TOUGH BREAKS Issues to Look at That Are Specific to the Latino Demographic.”

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R.I.P. Victor E. Bulldog II Fresno State Athletics' live mascot, Victor E. Bulldog II, died unexpectedly Thursday from a severe anaphylactic shock caused by a bee sting. "Victor E. attended hundreds of Fresno State events,” said Paul Ladwig, Fresno State senior associate athletic director. “Every- where he went, he attracted fans of all ages and was a loving face of Fresno State Athletics.” Victor E. II would have turned three next month.

“There are still some TOUGH BREAKS issues to look at that are specific to the Latino demographic.”

Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association conference stresses outreach, student advising improvements

By Diana Giraldo | @dianainspired

The Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association held an open discussion forum Wednesday designed to hear the voice of Fresno State’s Latino population. “What we gather from here we are going to make a report to give to [Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro],” said Ambar Alva- rez Soto, a transfer admissions coordinator. “This way we can show him all the progress that we have made, but also remind him we ar- 71 59 en’t done yet. There are still some issues to look at that are specific Photos by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian to the Latino demographic.” The discussion forum opened with a short welcome from Fresno State president Joseph Castro and Vice President of Student Affairs Fresno State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams bowed out of (Top) Fresno State’s do-it- all forward/center Alex Frank Lamas. the Mountain West Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, swallowing Sheedy capped a storied “We want to work with you,” Lamas said. “We are not here to tough losses against Colorado State and New Mexico, respectively. career in the Bulldogs’ be against students; we are here to be with students. And we have loss to New Mexico on things like this because we want to hear your voice about what’s The women’s team, seeded third, lost to the No. 2 Lobos in the Wednesday. Sheedy, an working well, what’s not working well, how we can better help you.” semifinals, 64-53. Fresno State (22-9) had grown accustomed to Australian transplant, was The forum began as a way to informally document the university part of three teams that experience of Latino staff and students in a more personal small cutting the nets (they’d won four straight conference tournament titles won conference tourna- group setting, said Dr. Victor Torres, president of the Latina/o Fac- — two in the WAC, two in the Mountain West), though likely snapped ment championships – two ulty and Staff Association. in the Mountain West and “LFSA is working with the university administration in discover- its NCAA Tournament appearance streak with the tournament loss. one in the WAC. The No. 6 Fresno State men’s team lost to No. 3 Colorado State 71- (Bottom) Fresno State See CONFERENCE, Page 6 guard Julien Lewis and 59 on Thursday night. The Bulldogs (15-17) trailed 40-22 at the half. the Bulldogs never recov- ered from a 40-22 halftime deficit in their Thursday ›› Full coverage from Las Vegas in sports. P8 night loss to the Rams. IN A&E:

INSIDE A view of hip-hop history Henry Madden makes the list from one of its pioneers Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library tops some Ivy League schools in a of where you could be going right national list that ranked By Nayirah Dosu here and now.” the top 50 college or @DoeSuu11 The talk was organized by Dr. T. university libraries in the Hasan Johnson’s hip-hop research country. P6 Kool Moe Dee, the first rapper to and interview project for the Afri- ever win and perform at the Gram- cana studies program. The goal of mys, spoke Wednesday night at the the project is to give people in-depth Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian Henry Madden Library on his role in information about hip-hop, he said. Peach Blossom the beginnings of hip-hop. When Kool Moe Dee came onto “I’m your past and your future, the hip-hop scene in the 1970s with attract hundreds A ‘Spoonful’ of theatrics in your present,” he said. “I’m where Valley kids take part in Fresno State Department of Theatre Arts production of the Pulitzer Prize-win- you came from, and I’m an example See HIP-HOP, Page 6 poetry reading. P6 ning play “Water By the Spoonful” opens Friday night. P4 GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them. [email protected] OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 2 FRAT SHOWS THAT RACISM LIVES exactly what they deserved. By Troy Pope When it comes down to it, if you’re going @darktroy to claim that you’re America’s future leaders, then you had better act like it. Did you know we live in a post-racial so- You shouldn’t act like you’re in the Klan. ciety? Well, it’s true, right? We have a black Racism has been the national theme, es- president, so racism is over. It turns out pecially in the last two years. What’s going some people didn’t get that memo. on in Ferguson, Missouri is yet another sign By now, everyone has heard what hap- that our society is racially charged. pened in Oklahoma with the frat singing The Department of Justice found that and the incredibly racist chant. Ferguson Police routinely discriminated The bad part is, their liberal use of racial against black people, but there are entire slurs wasn’t the worst part of the chant. news networks that think it isn’t a big deal, “... you can hang them from a tree, but and that it doesn’t prove that racism is still they’ll never sign with me, there will never abounds. be a n----- in SAE,” is what the white men This is not a series of isolated incidents. of Sigma Alpha Epsilon gleefully chanted. It’s a systemic problem that exists despite The meaning of the chant itself is almost our a “post-racial America.” worse than the use of the derogatory term. It’s ironic that the same “news” network The University of Oklahoma shut down that thinks we live in a post-racial soci- the fraternity and expelled two of the ring- ety because we elected a black president leaders of the chant, the video of which was display. school risk infringing on the college kids’ spends every waking moment tearing down obtained by the school’s student newspa- These frats that want to be a center for constitutional right to be bigots? that president in a way that’s unprecedent- per. leadership growth cannot be a forum for The University of Oklahoma, which is a ed in history – but claiming it’s not racial- The hard question is, is this just? the past’s racist ways. It brings down every- public college, might be treading on dan- ly-motivated. At first glance, the school should have one. gerous ground for expelling students based You’re right, nothing is wrong here. expelled the lot of them for their despicable The problem is, at what point does the on speech. That being said, the frat boys got Move along.

