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E-reserves, the online service provided by the Henry Madden Library, will cease to exist by the beginning of the next school year. Professors will be responsible for scanning their own documents to be placed on Blackboard.
By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian B y Au g u s t , t h e H e n r y Madden Library will no longer offer electronic reserves for faculty, according to library officials. The electronic reserves, also known as e-reserves, will migrate to the Blackboard service, which is already available across campus.
David Tyckoson, the library’s associate dean, said the change will benefit students and the library. Tyckoson said students will benefit, because their course readings will all be found in one place. He said the system, as it stands now, can make some readings difficult to find The library, Tyckoson said, will benefit by saving money.
The library will no longer have to license the software necessary for e-reserves. “And it will save us staff time that we can apply to other things, since we have fewer staff then we used to,” Tyckoson said. “And e-reserves is a very time consuming process for us.” The budget and staf fing cuts to the library meant the
library could no longer afford to continue to spend so much time on e-reserves, Tyckoson said. Tyckoson said researching copyright laws and their restrictions is also a large time commitment. “Finding out if it’s copyrighted, who has the copyright and if you can get permission is a huge job,” Tyckoson said. Tyckoson said textbook publishers have become sensitive to copyright laws, because they want to avoid the large-scale file sharing that has affected the music and film industries. In 2008, three publishing companies filed a suit against Georgia State University that claimed the university broke copyright law through its electronic course reserves service. Gretchen Higginbottom, the head of resource sharing and faculty reserves, said publishers do not always give the copyright out freely, and the copyright owner is not always easy to find. Higginbottom said the library will continue to reserve textbooks in their physical form, but now professors will be responsible for creating electronic reserves and researching the copyrights for those documents. The process for creating and posting e-reserves, Higginbottom said, is not difficult. She compared it to attachSee MOVE, Page 6
Club gathers support for shoeless By Sarah Kain The Collegian Most Americans prefer only to go barefoot while at home or at the beach, but on April 8 more than 60 Fresno State students supported the One Day Without Shoes campaign. One Day Without Shoes, a national event sponsored by TOMS Shoe Company, promotes awareness for children around the globe who do not own a pair of shoes. The company’s motto, “one for one,” stands as their promise that for each pair of shoes the company sells, one pair is donated to a child in a developing country. Nicole Kimura, a double major in biology and psychology, went barefoot in support of the event, but ran into an issue. “I went into the dorm bathroom without shoes and rode my b i ke w i t h o u t s h o e s, ” Kimura said. “But, they wouldn’t let me into the din-
ing hall without shoes on. So, I had to put [a pair of shoes on] while I was in there.” Despite the “no shoes, no service” policy at certain venues on campus, students still found the cause important enough to ditch their footwear for an entire day. For some, it served as way contribute to a good cause without donating a cash gift. Official TOMS campus club representative Andrea Torres said she was impressed by the show of support from Fresno State students. “We received so much support,” Torres said. “I want this support to grow, to see more people wearing [TOMS] and to [understand] what TOMS represents.” Eighteen-year-old history major Alyssa Smith said she received a pair of TOMS shoes for her birthday last year, and afterward she decided to give a speech about the product to her class. “It was through research
that I found out about the event,” Smith said, who also served as the coordinator of this year’s event along with the Smittcamp Family Honors College. “I decided to do it and
it grew from there.” Smith said that the turnout for the event last Thursday had been a success. According See TOMS, Page 6
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Some participants in the One Day Without Shoes event (from left to right) Nicole Kimura, Daniel Blanchat, Kaitlyn Fiechtner, Andrea Toness and Songita Choudhury gained support for their cause while barefoot.
