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Red Bike Program may lose its wheels

By Taylor Gonzalez The Collegian The Red Bike Program is a campus organization that offers students new and used bikes at an affordable rate. However, due to the low number of students who actually utilize the program, it might get cut from campus.

“The program takes a great deal of man power to run,” said parking administrator Amy Armstrong. “It would be more beneficial to redirect the department’s resources into programs that can benefit a larger student population.”

The rental fees of the bikes and revenue generated from parking citations have been the sole supporters of the program. Since there is not a big enough portion of the student population participating in Red Bike, the program could possibly be in its last semester.

An average of 70 students go through Red Bike per semester.

With student population eclipsing 20,000, Red Bike users make up an extremely small portion. The stu-

dents that do use it benefit from the program each semester and avoid the increasing fees others pay for gas and parking.

“The Red Bike Program was started to support students riding their bike to campus,” Armstrong said.

T he bikes that are provided via Red Bike are maintained and repaired by Traffic Operations personnel. By using a bike as transportation to and from school, the hassles of finding parking are alleviated. In addition, students who ride their bike do not have to worry about parking passes or tickets.

“It was important to make the program affordable to students,” Armstrong said. “Bikes are made available for students to rent, with a deposit.”

Students can rent new bikes with a deposit of $55 the first semester, and $5 for each additional semester.

It also offers bikes that are reconditioned for a $20 deposit.

Included in the rental fee, Red Bike offers any type of maintenance necessary for the bike. The low costs See BIKE, Page 3 Esteban Cortez / The Collegian

Faculty begin voting today to authorize strike

By Alexandra Norton The Collegian For the next two weeks faculty members from the 23 CSUs will vote on whether or not to authorize the California Faculty Association Board of Directors call to strike.

If a strike is authorized, each CSU will have two designated days during which faculty will withhold from work.

CFA President Lilian Taiz said a date hasn’t been determined when strikes will start, but could take place anytime during the end of this semester or the beginning of the fall.

For the past 22 months, the CFA has been bargaining with the Chancellor’s Office for a renewed contract but parties have yet to reach an agreement.

Vice President Kim Geron said during a teleconference on Wednesday, that he is hopeful a fair settlement will be made and a strike won’t be necessary, but he also believes a strike will be necessary if an agreement can’t be made.

“Faculty are frustrated, angry and, frankly, fed up with being told they’re not worth any small cost-of-living increase,” Geron said. “That puts us in a situation where we feel we have to take a strike at this time.”

Taiz agreed with Geron and added that since an agreement wasn’t made in mediation, there will be one more legal step before a strike is possible.

“Our contract expired back in June of 2010,” said Taiz. “What generally happens then is each side decides what it wants to discuss at the bargaining table and we did that — trying to figure out a resolution to the differences

between us.”

Taiz said this process took a year and a half, and reached a point in the negotiations where it was clear no progress was being made.

The final legal step is called ‘factfinding,’ where just the like the mediation stage, a neutral person is brought in to listen to the facts from both sides.

“After all the facts are provided and presented, the neutral fact-finder will come to some kind of judgment and make a recommendation,” said Taiz.

“The fact-finder’s recommendation is not binding, so it means that neither side has to listen to the fact-finder.”

Taiz said that even if at the end of the fact-finding an agreement is still not made, then it would give the authority to the CFA Board to take action.

“At that juncture, the faculty would have the authority, the power to withhold their labor and go on strike,” Taiz said.

“We are asking faculty to commit to what we’re calling ‘two-day rolling strikes,’” Taiz said. “Every campus would have a strike, but the strike would last two days and it would roll up and down the state from Humboldt down to San Diego.”

Faculty members will have the option to vote in person or online to give the board that authority.

If Fresno State faculty choose to vote in person, they can do so April 16-17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and April 18-19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the University Student Union Balcony in the building’s southeast corner.

If there are questions, members of the CFA will be available to talk during the voting hours.

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Friday’s rain poses obstacles for some

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Students got creative with walking to class on Friday, after the rains covered almost every pathway on campus.

Marco Mellone, a senior music education student, used the flooded lawn between the Joyal Administration and music buildings as an opportunity to get some recreational activities in on Friday.

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Teachers need to change Women E

very other Monday at Boston University, biomedical engineering professor Mohammed Zaman passes out ratings sheets in his classes. Two of the questions are “How can the professor improve your learning of the material?” and “Has he improved his teaching since the last evaluation?” Zaman reads what students say about his teaching Stephen Keleher technique and sends an email to the class telling students what things he will change.