CAMPUS COLUMN: ASI ELECTIONS 2015 The Collegian reached out to students running for Fresno State’s student government, Associated Students, Inc. The following are submissions sent by candidates on issues important to them and their campaign. Elections take place Tuesday, March 24 at 9 a.m. through Thursday, March 26 at noon. CLASS VARIETY

courses are filled with information instead of skill learning. to take for social justice. By Kelli Kennedy The ability to apply what you learn in class to the real Students deserve to know what opportunities they have Running for Senator at Large Political Science/Woman’s Studies Major world is more important than simply retaining the infor- on campus. Through communication, I have become a part mation for one course. of numerous organizations including the Fresno State Col- Too many students are passing through college with- lege Democrats, the League of Women Voters, Phi Alpha The Social Sciences College is one of considerable size out the knowledge they need to function as a profession- Delta (a pre-law fraternity), and many other social orga- and includes many groups of people that deserve to have a al. Many political science students would love to practice nizations. wide range of classes available to them. Diversity in learn- drafting legislation. I think every student could benefit from the organiza- ing is more valued by employers. Criminology students deserve to learn more about fill- tions we have now and could even get help establishing One main issue I would like to take on is a lack of vari- ing out search warrant requests and subpoenas. new organizations they feel are important. ety in courses for the College of Social Sciences. Skills are Ethnic study students have a right to a diverse number Our Social Sciences College deserves to be bold and di- important for students to leave college with. I feel too many of courses that can help them decide what course they want verse just like us.

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The festival began fifty years poetry, not only in the written poetry judges of the festival, said By Jen Cheong ago as a joint effort between form, but also in the oral form,” that this event was beneficial to @TheCollegian the speech communication and Lierly said. younger students in learning theater arts department. It was This year, over 148 schools public speaking skills. Over 5,000 elementary stu- created to increase awareness participated in the festival with “I think it’s an amazing op- dents from across the Central among young people about the over 1000 performances at the portunity for students to learn Valley flocked to Fresno State for importance of reading literature two-day event. Some schools how to perform in front of people the 57th annual Peach Blossom aloud and to teach them about have been attending for as many and have fun at the same time,” Festival on Thursday. interpretation and performance. as 14 years. Weigant said. The festival is an oral inter- The festival has grown tre- Fresno State volunteers and Being a part of the Peach pretation poetry fest for elemen- mendously and attracts schools professors are the judges of the Blossom Festival might be a new tary school children, a two-day from as far north as Livingston performances. The elementary experience to some, but for oth- event organized by the depart- and as far south as Delano. students recite poems in alone in ers it is a tradition. ment of communication. Stu- Marcie Lierly, the director of pairs or in small or large groups. Rosie Valdez, a teacher from Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian dents paired written literature the Peach Blossom Festival, said Judges look for confidence, fluid- the Aynesworth Elementary Students from St. Paul School recite the with oral interpretation using the event provides a chance for ity, memorization of lines along School, said that the school has poem “Bear in There” by Shel Silverstein hand motions and expressions younger students to visit campus with hand motions, presentation been participating in the festi- during the Peach Blossom Festival in the to perform in theatres and class- and introduces literature to the quality and other techniques that val for almost 14 years, and they John Wright Theater on Thursday. rooms across all over campus in community. make the poem more interesting. hope to continue for years to front of judges and audiences. “We want to instill love for Brittany Weigant, one of the come. ‘Evening of poetry’ promotes women’s rights