University project tells veteran stories By Ryan Tubongbanua The Collegian
With more than four million veterans living in California, Fresno State students have undertaken the task of recording the stories of World War II veterans. The Central California War Veterans Oral History Project, which began the spring 2010 semester, headed by Gary Rice, an associate professor for the department of mass communication and journalism, expects to log at least 100 veterans’ oral histories at the end of the first phase. “Doing this project is like riding blindfolded on a bucking bronco,” Rice said. “I have never been part of anything of this size before.” The oral history project is funded by the provost’s office. With many of the veterans at an age where they are dying or no longer able to speak due to illness, it is important to tell their story. The interviews are an hour and a half or longer. Each will have an audio recording and transcript. “We are trying to create a document that mirrors the words of the veterans being interviewed,” Rice said. “We are doing it in such a way that the words of the veterans will be here forever.” Many of the veterans were found through veterans organizations and people like Paul Leoffler of the KMJ radio station. Since the oral histories will be held in the Henry Madden Library indefinitely, historians and researchers as well as students and families of the veterans will be able to use them for their own personal projects. “We would be placing them in the special collections,” said David Tyckoson, the associated dean of the Henry Madden Library. “Also, putting it on the Web gives access to the unique information.” Although overseen by Rice and jour nalism instructor Alice Daniel, the oral histories are student produced. “The students make the initial contact, set up the interview, and create the transcripts,” Rice said. “It allows them to be the historian.” Jessica Irwin, 21, a mass communication and journalism major, interviewed a veteran from the Vietnam War. Going into the interview the students are given a basic set of questions and are expected to add their own personal touch. “I had to do a lot of research before my interview,” Irwin said. “The veteran I interSee STORIES, Page 6
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f you’re a Fresno Unified School District student, and your grades aren’t the greatest, kiss your summer goodbye. Reporter Tracy Correa wrote a piece in the Fresno Bee on April 3 about how the district will begin to automatically enroll students in summer school, should they receive a C grade or lower. If the student received a C or better during the last semester of the year, the student will only be enrolled for half the summer session. Correa wrote, “the district plans to use some of the millions of dollars it received in federal economic stimulus funds to enroll more than 10,000 students.” According to the piece, the district wants its students to demonstrate proficiency in their classes, meaning C grades or better, much like specified major requirements for college courses. Students are able to get out of the automatic enrollment if they can persuade their parents to sign a waiver. Here’s the fun part. Recently, the district has laid off a number of teachers because it’s strapped for cash. Correa wrote the district will use its new-found money to double the amount of high school teachers alone, for the summer session. This reminds me of the federal government “creating” jobs via the census. In both cases, they aren’t permanent and after the
Setting it Straight Denton Dubbels summer session, the laid-off teachers will be out of work again, just like the census workers. Correa stated that during this school year, 57 percent of high school students received a D or F in the first semester. That’s a very large number. Maybe there’s some reasoning behind the recent layoffs, besides empty bank accounts. According to the district’s Web site, the summer session lasts for about a month, beginning in mid-June, lasting through mid-to-late July. That’s about a month’s worth of time to cram a whole school year’s worth of work. These are also four-day school weeks. When I took high school summer classes, I remember the sessions being far less labor intensive, with far less actual work and/or assignments being given. After failing an Algebra class, I amazingly earned a B and still didn’t really learn a damn thing.
If I were a FUSD student, without neurotic grade-mongering parents, why would I put any effort at all into the regular classes taken during the school year? Especially knowing that for a month in the summer, I could do far less work and possibly end up with a “proficient” grade then. By implementing this new rule, students may lose incentives to do well during the school year, when they could just make up for it later. Either that, or the district could be subject to students who don’t want to be forced to take summer school classes, which may lead to more truancy issues and wasted funds. Correa interviewed a high school student “who admitted to ‘slacking off’ and not doing homework,” in an English class. The student told Correa that he already intended to take the class over in summer school, whether or not he would automatically be enrolled. The student thought the district’s plan is a good one because, “more kids could pass with higher grades and have a better chance at college.” Hate to break it to you Junior, but straight-A students are having a tough time getting into colleges. Find me a college that would openly accept a student whose parent is their district.