A good indication that this practice is working for both the teacher and his students is that Zaman won the university’s highest teaching award and his “grades” from his classes have gone up over the years from 3s to now 4s and 5s.

Most students know about the “Rate My Professors” website and have probably checked out an instructor or two. I found out about this site a little too late to avoid taking a course that I didn’t enjoy and didn’t learn that much from.

If I had just looked at the ratings and

comments of others, I might have tried to take the course from a different instructor.

But “Rate My Professors” is a static, one-way model. Students who have completed the class rate their experience with an instructor. Professor Zaman employs an active two-way model. Students rate and comment on their learning experience as they experience it.

Why wouldn’t every instructor do this? It seems tailor-made for our experience here at Fresno State with all classes tied into Blackboard. One reason might be the top-down approach by many professors to the material they teach. They designed the curriculum, and taught the class that way for years — why change? It’s not beyond the realm of possibility that some tenured professors teach their classes without regard to the way their students feel about it.

Other reasons might be that there are already evaluations done in most classes once a year. But the evaluations are narrow, only allowing students to answer yes or no or to give a number rating on general topics.

Moreover, students in the current class don’t benefit in any way if an instructor makes changes after the evaluations. They have moved on.

Using regular interactive ratings

surveys during the semester does not permit students to affect a change to the curriculum. Vague comments saying that a course is too hard or that a Psych class should be about Adler instead of Freud are areas not open to change.

When Zaman’s students tell him they are having trouble understanding the material, he responds by accommodating their concerns. After students told him that they were color blind, he ditched the use of colored markers in his lectures, sticking solely to black markers.

Establishing a bi-weekly feedback loop allows teachers to see how well they are getting their curriculum across to their students and gives students a feeling of participation and excitement because their valid concerns about learning the material are being listened to and if necessary changes are being made.

We’re all here to learn, even professors and staff. Learning to get better at teaching a course should be just as important to teachers as learning and mastering the materials in each class is for students.

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Stephen Keleher is a staff reporter for The Collegian.

ASI posters: meant for good, but surprisingly disconcerting

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uesday, April 17, is Equal Pay Day. This date represents how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men earned in 2011.

Because, on average, women get paid 77 cents for every dollar men earn, they have to work more for the same pay.

This disparity goes beyond the issue of gender equality. This is an economic injustice that affects nearly half the workers in this country.

We cannot afford to be underpaying almost half the workers when our country is experiencing such challenging economic times. And women are not the only ones affected. Families are affected. Almost 14 million married couples with children relied on two incomes in 2009, representing 60 percent of all married couples with children, according to the National Women’s Law Center.

Black and Latina women are affected. African-American women make only 62 cents, and Latinas only 53 cents, for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men, the law center notes. Considering that they represent the two largest ethnic groups in the country, we are continuing the economic segregation that defined much of the last century.

Single mothers and their children are affected. Lower earnings cripple the economic security of the 6,340,000 families headed by working single mothers, 41 percent of whom already live below the federal poverty line.

The ability of women to retire is affected. The Center for American Progress estimates that a typical woman would lose $434,000 over a 40-year period due to the wage gap.

Economist Evelyn Murphy, president of The WAGE Project, estimates that the wage gap costs the average American full-time woman worker between $700,000 and $2 million over the course of her lifetime. Lower lifetime earnings mean lower Social Security benefits for women.

This problem must be addressed at a national level, since men earn more than women in every single state. The Paycheck Fairness Act, currently pending in Congress, is essential to combat unfair pay because it would allow victims of sex-based wage discrimination to seek justice.

But we don’t have to wait for Congress. Businesses can ensure that they don’t discriminate against women workers by performing an Equal Pay Self-Audit provided by the U.S. Department of Labor on its website.

Women are projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in total labor force growth by 2018. We cannot wait until then to rectify this economic injustice.

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BIKE: Spring may be the end CONTINUED from page 1 are not only beneficial to the renter’s pockets, but to the environmental health as well.

If the program ultimately ceases to exist, Ar mstrong said it will have very little financial impact on the budget.

The newly elected

Associated Students, Inc. Vice President of External Affairs Sean Kiernan said if the program does get cut, he hopes to work with the University Police Department to find ways that students can still benefit from the funds being used from parking citations.

“That money could be used to subsidize iron U-locks that are much more secure,”

Kiernan said.

As of right now it is still in debate whether or not the program will be cut. The decision will be finalized by the end of this semester.