The open mic poetry slam president Krysten Cherkaski. read poems, quotes or any words way that I need to be open-mind- By Belen Gomez event took place Thursday night “It was some kind of mushing about women. ed about poems and how people @TheCollegian at The Bucket on campus. of activism and art,” Cherkaski “It can be an extremely power- express them,” Flores said. “My “The purpose of the poetry said. ful experience to hear narratives favorite poem was recited by a The Fresno State Women’s event was to create an opportu- Women’s Alliance is a social about oppression through spoken gentlemen.” Alliance, along with USU Produc- nity for Fresno State students to justice activism group that focus- word,” Cherkaski said. Jessica Adams, coordinator of tions, hosted “An evening of Poet- interactively engage in a poetry es on women’s issues. Its mission Juan LaMont, a student that the Women’s Resource Center, ry by, for, and about women.” slam that was attuned to social is to promote empowerment, ac- had been sitting in the crowd for said that the event was a success. issues,” said Women’s Alliance tivism and sisterhood. about forty-five minutes, recited “It can be hard to get people “We as a club wanted to host an original poem he wrote during up to talk so it was nice to see that an open mic style event that was the event. we had people in the crowd show specifically feminist or social jus- “I got here at 6 p.m. and I have support to students who shared tice oriented,” Cherkaski said. been writing since then,” LaM- poems,” Adams said. As the crowd arrived at The ont said. “I titled my poem ‘My “This event impacted me be- Bucket, organizers welcomed and Queen.’” cause it was rejuvenating to see encouraged students to wear a Maria Flores, a junior psychol- how young generations care about purple bracelet, which represents ogy major, said that she liked the issues that are still present in soci- domestic violence awareness. event because it allowed people to ety,” she added. Trained peer counselors from express their ideas in a respectful Poem topics ranged from the Women’s Resource Center way. women’s appreciation and hard were available throughout the “Something that stood out to work to issues on body image and event as well for students who me during the event was that peo- sexuality. needed support. ple in the crowd were very respect- Students interested in getting Students were encouraged to ful,” Flores said. “They would clap involved with the Women’s Al- and cheer for students, even if liance organization can join its they just said a word.” meetings held on Tuesdays at Flores mentioned that she 12:30 p.m. in the Thomas Build- START leAding wiTh expeRience. learned that the event was not ing room 104. just for women but for men as well. START climbing higheR. “The event impacted me in a

Changes to student parking START Above The ReST. discussed in student forum

ing weeks. Funding for projects START leAding wiTh compASSion. By Paul Schlesinger like this come from revenue gen- @PaulSch_Photog erated by parking fees and fines. Engineers have completed The possibility of students plans to conduct minor renova- START Adding To youR RéSumé. parking earlier in staff lots and tions to the P30 lot by the Henry construction projects aimed at Madden Library and the P4 lot improving parking availability behind the Joyal Administration were discussed on Wednesday Building. Construction in the lots START leAding The wAy. during the second parking forum would be postponed until work of the semester. begins on the electrical infra- Tom Gaffery, Fresno State’s structure so that both can be finished simultaneously. Sm parking and transportation man- START STRong. ager, discussed a field study tak- A redesign plan has also been ing place to assess the possibility initiated for the P1 and P2 lots of modifying parking restrictions next to the Kremen Education in the yellow lots to allow stu- Building and the Smittcamp dents to park there earlier than Alumni House. Gaffery estimated the current 7 p.m. rule. that 100 additional spaces could There’s strong. Then there’s Army Strong. By enrolling Recommendations from the be added to the lots simply by re- in Army ROTC as a nursing student at Fresno State, orienting the spaces and chang- you will receive advanced training from experienced study will be sent to the campus Army Nurses. You will also be eligible to receive a full- planning committee by the end of ing landscaping in the same area. tuition, merit-based scholarship. After graduation, you this month. The findings will also Wrought iron fencing would will be an Army Nurse. And an Army Officer. be sent to the Academic Senate also be installed along Shaw Av- To get started, visit www.goarmy.com/rotc/z657 and then to Fresno State Presi- enue from Woodrow to Maple dent Dr. Joseph Castro's cabinet. avenues. The university plans to come Gafferey said that any plans to up with a course of action based build a parking structure would on this study after the end of this not be started until after work on semester. deferred maintenance and other FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT MR. RACHAPOL LAMEE AT Gaffery discussed plans to needs were completed. (559) 278-5460 OR EMAIL [email protected] initiate a project, costing around The next parking forum will $100,000, to patch potholes and be held on March 18 at the Henry ©2008. paid for by the United States Army. All rights reserved. cracks across campus in the com- Madden Library in Room 2108. 4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Water by the Spoonful’ cast ready for opening night