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ove is a funny thing. If you ask 50 people what they think “love” means you will get 50 different answers. It is our confusion, or better yet, lack of a coherent and consistent understanding of its meaning, which often leads to undesirable outcomes in our interpersonal relations. Love has become a suitcase term, much like the words “God” or “sport.” Fishing and basketball are considered sports, but they have nothing in common other than both being a kind of sport. The term “love” has generally been used as a noun. Dictionary definitions include: compassionate affection; warm personal attachment; sexual passion; and sexual intercourse. None of these are synonymous with the verb love. Author Bell Hooks talks about love as a verb; an action and an intention; a consistent demonstration of investment in the emotional and spiritual growth and well-being of another person. She argues that because society often confuses love with feelings of care and affection, it becomes difficult for people to love others and to be open to intimacy and taking risks. Associating love with feelings discourages personal accountability because feelings come and go. Feelings are fleeting and unstable, and along with emotions, however powerful and beau-
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With All Due Respect Mike Boylan tiful, are by nature irrational. You often hear husbands who mercilessly beat their wives claim after the fact that they truly do love the object of their projections. They are able to sincerely say this because they have associated love to be synonymous with feelings. In a stand-up bit, Chris Rock said “If you haven’t contemplated killing someone, you ain’t never been in love.” This is somewhat funny and relatable because it sadly rings some truth in a society that reinforces the simplistic synonymy of love and feelings. We often want to “hurt” the person we claim to love when we feel wronged by them. In O. J. Simpson’s case, a passionate attachment to an ex-lover combined with his psychopathic jealousy and rage led to the idea that slaughtering Nicole Simpson and her boyfriend to death was a good use of his time. When hurt, hatred is a much easier and more satisfying emotion to turn to
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when one has assimilated his relations with others as feelings guised as love. When love is seen as a culmination of things that only occur with time, it is much harder to hurt someone who has given us the power to hurt them, but have trusted us not to. My own personal decision making has been clouded in the past by the disregard of love as a sustained concern for the “other,” and overindulgence in how the other makes me feel. I have been guilty of spewing vitriolic outbursts to those who I have claimed to love, the same women who have possessed many of the qualities I seek in the mother of my future children. Hooks’ book rang close to home for the very reason that one cannot claim to love who is hurtful and neglectful. We are only as good as our actions demonstrate. I have a theory that even when I am old and gray, content and happy and enjoying the days with my kid’s kids, the thoughts of when I have erringly hurt those dear to me, those who I wanted to love but could not and who are no longer a part of my life, will still be a source of pain in my gut, if only for a moment. Over time, I have become at peace with this justified reality. It is a reminder that love can only be fulfilled by the will power, strength, courage and dedication of an individual. It is not contingent on external forces. I know this now.
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President of Poland dies in plane crash Polish President Lech Kaczynski and nearly 100 others dies in a plane crash on Saturday en route to Russia to commemorate the massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners at Katyn by the former Soviet Union. This is an horrific tragedy that must be a tough pill to swallow for the Polish people. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they mourn their loss.
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Tina Fey bringing back her Sarah Palin impression on SNL No matter what you think about the former Alaska Gov., you must admit that Fey does a fantastic Palin impression. She takes Palin’s (many) gaffes and turns them into comedic gold. It’s gotten to the point that it seems as if Sarah Palin is doing Tina Fey’s impression of her. Should Palin run for president? As long as Fey keeps this up, you betcha!
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Besides being boring, we also had to bear with the unbearable— pantsuits. Hillary Clinton would have fit right in.
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Ever since it was announced that this would be the hit drama’s eighth and final season, it seems the writers went into fifth gear. I won’t disclose the plot for any readers who still need to catch up on the action, but I will say that last Monday’s episode was one of the best in the show’s history. Talks of a “24” movie are in the works, but I’d rather see the franchise end with this season, and with a Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida showdown. Now that’s a way to end a series.