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BRIEFS Vino Italiano, new Vineyard Run part of Vintage Days weekend During Vintage Days 2012, Fresno State’s viticulture and enology program presents the traditional Vino Italiano! on Friday, and an inaugural Vineyard 5K Run/Walk on April 22.

At Vino Italiano!, 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the first day of Vintage Days, student-made Italian varietals will be sampled at the university’s winery between Cedar and Maple avenues.

Guests will taste 2009 and 2010 Muscat Canelli, 2010 Pinot Gris 2009 and 2010 Barbera and 2009 Zinfandel.

Italian hors d’oeuvres from Sam’s Italian Deli in Fresno will be served. Wines will be available for purchase at a special discount following the event.

Winemaker John Giannini and students will discuss the enology program and Fresno State wines with participants.

General admission, which includes a Fresno State Winery glass and a plate, is $15, $10 for Fresno State students, staff, faculty and alumni with ID card, and $5 for Fresno State Wine Club members, payable at the door by cash or check. The tasting is open to people 21 and older with valid photo ID. The Vineyard Run/Walk, which is open to all ages, begins at 9 a.m. April 22, the last day of Vintage Days.

Proceeds benefit the V. E. Petrucci Library in the Vi t i c u l t u r e a n d E n o l o g y Research Center and Vintage Days. The university’s department of viticulture and Enology and the Viticulture Club are event hosts.

34 schools honored at Character and Civic Education conference

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Michael Josephson, an ethics and character expert, delivered the keynote speech at the Fresno State Kremen School of Education’s 28th annual Conference on Character and Civic Education on Friday, at the Fresno Convention Center.

Fresno State’s Bonner Center for Character Education also recognized 34 central San Joaquin Valley elementary schools with Virtues and Character Recognition awards. It is the 25th annual recognition of schools for exemplary attention to character education.

The conference for Fresno State and F resno Pacific University student teachers is the oldest of its kind in the United States, said Dr. Jacques S. Benninga, conference codirector of the Bonner Center and a Kremen School faculty member.

Benninga said the conference provides the prospective teachers with information on local civic agencies assisting children and families with life issues. Workshops present ethical issues facing today’s teachers, professionally appropriate ways of dealing with them and strategies to enhance character strengths in their students.

‘Growing up with Autism’ presentation April 23 Stephen Hinkle will discuss his experiences as a student growing up with autism and with the disability system 9:30-11 a.m. April 23 in the University Student Union, Room 312-314, under sponsorship of Services for Students with Disabilities at Fresno State.

His free and public talk is part of Diversity Awareness Week on campus.

Hinkle graduated in 2011 with a master’s degree in special education from Northern Arizona University.

Irvine Foundation funds partnership to support engineering education The James Irvine Foundation awarded $800,000 over three years to the Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State in support of its new Pathways to Engineering and Construction Management Careers initiative.

The Pathways to Engineering and Construction Management Careers initiative will connect the Lyles College of Engineering with local school districts, community colleges and industry to accomplish the following key goals: • Increase learning opportunities for Lyles College of Engineering students.

• Form a regional partnership of education stakeholders.

• Create pathways to engineering and construction management degrees and certificates.

• Improve retention and graduation rates for Lyles College of Engineering students.

• Expand outreach targeted toward K-12 students in the region.

The gift is one of the largest commitments from a foundation in the college’s history.

This grant focuses attention on Linked Learning in engineering and construction management education.

Linked Learning integrates real-world professions with rigorous academics, transforming education into a personally relevant experience that increases students’ success in college and careers.

CORRECTION In the Friday, April 13 edition of The Collegian, a photo appeared on page 1 with the caption, “A new Fresno State logo was unveiled yesterday at

an event outside of the University Student Union. Shirley Armbruster (left) poses with Time Out and members of the Integrated Marketing and Communications Steering Committee, which executed the campus-wide branding initiative. The logo unifies the well-recognized dog paw symbol and its mission of opportunity, the committee said.”

Not all those pictured were members of the committee.

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Community services specialist gives back

By Stephen Keleher The Collegian On a rainy Friday mor ning, Jim E. Crossbuck, a community services specialist at Fresno State, drove by the library in the Student Campus Community Transport (SCOUT) vehicle and spotted a student on crutches struggling to get somewhere through the storm.

“You need a ride? Where do you need do go?” Crossbuck asked. “Health Center? Watch your head getting in, OK?” The vehicle is electric and can run for about 18 hours between charges. It seats five passengers and has room for several wheelchairs.

SCOUT is a little-known part of campus life that helps students with disabilities get from class to class. Students can set up a regular schedule for pickup and delivery according to their academic needs by filling out a form online. SCOUT is just one of the services the university offers to disabled students to help them succeed in their studies regardless of their disability.