slide into, stumble upon and invade these By Desiree Herroz spaces.” @desiree_herroz Fresno State senior Austin Yarbrough, playing “Water by the Spoonful” character Fresno State’s production of “Water by Elliot Ortiz, said he and the cast are ready the Spoonful,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning to open. play, directed by theatre professor Kath- “We’ve spent so much time living in leen McKinley, is set to open tonight at the these characters that it’s about time an au- Woods Theatre. dience sees the theatre we’ve created,” Yar- Crafted in worlds of realism and cyber brough said. “I think the lighting and sound chat-rooms, “Water by The Spoonful,” writ- design of this show are going to make a ten by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Alegria great spectacle for the audience.” Hudes, confronts issues of forgiveness, ad- Yarbrough said he fell in love with Wa- diction and death. ter by the Spoonful’s script and enjoys play- Directing nearly 50 campus produc- ing Elliot because of his constant potential tions, McKinley said she was drawn to di- energy, “like a loaded gun just waiting to go rect “Water by the Spoonful” for its univer- off.” sal themes of family — birth, adopted, real “ ‘Water’ is so full of gut-wrenching, rip- and virtual — and the power of forgiveness. your-heart-out emotions,” Yarbrough said. “I was intrigued by the funny, quirky, “Kathleen is amazing at helping our charac- courageous characters dealing with con- ters establish and showcase their relation- temporary issues of online communication, ships.” PTSD and addiction,” McKinley said. “The Amanda Valdez, Fresno State senior play is serious, but the characters are fun- playing Odessa Ortiz/Haikumom, said she ny, smart-alecky, smart, and passionate.” hopes the audience will be full of enjoy- McKinley said attendees should be fas- ment and speechless after seeing the per- cinated by the play’s modernization and ex- formance. ploration of communication through online “This show is so much about human chatrooms. nature and how people connect with each “The production has three worlds: the other in this world,” Valdez said. “Hopeful- real world, cyber world and a world of Mag- ly the audience will be moved by the strong ical Realism,” McKinley said. “The three content of the show.” Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian worlds are at times isolated, and at other “Water by the Spoonful” will continue Fresno State senior students Amanda Valdez (left) and Ryan Woods (right) play Haikumom or Odessa moments overlap as characters physically through Saturday, March 21. Ortiz and Chutes & Ladder in the production of “Water by the Spoonful.” WEEKEND WONDERS Where to go, what to see and what to do

For ticket information, visit www.tow- By Yvette Mancilla ertheatrefresno.com. @yvette_mancilla Pelican Paddle Poetry reading The paddle event at Lake Kaweah only Tonight’s reading is the last of the happens once a year and is limited to six Spring 2015 Reading Series organized participants. The kayak paddle provides by the Fresno Poets’ Association and the participants a chance to spot great white Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative pelicans, cormorants, pie-billed grebes Writing at Fresno State. and other birds while enjoying the views Tim Skeen, the coordinator of the pro- of the lake in the Sequoia National Park. gram, will read from his poetry collection “Risk.” “Risk” won the 2014 White Pine A guide, personal flotation devices, Press Poetry Prize and was chosen by paddles and a boat are provided for a cost the English department as the 2014 Out- of $50 per person. For more information, standing Faculty Publication. visit www.sequoiahistory.org. The reading will start at 7 p.m. in the Alice Peters Auditorium inside the Uni- Sioux City Kid concert Photo courtesy of Two Days, One Night versity Business Center. Admission is Oscar winner Marion Cotillard stars in critically-acclaimed Belgian drama. free. For more information, contact jbea- Sioux City Kid will perform tonight [email protected]. at 8 p.m. with three other guest singers, “Two Days, One Night” follows Sandra Jacque Babb, Vox Mera and Stephen Fresno Filmworks (Cotillard), a factory worker who fights Colin Hay concert Bee. Sioux City Kid came from the work for her job after taking a medical leave of singer-songwriter Jared Griffin with The internationally acclaimed “Two and her management realizes they can Australian singer Colin Hay will per- genre- blending sounds of classic rock Days, One Night” will have two screen- operate better with one fewer employee. form at the Tower Theatre for the Per- and blues. ings at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at the Tower The Belgian labor drama runs for 95 forming Arts on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The concerts are free and open to all Theatre as a part of Fresno Filmworks, minutes. Hay is best known as the lead singer ages. Griffin’s own solo album, “Wallflow- Fresno’s “local source for independent For more information, visit fresnofil- for Men at Work, the platinum-selling ers and Whiskey Sours,” will be available film.” mworks.org. Australian band with hits such as “Down later in the year. The film stars Marion Cotillard, who Under,” “Overkill” and “Who Can It Be For more information, visit peeves- was nominated for an Academy Award Now?” pub.com. for Best Actress this year. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 5