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most importantly, her smile never gave way to exhaustion or mishaps, like when her lavish princess gown got stuck on one of the stairs preventing her from moving about. Swift continued singing and gave a playful grin as she forcefully yanked the dress free and made her way down the steps. The most astonishing part of the night was not the gorgeous costumes, spectacle of dancers or extravagant set designs; It was something that left concert goers in complete awe. It’s something they will continue to talk about for days, weeks and years after the last set is finished and packed away. It was Swift’s display of gratitude to the fans who came out to see and support her. Half way through the concert Swift surprised fans and appeared in the audience with her guitar and microphone in hand at one of the top sections of the arena. Toward the end of the song Swift handed off her guitar to a security member and made her way down the steps, hugging and shaking hands with as many fans as she could reach. Young girls hyperventilated as the slender musician embraced them in her arms while some broke down and cried in what was probably a meeting with their idol they played over and over in their heads, but never imagined coming true. On several occasions throughout the night, as the last strum of the guitar faded to the last row of the arena, Swift stood on stage dumbfounded by the insurmountable chants and screams ascending from the crowd while mouthing “I love you.” Her reaction was more similar to a first-time performer than a multi-platinum and Grammy winning artist. The timely process in no way resembled a gimmick Swift utilized to bolster her fan following or reviews, but seemed truly genuine. She even had a small stage set in the back of the arena to play to the audience who didn’t have prime floor seats. After a few songs Swift made her way back to the main stage through the audience once more while conducting meet and greets along the way. As the evening came to an end, Swift graciously thanked her fans by concluding she would always remember her concert and fans in Fresno. From the jubilant reviews from fans leaving the arena, they would agree.
By Lacee Solis The Collegian She proved it in front of deafening screams, undeniable excitement. The Save Mart Center was transformed Saturday night when more than 16,000 fans for could, for one evening, delight in their admiration of the music superstar that is Taylor Swift. Or, as Swift humbly put it, she was just hanging out in a sold-out arena with some of her closest friends. The fan craze caused the show to be sold out in a matter of minutes. That enthusiasm transcended to the city of Fresno when Swift revealed that Mayor Ashley Swearengin declared April 10 “Taylor Swift Day.” The giddy Swift proclaimed it would be the one day where everyone had to wear something glittery and believe in love stories. Streaming lines of fans were visible hours before the doors of the concert was set to begin at 7 p.m. Devoted Swift fans proudly displayed handmade T-shirts and posters adorned that read “I love T-Swizzle” and “Today is a fairytale because we’re here.” Those without shirts quickly purchased one from vendors selling Swift memorabilia and put them on as they proudly strutted another piece of what would be a night many had anticipated for months. As show time approached, concertgoers of all ages flocked to the Save Mart Center. The crowd ranged from teenage girls to a sizeable group of men. To the common reply to the puzzling question behind the Swift mania was wrapped up in two simple responses: her songs resonated feelings and experiences most can relate to and she was a role model that never disappointed. As the music rumbled behind the curtain backdrop the audience became chaotic. Fans rose to their feet as if standing would somehow get them closer to the stage. A group of lucky concert attendees surrounded the stage in the “pit” area where they were within arm’s length of the stage. The curtain lifted to reveal a band of guitarists, a drummer, a bass player and a violinist scattered around the stage. Dancers in yellow cheerleading outfits emerged from either sides of the stage as Swift rose to the top of the stage set singing her No. 1 hit, “You Belong With Me.” Her band was decked out in matching yellow marching band attire and Swift wore a white band leader uniform and hat. Shortly after making her way down the stage she tore off the outfit to reveal a sparkling gray sequined dress accessorized with flat black boots, red lipstick, the number 13 painted on her hand and her trademark blonde, ringlet curls. Swift jumped around stage with the elation of a school girl performing for the first time in front of family and friends. Her vigor and,
Photos by Matt Weir / The Collegian Tens of thousands of tweens hyperventilated as Swift tore off a marching band uniform and revealed a sequined mini dress and black knee-high boots.