Crossbuck’s next scheduled pickup was accountancy professor Dennis Baker at the Education Building. Baker h a s Pa rk i n s o n ’ s d i s e a s e,

making it hard for him to get around easily.

“They set me up on a daily schedule,” Baker said. “I arrive on campus where I’m supposed to be, Jim E. puts me on board and gets me over to where I need to be. It’s one of the best services at Fresno State.”

Another regular passenger is Holly, a blind student who has just started working with a Seeing Eye dog and is still learning how to get around with it. She is able to use SCOUT on an on-call basis whenever she needs that extra bit of help to get to class.

Even students who are temporarily disabled due to injury or illness can make use of the service.

“I don’t think that students realize this service is available to them even though they say it in the catalog and online,” Crossbuck said. “So if we run into people [who] are disabled or on crutches or have a physical disability we tell them the procedures they have to do in order to get on it while they ride.”

Crossbuck is a Vietnam War veteran and holds several degrees. He has been a teacher and coach at high schools and at Fresno City College as well as a Fresno County sheriff's deputy, but for the past

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Jim E. Crossbuck, a community services specialist on campus, never hesitates to give students in need a lift, as was evident during Friday's rainstorm. SCOUT services allow disabled students to get from class to class easier.

nine years he’s been driving the SCOUT vehicle, helping people out on campus Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. A second community service staff member operates the vehicle in the evenings.

As he travels around campus between scheduled pickups, Crossbuck looks for people who are laboring to get around and will offer them a ride.

During Friday’s downpour, he had several students take up his offer of a ride to places such as the Satellite Student Union or the Family and Food Science building.

“I was thinking about retir-

ing,” Crossbuck said as he dropped off the last passenger at the Health Center. “But

here, I get to meet people. I enjoying helping them.”

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' loses his name overseas

By Ben Fritz McClatchy-Tribune LOS ANGELES — Abraham Lincoln won't get top billing in some foreign countries when his vampire-hunting adventure hits the big screen this summer.

Hoping to make its adaptation of the bestselling book "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" more accessible to overseas movie goers who might not be familiar with America's 16th president, 20th Century Fox is calling its June release "President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" in Taiwan and Thailand and simply "Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" in Hong Kong and South Korea, a spokesman for the studio confirmed.

In Italy and Portugal, meanwhile, the title character is gone entirely. The film will be called "The Legend of the Vampire Hunter" and "Secret Diary of the Vampire Hunter," respectively, in those countries.

In the rest of Europe and all of the Spanish-speaking world, the picture will carry a local language version of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

It's not uncommon for movies to get new names in certain overseas markets, particularly when the original title contains references that have more resonance for Americans. Last year's "Captain America: The First

Avenger," for instance, was known simply as "The First Avenger" in South Korea, Russia and Ukraine.

For "Abraham Lincoln," directed by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, some at Fox are already concerned that the content itself — with a main character drawn from

American history — will be less appealing than many other summer movies in certain overseas markets. Given the importance of international box office to turning a profit on big budget tentpoles, the last thing the studio needs is a title that will make the challenge even more difficult.

ATTENTION FRESNO STATE STUDENTS: What is the Student Health Fee? The Student Health Fee is part of the institutional fees. It is defined as a OPEN FORUM for prepaid access to healthcare for all currently enrolled students under the Proposed Student Health Fee Increase Executive Order-943 of the CSU. Students are currently paying $93 per semester.

Students are encouraged to attend one of these public forums regarding the proposed Student Health Fee increase.

Wednesday, April 18 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m.

University Student Union 312-314 (Light snack and refreshments will be provided)

Tuesday, April 24

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

McLane Hall 161

Monday, April 30

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Library 3212

(Light snack and refreshments will be provided)

Thursday, May 3

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Residence Hall Atrium

(Light snack and refreshments will be provided)

All currently enrolled students, with or without insurance, are eligible to use the no cost and low cost healthcare services available in the health center.

Why is there a need to increase the Student Health Fee?

Due to various factors that affected the cost of operating the University Health and Psychological Services, it is no longer able to sustain its level of service based on the current funding level. Its current funding level had been so low that there has been a significant decline in access for student users.

What is the new fee proposal?

The proposal is to increase the Student Health Fee by $5 annually beginning Fall 2012 over the next four years for a total increase of $20 by the year 2016. This will mean that the current semester fee of $93 will gradually increase over four years to a semester fee of $113 per semester. The last student health fee increase was passed by students in 2005 and ended in 2009.

