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ACADEMICS

‘WHO’S TO BLAME?’

Razmik Cañas • The Collegian

Fresno State students from the department of social work rallied in the Peace Garden on April 17, 2018 after admission decisions for the master of social work program were revealed. Only one-third of master of social work students were social work undergraduates.

Irate social work students protest graduate admissions

By Razmik Cañas & William Ramirez

@raz_canas, @willloveslakers2

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s the sun rose over Fresno State’s Peace Garden Tuesday, there was little peace among a group of social work students who crowded together to share concerns about their department.

The students walked out of classes in response to admission decisions made on April 10 by the master of social work department for the 2018-19 graduate program.

The protesting students are upset because they think their major isn’t adequately represented in their own graduate program.

The alleged reason: Too many undergraduate social work majors are not meeting the standards set for the graduate program.

There are 122 students in the current master of social work program. Social work department faculty said last week that about one-third of the 122 had earned undergraduate degrees in social work.

The remaining two-thirds come

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Of master of social work students were bachelor of social work undergrads from other disciplines, including sociology and psychology.

Based on this math, the master of social work program in the past has admitted about 60 new students per year. Tuesday’s protest was sparked in part when students learned that only 45 new students would be admitted to the master of social work program for the 2018-19 year.

James Borunda, president of the Social Work Student Association, said he thinks the department may have decided there weren’t enough qualified candidates to give 60 undergraduate students a shot at social work graduate school.

Borunda led Tuesday’s walkout. But quotas weren’t the only issue that upset Borunda and the protestors.

The protesters also want social work students with bachelors degrees to get more of the increasingly rare slots in the social work graduate program.

It’s the “one-third” figure – only about 40 of the 122 social work masters students currently in the program come from the social work department – that most angered the protestors.

The protesters said one-third is not a fair representation of the social work department, and that rejected students from the program will likely be set back in their education.

“One-third is absurd,” chanted about 30 students.

Yet, the one-third figure may not be absurd. The students also were concerned about alleged comments made by social work faculty about the quality of undergraduate social work students.

In other words, the social work faculty are alleged to have admitted either they or someone else isn’t doing their job.

“If we’re not qualified, who’s to blame for that?” said Borunda, who was one of the fortunate ones in his discipline to be accepted to graduate school next year. “Right now it’s a lot of speculation because there’s no transparency.”

In a news release, the protestors allege some among the social work faculty said “psychology and sociology majors are better writers than us.”

During the rally, the students publicly delivered three proposals for the department. Borunda shouted them through the megaphone.

First, the students called for eliminating the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) exam as a requirement for the graduate program.

The students said that the exam is often a financial barrier and a biased assessment for some students, considering some students are not accustomed to the writing style of the exam.

The second proposal, which the students called “Teach Us to WRITE, Like Soc. and Psych” was to establish a social work writing course to better prepare graduates for the type of writing they will do in their field. Students said there are currently no classes that focus on applying the specific writing skills.

The final proposal was to address the small percentage of bachelor of social work graduates admitted into the masters program.

Zoyer Zyndel, a master of social work graduate, said he felt like he had an edge on the bachelor of social work applicants because he was an English major.

“I didn’t have the best GPA. I actually was on academic probation and they still took me,” Zyndel said. “I really believe it was because my bachelors (degree) was in English.”

According to the department of social work, there are currently 277 students in the undergraduate social work major. “(Bachelor of social work) graduates deserve greater representation and opportunity in obtaining a master’s level degree in our dedicated profession,” read a portion of the students’ statement.

The department for social work declined to comment on the walkout and student protest when The Collegian asked questions Tuesday. The Collegian also reached out to Fresno State administration for a comment, but they did not respond by deadline.

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EDITORIAL

Fresno State professor’s Barbara Bush comments are fruitless dent George W. Bush was probably

By Collegian Editorial Board sad and that made her happy. @TheCollegian Fresno State is feeling the pressure.

Yet again, a professor goes on a social media tirade and attracts fury from all corners of the internet. And again, we will witness another senseless Twitter squabble.

Tuesday afternoon, after news broke that former First Lady Barbara Bush had died at 92, Fresno State English faculty member Randa Jarrar expressed her thoughts on the matter.

She called Bush an “amazing racist” who “raised a war criminal.” She wrote that former Presi-

Those comments attracted furious Twitter users from everywhere. It isn’t worth getting into what was said to Jarrar and how Jarrar responded. That does little for anyone.

Unlike Lars Maischak, the Fresno State history lecturer who tweeted that “Trump must hang,” Jarrar did not appear to call for any violence. But her language was certainly viewed as hateful.

We suspect Jarrar expected to ignite a Twitter storm over her views on the Bushes. She even tagged Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro in her response to some users and insisted that she

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Left: Fresno State English professor Randa Jarrar. Right: Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush.

would not be fired for her tweets.

