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PAGE 6 The Fresno State Band and Administration participate in singing the Fresno States Fight Song during the Bulldog Bash held in the Save Mart Center. Aug. 19. 2016.
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HOSTETTER
Collegian scores Hostetter By Troy Pope @troycpope
Veteran Fresno reporter George Hostetter has joined the Fresno State family as the adviser to The Collegian, the university’s student-run newspaper. Hostetter is one of the most esteemed reporters in Fresno, according to many who spoke of him when he announced his retirement from The Fresno Bee in 2015 after 28 years with the newspaper. “George is one of the finest journalists in Fresno, and we’re fortunate to have the chance to add him to our faculty ranks,” former adviser Dr. Bradley Hart said. “The Collegian’s staffers have a great opportunity to learn from the best and make the paper the best it can possibly be.” Hostetter is excited for this new venture which gives him the opportunity to work with students, many of whom aspire to continue in journalism after graduating. “I’m not lending students my expertise,” Hostetter said, “I’m joining their collaboration. Now the pressure is on me to keep up. I’m reminded of the words of Tommy Esqueda, the city of Fresno’s public utilities director, immediately after the City Coun-
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Retiring Fresno Bee reporter George Hostetter listens to tributes from members of the Fresno City Council, as they presented to him a surprise resolution naming Oct. 22, 2015 as George Hostetter Day for his service for the community.
cil approved the mayor’s $429 million upgrade to the municipal water system: ‘Don’t screw it up!’” Many of Hostetter’s years with The Bee were spent covering local politics, and insiders have said he knows more about local politics than local politicians. The day before he retired, the Fresno City Council conspired to declare Oct. 22, 2015 as “George Hostetter Day” — which
was kept off of the official meeting agenda to keep it a surprise despite it technically violated state law to do so. For The Collegian, on April 28, the City Council proclaimed it “The Collegian Day” in honor of several awards the newspaper team brought back to Fresno State from statewide and nationwide competitions. But Hostetter’s day was different than most.
Unlike other proclamations, it was awarded as a surprise to Hostetter by the entire City Council, along with Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, City Manager Bruce Rudd and city spokesman Mark Standriff — who all stood to give him the recognition. “I was honored,” Hostetter said. “Fresno City Hall is full of talented and dedicated public servants. I appreciated their kinds words. As I told the council chamber au-
OPINION
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Collegian follows the new age
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The Collegian staff during pre-semester training in the office in Speech Arts. The Collegian’s editorial staff totals 26 people for fall 2016. In spring 2016, the staff level was at 10.
By Diana Giraldo @dianainspired
Welcome fellow Bulldogs to a new journey – the start of the school year, which holds a possibility for personal breakthroughs, educational discoveries and months of unforgettable memories. As you were all getting ready for the semester, we at The Collegian were hard at work training our new staff and generating ideas for stories and projects we want to pursue. This is an exciting time for all of us. The Collegian’s world is changing, as it is in many other media organizations. Last year we set out on the task to rebrand ourselves by looking for new ways to impart Fresno State’s news and reach our students. This year we begin the semester with more than double
the staff we had before. The newsroom is now comprised of the most diverse group of students we’ve had in many years who represent a vast number of educational backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identifications. I am one of the students who falls under the minority spectrum. I am the first women to take the lead of The Collegian since 2007. The opportunity humbles me. As I think back to the day I attended Dog Days, I remember the speaker saying Fresno State was a community in which leaders evolved to reach their full potential. At that time I would have never imagined that as a first-generation student who felt as lost as any other freshman does today, I would one day be taking the reigns of this news organization. Fresno State is a place where you begin as a new student in a sea of unknowingness. Through
years of spending long hours behind textbooks and computers, campus involvement and hard work, you finally find your personal strengths and passions. Now I look at my staff eager to learn and go out into the campus and follow their stories. I am excited to see who they will become at the end of their journey in The Collegian. The expansion in staff will help us immerse ourselves and extend our reach into the campus community and tackle a variety of topics. Our mission is to inform you about daily campus life, share everyday stories of struggles and triumphs and make students aware of current international and national events that can affect our lives. One route we have adopted is a digital-first platform. For many years, The Collegian was printing three days a week – starting this semester we will begin printing twice a week: Mondays and Wednesdays.