How is the input being gathered?

Input is going to be gathered from many student groups to include the following: Associated Students Inc. Senate, University Student Union Board, President’s Lunch Group of Student Leaders, Resident Hall Advising Group, International Student Associations, Intra Fraternity Council, PanHellenic Council, Student Dietetic Association, Online surveys via email, website, and Facebook, and open forums.

After all the input is gathered, the result of this alternative consultation will be presented to the Campus Fee Advisory Committee for possible consideration by President Welty.

Fresno State students are encouraged to express their opinion about a proposed student health fee increase to the current student health For further information about the Student Health Fee Increase, please go to: www.csufresno.edu/health/News fee to be assessed starting in the Fall 2012.

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Controversial topics addressed in “The Vagina Monologues”

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Fresno State graduate student Deshunna Monay Ricks performed “My Angry Vagina” at the Satellite Student Union this past weekend in the Fresno State production of “The Vagina Monologues.” Director Oscar Perez said the play was a success and nearly sold out on Saturday evening.

By Esteban Cortez The Collegian Nearly 500 people attended the opening night perfor mance of the world-renowned play “The Vagina Monologues” at the Satellite Student Union Saturday.

The play, which is based on the

screenplay by Eve Ensler and was first performed in 1996, was made up of a panel of 13 actresses who openly discuss stories relating to their vagina.

Sex, love, rape and masturbation are just a few of the topics the actresses addressed in the production.

Director Oscar Perez, a social work graduate student said this year’s pro-

duction was a huge success.

“It was hard, but it was worth it,” Perez said about directing the play. He also directed last year’s play and has been involved with the production for four years.

Perez said that the play nearly sold out on Saturday night, and more people attended on Sunday than he expected.

Although the play tackles controversial topics, some monologues use humor to tell a story. Deshunna Monay Ricks, a Fresno State graduate student, performed “My Angry Vagina,” a monologue that channels frustration toward society for its attempt to control the female anatomy.

“You’ve got to convince my vagina, seduce my vagina, engage my vagina’s trust,” she read angrily on Sunday as the audience laughed and cheered.

“You can’t do that with a dry wad of... cotton!”

Perez also said that for the first time in Fresno State history, “The Vagina Monologues” was produced entirely by students. In the past, non-student community members helped produce the play.

The production is one of the bestknown installments of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.

Perez, who is a member of other clubs that promote women empowerment, chose to direct “The Vagina Monologues” because he thinks it impacts the entire community. He added that many members of this year’s cast were audience members from last year that chose to get involved and share their stories.

Proceeds from the production will be donated to the Marjaree Mason Center, the Violence Prevention Project and S.P.E.A.K., a student organization that strives to inform people about healthy relationships.

F resno State g raduate student Berenice Vega has worked on the production for three years, but helped produce the play for the first time this year.

“It was a great group and cast,” Vega said. “I was very honored to produce the production.”

Many students unaware of free Health Center services at Fresno State

By Stephen Keleher The Collegian Every Fresno State student pays a mandatory $93 per semester for Health Center services as part of their registration fees. Even if a student receives financial aid that pays their fees, University Health Services is still paid for all students enrolled. This gives the center an annual budget of $4 million.

What do students get in return?

“The way I define health services here at the university is that it’s prepaid health care,” said Cathy Felix, director of Health and Psychological Services. “I think that if all students pay for this service they need to know about it.”

The Health Center is located on Keats between Barton and Campus Drive, just south of the Henry Madden Library. It is a fully-accredited ambulatory (i.e., walk-in) health care center open Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., except Wednesdays, when it opens at 9 a.m.

Felix has been in her position at the Health Center since October and was previously employed at Chico State.

She has been taking informal polls among different student groups that she meets with asking how much students know about the Health Center.

She has found that many don’t know where it’s located and are uninformed about the services that are open to every student.

And there are many. Need a basic

CBC (Complete Blood Count) panel?

It’s free. Need prescriptions filled at the lowest cost, even if they are prescribed by an outside doctor? They are much cheaper at the Health Center pharmacy because all medical supplies are purchased under state contracts, which are a lot cheaper than retail.

And it’s not just prescription drugs.

The pharmacy products from toothpaste and mouthwash to condoms sell at deep discounts as well.

Five of the top 10 mental health diagnoses at Fresno State are anxiety, depression, ADD, insomnia and stress. Students can walk in and get an appointment for help with these and other issues at the counseling center.

Psychological services are free.