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Annual American Indian pow wow educates tribal members By Joe Bailey The Collegian Wi t h d a n c e r s i n t r a d i t i o n a l Indigenous regalias guided by the beat of drums, the 19th annual Fresno State Powwow was underway this past weekend at O’neil Park. Pow wows are meant for the indigenous people of America to gather and display the proud aspects of their culture. The Fresno State pow wow was filled with booths featuring American Indian style art and crafts, information on indigenous people, American Indian food and even a traditional 20-foot-tall teepee. Kenneth Hansen is a political science professor and faculty advisor of First Nations, a student organization that is aimed at bringing about more awareness of the American indigenous cultures. Hansen said a lot of the events at the pow wow celebrate the cultural aspects of tribes from across the United States, not only California tribes. “It’s a chance to get together and see old friends, a chance to bring the community together,” Hansen said. “It is also a time to educate a lot of students who don’t know much about powwows and indigenous people.” Hansen said the pow wow is a time for fun, but it is also an important event to inform the American Indian people. Many public service groups attended the pow wow, giving out information to many of American Indians who face serious health problems. “They’re all designed to give services
to the indigenous community here,” Hansen said. “There’s 7,000 Indians in Fresno and many more in the foothills. A lot of these people are not wealthy and need a lot of help. These people are here to do that.” The American Indian Health Project (AIHP), an urban Indian health center, provides services to American Indian people in Fresno that don’t have health insurance. Jennifer Jones works for the group and was at the powwow providing information. “We do our outreach here so that more American Indians can find out all the services we offer,” Jones said. “We try to participate in as many community events as possible.” Jones, a member of the Chukchansi tribe, said most of the clients have diabetes and the group has a staff dietitian to provide nutritional information. The group also has a substance abuse counselor and suicide prevention unit to help American Indians who struggle with these issues. “The main health problems are the same as those of the overall population,” Jones said. “Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, suicide and drug abuse but for American Indians those rates are much higher. We try to do a lot of prevention and education for the people. For those who do need treatment we try to give them those resources.” One of the most moving pieces at the pow wow was the traditional dancing. There are numerous dancing styles that mean different things to the indigenous Americans. The “jingle dance,”
for example, has women wearing dresses covered in jingles, making the sounds of waves of water or thunder that will ward off any evil spirits. Hansen said many powwows have dance competitions where the winners are awarded cash prizes and many of these contests can be very competitive and controversy usually arises over the judging. The Fresno State powwow is just an exhibition dance solely for fun. John DeAnda, 18, is a mem-
ber of the Siletz tribe from Oregon and holds the position of “Head Man,” the one who leads all the dancing and the grand entry. “It’s just about having fun and practicing my dancing and getting better,” DeAnda said. “I just dance for myself and my loved ones and those who can’t dance. I started dancing when I was six. I just saw everybody doing it and I just wanted to do it too.”
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Anti-abortion activists seek MOVE: Professors will be responsible for new definition of ‘personhood’ clearing copyrights By Laura Bauer McClatchy Tribune
CONTINUED from page 1 ing a document to an e-mail. Higginbottom said there will be a station in the library where professors can get help scanning and creating the e-reserves. “We’ll make the equipment available for them to use, but we’re not doing the scanning for them,” Higginbottom said. Digital Campus, a resource center for faculty, will also be available to aid faculty as they create and post their electronic documents. Brent Auer nheimer, the director of Digital Campus, said faculty will also be available to inform faculty about copyright and fair use law. I n a n e - m a i l i n t e r v i ew, Auernheimer said he expects
the Blackboard system to be better than the old e-reserves system, because all class material will be in one place. “Blackboard provides more functionality for faculty and students, so I expect the overall experience will be even better,” Auernheimer said. Elizabeth Swearingen, a professor of women’s studies, said if the process is easy to use, then it would be beneficial for her classes, because using only one text never captures an entire course. However, if finding the copyright proves to be time consuming, Swearingen said she’d avoid using it all together. “ T h a t wo u l d s t o p m e, ” Swearingen said.
A group of anti-abortion activists has unrolled a new strategy: Stretch the legal definition of “person” in state constitutions to cover a freshly fertilized egg in a woman's womb. “We are defining the word 'person' as a human being regardless of age, level of functioning, perceived ability or disability,” said Cal Zastrow, co-founder of Personhood USA, which formed in 2008. “When there is an innocent person, the law should protect them.” Proponents in Colorado and Mississippi succeeded in getting these “personhood” measures on the ballots. In six other states, including Missouri, volunteers are collecting signatures. The idea that life begins at conception is not new in the abortion wars. But some estab-
lished anti-abortion groups are not backing this new drive, calling it a flawed strategy. “If the amendment is meant to be a direct attack on Roe v. Wade, it is poorly advised,” said a statement released by Missouri Right to Life. “Direct attacks in law, as in war, lead to defeat if they are mounted in the wrong circumstances. It gains nothing to act without a strategy that has a decent chance of succeeding.” Abortion-rights advocates see the push as a backdoor way to strip away women's reproductive rights. They say the movement threatens in vitro fertilization, stem-cell research and some forms of contraception, including the intrauterine device. “It's an abortion ban by any other name," said Ted Miller, a spokesman with NARAL ProChoice America. "They can't sell it to the public by being upfront and honest, so they're using rhetorical deception.”