THE BREW The best of REVIEW the worst

but suffice it to say, none of these beers make your beer taste like something. This You can almost feel your headache By Troy Pope would score above a two on a scale of one to beer lacks any flavor profile whatsoever. coming on as you’re drinking it. This beer @darktroy five. The following is simply in order from should be recommended to no one. best to worst: Coors Light #3 Being a part of the craft beer experience Pabst Blue Ribbon or PBR #5 is awesome. There’s always something new Miller Lite #1 Almost indistinguishable from Bud and exciting to try from established or up- Light, Coors Light boasts a slightly strong This beer has an odd level of popularity. and-coming breweries. After pouring the Miller Lite into a glass, aroma and flavor – It has hipsters and beer traditionalists alike These days, the beer section in stores the first thing you’ll notice is how light it is. not that that’s a good thing. swooning over it. Regardless, it’s utterly focuses heavily on craft beer – at least far It has the faint smell of a pilsner. Which is The “beer” flavor is a bit stronger. It’s terrible. more than in the past. Some stores and bars good, because it is a pilsner. hard to believe different companies make The strange beer has the aroma of apple focus entirely on craft beer, but not every- One important description to give this Bud Light and Coors Light because they are cider. one has gotten on board with the changing beer is this: “It isn’t terrible.” so similar. At first, this beer isn’t all that bad – at face of beer. Despite the fact that Miller Lite doesn’t While almost identical, Coors Light is first. After a few sips, the cider flavor goes Anheuser Busch went so far as to slam taste like much, that it bothers to attempt slightly less palatable than Bud Light. away and you’re left with that awful beer the craft beer industry in a multimil- flavor at all is impressive. Nothing about this beer should be con- nonflavor of “beer.” lion-dollar Super Bowl ad; it was an at- It’s incredibly easy to drink. sidered “good.” Most of these beers would It has the after taste of some sort of rub- tempt to promote its tired, old product that benefit from turning into a michelada, a bing alcohol. is swiftly fading into the shadows of the Bud Light #2 beer mixed with tomato juice, lime and hot craft beer boom. sauce, also known as a red beer. At least Wrap up Despite the fact that much of the craft The can says “smooth & refreshing,” and that would add flavor to it. brew business is located in the U.S., the it doesn’t lie – it is incredibly smooth. None of these beers should be some- only beers referred to as “domestic” are the This beer is so close to being mere water, Natural Light #4 thing to be esteemed. They aspire to noth- mass-produced beer that favors quantity that it’s hard to even label it as beer. ing. They don’t grow or evolve. They are over quality. The aroma is what Anheuser Busch The strongest “beer” aroma so far, this only good as a mass-produced product. For those who haven’t yet seen the ben- would call “beer.” There is no other word to beer has the flavor of something gone hor- Even the worst of microbrews are probably efit of switching to craft beer, like college describe it. It’s probably what beer smells ribly wrong. better tasting than the best of these beers. kids, here is a list of the best of the worst like when you haven’t bothered to make it It almost has the flavor of some sort of At least they’re trying something, where- beers that have been on the market, un- taste like anything. cleaning product. And believe it or not, that as these domestic beers might as well be changed, for far too long. Did you know chocolate stouts smell like isn’t something you want from your beer put together on an assembly line where no These beers will not be given a rating, chocolate? Who knew you were supposed to experience. humans are involved in the process.

IN PHOTOS: JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Paul Schelsinger • The Collegian Left: Oscar Lopez and Angelica Pizaña play trombones with the Fresno State Jazz Orchestra during a concert on Wednesday night on campus. Top right: Director Dr. Alan Durst leads the jazz orchestra and ensemble during the collaborative concert. Bottom right: Fresno State student David White led the vocals for the jazz themed concert. PAGE 6 THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 Madden Library ranked in nation’s top 25

Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library has been ments and 1.13 million volumes in 370,000 square ranked No. 25 in a listing of the top 50 college and foot space — making it the largest campus library university libraries in the nation. in the California State University system and the College Rank, a ranking service for colleges and largest installation of compact shelving on one universities that uses data regarding student op- floor in the United States. portunities, prestigious collections and architec- The library, which opened in 1911 and was re- ture and historical note. modeled in 2009, is now ranked higher than li- It also highlighted noteworthy features of the braries at the University of Southern California, library, including the design by AC Martin and New York University, Princeton University, John Partners, Native American basket weaving ele- Hopkins University and Yale University. Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian

HIP-HOP from Page 1 with lyrical precision. Jr. and the Black Panthers, Kool Kool Moe Dee said The Sugar A self-proclaimed lover of Moe Dee said he was able to create Hill Gang’s “Rappers Delight” and Kool Moe Dee, his group, “The Treacherous words, he discussed how this rap lyrics that were conscious of the Run DMC’s “Walk This Way” also Three,” he brought with him a battle was pivotal in changing rap African-American struggle. helped pave the way for other mu- others part of new, more serious style of rapping. battles for emcees and lyricism. He went on to talk about the sicians. In 1981, he surprised many by No longer was it about who could struggles that he and other art- His hit song “Wild Wild West” entering a freestyle battle and go- get the party the most hyped, but ists faced during the musical rise reached No. 4 on the Billboard rap’s lyricism ing up against one of the top party rather who could create lyrics that of rap and hip-hop. Not only were charts in 1988. He rapped through emcees of the time, Busy Bee, at contained the best messages. they faced with resistance from the early 1990s — a long time for movement the Harlem World Christmas Rap- With a college education and past generations and their musi- someone who was told at 25 he pers’ Convention. Kool Moe Dee having grown up during the time cal taste, but also from the music was ‘too old’ to rap. recalled taking down Busy Bee of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King industry.

CONFERENCE from Page 1 understand students and staff. He spoke about a new model of Arredondo said. “I think that it’s “When faculty and staff feel advising where all the colleges will important to participate, because Conference ing ways to improve the overall valued and supported by the ad- have advising centers that work this way they really know what we experience of Chicano and Latinos ministration, this translates to very closely with the advising fac- as students are struggling with.” stresses the on this campus,” Torres said. better services for the students,” ulty in student affairs, which he LFSA supports Castro’s efforts After the introductions, groups Torrez said. “We need to get a said will provide students with an to improve the overall experience of students spoke in roundtables sense of how the students feel improved advising experience. of everyone in the university com- importance of about different issues and shared about how Fresno State is doing in “I think if there was better munity. experiences at Fresno State that terms of providing the appropri- advising and more help, people “His efforts are genuine, and I reaching out have impacted them. ate services. Including students in wouldn’t slack off,” said Ana Arre- firmly believe that he is truly lis- “We talked about parking and the forum provides a manageable dondo, a criminology major. tening to the concerns of faculty, how difficult it is to get into a ‘W’ opportunity for students to invest Last year, Arredondo said she staff and students,” Torrez said. to Latino course,” said criminology student themselves so they know they are was guided by an advisor to take a “I expect that he will make ‘bold’ Janice Yungling, adding she has an active part of the processes and class. After following the instruc- changes in the coming years based community yet to successfully enroll in such a can help influence outcomes that tions she was given, she found out on what he hears that will improve course. will benefit them and their respec- she did not need to take the class. the university experience for ev- Torrez stressed the importance tive academic and career goals.” “I could have been doing things eryone.” of reaching out to the Latino com- One area of improvement La- I did need instead of wasting my munity at Fresno State to begin to mas touched on was advising. time in classes that I didn’t need,” FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS PAGE 7

LACROSSE FRESNO STATE LOSES Men’s hoops finishes year 15-17 MEN’S from Page 8 here on out. The Mountain West Con- ference is one of the best leagues in the Harris took a fall after a layup attempt country. For us to come back and have BULLDOG BATTLE AT HOME and remained on the floor for a couple the perseverance to get 10 wins in this minutes, appearing to hit his head. He league and compete at the level we com- headed to the locker room with the help peted, with the start we got off to, I can’t of his teammates. The junior finished fault our effort. with just four points, four rebounds and “I thought our guys really hung to- three assists. gether. Can we be better as a team next The Bulldogs finished the year 15-17 year? Absolutely. If we buy into that overall and 10-8 in conference play. and do that over the off-season, we’ll be “To win 10 games in this league says good as anybody in our league next year. a lot,” Terry said. “This is a really good That’s the continued growth curve with league top to bottom, and it will be from our program and what we are.”