She often wrote that her tenure position would not allow her to be fired. She also praised herself for being an American professor with free speech rights.

It is unlikely that people on social media will sit down and discuss the politics of Jarrar’s comments with civility. In this age of extreme ideological divide, we question why Jarrar felt the need to share her candid thoughts in the one place where anything productive rarely happens.

It appears the pressure was too

CAMPUS COLUMN

Vintage Days back in the day

By Dan Waterhouse It’s that time of year again. Vintage Days is upon us.

It’s been happening for a long time. It’s in its fifth decade. It’s also changed a lot.

Vintage Days was born in 1975 as a four-day student event, along the lines of Cal Poly’s Poly Royal and Chico State’s Pioneer Days.

Both Poly Royal and Pioneer Days were open houses for their respective communities as well as opportunities for students to blow off steam and relax.

Vintage Days originally started on Thursday with opening ceremonies. In the early years, they were held in the Free Speech Area and then moved to the amphitheater as more space was needed.

Easily a hundred teams took part. Every dorm floor had a team.

The fraternities and sororities all had teams. Many departments and student clubs participated.

I was a member of an independent group, “The Summer Knight,” for several years. The highlight of opening ceremonies was the MCs. For several years during the heyday of KKDJ’s Breakfast Club morning show, Dean and Don MCed in costume.

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After opening ceremonies, the Bucket would fill up and the beer and wine flowed. In those days, the bar was on the west side of University Center, across from the Henry Madden Library main entrance. In a Vintage Days tradition, someone would go outside and moon everyone in the Bucket and coming out of the library.

There were competitive events too. Wrist wrestling in the University Student Union pit always drew a crowd. Dot Jones (who’s best known for starring in Glee a few years ago) dominated the event for several years. She was the Petaluma champion, so she was pitted against the guys during the Vintage Days competition. I recall she broke a Greek’s wrist after he wouldn’t call “uncle.”

Other competitive events included push cart and tricycle races, tug-of-war and the frog jump. Our frog jump replicated the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee made famous by Mark Twain. The push cart races always featured a spectacular crash or two. And the trikes would tip over while rounding a corner.

In the early years, a dance inspired by the notorious street dances over in Sin City (today’s El Dorado Park) would happen on

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A band would play on a flatbed trailer. After a few years, the dance morphed into a Friday night concert held in the amphitheater.

The Boomtown Carnival began in the parking lot in front of the amphitheater before it was eventually moved to the front of the Music building. The Craftsfaire was first sighted where the Kremen School of Education building is now. As the crowds grew, it was moved to its present location near the Thomas building.

After the Pioneer Days and Poly Royal riots in 1987 and 1989 (both provoked by police), Vintage Days gradually changed its emphasis from student party to more of a community event. The competitive events disappeared and so did organized student teams.

Once it was settled that Vintage Days was held the weekend before the Clovis Rodeo, the potential for unfortunate events dramatically decreased. It’s been a long time since there’s been problems beyond the occasional inebriated person at the beer garden.

These days, Vintage Days is a three-day event. Boomtown Carnival still holds its place as the major fundraising event for student clubs

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The only obvious results from this are that Fresno State has another public relations quandry to address (it’s possible not all sides will be pleased), Jarrar has invited scorn to her character (she may not care) and there could well be

and organizations. The Craftsfaire isn’t as big as it once was. And the big concerts have been replaced by smaller shows throughout the three days.

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threats made against her career and possibly her life by the most unhinged in society. And what do her students think? She mentioned them in some of her tweets.

That Jarrar made her comments as a private citizen and not as a representative of the university – as Castro suggested in a public statement Tuesday night – is a flawed excuse. Jarrar openly flashed her tenure and salary as a professor at the university to those who criticised her words.

Even when President Donald Trump uses vile language on social media, it reflects badly on the office he holds and represents. This is no different.

At the end of the day, Jarrar may have missed the chance to lead others to think critically and rationally about social and political issues.

Whatever her goal may have been in calling out the matriarch of one of the biggest political dynasties in U.S. history, her message fell flat on its face for one simple reason: In the heat of the moment, professor Jarrar chose poor taste over prudence.

Waterhouse is a lifelong Fresnan.

He has written for the Fresno City College and Fresno State student newspapers over the years, including other local publications.

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NUTRITION

‘Eat the rainbow:’ nutritional tours make healthy eating easy

By Christian Mattos @chrisssymattos

Eating healthy can be a challenge at times, especially for college students.

But a group of Fresno State dietetic students are teaching community members that it’s as easy as adding one more healthy ingredient to their meals.

The Bulldogs in the Grocery Store nutritional tours began April, and dietetic students are leading tours throughout the semester to educate consumers on healthy eating.