This change will not impact the quantity of our content. We will, in fact, be producing more. The Collegian’s website will be updated on a daily basis with breaking news, sporting events and other campus happenings. We will also be growing our new project, The Collegian blog. The blog will be focusing on reviewing things a college student can relate with from newly released Netflix shows to what is the best Fresno State ice cream flavor. We have also added a few more positions including our new social media team who will be around campus documenting Fresno State live events. Our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat will be dedicated on handing students all the information they need about campus on a moment to moment basis. We, The Collegian, are here for you. It’s our paper – it’s your paper. We are Fresno State.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Fresno State hits 10 million community service hours By Marcus Karby @MKarby
Fresno State has provided more than 10 million hours of community service in 10 years, an impressive feat feat in the eyes of the head of The Jan and Bud Richter Center. It’s a sentiment embarrassed by Miracle Carter, a junior nursing major and Richter Center student leader. “Volunteering is not a ‘task’ to be checked off of a task list, but instead a way of living — a way of life,” Carter said. “I volunteered at a literacy program back in my hometown, Bakersfield, where I created lesson plans and innovative ways to teach children, ranging in age from 5 to 16, the importance of literacy,” Carter said. Volunteering is as good for the students as it is for the community. “Students who get involved in service during their college years outperform their non-serving peers in a number of different ways … The benefits are generally broken down into three categories: academic benefits, personal benefits, career benefits,” said Chris Fiorentino, director of the Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning. In terms of academic benefits, Fiorentino said that students are more likely to
graduate and get better grades than others not involved. “You can’t learn to play the piano by listening to lectures about playing the piano, and you can’t learn to apply academic material without going out into the community and applying it in some way,” Fiorentino said. Carter agreed, noting an improvement of her own critical thinking. Students said there are many of personal benefits from doing community service. “The connections that I have made and the families that I have joined have definitely been the best part of my volunteer experience and the most I’ve benefited from doing so,” Carter said. “Although I have sharpened some key traits that will always be beneficial in a workplace setting, the interpersonal relationships are what’s going to resonate in my heart for the rest of my life.” Evelyn Gonzalez, a senior sociology major with a minor in Spanish and also a Richter Center Student Leader, said, “I have gained compassion for others and a greater understanding of the need in my community. I have also met some of my great friends because of volunteering.” Gonzalez has worked with the Food Recovery Network, fighting food waste on campus and distributing food to community partners. In terms of life after college, Fiorenti-
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The Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning is located in the Frank W. Thomas Building. The center provides volunteer community work for Fresno State students. Last year, the campus accrued more than one million hours of service for the third straight year.
no pointed to studies that have found that students who have volunteered are more satisfied with their jobs and have an easier time finding employment. “You hear a lot of times you can’t get a job without experience and you can’t get experience without a job. Service is one great way to get that experience.” Fiorentino added that another way that community service can help you get a job is by having you build connections with others. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Service gives students a chance to network in some really important ways,” Fiorentino said. The Richter Center helps coordinate connections between students looking for
volunteer opportunities and the 40 university programs and roughly 1,000 nonprofits in the Fresno and Clovis area. The Richter Center was founded nine years ago when Jan and Bud Richter donated $3.5 million. The university has won a number of national awards for its community service efforts including one from the Carnegie Foundation and another from the president of the United States. Students have sold newspapers on Kids Day, for example. They have tutored local elementary school students through the Reading and Beyond program at Fresno State. They have helped prepare income taxes through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
Fresno’s ‘most esteemed’ reporter joins The Collegian’s as adviser HOSTETTER from Page 1
Pablo Lopez has been at The Fresno Bee for nearly 30 years and has known him a long time. “George is the most thorough reporter I have ever met. He tackles tough, sticky issues such as city zoning ordinance changes and police deferred payment programs and makes them understandable for the reader. Nothing gets by George,” said Lopez, who is the newspaper’s courthouse reporter. “George also is old-school and relentless. He will dog a city official until he gets an answer. I am sure he has worn out many shoes searching the nooks and crannies of
City Hall for news.” The position of adviser for The Collegian will give Hostetter a chance to give the students guidance through his own experiences, but he already said he’s impressed with how independently The Collegian’s newsroom runs. “One word — aggressive. Today’s news business is careening in a million directions. The old hierarchies of gathering and delivering the news are smashed. To be a news hound and a news organization these days requires what David Riesman called ‘the nerve of failure’ — the guts to jump
Kelly Russell has been appointed director of financial aid for Fresno State University. She will oversee the university’s institutional, state and federal aid program. Russell was recently the university registrar at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. Russell also served three years as vice president of student services at Manhattan Kansas Technical College and 12 years as its director of financial aid.
