1994_09 The Daily Collegian September 1994

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Thursday, September 1, 1994
Bulldogs try to reach high altitudes
Thank God
for football!
For the first time in almost a
month I can finally say that I
an-fgping to sit back, relax and
watch sports this weekend.
Who cares how much
money Rickey Henderson is
losing each day during the
strike? Who cares if Donald
Fehr compared Richard
Ravitch to a stubborn child?
The baseball season is over.
If you're a die-hard baseball
fan likemyself, ifs hard to come
to grips with the fact mat Matt
Williams isn't going to have a
chance for Roger Maris' home
run record, or that Greg
Maddux isn't going to get the
opportunity to post the best
overall seasonby a pitcher since
Denny McLain in 1969, or that
the Cleveland Indians don't get
the chance to finally win a pen¬
nant
Ifsfuntothmkofwhatcould
have been, but ifs time to stop
moping and get on with life.
And now...finally, there'sa rea¬
son to get up on a Saturday or
Sunday morning. Why? Be¬
cause... FOOTBALL begins!
Thank God it's finally arrived.
Once the weekend starts, sports
nuts will no longer have torch/
on golf and minor league base¬
ball to quench their competi¬
tive appetites; they'll have foot¬
ball, not just the NFL, but the
college game as well.
This Saturday you will be
able to sit down next to the tube
and watch college football 'til
your butt aches. College
football's best, including Notre
Dame, Florida State and Michi¬
gan, which will take the field
on national T.V., all battling in
the quest for that undefeated
season and first-place ranking
in the final college polls.
Then, before you hit the
nearest party and down a case
erf beer Saturday night, you can
strap on your Fresno State col¬
ors and get crazy at Bulldog
Stadium when Sweeney's
troops clash helmets with
former Big West rival San Jose
State.
Say though that the college
gameboresyou;say thatyou're
arotisseraebuffwhomusthave
professional sports and the stats
mat go with them to live. Then
Sunday will be your day of
savior. FOX-KMPH-26 will
televise games at 10 a.m. and 1
p.m, and TNT will televise a
third game at 5 p.m.
I don't know about you, but
my Weekend of vegetation m
front:of therubedosen'tend there.
Allmyroudy friends are cctrung
over Monday night for the best
matchup of all this week. The
as va the Raiders.
It just doesn't get any better
man-that.
By Chariton Jordan
After the 1994 Chawanakee
cross country camp this summer,
Fresno State head Coach Red
Estes received some bad news
for this year's Bulldog team.
Estes had no complaints on
this year's team, yet, but his feel¬
ing on where the team must run
at for the Western Athletic Con¬
ference and the Region7 Cham¬
pionships were not so encourag¬
ing. This year, the WAC and Re¬
gion 7 Championships are held
in Salt Lake City, Utah, almost
5,000 feet above sea level and
several thousand feet from where
the Bulldogs train. Estes said that
for the past eight years WAC and
Region 7 Championships have
been held in Utah, and Estes
wishes they would move the site.
Being at this altitude is a big dis¬
advantage for a distance runner
unless a runner is used to run¬
ning at that height. Unfortunately
for the Bulldogs, most of their
competitors train near or above
5,000 feet, which gives them an
obvious advantage.
The women Bulldogs that will
be leading this year's cross coun¬
try team will be almost the same
as last year except for Noelle
Righter, who was part of 1993's
1-2-3 punch made up of she, Ann
Burns and Danielle Nelson. Tak¬
ing her place will be junior col¬
lege transfer Amy Grafius of
Modesto, CA.
This summer Grafius proved
that she has the heart of a Bulldog
when she came in first, 18 sec¬
onds in front of Bums in a 22
mile run. In high school Grafius
was 10th in state in cross country,
an accomplishment that gives
Grafius great respect among her
teammates. The freshman might
be the new upcoming runner for
this season. Teammates Burns,
and Nelson said she should help
add significant points for the
team.
Bums said that she wants to
do well this year in WAC and
Region 7 Championshipsso that
shecanmakeitto NCAA's. Estes
said that no one holds any CSUF
records, but'there are a few run¬
ners that have done well and even
come in first All the same, the
altitude will be a great disadvan¬
tage to overcome.
Burr is commented about
training at Camp Chawanakee,
"It helped build team spirit"
Burris said the teammates get
to meet tile incoming freshman
and the JC transfers that join the
team before the season starts.
Burns is a senior now and is try¬
ing to top last year's perfor¬
mances.
Nelson bluntly commented
about her teammates' progress,"
Ann (Burris) is kicking butt and*
should do will good this year."