The tours take place now through May 12 at the Save Mart Supermarket on First Street and Bullard Avenue and are free and open to the public.

The program allows dietetic students from the food and nutritional sciences department to bring their fellow students to Save Mart for a tour.

The idea is the encouragement of incorporating one more fruit or vegetable into their diet, said Kassie Ramirez, a dietetics and food administration student and program coordinator.

“We just want to make sure we can equip the students with knowledge on how to go [grocery shopping] because it can be intimidating going to the grocery store and you’re like, ‘Where do I even start? How do I do this thing of eating healthy?’” Ramirez said.

The students are trained in a classroom setting and through nutritional tours led by Dr. Lisa Herzig, an associate professor and the nutrition and dietetics undergraduate coordinator.

This is the fourth year the tours have been implemented thanks to a $5,000 grant awarded by the non-profit group Produce For Better Health Foundation, Herzig said.

The grant has covered the cost of materials for the tours including aprons for the tour guides, food sampling and printing.

“We want to enlighten [consumers] that it’s OK to have fruits and vegetables in canned, fresh, frozen, juiced and dry forms,” Herzig said. “That all are good, all are healthy, and no one is necessarily better than the other.”

The nutritional tour takes a group of up

Ramuel Reyes • The Collegian

Junior Kassie Ramirez, a nutrition dietetic major, explains the the importance of examining the ingredients in juices during a Nutritional Grocery Store tours at the Save Mart Supermarket at 5750 N. First Street on April 6, 2018.

to eight people around the perimeter of the grocery store.

This process helps to avoid less healthy and processed food options in the middle aisles, Ramirez said.

Tour guides lead the group through the fruits and vegetables, explaining the health benefits of antioxidants, folate, fiber and vitamins in the produce section.

Groups are then led through the canned and frozen food aisles to compare the benefits found in different items.

Ramirez said that the small group number allows for a more hands-on experience.

“We do ask participants to read the ingredients [on product labels], so we just want to make sure everyone can get the most out of it,” she said.

Ramirez explained that the concept of adding one more fruit or vegetable item

into the diet may look different depending on the individual.

During the nutritional tour, she recommended that people “eat the rainbow” for a variety of health benefits from produce.

“If it’s starting with just eating one vegetable a day, we really want to encourage that,” Ramirez said.

Save Mart store manager David Galyan said that the store wants to help people maintain healthy eating in any way they can.

“I believe that the more knowledge the customers have on what they’re looking for will help them be able to shop for themselves and their families,” he said.

Galyan added that Save Mart advertises organic, locally owned and farm-to-store products. “[Healthy eating] is a lifestyle change

HEALTH

Event showcases research to community

By Jorge Rodriguez @jrodcollegian

The College of Health and Human Services celebrated its annual research showcase at the University Dining Hall Tuesday night, where seven colleges at Fresno State and other programs showcased their research to attendees.

The event consisted of 31 research poster presentations with topics ranging from knowledge of Hepatitis B among Hmong college students to hydration practices among the Fresno State grounds crew.

The research projects are part of each presenter’s tenure process and also serve as a way for the community to get an idea of what each college is working on. Many presenters were happy to showcase their projects to the community because they had been working on them for a long time.

Taylor Munoz, a graduate student in the kinesiology department, partnered with

Benjamin Cruz • The Collegian

Posters from Fresno State faculty and students fills University Dining Hall as part of the College of Health and Human Health Services’ annual research showcase on April 17, 2018.

and it’s a culture of eating right for the long term, just not doing it every now and then,” he said.

In addition to the tours, Ramirez and Herzig are also working on a cookbook with recipes created by dietetics interns to be released by the end of the semester or next fall.

The recipes are calculated according to nutrition requirements, with calories, fat and carbohydrates measured.

“We have a bunch of recipes that we’ve been gathering now for over a year, so it’s just a matter of finding a little bit of time so we can compile them and put them into the different categories of appetizers, entrees, desserts and salads,” Herzig said.

People can register for a nutritional tour with the Bulldogs in the Grocery Store online.

Wade Gilbert to work on the Induction Program for newly hired coaches in Fresno Unified School District. The two said that the project was about a six-month process.

“A project like this can have a lot of positive implications for coaches and students in Fresno,” Munoz said, “If you educate coaches and prepare them better for their jobs you can create a better situation for athletes.”

Dean of the College of Health and Human Services Jody Hironaka-Juteau spoke to everyone in attendance at the beginning of the event, thanking the researchers for presenting their projects.

Hironaka-Juteau also thanked the college’s honor students who were presenting two projects at the event. She mentioned in her speech that some of the projects are still ongoing and that the event serves as an opportunity to show the community what the college has been doing so far.

