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Fresno State
debaters barking
up the right tree
■ Barking Bulldogs
make a strong
showing nationally
by Angela Castiglione
Staff Writer
. Two members of the "Burking
Bulldogs." the Fresno State debate
team, will fly to South Africa to compete in the world debating championships Dec 26.
Stellenbosh. South Africa is hosting the XVII World University Debating Championships. Fresno State is
sending debate partners Jennifer
Harmonson and Francis Wcy with
Coach Bill Neff.
Harmonson. 21. is the chief fundraiser for the SI7.000 trip. She has
collected $8,000 from three Fresno
State associations.
Harmonson and Wey were quarter-
finalists in the open category of parliamentary debate at the Raisin Center
Invitational. . Sept. 27-29. 1996.
hosted by Fresno State.
The debate partners could have
placed even higher, but were ineligible to proceed to the elimination
rounds because their school was hosting the competition.
The Raisin Center Invitational is
hosted annually by Fresno State. This
year there were 101 debate teams and
345 individual event entries from 29
participating schools.
The Barking Bulldogs, which consists of 33 members, four coaches,
and Director of Forensics Doug
Fraleigh. collected 20 awards.
Fraleigh was coach of the lop
school in debate and forensics at
Cornell University and moved to
Fresno State for a tenured position.
Fraleigh qualified for nationals all
four years in college, and was
awarded the filth speaker at a Harvard
tournament.
"Everyone knows Doug; he is well
known in thc debate community." said
Neff. 37.
. Debate and forensics consist of
three levels of competition: novice,
junior and open..
Novice is for beginners. Junior
level is typically varsity college debaters. Open, the level at which
Harmonsen and Wcy are competing,
is for experts, graduate students or
professors.
The competitive events in debate
are interpretative, platform and unprepared. Interpretative is drama
interpreation. Platform is persuasive
speech. Unprepared is impromptu or
extemporaneous speaking.
Mark Walsh. 23. has just started his
first semester with the Barking Bulldogs.
Walsh, who works as a disc-jockey
jfor Iceoplex, will graduate in the fall
' with a double major in speech communication and psychology. He
will pursue work as a masseur and
hopes to open his own yoga school.
Walsh and partner Taqui
Senerdzayan were in the finals of negotiations in the Raisin Central Invitational.
Walsh won first place in novice parliamentary debate, and was a finalist
in novice oral interpretation at the
most recent tournament in Santa
Rosa. Oct. 11-13.
"No matter what field you go into,
you need to communicate." Walsh
said. "If you need to say something,
you must know how to say it."
The Barking Bulldogs, which represent many different majors, face the
essentials of communication daily.
Harmonson. who works at Bank of
America, uses argumentation theory
for confrontations with customers.
"People should know that the Barking Bulldogs are practicing for real
life." Walsh said.
The season lasts the entire academic year, (newcomers are welcome
at the semester end). The team competes in 15 tournaments, including the
national finals held at Northern Arizona University.
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North Fresno club
gets makeover
■ To attract new
clientele, Bisla's has
become the Eclipse
By Robert Bilvado
Staff Writer
Night Club Owner Harwinder Bisla
liked thc name "Eclipse" so he modified his club's format and decor and
changed its name from "Bisla's" to
"The' Eclipse Club" last month.
He said he got the name from an
upscale London club that caters to art
elite crowd.
"We were doing good — but we
weren't doing great," said Bisla. 31,
a finance graduate of Fresno State.
"I'm looking for a more upscale clientele now."
Bisla said his intention is to attract
people in their mid-20s.
Bisla said he acheived the transition by stripping the rock posters from
walls, raising the seating level by a
couple of steps, repainting the walls
with graphic accents and adding a cigar room with a humidor.
He also increased the number of
beers on tap lo 36 and the number of
import and micro laps to 26.
According to Bisla, Thc Eclipse has
more taps than any bar from Sacramento to Bakersfield.
Bisla also did away with "B95
Night" which attracted a younger
crowd. He will continue to promote
modern rock, house. '80s disco and
club dance music.