The proposed wording for the Missouri amendment doesn't use the word “abortion.” Neither did the amendment language in Nevada, where a judge ruled in January that the petition was “too general in nature” and voters would not understand the impact. In Mississippi, where the measure is set for a 2011 ballot, the term person “shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” In Missouri, personhood would start at “the beginning of biological development.” The state, however, already has a law passed in the mid1980s that says life begins at conception. And the Supreme Court ruled that law cannot supersede Roe v. Wade, which gives a woman the constitutional right to ter minate a pregnancy.
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to the One Day Without Shoes Web site, 250,000 people participated in more than 16,000 events around the world in honor of the day. “I saw people barefoot on bikes and skateboards,” Smith said. “This event makes you think about how shoes protect your feet. You have to walk through areas that you wouldn’t want to walk through barefoot.” The event offered students a chance to experience what it is like for the people of the world who live everyday shoeless. For Torres, participating in the event was an eye-opening experience. “I rode my bike barefoot and my feet became numb to the point that I did not realize that
I had gotten cut and was bleeding,” Torres said. “I thought about little kids having this numbness happen to them, and causing damage that could last for their lives. It is dangerous, and people should not have to deal with this in their lives.” TOMS shoes range in price but are on average $45 plus shipping. TOMS also sells hats and T-shirts for those that want to help but may not want to purchase shoes. Those purchases still follow the onefor-one rule, meaning a pair of shoes will still be sent to a child. For more information about the event, company or to pick up a pair of shoes, visit TOMS. com.
viewed actually clarified a lot of details that I never knew about.” Each story that the students hear during their interview varies from veteran to veteran. “I feel that by listening to our veterans who experienced being their firsthand will make the public more understanding of our military’s importance and significance,” said Karlene Mello, an agricultural education major.
This project was not only an experience for the students, but the veterans as well. “Being interview was no problem since I have been b e fo re, ” s a i d R i ch a rd E . Newman, an army front-line infantryman. “It was different though. It blossomed and was more than expected. Young people now do not know how much of a disruption of life it was. It turns your world upside down.” At the end of the project, the
students are hoping to have all the veterans gather to meet each another. The project is ongoing if there is no disruption in funding. “I would like to see this project run forever,” said Rice.
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Freshman singles player Melissa McQueen continued her quest for perfection in WAC play by defeating Nevada’s Florence De Vrye. McQueen teamed up with fellow freshman, Bianca Modoc to collect another win for the ‘Dogs in doubles play. The duo came out on top against the Wolfpack’s Lais Ogata and Emma Verbane. The team will look to bounce back from their loss when it travels to Berkeley, Calif., on April 15 to square off against the Cal Bears.
vs. Hawai’i Final: 3-0 (8-6, 8-5, 1-0) T he F resno State baseball team kicked off Western Athletic C o n f e r e n c e ( WA C ) play in style by sweeping the Hawai’i Warriors 3-0 at Les Murakami Baseball Stadium. Junior pitcher Greg Gonzalez threw the first no-hitter in 34 years during the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday. T he junior colle g e t r a n s f e r p i t ch e d a complete game, throwing seven innings and striking out seven batters to earn his fourth win of the season. Gonzalez’ record-setting day was followed by strong performances by other Bulldog pitchers. Sophomore Josh Poytress set a new career-high with eight strike outs while pitching a career-best seven and a third innings. Poytress also notched his fourth win of the year. The bullpen also had a strong outing against Hawai’i, sophomore Derek Benny collected his first win of the year in game one on Saturday. Benny came in as a relief pitcher, throwing five innings on his way to striking out three players. Junior third baseman Jordan Ribera blasted another home run over the weekend, bringing his team-leading total to 13. Ribera is second in the WAC in home runs. The ‘Dogs improved their season record to 20-12. The team will look to improve its record when it hosts Cal State Bakersfield on April 13 at Pete Beiden Field.