“This is a fun open house event for the faculty to show off what they have been working on,” said Development Coordinator for the College of Health and Human Services Beth Wilkinson. “This event shows that we’re not just about teaching students, it shows that the faculty is working on projects that have a real effect in the community.”

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MUSIC

Kendrick Lamar makes history with Pulitzer Prize win

By Randall Roberts Los Angeles Times

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heir names are inked in history books and on the walls of hallowed concert halls as winners of American music’s most esteemed award, the Pulitzer Prize for music: Aaron Copland, George Crumb, John Luther Adams, Ornette Coleman, Caroline Shaw and dozens more.

Add to that list the man nicknamed Kung Fu Kenny.

In news that caught many off guard, celebrated Compton, California-born rapper Kendrick Lamar was awarded the Pulitzer on Monday for his work on his 2017 album “Damn.” With the announcement, the committee praised Lamar’s album as “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.”

Translation: It’s an amazing album that documents South L.A. black life with wildly accomplished beats and verses.

“He’s an artist who challenges notions,” said Ryan Coogler, director of the blockbuster hit “Black Panther,” for which Lamar orchestrated and contributed music, during a recent interview. “One of the bigger themes in our film is this idea of, ‘What does it mean to be African?’ Kendrick in his music is very directly challenging that question.”

To say that Lamar’s honor was a shocker is an understatement. Historically, the Pulitzer committee has ignored so-called “vernacular” music in the category, favoring more furrow-browed, academic work. When the Pulitzer committee has honored non-classical work, it has most often done so by giving recipients what it calls “special awards and citations.”

This year’s finalists in the music category, selected by a five-person jury, were “Quartet” by Michael Gilbertson and “Sound From the Bench” by Ted Hearne.

“There’s something to be said that a young man from Compton, who was raised in a low-income community, has been able to be true to his mode of expression,” said Raj Frazier, an associate professor at the University of Southern California and the director of the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg.

“The fact that his music is being listened to and valued among the Pulitzer members – that it’s being thought of in relation to those award winners of generations prior to him – means he’ll be a name and a creator who’s also referred to for those who are assessed and valued in the future,” Frazier said.

Lamar follows another non-classical Pulitzer winner, Coleman, the experimental jazz pioneer who won in 2007 for “Sound Gram-

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Kendrick Lamar, on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 23, 2017.

Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for music for his album “Damn.”

mar.” There is, perhaps, a connection, as Lamar’s albums have been frequently cited as spearheading a jazz revival in Los Angeles, elevating players such as Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin and Robert Glasper to almost-pop stars, or at least crossover figures with wide, young audiences outside the traditional jazz market.

But Lamar is not merely the first rapper to earn the Pulitzer in music. He’s the first honored musician who has landed a No. 1 album or gone platinum. To further illustrate the accomplishment, among those who haven’t received the prize are Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, Bruce Springsteen and Carole King. (Dylan and Coltrane have been given special citations.)

In a social media post reacting to the news, Terrence “Punch” Henderson, president of Lamar’s label, Top Dawg Entertainment, bragged, “Pulitzer Prize winner K-dot from Compton. I bet not ever hear one of you ... speak with anything less than respect in your

mouth for Kendrick Lamar.”

Lamar retweeted the above comment but has yet to make a statement of his own. The artist and representatives from Top Dawg were not available for comment.

“The award will also serve as an inspiration for creators who never would have imagined this for themselves,” said USC’s Frazier.

“To now think, ‘Oh, that’s possible.

It’s feasible that I’ll be valued in this kind of space, that my name will be mentioned alongside of other Pulitzer winners in other forms of the arts, whether it be fiction or journalism.’ I think that’s huge.”

Lamar’s Pulitzer accolade comes at a time when hip-hop culture has become mainstream culture. In 2017, for instance, the combined genres of R&B and hip-hop proved to be the most consumed music in the U.S. for the first time in history, according to Nielsen Music.

Hip-hop has gone on to inform many aspects of popular American art; it punctuates the film “Black Panther” and infuses acclaimed TV shows such as “Atlanta” and “The

Chi,” not to mention the Broadway sensation “Hamilton.” This year’s Grammys also focused heavily on hip-hop in its nominations, where “Damn” was up for, but lost, album of the year.

Lamar’s lyrical hip-hop has long been uniquely focused on his home city. Whether on tracks including “Backseat Freestyle,” “Keisha’s Song (Her Pain)” or “Money Trees,” or in the videos for songs such as “Compton State of Mind” (a riff on Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”), “King Kunta” and “i,” Lamar locates his creative world in the area in which he was raised.

Like the best writers, Lamar pinpoints small moments that illustrate larger points, in his case the kind that springboard into documentary narratives about home and history, about dangers lurking and the power of anger. Like classic L.A. chroniclers such as Iceberg Slim, John Fante, Joan Didion and James Ellroy, Lamar imbues a sense of place into his lines.