‘Dogs come back too little too late

WOMEN’S from Page 8 Red Wave was in attendance, but the noise was in New Mexico’s favor. one of New Mexico at 37-36 after posting “I don’t know that [playing there] was an 8-0 run nearly midway through the as intimidating as it was fun,” White said. half. “It’s just that we can’t hear each other a “When it was 36-37, I felt like we were lot, whether it’s even them talking to one possession away,” said Fresno State each other or me kind of trying to call a head coach Jaime White. “I felt like that play.” multiple times this season. It’s one of Despite the loss, the chance of more those things we’ve got to work on. Obvi- postseason basketball still exists. The ously, it comes on the offensive end.” ‘Dogs could make it to the Women’s Na- The ‘Dogs were able to keep New tional Invitation Tournament (NIT), a Mexico from going on heavy runs, but place that White is familiar with. were unable to capitalize on it offensively “I have a lot of respect for the NIT, to build a large lead. been in it multiple times,” she said. “I “We crawled back defensively, but know that the Mountain West has been I felt like offensively, we never really successful in it. Photo by Khlarissa Agee • The Collegian turned the corner,” White said. “We got “In a year, we’re going to have a really Sophomore midfielder Caroline Dineen-Carlson looks to pass during the Bulldog lacrosse team’s 14-9 some openings and we got some stuff to young team. We lose five seniors. It’s an- Wednesday loss versus Bryant University at the Soccer and Lacrosse Field. the rim, but I think it was just a little bit other way to get your kids experience in too late.” the postseason. We’d love to do it in front son tallied her fourth hat trick of the year, The reported attendance of 3,188 was of our home crowd.” By The Collegian bringing her season goal total to a team- a pro-New Mexico crowd. Some of the @TheCollegian high 17. Marcy Levatino, Anjelica Fuccillo, and The Fresno State lacrosse team lost to Brooke Filgo all added a goal for Fresno the Bryant University Bulldogs 14-9 at the State. ‘Dogs goalkeeper Meganne Weissen- Soccer and Lacrosse Field on Wednesday. fels had five saves in 39 minutes. Seven minutes into the contest, Fresno As a team, Bryant outshot Fresno State State had a 2-1 lead, but it allowed three 28-17. consecutive goals and gave Bryant a lead “I think for us moving forward, we need that Fresno State would not recover from. to play a 60-minute game,” Giglio said. “I Keys to Bryant’s success were draw con- think that is something we have been strug- trols. It had 17, while Fresno State had only gling with, and we are completely capable eight. of doing it. But we need to do it consistent- “We’re still struggling as a team on the ly.” draw, which is a big momentum changer,” The loss puts the ‘Dogs at 2-5 in the sea- said Fresno State head coach Jessica Giglio. son and 0-3 in conference play. Their next Bryant junior Lauren Descalzo led her game is at home against Winthrop Sunday team with seven goals off 12 shots. For Fres- at noon. no State, sophomore Caroline Dineen-Carl-

BASEBALL Taylor Ward on Johnny Bench Award watch list

nal vote during the College World Series to By Collegian Staff determine the finalists, which will be an- @TheCollegian nounced on June 2. All finalists will be brought to Wichita, The Greater Wichita Area Sports Com- Kansas, and the winner will be announced mission announced Wednesday that Fres- at the 18th Annual Greater Wichita Sports no State catcher Taylor Ward has been Banquet on June 25. named to the 2015 Johnny Bench Award A total of 75 catchers from across the Watch List, an award that recognizes the country were nominated for the award by best catcher in all of college baseball. their coaches. Because the award is given The award was created in 2000 and is annually to the top division one collegiate named after National Baseball Hall of Fam- catcher, the list will be updated to include er Johnny Bench, who played professional- other candidates until May 4, 2015. ly with the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to Prior to the season, Ward was named a 1983. Pre-Season All-American by organization The organization will narrow down the such as Baseball America, Louisville Slug- list and announce the semifinalists on May ger, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and 14. From there on, ballots will be sent to a Perfect Game, an amateur baseball scout- national voting panel at the end of May for ing service. a vote, which will determine the three final- Through 18 games this season, Ward ists for the award. holds a batting average of .311, has hit five The national committee will take a fi- home runs and recorded 16 RBIs. SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 8 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOFTBALL A FIRST FOR FRESNO Fresno State Mountain West Tournament winning streak ends for Bulldogs strong in first game of home tourney

By Collegian Staff @TheCollegian

The Fresno State softball team had a strong outing during the first day of the Fresno State Classic at Margie Wright Diamond Thursday night. The ‘Dogs beat Providence 6-1 and the University of the Pacific 1-0. The wins snap a four-game losing streak for Fresno State. “Obviously, two W’s were our goal for today,” said Fresno State head coach Trisha Ford. “I thought we did good enough to win. Tomorrow, we have to have better at-bats and a little more focus -- stick to our plan. We need to come out and take care of business tomorrow. It’s one game at a time.” Fresno State pitcher Hannah Harris made her sixth start of the season and went all seven innings for the win over Providence. She struck out four batters, a new career high.