“Students assume that if it’s a health center only the ill and injured go in, but not really,” Felix said. “We make a push on campus for prevention and education, like from getting your flu shot early in September to practicing safe sex.”

Any student, female or male, can sign up for Family PACT (Family Planning Access to Care and Treatment) at the center and receive birth control, STI testing and 25 condoms without having to pay anything out of pocket.

Five of the top 10 medical diagnoses on campus are contraceptive issues, tuberculosis screenings, upper respiratory infections, allergies and general check-ups. There are four boardcertified physicians and four licensed nurse practitioners — a total of eight

providers. Students from nursing, public health and physical therapy are employed as interns at the Health Center.

There is also a full-service laboratory and full-service X-ray at the facility. To address the needs of those who have skin problems, a dermatologist is on staff every other week.

All of these services are at no extra charge outside of tuition. The only time a student has to pay anything is

for items at the pharmacy or for a complicated lab test. In today’s medical climate, a regular doctor visit can cost in the $150 range. The $93 per semester for the Health Center starts to look like a bargain.

“We’ve never turned students away for lack of money,” Felix said. “If you have a prescription to be filled and you’re low on money we give them a promissory note for coming back within two weeks.”

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19 Fix a button, say 20 PDQ, in the ICU 21 “__ I a stinker?”: Bugs Bunny 22 Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa 24 Belted out 26 __ B’rith: Jewish org.

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6 Draw up plans for 7 “Fathers and Sons” novelist Turgenev

8 Chevy’s plug-in hybrid 9 Rap sheet abbr.

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42 Neutral shade 47 Cricks and tics 48 Saddle knob 49 Sweeping in scope 53 Disgrace 54 Folk singer Suzanne 55 Sheltered inlet 56 “The Marriage of Figaro” highlight 58 “In your dreams!”

59 Pre-Easter time 60 City tricked by a wooden horse 61 “Marvy!”

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Pioneers trounce Bulldogs, 17-4 Collegian Staff

Brad Soo / The Collegian

Midfielder Callie Seidman evades a Denver defender in Friday’s 17-4 loss at Bulldog Stadium. Fresno State will honor its seniors in its final home game against Saint Mary’s at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bulldog Stadium.

UPSHAW: 7-footer goes with Fresno State as school of choice CONTINUED from page 8 the hat of the school he would attend.

When time came to announce his decision, Upshaw pulled out a crisp, brand-new Fresno State cap.

Ter ry was infor med o f U p s h aw ’ s d e c i s i o n o n Thursday when the two spoke on the phone.

Upshaw said the first-year coach was in shock and couldn’t even muster out a ‘Thank you.’

“He didn’t even say ‘Thank you,’ nothing,” Upshaw said.

“He just dropped the phone and it was just a blank silence for about a whole five minutes.

So I ended the phone call and called him back and was like ‘You still there?’

“He just really expressed

that he was really excited and that to do new things at Fresno State, to rebuild this program.

It’s something that can bring this community back together in terms of rebuilding the football team and rebuilding the basketball team — something that can bring the Fresno State community back together as it was when we were shining.”

Upshaw averaged 18 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.2 blocks and 3.1 assists per game in his senior campaign at Memorial.

He led the Panthers to a 23-9 season that included a Central Section Division II championship and a trip to the quarterfinals of the Souther n California Regional.

• On possibly following Fr ank Mar tin to South Carolina:

“No I did not. I just felt that Kansas State, the environment at Kansas State, was in was an environment I chose and, again, to pick up an go somewhere new — I mean same coach but you’re in a different environment. You’re basically across the country now versus being halfway across the country — it just wasn’t good for me.”

• On Coach Terry’s initial reaction: “Ecstatic. He couldn’t wait to tell anybody. We had to keep it a secret, so we could do what I did here today. He was very excited. This is what he had been wanting. He’d wanted it at Texas, and for him to get the job at Fresno State made it even better.”

• On weight on his shoulders: “In terms of weight I do feel it because I know I have to represent my school in every possible way as a student, as a citizen of the city and I felt like I have to what’s best for me, my team and my family.”

Editor in chief Ben Ingersoll also contributed to this report

After a slow start and a late resurgence in the second-half, first-place Denver proved too much for Fresno State as it trounced the Bulldogs, 17-4, Friday at Bulldog Stadium.

Denver (11-1, 5-0) remained undefeated and atop the standings of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with the win.

The Pioneers received hattrick performances from Jill Remenapp and Gretchen Nace with Kara Secora and Becca Steinberg adding two apiece.

The Bulldogs (2-9, 0-5) were held scoreless until the second half when Briana Hetherington found the net on an unassisted goal.