“Black Panther” director Coogler describes Lamar as possessing “an integrity to him that

crosses demographics and it crosses different ages. When you hear him you feel like he’s being truthful. You feel like you’re scratching at a certain type of personal truth.”

The rapper’s 2012 mixtape, “Compton State of Mind,” locates Rosecrans Avenue by name as he describes being on the street chilling, eating “five dollar Little Caesar” and food from when “mama shopped at Food for Less.” Centennial High School, he raps, “had me swimming with a pool of sharks / Me I’m just a good kid trying to keep it neutral / But I’m well aware that a square can get shot too.”

His “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” released in 2012 and nominated for a Grammy album of the year, went deeper into the city’s psyche, and his own. He describes witnessing at age 9 a gangbanger “with his brains blown out at the same burger stand where beep hang out.”

The 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly” brought him a whole new audience as it connected past, present and future. Experimenting with Afro-futurism and collaborating with such wide-ranging jazz-influenced artists including Martin and Washington, as well as the producer Thundercat, the album was an expansive look at the African-American experience in California.

Lamar’s success, however, has led him to bemoan his disconnect from the streets where his most crucial lyrics were born. He acknowledged this struggle in a July 2017 interview with comedian Dave Chappelle for Interview magazine. “... Everything was moving so fast. I didn’t know how to digest it,” Lamar said. “The best thing I did was go back to the city of Compton, to touch the people who I grew up with and tell them the stories of the people I met around the world.”

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REVIEW

Jack White’s ‘Boarding House Reach’ feels fresh and new

By Jorge Rodriguez @jrodcollegian

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Weird, definitely weird.

But good-weird.

That would be one way to describe the new concept album, “Boarding House Reach,” by former White Stripes and The Raconteurs frontman Jack White.

White is known for doing things his way, and that way is the old way. White never wanted to use computers or new equipment to record his albums, and that music is what made him different from other musicians.

However, White changed his mind about using technology in the recording studio after a comment made by comedian Chris Rock during his visit to White’s studios at Third Man Records: “Nobody cares.”

Rock meant that once the music was

out, nobody cared how it was made. Listeners didn’t care that you used equipment from the turn of the century. They just wanted to hear the music.

White took this to heart and changed his whole attitude about recording. That change in attitude shows in this album.

Four years after the release of his last album “Lazaretto,” White is back at it again, but this time it feels different.

The difference is felt right from the start of the album with “Connected by Love,” the first track and the first single released from the album.

“Connected by Love” is a blend between a pop-rock love song and a blues inspired poem, put together with a futuristic beat that works to perfection. That’s how most of this album works, blends of rhythms that White puts together to make something that sounds different and, at the same time, familiar.

Songs like “Corporation,” “Over and Over and Over,” and “Respect Commander” are more traditional sounding White songs, but they still manage to feel fresh and new.

Then there are songs like “Ezmeralda

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Jack White released his latest album, “Boarding House Reach” on March 23, 2018.

Steals The Show,” “Everything You’ve Ever Learned,” and “Abulia and Akrasia” that are strange and leave you feeling like you don’t know what you just heard, but you still want to hear it again.

“Boarding House Reach” works and has songs that epitomize what White is all about. The weird, strange, cool and mys-

terious person that he is, can be found on this album.

If you’re a fan of White as an artist, you’ll enjoy this album and will be listening to it all year long. But if you only enjoy White’s music for it’s simplicity, you will most likely not enjoy this smorgasbord of sounds.

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‘Taste of Spring’ welcomes guests to the Fresno State Winery VISALIA TRANSIT

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Preparations for Taste of Spring, which takes place on April 19, 2018.

By Christian Mattos @chrisssymattos

The Fresno State Winery’s Taste of Spring event on Thursday will feature live music, wine tasting and the chance to interact with students within the viticulture and enology departments.

The event is open to the public and will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the winery at 2360 E. Barstow Ave. “We’re extremely proud that The Fresno Bee honored our winery with its People’s Choice Award for the fourth straight year, and this is a great chance to sample our wines and learn how they are made by our winemaker and students,” Kevin Smith, the winery’s marketing director, said in a news release.

Photo via Campus News

Attendees can take part in a white wine sangria tasting competition between three student assistant winemakers. Tom Montgomery, a Fresno State alumnus and winemaker originally from Sanger who joined this winery last July, will also be meeting with guests at the event.

Five wines will be available for tasting, as well as the limited-release sherry. Guests will also be able to sign up for the Fresno State Wine Club for money-saving opportunities.

Guests can register for Taste of Spring in advance online for $10 or $15 at the event.

Wine club members are also admitted for $10.