Burris was the top finisher in
every meet except one in 1993,
See Altitudes, Page 7
Jeremy Cloud/ THE COLLEGIAN
Sophomore Ricardo Brewer leads the Bulldogs
into another exhausting cross country season.
Volleyball starts '94
season against USC
The 11-19 Bull¬
dogs of a year
ago start off
fresh with Pac-
10 force USC
By Casey Angle
The FresmTState/women's
volleyball team begins its 1994
season tonight against 15th-
rankedUSC.
The Lady Bulldogs are visit¬
ing a strong USC team who are
part of the nation's premier vol¬
leyball conference, the Pac-10.
Besides the Women of Troy, there
are five other Pac-10 teams in the
p re-season top 25 poll
Fresno State hopes to rebound
from a tough 1993 season that
saw them go 11-19 overall and 6-
8 in the WAC This year, how¬
ever, they have a more experi¬
enced loster of players. With this
extra experienceawnesmorecon-
fidence and more optimism as
they head into their 1994 cam¬
paign.
A key to Fresno State's attack I
tonight will be their only senior,
middle blocker Roseanne Brown.
Brown, who last year led the team
in total blocks (96) and block as¬
sists (78), said they will have to be'
on the top of their game to pull off
the upset.
However, Brown says the
pressure is on USC "We have
nothing to losewhereas they have
everything to lose."
JuniorsetterBrendaGregersen
and sophomore outside hitter
Trish Tuley will also have to ha ve
big games tonight. They, along
with Brown, are the returning
starters from last year's team.
Gregersen will resume her chase
for the school career record for
assists of 3348. She needs only
847 more.
Head coach Lindy Vivas is
beginning,her fourth year at
Fresno State and calls tonight's
opener "a huge challenge."
She feels three areas, in par¬
ticular, are vita] to having a suc¬
cessful game: consistent ball con¬
trol, good passing, and good
blocking. I
TheWon\enofTroyareroming
off a very successful 1993 season.
They finished 22-9 (11-7 in confer-
ence) and made their third straight
tnp to the NCAA regionals. They
are fed by a pair of AD-American
candidates Meika Wagner and
Lauri Yust Wagner and Yust are
both middle blockers and stand 6-
0 and 6-3, respectively.
See Volleyball, Page 7
Three 'Dogs put on
indefinite probation
By Robbie Miner
First the food stamps inci¬
dent and then this.
Three Fresno State football
players: juniors Chris Burk and
Gene Smith and senior Ron
Papazian face possible criminal
charges for separate incidents
which occurred over the sum-
merbreak. All three were placed
onmdefiniteprobationbyCSUF
Athletic Director Gary
Cunningham on Aug.25.
^Indefinite probation means
any future violations of univer¬
sity poucy, local, state or federal
law,or established expectations
will result in suspension from
the football team?* said
Cunningham. "Specific concU-
tions of the probation wfllnotbe
revealed in accordance with, the
Family Educational Right and
Privacy Act".
mc4herwc*ds,thethreeBuB-
dogswill be allowed to practice
with the football team, play in
the games andenjoy all theprivK
leges mat any other player on
the team has, assuming that an-
c>merincident such as these don't
occuragam.
According to Cunningham,
Burk has been charged with
mayhem, resulting from an al¬
leged incident on the night of
Xug. 6,1994. The matter is cur-
rentiy being prosecuted by the
DistrictAttoiney.
The police report in the case
said that part of the plantiffs
lip was torn off in a confronta¬
tion between he arid Burk.
Burk's lawyer has made a plea
. that tine plantiff accidentally bit
off his own tip during the
According to the informa¬
tion given to Cunningham,
Smith was charged Aug. 17,
1994 with misdemeanor petty
theft resulting from an alleged
incident mat occurred May 17,
1994 at the One on One Vita¬
mins store in Oovis-Tapazian
allegedly ccaniruttedrjettytrieft
at the Orchard Sup^h^Hard--
ware Store in Govis on^March
14, 1994, as reported by the
police report
"There are disputes with re¬
gard to, each of these cases/'
said Cunningham. "It will be
fefttofhecourts tomakea final
disposition as to the guilt or
innocence erf trie individuals.''
Although none of the three
players have been convicted of
anycrirj^asofyetthesemci-
dents have had a greater impact
arro>gstudentsaKSUF/because
crftheissuematsurfacedafterthe
1993 football season, concerning
sevenufoc4banpla>«suTegalh/
applying fbr rood stamps.
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