate as it’s written in that passage, this xenophobia.”

He went on to explain that in the time after 9/11, he went

to a local Indian restaurant in Livermore, and learned that the business had been doing poorly since the attacks due to being mistaken for Arab Muslims.

Fr e s n o S t a t e philosophy instructor Robert Maldonado calls for people to look past their own judgments of others. He believes the rise in miscommunication is from a lack of religious education with Ame r i c a n students.

“Someone who is upset at this might lash out at a community who perpetrated this,” he said. “But the Indian community and 9/11—there’s no connection whatsoever.”

The concept of hope was strong among all attendants, as they sought to communicate that all faiths and traditions essentially teach the same lesson—to find and create peace.

After opening statements, panelists led the room in a hymn for peace before taking questions from the audience.

Several Fresno State students were also on hand for the event.

Bahar Madani, a philosophy and pre-law student, and Mufeed Al Shakori, a mechani-

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cal engineering student, volunteered at the Islamic Center.

“This discussion was extremely beneficial not just for students but people of all ages and different cultures and ethnicities because it was a learning experience for all,” Madani said. “Everyone needs to see that we can all unite with each other at one location and discuss one another’s religions and cultures and ethnic backgrounds in a peaceful and educational manner.”

Madani believed that the university should strive to hold more interfaith panel discussions.

“I think Fresno State should invest some of their time and maybe have an idea like this with maybe younger panelists of different religions,” he said.

Maldonado believed that while the night’s panel discussions were great, there is still more to be done to reach a wider audience.

“It’s also not enough,” Maldonado said. “We need to just expand the base of conversation because still here, in spite of the significant differences that are present, it’s more like-minded than not and so we have some practice here speaking across difference.

“But it’s one of the things we can certainly do better.”

“I

think Fresno State should invest some of their time and maybe have an idea like this with maybe younger panelists of different religions”

— Bahar Madini

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SCIENCE & CULTURE Faculty art show draws in students WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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By Jeffery Smith The Collegian The Conley Art Gallery at Fresno State is the current home to artwork that was painted, sculpted and shaped

by Fresno State faculty members.

The exhibit, which began Aug. 30 and will run until Sept. 21, fills the gallery with a variety of styles of art. The creators are not just art instructors; they are faculty from throughout the campus as well.

“It showcases what each professor is doing in their own studios and on their own time,” said Adam Longatti, adjunct painting instructor at Fresno State, who has a painting in the gallery.

“The Fresno Poets” is the work of art painted by Longatti, depicting an empty valley landscape.

“Poets from the ’60s and ’70s were very influential to this piece,” Longatti said. “It’s not a real landscape. I have done so many like this that I was able to create this from previous experiences.”

The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge.

Associate professor Stephanie Ryan also has a piece of art on display. Ryan is also on the gallery committee.

“As faculty, we wanted to show the community and students what we are doing,” Ryan said. “We all try to bring in new art.”

Ryan’s painting is of a family sitting down to eat in a restaurant. The painting looks like an old Polaroid photo from the ’80s was used as a reference.

Nick Potter, an associate professor of studio art and the chair of the gallery committee, organized the Department of Art and Design 2012 Faculty Show.

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Student Justin Kim observes and explains to his classmates in the professional practices course, what Stephanie Ryan’s, “A Night Out,” painting means to him. This annual faculty show is on display until Sept. 21 and has brought in many art classes to see what their instructors have been

Oni Aboyte, who is majoring in photography, helps students in the gallery with general information so students and others can better understand the exhibit.

“Each piece is equally important,”

Aboyte said. “We tried not to put too much focus on any particular artist.”

The gallery is filled with more than 20 pieces of artwork of all styles — screen prints to metal work.

“We wanted people to see everything and enjoy whichever they preferred,” Aboyte said.

There is no specific theme for the show other than faculty artwork. The “Paper Flower,” by Lynne Anderson, was created with ink, graphite, acrylic and paper.

“Delicate Matters,” by Una Mjurka resembles brown lunch bags, but is made with ceramic and prefabricated wood.

“Orbit,” by Joseph Morel, is made with blown glass and forged steel.

No two works are the same.

Art instructors have been bringing their students into the Conley Art Gallery to see the pieces to promote critical thinking and to get an in-depth look at the faculty’s art and learn the artist’s meaning of the piece.

“It’s a huge variety of different art,” Ryan said. “It’s a tremendous learning experience for students and the community.”

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Adam Longatti combines two art types, poetry and paint, in “The Fresno Poets,” inspired by poets from the Central Valley in the 1970s and ’80s.