For more information call 559-2786070 or email winery_info@mail.fresnostate.edu.

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NEWS BRIEFS

ELECTIONS

Professor remarks on Barbara Bush death cause anger

Gavin Newsom leads governor’s race in new survey

Fresno State

By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado @cres_guez

Fresno State English professor Randa Jarrar drew heavy criticism on Twitter Tuesday night after she said former

United States First Lady Barbara Bush was an “amazing racist” who raised a war criminal.

Bush died Tuesday at 92 after earlier reports that she had been in failing health.

Jarrar openly insisted that her comments would not get her fired after several users insisted she get terminated from Fresno State. She touted a tenure and a large salary.

In a statement, Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro had this to say: “Professor Jarrar’s expressed personal views and commentary are obviously contrary to the core values of our University, which include respect and empathy for individuals with divergent points of view, and a sincere commitment to mutual understanding and progress.”

By 10:30 p.m., Jarrar had set her Twitter account to private for non-followers.

Fresno State student headed to Brazil to judge soil

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

Fresno State’s Mark Castanon is headed to Rio de Janiero to compete in the International Soil Judging Contest after placing fifth at the national competition.

“Our team’s performance was a representation of all the hard work and dedication that we have put into making the soil judging team a reality at Fresno State,” Castanon said in a news release.

There were a total of 88 participants at the National Collegiate Soils Contest. It was hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin on March 22 and 23.

Castanon and the rest of the participants were evaluated on their ability to “identify, evaluate, classify and describe soil profiles in individual and team competitions,” according to a university news release.

“Mark and the team’s finish was a true testament to all their hard work since they were competing against the nation’s top students, many of whom are taking advanced soil science classes or are majoring in the field,” senior soil scientist and coach Michael Sowers said.

The team would prepare on Friday evenings and weekends by learning soil judging techniques and methodologies. Sowers coached the team with Dr. Phil Smith, a soil scientist.

The Fresno State team finished 15th, the highest finish in its three year history.

Sowers said the team’s performance is indicative of a bright future.

“The team’s future is bright with each year’s improvement and the addition of two freshmen who quickly understood the concepts without any formal classes,” he said.

The International Soil Judging Contest will take place from Aug. 7-11.

Engineer pitches high-speed rail project to Fresno State students

By Bineet Kaur @hellobineet

Fresno State students got the chance to learn more about the construction of the California High-Speed Rail.

Heidi Lanza, transportation engineer for the California High-Speed Rail, visited Fresno State on Tuesday to give a talk on how the high-speed rail could potentially benefit California.

Lanza said that when built, the highspeed rail could serve as an alternative to flying or driving from one city to another.

As a result, California might see an increased availability in flights as well as a reduction in traffic, she said.

Brandalyn Hastings, the president of the

Fresno City College chapter of I Will Ride – a group in favor of the high-speed rail – said much of the opposition stems from a distaste for projects that are unfamiliar.

“Californians don’t like change and we don’t understand the benefit of investing in the future,” Hastings said. “We have to constantly be aware of the next generation instead of always thinking about ourselves.”

Hastings said the train would be beneficial for business professionals in particular.

“You can have professionals working on their laptops with Wi-Fi on the way to a meeting in Fresno and get back before the day is over,” Hastings said. “It expands the economy in a huge way and gives a lot of opportunities for the valley towns to prosper.”

By Christian Mattos @chrisssymattos

A new survey conducted by Fresno State’s Institute for Leadership and Public Policy provided the latest polling in the 2018 race for California governor.

Fifteen percent of those surveyed said they would vote for Democrat Gavin Newsom for governor if the election were held today. Four out of 10 voters indicated no candidate preference.

Twelve percent of respondents said they would support Republican candidate for governor John Cox. Eleven percent of respondents indicated Republican Travis Allen as their vote, and nine percent responded in favor of Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa.

The two candidates with the most votes after the June primary will move on to the November general election under California’s top-two primary rule.

“The survey suggests that the gubernatorial race in the San Joaquin Valley is up for grabs,” Dr. Jeff Cummins, a political science professor at Fresno State and the co-director of the institute, said in a news release.

It was also revealed that 29 percent of voters would support U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein in her reelection campaign for Congress. Sixteen percent of respondents indicated a vote for former State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, Feinstein’s challenger.

But approximately four out of 10 voters surveyed said that, due to dissatisfaction with the current candidates, they would choose to support someone else aside from Feinstein and de León.

The survey also showed that 58 percent of registered voters support repealing gas taxes adopted by the governor and legislature last year. Thirty-six percent would vote to keep the gas tax if the election was held today.

Conducted Feb. 5 through 15, the survey report includes a random sample of registered voters from the San Joaquin Valley with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.