Later in the half, Hetherington found teammate Paula Badali to add on another Bulldog goal. Holly Cisneros found the net twice for Fresno State’s final two scores.

Defensively, Ashley Phillips had four ground balls and forced two tur novers and Kasandra Martinson won two draw controls and scooped up two ground balls.

Fresno State will play its final home game of the season against Saint Mary’s at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bulldog Stadium. The game will also honor seniors Callie Seidman and Martinson, who have been on the team since its inception in 2009.

BASEBALL: ‘Dogs struggle in Spartans’ sweep CONTINUED from page 8 gle, both runs were unearned.

The Bulldogs answered with a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Daniel Moultrie following Hutcheson’s double.

In the sixth the Spartans d e s t roye d a ny h o p e o f a Bulldog comeback, scoring seven runs on eight hits for a 9-1 lead. The Spartans brought up 12 batters in the inning.

Lopez tacked on another run for the Spartans in the eighth with a single. Schultz would score later in the inning on an error.

It was the third game this season that the Bulldogs have given up 10 or more runs.

Tyler Linehan took the loss for the Bulldogs going five and one-third innings. He gave up nine runs, two of which were unearned, and 11 hits while striking out six.

Hutcheson was the only Bulldog to get multiple hits in every game of the series.

Fresno State will take a break from conference action and travel to Cal Poly for a single game Tuesday at 6 p.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS Softball splits doubleheader at San Jose State

h ave a c o n f e r e n c e - wo r s t record of 1-11.

With a doubleheader split over the weekend at San Jose State, Fresno State softball made the Wester n Athletic Conference race even narrower.

The Bulldogs won the opener on Sunday, 1-0, but fell to the Spartans 2-1 in the second half of the day. With the split, Fresno State clings to the second spot in the WAC standings at 8-2, just behind Hawaii at 9-2 while San Jose State is fourth at 6-4.

In the opening game, the Bulldogs managed their only run in the fourth inning off a Courtney Moore home run.

Fortunately for Fresno State, pitcher Michelle Moses tossed seven scoreless innings, giving up just one hit in the process.

Game two featured both Mackenzie Oakes and Moses in the circle. The duo gave up seven hits and two earned runs, but the two fifth-inning runs proved to be enough for the Spartans to squeak by the Bulldogs. Michelle Moses brought in the Bulldogs’ lone run in the loss.

Fresno State (22-17, 8-2 WAC) will travel to New Mexico State for a three-game series beginning Friday. The Aggies

Women finish strong at Sacramento State Both the men and women’s track and field squads traveled to Sacramento on Saturday for the Sacramento State Mondo Mid-Major Challenge.

The women placed second behind Utah State and the men placed fifth of the eight-school event.

Junior sprinter Breeauna Thompson impressed for the Bulldogs, winning both the 200 and 400-meter dashes in times of 24.04 seconds and 55.67, respectively.

For the men, Remington Blair took the 400-meter dash in 47.66, ahead of two Idaho Vandals and teammate Jordan Walker (48.76).

Senior jumper Emmanuel Jackson had strong showings in the long jump and triple jump. Jackson took third in the long jump at 21-feet, 9-inches and second in the triple jump at 48-feet, 10.25-inches.

Fo r t h e wo m e n , s e n i o r Latrisha Jordan also assisted the ‘Dogs to their second-place team finish by winning the 400-meter hurdles in 1:00.25.

The time is her best of the 2012 season.

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The men’s tennis team will host UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, at the Wathen Tennis Center.

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BASEBALL

Going nowhere

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

7-foot Robert Upshaw will be a Bulldog

By Angel Moreno The Collegian

Dalton Runberg / The Collegian

Senior Pat Hutcheson is tagged out by San Jose State’s Jacob Valdez after being caught in a pickle in Sunday’s 11-2 loss at Beiden Field.

Spartans outscore Bulldogs 19-5 in series sweep

By Tim Salazar The Collegian For the first time in a decade, San Jose State swept Fresno State in a three-game series.

The Bulldogs couldn’t produce a win as they lost their second consecutive Western Athletic Conference series.

The Bulldogs (15-19, 1-5 WAC) are at the bottom of the conference standings, but with WAC play just getting underway, the season is far from being over.

“It’s not about what one individual can do during a game. It’s what the whole team can do and we definitely struggled,” said Fresno State second baseman Pat Hutcheson.

Friday’s rain turned Saturday into a daylong euphoria of baseball as the game was made into a next-day doubleheader.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, it was the Spartans who were left celebrating a clean sweep on the day, taking the first game 4-0 and the nightcap 4-3.