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RECORD: Robbie Rouse needs 79 more yards to surpass Ron Rivers for all-time rushing record

CONTINUED from page 8 away from tying the all-time rushing record (4,031) held by Fresno State running back legend Ron Rivers, is excited to play the Buffaloes. The ’Dogs will attack early and often on offense as they run their uptempo offense and will look to get the ball to Rouse frequently.

“It’s important that he gets off to a great start and has a great game. I know that’ll mean a lot to the offensive line and to Robbie. The great thing about Robbie Rouse is that he’s all about winning,” Schramm said.

With the game being home at Bulldog Stadium, Rouse and company will be ready to go.

“He’s going to be ready. He’s going to be juiced. Our fans are going to be juiced. We’re trying to get him going so it can open up our offense,” Knox said.

But Rouse will just be happy to get his team a win.

“If you ask him, he doesn’t care when he gets it but he’s all about whether we win,” DeRuyter said. “It’ll be nice for him and a nice accolade. But he’d rather beat a Pac-12 opponent in front of our home fans than get a record.”

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COACHES: ‘Dogs prepare for Colorado’s new talent CONTINUED from page 8 right mindset that we need to play on the road.”

Colorado’s game against Fresno State is its last nonl e a g u e m at ch u p b e fo re i t enters conference play in a hyper-competitive Pac-12 South home to three nationally ranked teams.

Coach Tim DeRuyter

expects Colorado’s recent loss to fuel a team searching for its first win.

“Just because A is better than B on one day and B is better than C, A doesn’t equal g reater than C,” DeRuyter said. “The corollary concept doesn’t work.”

“We’re expecting a team that’s going to have a backedinto-the-corner mentality. We expect a big-time challenge.”

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“He’s a teacher and a commanding leader on the field,” said back-up running back Milton Knox at Tuesday’s practice about running back Robbie Rouse.

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Senior Tristan Okpalaugo, an outside linebacker, recorded a sack and a career-high nine tackles—four of which resulted in a loss of yards—in Saturday’s 42-25 loss to Oregon.

The senior came in the game after sophomore Donovan Lewis went down in the second half with a hamstring injury.

“Whether Donovan was hurt or not, Tristan showed that he can be a very productive football player against a very talented team,” DeRuyter said. “Every week it’s going to be competitive. If you’re more productive than the next guy, you’re going to get your shot.”

Okpalaugo started 10 games at defensive end last season.

He has 12 tackles for the season and also recovered a fumble on Saturday.

“The tough thing with him was that he wasn’t here in the springtime, so he’s a little bit behind the lear ning curve in knowing our defense,” DeRuyter said. “But he’s getting better every week.”

Toth said, “It was good to see him go in and play and be productive. He’s got to be more consistent. The one thing about Tristan that’s phenomenal is his effort.

“Throughout that game, he had great effort all the time. He makes plays and is productive because of his phenomenal effort. And he’s very, very physical. He has to get more consistent.”

Okpalaugo made the shift from defensive end to outside linebacker in this season’s new 3-4 defense.

Linebackers accounted for 37 total tackles in Saturday’s game.

“Outside linebackers should be a factor in the game and should have a very good stat line in our defense,” Toth said.

“We’re an outside linebackerdriven deal. They make plays.”

DeRuyter said on Monday that Lewis is expected to return to practice this week and will be evaluated on a dayto-day basis.

Junior inside linebacker Jeremiah Toma did not play in Saturday’s game.

Defensive coordinator Nick Toth applauds defensive efforts during Tuesday’s practice. Coach Toth is pushing senior Tristan to work harder for this Saturday’s game Stadium.

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The women’s soccer team goes on the road for its next game against Texas SPORTS EDITOR, LUKE SHAFFER • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDU

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Coaches not underestimating Colorado’s young team

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian

Coordinators Dave Schramm and Nick Toth say they don’t want to underestimate Colorado’s team with it having lost 28 seniors to graduations last year.

Fresno State (1-1) seems to be at one end of the spectrum each week.

The Bulldo gs have gone from being favorites against a Fo o t b a l l C h a m p i o n s h i p S u b d iv i s i o n p r o g r a m t o 35-point underdogs against a fast-paced Oregon team.

On Saturday against the young Colorado Buf faloes, Fresno State returns to being a favorite again—this time by 14 points.

Colorado (0-2), a for mer Bowl Championship Series powerhouse that captured the 1990 national title, is coming off a 30-28 loss to Sacramento State, an FCS program.

“Everyone’s looking at their game last weekend and think that that’s who they are,” defensive coordinator Nick Toth said.

“That’s not who they are.