The complete report for the survey is on the Institute for Leadership and Public Policy’s website. For further information, contact Cummins at 559-278-6693 or political science professor Dr. Lisa Bryant at 559-278-7612.

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BASEBALL

Fresno State on fire at Bob Bennett Stadium

Redshirt senior Nick Warren hits a grandslam for the ‘Dogs in the bottom of the fifth to secure a 8-5 win over Saint Mary’s on April 17, 2018 at Bob Bennett Stadium.

By Vanessa Romo @vanesssaromo

It was a cold night at Bob Bennett Stadium, but the Fresno State baseball team was on fire before taking an 8-5 win over Saint Mary’s College of California on Tuesday.

The ‘Dogs took an early lead in the second inning and kept it for the remainder of the game.

With a double down rightfield line, freshman Zach Presno was in scoring position. All it took was a single up center by redshirt senior Nick Warren to give Presno the go-ahead run.

The ‘Dogs were still not done.

With runners on second and third, junior Zach Ashford singled to left field, knocking in Warren to give the ‘Dogs a 2-0 lead to end the inning.

Senior Korby Batesole collect-

ed an RBI in the third to extend the ‘Dogs lead to three in the third.

Soon after, Saint Mary’s started to gain momentum after a solo home run by sophomore Kevin Milam.

Redshirt sophomore Matt Green doubled down the right field line to set himself up to score off of Haus’ single. That cut the the ‘Dogs lead to one by the fourth.

The Gaels’ tied the game in their next at-bat when senior Joey Fiske hit a one-out sac-fly to move Thane from third to home.

The ‘Dogs got out of the inning a batter later with a fly out to junior Nolan Dempsey.

In the fifth, Fresno State took control of the game once again with only two hits, but four runs to give them the lead again, 7-3.

It all started when sophomore Carter Bins was hit by a pitch and

ended with bases loaded and a grand slam by Warren.

“It was an outside pitch that he got around on it and got it right in the middle of the barrel.

He is a big, strong guy now that he is a fifth-year senior and he goes out in batting practice and displays that so it great to see it in a game,” head coach Mike Batesole said.

The lead proved too big for Saint Mary’s after the Gaels collected their last two runs in the sixth and seventh. The ‘Dogs finished with another run in the eighth before securing the win. “[We’re] feeling good and moving forward and that performance is exactly what we needed,” Batesole said.

The ‘Dogs will now head to San Diego State for a three game series starting Friday.

BASKETBALL

Diouf commits to Fresno State

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

Two weeks into his tenure at the helm of Fresno State men’s basketball, head coach Justin Hutson landed his first commit for next season.

Assane Diouf, a 7-foot-1-inch center from Senegal, announced on Twitter that he would be con-

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away with her teammates. As she laughs and jokes around with her teammates, that is something that bonds them together and she enjoys every moment.

Garza believes that Rohleder

tinuing his basketball career as a member of the Bulldogs.

“For the next chapter of my life I decide to pursue my education and basketball to the university of Fresno State,” Diouf tweeted Tuesday night.

Diouf arrived in the U.S. from Senegal over two years ago with a dreams of playing college basketball and earning a college education. He split his high school

embraces everything that Fresno State is as a community and as a softball program. Garza also believes something that makes Rohleder different from others like her is that she is not afraid to work on her weaknesses and as a sophomore that is great to see.

“I’d love for her to continue growing defensively. She’s gotten better as the season progress and I

basketball between Colorado and Florida.

In Colorado, he helped lead Denver East to the Class 5A state quarterfinals.

He last played for DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida.

He refers to himself as “The Second Process,” in reference to Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, who calls himself “The Process.”

would want her to continue that,” Garza said. “I want her to be, not just a physical leader that puts up numbers, but also the one that rallies her team. That will help us in the long run.”

In a season that has the Bulldogs second in the Mountain West, Rohleder has become a big part of the team’s success. There is no denying she is an offensive

Fresno State Athletics

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS WEDNESDAY

Baseball

Women’s Golf

Softball

Equestrian

SATURDAY

Mountain West Championships at Mission Hills Country Club

at Martin NCEA National Championship Fences | vs. No. 8 Fences University of Tennessee - 6:30 a.m.

Reining | vs. No. 5 Reining Texas A&M University - 6:30 a.m.

Flat | vs. No. 8 University of Tennessee at Martin - 11:30 a.m.

Horsemanship | vs. No.8 South Dakota State University -12:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Track & Field

at San Diego State - 6 p.m.

at San Diego State - 6 p.m.

Track & Field

At MT SAC Relays

Men’s Golf

at Mountain West Championships

Women’s Tennis Vs. UNLV - 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis

At Nevada - 11a.m.

Water Polo

At California Baptist - 12 p.m.

at MT SAC Relays

Lacrosse

FRIDAY

Softball

Track & Field at MT SAC Relays

Men’s Golf

At UC Davis - 5 p.m.