Customers have expressed mixed
reactions to the new atmosphere.
Mark Audelo, 34, of Clovis said he
frequented the club when it was
Bisla's and he prefers thc new crowd
at The Eclipse Club.
"There's definitely a better crowd
of people here." said Audelo.
Christiana Novelli. 21, of Fresno
said she hadn't been to the location
at the corner of Blackstone and
Herndon since it was "Metropolis," an
18-and-over club, several years ago.
"I definitely like what I sec. I don't
like the clubs in the Tower District."
Novelli said.
Bisla also reorganized the interior
lighting, adding flood lights to define
the sharp border design that runs
jagged along the walls.
Gigi Lapoint. 22, a Chapman University student from Clovis. said she
rates The Eclipse Club as one of the
better clubs in Fresno.
But slie also said she doesn't like
the fact lhat it only caters lo one
crowd.
"People in Fresno have been waiting for a club like this and a little
more," said Lapoint.
Bisla said he is trying to keep recent remodeling and format changes
"low key."
Eclipse will continue to have 22 security personnel present on the weekends and 12 to 14 on thc weekdays.
"I want people to know we promote
I fun. safe and upscale environment."
Bisla said.
Behind the curtain: Theater students
devote time, energy to campus productions
by Heather Meeker
Staff Writer
•I like to be thc center of attention," Bolden said.
Boldcn. a senior, is currently
performing in "lhc Miracle Man"
at Fresno Slate. He said theater is
exciting and rewarding, but it's a
hard day's work.
"I spend countless hours rehearsing." Bolden said.
Stage Director Tiffany Trammel
agrees thai the time lhat is necessary to pm into a production can be
overwhelming.
"I can spend up to five hours a
day. It takes my full dedication.''
Trammel said.
The actors agree, though, lhat the
work is worth it.
"No matter what I did in life. I
always knew I wanted to be in the
nt industry." Trammel
Trammel is the behind-the-scenes
cum. As stage manager, she is the
mediator between ihe actors and the
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the cast has a place to rehearse, tl
the rehearsals begin on time and
thai the actors gel their lines
straight.
"I'm the head of c
making sure everyone has their
duties under control." Trammel said.
anywhere from eight to 15 hours a
day of work," Trammel said. "But
I'm a pressure player. If I didn't
have il. I would miss it. I'm good
underpressure."
Bolden is also a full-time siudeni
who works part-lime. He is also
actively involved in the Black
Theater Contingent, an African-
American theater class lhat puts on
a production at the end of thc
lata
This is Trammel's second campus
production as a stage manager. She
is a full-time student who also puis
in 40 hours a week al her job. But
Trammel said her current schedule
is hectic
is the o
headed for.
"I'm hoping someday lo be a
stage manager of a Broadway play
or musical, and that would require
"The Miracle Man" is Bolden's
eighth play on campus. His goal is
to be an actor, but for now, he tries
to balance his activities.
"I have made many sacrifices for
acting. For instance. I have missed a
night class for weeks to rehearse for
ihis play." Bolden said. "But
everything I do is important, and I
try lo keep a balance between it all."
Oiher thespians see their priori-
lies differently. Senior Amy
Dunham puts acting at thc top of
her list.
"The plays are lhc reason I'm
here," Dunham said. "School and
work arc important, but ihey are the
things 1 have to do to act in the play.
I believe school is important, but
what I'm here to do is act."
"The Miracle Man" is Dunham's
tenth play at Fresno Slate. She is
pursuing a double major in theatre
arts and French. As Dunham talks
about acting, her wide grin and
bubbly voice give credence to her
words. "I love it," she said.
Acting on campus has other
rewards besides the excitement.
"I know everyone in this cast
from classes, but 1 had never
worked with them before," Bolden
said. "This play has given me Ihe
opportunity to know them."
Trammel agrees being involved in
theater has its rewards.
"I'm part of a big team and at the
end ofthe production. The reward is
knowing the teamwork paid off."
Trammel said.
The Miracle Man is playing
through Nov. 9.
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