They’re a really good Pac-12 football team. They are a BCS football team that has BCS football players. They’re in the second year of their staff, so they’ve recruited for their system for two years now. We got our hands full with a physical team that wants to run the ball.”

T he Buf f aloes of fense— seven points short of having the opportunity to be 2-0— seemed to find solidity in their running game behind fullback-

tur ned-tailback Christian Powell, who rushed for 147 yards on 28 carries and three scores Saturday.

“Coming out of high school he did some stuff as a running back,” Colorado coach Jon Embree said in a teleconference. “We felt he was a guy we needed to give a look at in the tailback position. I thought he did very well.”

Colorado is a young team that started four freshmen on defense—three in the secondary. The Buffaloes lost 28 seniors to graduation last year.

Colorado’s depth chart lists three seniors as starters.

Embree said quarterback Jordan Webb, a junior transfer from Kansas, remains the starter for Saturday at Bulldog Stadium. Embree said sophomore Connor Wood will receive playing time as well.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 42-25 loss against No. 4 Oregon in a game where their special teams resor ted to kicking four field goals. The defense held the Ducks to 148 total yards in the second half after allowing 383 yards in the first.

“It’s unfortunate that it took us 30 minutes to play the type of ball that we should play,” Toth said. “I liked our energy level a lot better. I think the bright lights bothered us to start out.

Fresno State offensive coordinator Dave Schramm said, “We have to continue to get better in the red zone. We have to continue to get better on third downs. Those were the key elements of the game.”

The Buffaloes defense presents a sense of familiarity to Schramm. Listed as running

a 3-4 defense, though known to occasionally run an even front on the defensive line, the Buffaloes run a similar base formation to what Schramm’s offense practiced against during fall camp.

Last season, when Schramm was Utah’s offensive coordinator, Colorado knocked the Utes out of contention for a conference championship in the final game of the season. “ T h e y ’ r e ve r y g o o d u p front,” Schramm said. “We had a chance last year at Utah to play for the Pac-12 Championship and these guys knocked us off in the last game of the season. “ We h av e a t r e m e n dous amount of respect for Colorado. They have (players as good) as anybody in that league.”

Colorado’s 17-14 win at Utah last season snapped a losing streak on the road that spanned to the 2007 season and withstood two head coaching tenures.

“It’s our first road game,” Embree said. “We ended a fouryear road-losing streak last year. We’d like to try to build on that and start developing the See COACHES, Page 7

“W

e have a tremendous amount of respect for Colorado.

They have (players as good) as anybody in that league.”

— Dave Schramm, Offensive coodinator

Rouse seeks record, win

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian

Photos by Michael Price / The Collegian

“Just because A is better than B on one day, and B is better than C, A doesn’t equal greater than C,” said head coach Tim DeRuyter referring to the possibility of the Bulldogs beating Colorado on Saturday.

Senior running back Robbie Rouse will be looking Saturday against the Colorado Buffaloes to help the Bulldog’s attain their second win of the season.

However, his progress toward achieving the all-time rushing record still remains alive and elusive.

“He’s our leading rusher on the team and I think he’ll be able to break it. We all are pushing for him to break it,” senior back-up running back Milton Knox said. “He works hard, too.”

Although Fresno State lost 42-25 against Oregon last weekend in a tough match that featured a tale of two halves for the ’Dogs, Rouse was able to have another solid outing.

Rushing for 115 yards on 27 carries, Rouse broke the school record for most career carries.

“He’s a real commanding leader and he’s a talented running back,” Milton said.

Colorado, gives up an average of 4.58 yards a carry and on the season a total of 298 yards.

This presents Rouse with an excellent opportunity to break the all-time rushing record.

“Obviously, he’s done a great

job in his career, but it’s not just him. He’s had great offensive lines blocking for him because we got threats outside at times,” Bulldogs head coach DeRuyter said. “People have to honor our receivers, but on his own, he’s done a lot of great things.”

In ter ms of strategy, the Bulldogs will try to run a hurry-up offense, which should benefit Rouse with more carries. This strategy should be particularly effective in disrupting the Buffaloes’ defense, keeping players on their heels.

“He’s our guy. So as Robbie goes, we go. Also, as he goes, and if we’re running the ball with him, than that opens up the pass for all the receivers and the quar terback,” offensive coordinator Dave Schramm said.

During the past two weeks, DeRuyter has preached an uptempo offense and a physical defense. Fresno State should be able to do just that as the Buffaloes have given up an average of 26 points per game.

“Their backs are against the wall. We feel like they’re going to give us their best shot and we need to match that,” DeRuyter said.

Rouse, who is only 78 yards See RECORD, Page 7