Vs. San Diego State - 3 p.m.

Baseball

at San Diego State - 6 p.m.

at Mountain West Championships

force to be reckoned with, hitting .338 with 45 hits, 43 runs and 18 RBI’s.

Rohleder’s family is very supportive of her and her softball career. She said that even though it’s hard being away from her family members, they still visit and watch some of her games.

As a sophomore, Rohleder is excited for her future at Fresno

State. She wants to grow, not only as a player, but also as a chemistry student.

“I not only want make an impact on the field, but I also want to make an impact off the field,” Rohleder said. “I think [the team] has done a really good job connecting with each other on and off the field. I feel like I belong here.”

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LACROSSE

Bloise has bloomed into offensive star

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Junior Sarah Bloise leads the Fresno State lacrosse team with 39 goals and 20 assists. The team heads to University of California, Davis in its last regular season game on April 21, 2018.

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

S

arah Bloise, Fresno State lacrosse leading scorer, can’t help but wonder “what if?”

What if, in her freshman year at Davis High School, she had not taken her basketball teammate’s advice to try out for the lacrosse team?

“I think about that all the time,” the junior attacker said of possibly never trying out. “But I also think it was a perfect time

for me to enter the sport because I wasn’t too old and I wasn’t too young. I was at that prime time where I could develop my skills and come in with that basketball background.”

Bloise calls herself a “late bloomer,” but adds that her peak is now. She is an offensive force, leading the team in both goals (39) and assists (20).

Late bloomer or not, Bloise has fallen in love with lacrosse. Her seven years playing the sport have led to an unusual obsession.

“I never like to let my stick out of my hands,” Bloise said as she scooped a ball

in and out of her stick. “It is my life. Especially during this season time. It’s school, lacrosse, eat, sleep and that’s pretty much it.”

But there’s more to Bloise’s life than being a student-athlete – kind of. In her free time, she enjoys dedicating some time to her “first love” – basketball.

Her life lacks the cross-overs and layups that were so common in high school, where she lettered in the sport two years. But when she can, she’ll make time for pickup games with friends.

“Sometimes, me and my friends, we’ll

go shoot at the hoops at [Palazzo], so that’s always a nice little break,” Bloise said.

During her “breaks,” which are very limited, you can find Bloise in her room listening to music. Good luck maneuvering around her room, though, as the lights will be off. She said she really just likes to use that time to focus and think about her day.

As for her playlists, those vary depending on the day and her mood.

“When I’m relaxing, I listen to some calm music like The Lumineers. But pregame, getting ready to battle, definitely rap music,” Bloise said.

The Migos are her rap artists of choice when listening to hip-hop, and she said the rest of the team has found hip-hop to be a great genre to “pump them up” before a game.

The team is currently 9-7, coming off three straight losses, but Bloise said the Bulldogs’ low points throughout the season have helped them build a stronger bond. “[UC Berkeley], who we recently just beat, that was a tough game. Those are times when it really tests your mental strength, and you need to really lean on your teammates to feed off of that,” she said.

Fresno State was down three goals going into halftime against the Golden Bears.

A 10 goal rally in the second half, two of them from Bloise, resulted in a 14-13 Fresno State victory.

Moments like those have helped build chemistry that Bloise hopes will help the team’s efforts to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship.

If you ask head coach Jessica Giglio, having a player like Bloise certainly bolsters Fresno State’s chances.

“We need leaders on attack, and having one of your more consistent attackers, getting a chance to step up and be a leader is something that every coach wants,” Giglio said.

Giglio said Bloise leads the team by example, not so much vocally.

So what if Bloise had never tried out?

Would she have ever picked up lacrosse?

Where would Fresno State lacrosse be?

No one knows. But all involved are grateful she gave the sport a try.

SOFTBALL

Rohleder make presence felt on and off field

By Jorge Rodriguez @jrodcollegian

Batting at top of the order, second baseman Miranda Rohleder is expected to create hits and make an immediate impact in the game. She wants to make an impact off the field, too.

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Rohleder fell in love with Fresno State during a visit with her travel ball team. She loved the softball culture, the atmosphere and the community. And even though she was recruited by two other universities, she knew that

Fresno State was where she wanted to be.

She took over the second base position in her freshman year and has held it ever since. She also has become one of head coach Linda Garza’s best offensive weapons. In her last home game against Utah State, Rohleder managed to hit two doubles in the same inning, helping the Bulldogs take the victory.

Rohleder loves California, she loves the warm weather and she said that when she first came to Fresno State she clicked right

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Fresno State Athletics

Kansas native and second baseman Miranda Rohleder leads the Fresno State softball team with 43 runs and 45 hits.