In the first game, Spartan Johnny Melero picked up his second win of the season going five scoreless innings allowing five hits and one walk.

Jason Kafka and Kalei Contrades came on in relief to finish off the combined shutout of the Bulldogs. Kafka pitched the sixth giving up a walk while Contrades pitched three perfect innings to pick up his first save of the season.

The Bulldogs started off the game well, retiring the first two batters, but following a walk to Nick Schulz, the Spartans collected back-to-back singles to load the bases. Catcher Kyle Gallegos then drew a

walk to bring in the first run of the game.

The Spartans would add two more runs in the fifth on a pair of RBI singles from Caleb Natov and Matt Lopez to increase their lead to three. The Spartans last run would come on a fielder’s choice groundout by Andre Mercurio in the sixth.

Bulldog Justin Haley got the loss and dropped to 4-3 on the mound. He finished the day pitching six innings with five strikeouts. He allowed four runs, seven hits and three walks.

Offensively, Hutcheson was the only Bulldog to collect multiple hits for the team hitting two singles.

The second game netted almost the same result with the difference being that this time the Bulldogs’ offense started to get on track, although the comeback effort was too little, too late.

Instead of putting together a string of runs as they did in the first game, the Spartans lumped them all in a four-run second inning. With two outs and no runners on in the second, the Spartans put together a rally of seven straight base runners on five hits to score all four runs.

The Spartans’ Michael Gerlach got the offense moving with single up the middle that brought down the flood gates of the Bulldog defense. Gallegos drew a walk to put two on base bringing up Tyler Christian who would get an RBI double, Michael Reiling for an RBI single and Mercurio for an RBI single.

After Jacob Valdez was hit by a pitch, Schulz singled to drive in the Spartans last run. The inning finally came to an end with Jon Nelson, who led off the inning, flying out to right field.

The Bulldogs finally were able to crack the scoreboard for the first time in the fourth inning.

Freshman Jordan Luplow led off the inning with a single followed by a single from Hutcheson and a RBI single from Aaron Judge for the first run. Hutcheson scored when Trent Garrison hit into a double play.

The ‘Dogs inched closer in the eighth inning off the bat of Hutcheson. With one out in the inning Hutcheson launched a home run to right-center bringing the score to its final tally of 4-3.

The Spartans Esteban Guzman earned his first win of the season going five innings and allowing three runs. Closer Zack Jones picked up his sixth save in one and two-third innings including striking out the side in the ninth.

Tom Harlan pitched a complete game but dropped to 4-5 in his three-strikeout performance. After the second inning, Harlan settled down tremendously allowing a lead-off single as the only hit for the Spartans the rest of the night.

“We just got to keep pushing,” Harlan said. “We’re going to bounce back. There’s a lot of potential with this team.”

The Spartans got on the scoreboard early in Sunday’s finale and completed their sweep of the Bulldogs in an 11-2 victory.

A lead-off single by Mercurio put pressure on the Bulldog defense, causing an error by Tyler Linehan on Reiling’s sacrifice bunt. Two batters later the Spartans’ Lopez came through with a two-run sinSee BASEBALL, Page 7

Rodney Terry secured one of the nation’s elite remaining recruits Sunday with the signing of Fresno native Robert Upshaw.

Upshaw, a 7-foot, 270-pound center out of San Joaquin Memorial, made the decision of where he’d pursue Division-I basketball in a banquet- Robert Upshaw style setting at Antonio’s Mexican Restaurant near River Park.

Upshaw had committed to Kansas State but followed his mother’s advice and signed a nonbinding atheltic aid agreement with the program.

When then-Kansas State head coach Frank Martin left to take over at South Carolina, Upshaw’s search for a school restarted.

“After what has happened with my recruiting process, me not attending Kansas State, I really sat down and I really thought about it,” Upshaw said. “I felt like me and Coach Terry’s relationship over the past four years has been something that’s been building.”

Rodney Terry began recruiting Upshaw four years ago when he was an assistant at Texas. That relationship is what Upshaw said really turned him on to Fresno State.

With four hats representing Cal, Washington, Fresno State and USC, a black box sat in between all of them and held See UPSHAW, Page 7

Angel Moreno / The Collegian

Robert Upshaw, left, and his mother Ceylon Sherman open the box that held the hat of the school he selected. Upshaw announced he would attend Fresno State and join Rodney Terry’s recruiting class Sunday at Antonio’s Mexican Restaurant near River Park.