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Kersee Invitational Senior Val-Pierre Dai’Re medaled in silver, running a personal season-best 51.44 seconds in the 400 meter hurdles. Dai’Re improved his ranking in the WAC, jumping to No. 2 with his performance. Sophomore shot putter Rosario Sanche z finished third at the Invitational, posting a season-best throw of 50 feet and 8.25 inches. With the throw, Sanchez now ranks as the No. 1 shot putter in the WAC. Distance runner Erick Garcia finished seventh in the 5,000 meter Invitational, running a career-best 14:44.62. The track and field team will now travel to Sacramento on April 17 to compete in the Mondo Invitational.
Women’s Tennis vs. Nevada Final: 1-6 The Fresno State women’s tennis team fell to the Nevada Wolfpack 1-6 in Las Cruces, NM on Saturday.
Women’s Tennis vs. Sacramento State and University of San Diego Final: 2-0 (5-2, 5-2) The Fresno State men’s tennis team posted back-to-back wins at home this past weekend at Spalding G. Walten Tennis Center. The ‘Dogs proved hard to beat, finishing the weekend undefeated and extending their home-court winning streak to eight. The team has yet to lose a game at home this year. Against Sacramento State and San Diego, Fresno State’s doubles team swept the field of play, winning each of the three matches against its opposition. The combination of Rikus de Villiers and Remi Boutillier led the way for the ‘Dogs. The 19th ranked doubles team defeated its opponents 8-5 and 8-5. The ‘Dogs will look to extend its home winning streak to nine when it hosts Cal Poly on April 15
play, you have to concentrate on your practice.” The good part is that Woods will have opportunities to express himself better and to be more patient with his own bad shots. As bleak as his situation seemed when he fell from eight under to five under within four holes on Saturday, he was only four shots behind leader Lee Westwood after finishing at eight under. He built momentum for Sunday by making a brilliant approach on 18, then sinking a three-footer for birdie. So there had been no need for the outburst on No. 6, which was more like Tommy Bolt than Hogan. “I just wanted to put myself in contention, and I did that,” Woods said. “At one point I was seven back, so to kind of claw my way back in there where I’m only four back right now, I’m in good shape.” More amazing than Woods’ strong play after the 144-day layoff is the way people still talk about Hogan, 13 years after his death. At breakfast in the clubhouse this week, Gary Player and Raymond Floyd were discussing him, with Player saying how difficult the man had been and Floyd saying how nice Hogan had been to him (Floyd did use clubs made by Hogan’s company). Ja ck N i ck l a u s re m i n i s c e d o n Thursday about having been asked to play practice rounds with Hogan, and playing in the Masters with him in 1966. On the CBS telecast Saturday, announcer Ian Baker-Finch described how Hogan played No. 11 at Augusta National. When you come to think of it, Woods and Hogan have much in common: Golf greatness, unfathomable work ethic, a swing that anyone would love to watch and an inclination to stay aloof from the rest of the guys on tour. Their comebacks, though, are worlds apart. If he gets the chance to make the comparison again, Woods likely will pass. He is a smart guy, and he has a new respect for second chances.