"Tomorrow, we have to have better at-bats and a little more focus -- stick to our plan." — Trisha Ford, Fresno State softball head coach

Second baseman Malia Rivers and left fielder Kierra Willis both tallied three runs. Four Bulldogs had multiple hits, including center fielder Brenna Moss, who went 2-for-3 and had two stolen bases. Freshman first baseman Chase LeeHong hit her third-career double Photo by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian Fresno State senior forward Alex Sheedy drives toward the hoop against the New Mexico Lobos during Wednesday’s loss that ended Bulldog hopes for a and added two singles for a 3-for-3 day. third-consecutive Mountain West Tournament championship. The lone run in the game against the University of the Pacific came in the had the same idea in mind: this game could Bulldogs did not make a field goal for the bottom of the fifth inning when Fresno By Christopher Livingston not be lost. first 9:56 in the first half. Guard Raven State catcher Paige Gumz’s single scored @senorlivingston But, as is the case in tournament play, Fox’s jumper made it 8-6. Afterward, the right fielder Michelle Solomon. there are no ties. Only one team can go on – ‘Dogs and Lobos traded defensive jabs, and The ‘Dogs only had one error in LAS VEGAS – On Wednesday, the Fres- especially to the championship game – and neither team got to the 20-point mark until the two games, bringing their fielding no State women’s basketball team, whose the team with the largest amount of points 4:43 left in the first frame. percentage to .953 on the season. season has been filled with firsts, added one will do just that. As a result, the ‘Dogs had double-dig- Day 2 of the four-day tournament more to its list: a loss in the Mountain West The game did not start off as a high-scor- it turnovers (10) in the frame, put up only will be on Friday against Montana at 6 Tournament. ing affair. It took 1:30 for the first points to 23.8 percent shooting (5-for-21) and made p.m. The ‘Dogs will also face Minnesota The 64-53 defeat to the New Mexico Lo- pop up on the scoreboard – free throws more free throws (8) than field goals (5). on Saturday (6 p.m.) and Cal Poly on bos ended the Bulldogs’ season at 22-9. from Fresno State senior forward Alex The second half was a much different Sunday (2:30 p.m.). The game was physical. Emotions were Sheedy – and 2:31 for New Mexico to get ballgame. The ‘Dogs were able to get within Fresno State’s first conference high, and the pressure was on. Each team on the board. matchup will be against Colorado State But despite scoring the first points, the See WOMEN’S, Page 7 on March 20 in Fort Collins, Colorado. MEN’S BASKETBALL Quick exit: ‘Dogs fall flat in first game of MW tourney

no State needed a huge second period to the games that we’ve lost to them, they’ve is a great team and that we still got fight in By Daniel Leon come back against third-seeded Colorado won the effort battles, and they did again us. I think we just couldn’t finish the plays @DanLeon25 State. It got within reach at one point, but tonight.” we needed in order to win this game.” it failed to execute when it mattered most The ‘Dogs cut down the Rams’ lead to as Second-team All-Mountain West senior LAS VEGAS - Labeled as a “dark horse,” in Thursday’s 71-59 loss to Colorado State low as six thanks to a Harris 3-pointer, but guard Daniel Bejarano scored a game-high the Fresno State men’s basketball team in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West the Rams quickly pushed their lead back up 19 points for the Rams (27-5, 13-5 MW). looked to live up to the moniker by making Tournament. to double digits. Moving forward, the ‘Dogs Cezar Guerrero scored a team-high 16 some noise in the conference tournament. “I think both teams played with great failed to get back within striking distance. points for the Bulldogs before fouling out in Instead, it fell victim to third-seeded Col- effort, Fresno State head coach Rodney “Coming out of halftime, our mantra the later minutes. Sophomore forward Paul orado State for the third time this season. Terry said. “Anytime you have teams that was to go out and play hard,” Fresno State Watson added 14 and six rebounds. With its leading scorer and first-team play with [that] mindset, you’re going to senior Alex Davis said. “We had to come Colorado State’s top scorer and All- All-Mountain West guard Marvelle Harris have a large amount of fouls throughout out fighting because we got ourselves down league forward J.J. Avila suffered an ankle held scoreless in the first half, the Bulldogs the course of the game. It’s going to be a in a hole early. We missed some pretty good injury and limped off the court in the first struggled to keep up with the hot, 3-point physical game. shots that we normally make. I think we did period. He did not return to the game. shooting Rams, who shot 8-of-13 from “When playing a team like Colorado a pretty good job coming out in the second A Bulldog suffered an injury as well, as downtown in the opening period. State, you have to exceed their effort. In half, making our run, showing Fresno State Down by 18 points at halftime, Fres- See MEN’S, Page 7