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Baseball: Tuesday, at Pete Beiden Field vs. Cal State Bakersfield at 6:05 p.m. Equestrian: Wednesday-Friday,in Texas for Championships
Weekend sweep
The ‘Dogs take a 3-0 series win against Utah to remain in second place in WAC By Brianna Campbell The Collegian The F resno State softball team sealed the deal Saturday in their three-game series against the Utah State Aggies. The ‘Dogs staged a comeback in the sixth inning to earn four runs – just enough to sweep the Aggies. Play started Friday night at Bulldog Diamond, where the ‘Dogs celebrated with the American Cancer Society and the Central California Blood Center to raise the awareness of saving lives by donating blood. Michelle Moses dominated the night in the circle, posting a career best 13 strikeouts, letting only four hits and one run scored to earn a win for the night, 4-1. “I just want to win,” Moses said. “I don’t care how many K’s [strike outs] and all that stuff, I just want to win.” Moses transfer red her defensive power to offense while star ting the rally that would clinch the game for the ‘Dogs with a single to left field. Sophomore Caitlin Stiglich was close behind, going 2 for 2 Friday night followed by teammate Lisamarie Coronado who was 1 for 3 with one RBI. T hird baseman Nicole Angene hit a double in the
fourth for two RBI’s and continued her hot streak in the fifth with a solo home run, her fourth of the season. Head coach Margie Wright said she was pleased with her team’s performance and the ability of the whole line-up to put points on the scoreboard. “You put nine people up to bat because you can believe they all can come through, and that is key,” Wright said. “I believe in every one of them, and I think that they all did a nice job.” F r i d ay n i g h t ’ s i n t e n s e game play transferred over to Saturday with a double-header against the Aggies to finish the series. Left fielder Andrea Ortega started the game right with a single home run in the first inning to put the ‘Dogs ahead from the start. Morgan Melloh pitched a complete four-hitter game with eight strike outs. The Bulldogs took the first game 7-3, but struggled to continue in the second game. Down 1-0 in the top of the sixth, the ‘Dogs came alive on defense turning a double play to return to the dugout for one of their last chances to score. Top of the lineup, Hayley Gilleland started it off right with a single to shortstop, getting her only hit for the day, one of six. But that didn’t stop her. Gilleland earned her 50
stolen bases for her career, just one shy of record holder Becky Witt. That was the beginning of the end for the ‘Dogs. “We had to pick up our energy towards the end of the game, and we did that,” Angene said. Angene did just that with her contribution during the sixth-inning rally with a double, giving her two RBIs. “As the sixth inning came, we knew that there wouldn’t be many more opportunities for us to score,” Angene said. “So, our energy picked up. We were seeing the ball better. All the hitters in the line-up did their job in order for us to score to win.” M o s e s r e l i eve d starting pitcher Mackenzie Oaks, who had four strike outs. Moses struck out two of the three batters to finish the series sweep by the ‘Dogs 4-1. “Sweeping is a g reat accomplishment for us right now,” Angene said. “It is what we need to carry on for the rest of the season.” Brianna Campbell/ The Collegian
Tiger’s slip of tongue about Hogan Woods said everything right this weekend, but comparing himself to Ben Hogan was no comparison. By Mark Herrmann McClatchy Tribune The new stoic Tiger Woods has said just about all the right things just about all week. His new and improved behavior has been practically impeccable, except for one slipup. And it wasn’t the moment on the sixth hole on Saturday in which he chewed himself out and cursed, in range of a network microphone. Call that an “oops” moment. Big deal. His real “ugh” moment actually happened twice, on Thursday and Friday, when he compared his comeback with that of Ben Hogan. Hogan never would have said anything like that. Mostly that was because he never said much of anything about anything. But it also was because he really was the levelheaded person Woods is trying to be, and he painfully knew what he was coming back from. Hogan’s recovery was made into a Hollywood movies: His car was plowed
into by a bus on a fog-shrouded Texas road in 1949. The golfer threw himself over his wife to protect her. He barely made it out alive and he did not seem all that likely to ever play golf again. His left leg was crushed, and his collarbone, pelvis and a rib all were broken. Yet, 16 months later, he won the U.S. Open. He went on to win the Masters in 1951, the year that “Follow the Sun,” the film about his comeback, was released. Woods’ recovery is what Hollywood Insider episodes are made of. His absence was self-imposed after he was caught in numerous affairs. He has sounded earnest and contrite this week, in his first tournament back. He just should have used more sensitivity before he said this about his fivemonth layoff: “It’s very similar to what Hogan went through, coming off the accident. I just couldn’t play that much See Tiger, Page 7
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Tiger Woods made his return to golf this month following a four-month hiatus from the sport