be awarded a $5,000 fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in biology and will attend medical school at Saint Louis University this semester, where he will be using his fellowship award. Tran’s goal is to become a doctor and work with patients who lack access to primary care as well as patients encountering hardships within the health system. The fellowship program provides 51 students with $5,000 each and six students with $15,000 each for their first-year graduate or professional study.
of the best four-year universities in the U.S. Universities are ranked on affordability, educational quality and acceptance rate. Fresno State ranked 106 out of 705 colleges and universities in affordability for 2016-17. Fresno State was also listed among the nation’s 50 Best Colleges That You Can Actually Get Into.
Fresno State graduate awarded a $5,000 fellowship
Money Magazine ranks Fresno State in Top 50 Best Public Colleges
Alexander Tran, a Fresno State graduate, is one of 57 students nationwide to
Fresno State made it into Money Magazine’s Top 50 Best Public Colleges list as one
dience that day, ‘When I had my mid-life crisis, instead of getting a red sports car, I got a City Hall beat. I got the better end of the deal.’” According to The Fresno Bee, each person spent several minutes thanking him for his work, which they said involved holding city leaders accountable by reporting their actions and decisions while being fair in the coverage. The people who worked with Hostetter also hold his work in high esteem.
Campus introduces new financial aid director
IN BRIEF
Fresno native to finish prestigious internship in Washington, D.C. Fresno native Monserrath Sanchez will soon be completing her internship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). Sanchez has been interning in Rep. Xavier Becerra’s Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C. CHCI provides paid spring, summer and fall internships in congressional for Latino
into the fray and accept the consequences. That’s The Collegian I’ve seen so far.” Before taking over the city politics beat for The Bee, he wrote about sports and business. Furthermore, he’s a proud Fresnan. “When Charlie Waters joined The Bee in the late 1990s as executive editor, he told all of us in the newsroom, ‘Fresno is a great news town. The full range of life happens here.’ In my mind, that thought settles the debate as to the glory of Fresno. Or, to use Charlie’s favorite phrase, ‘Game, set, match.’”
undergraduate students. Fresno State named finalist for national award The Association of Public and Landgrant Universities (APLU) named Fresno State as one of five finalists for its 2016 Project Degree Completion Award. Fresno State was recognized for its work to promote the retention and graduation rate of students. The university launched the Graduation Rate Initiative in 2009 to improve student success and degree completion. Since then, there has been a 10 percent increase in six-year graduation rates for first-time and full-time freshmens. The winner will be awarded $15,000 and announced at the APLU annual meeting Nov. 13 to 15 in Austin, Texas.
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MONDAY, AUGUST MARCH 14, 22,2016 2016
One-woman project Your Friend visits Strummer’s with Kurt Vile
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Your Friend lead singer Taryn Miller serenades the audience during the last song at Strummers in the Tower District.
By Samantha Mehrtash @Sam_mehrtash
Up and coming musical project Your Friend starring Taryn Blake opened for Vile at The Tower District’s Strummer’s Aug. 10. The woman behind the project, Kansas native musician Blake, played the venue as a stop on Vile’s summer tour. The two acts brought in a large crowd of about 100 people quickly filling the small venue with energy. Vile, well known musician with over 750,000 subscribers on Spotify, invited Blake onto his tour. The invitation is one of her bigger accomplishments. “I’ve been listening to his records for a really long time so it’s kind of crazy to get to watch him every time we get to play together,” Blake said, “It’s an honor.” Blake’s background includes a childhood home surrounded by music. “Growing up, my dad played a lot of classic rock and my grandparents played a lot of soul music,” Blake said. “At a certain point, I remember wanting to play
an instrument, and I was really drawn to playing guitar and there was one always around.” The solo project Your Friend was created by Blake in 2012 as a creative outlet that evolved into something larger than she had envisioned. “I hadn’t played music in a long time, and I thought in order for me to be happy I have to at least be playing,” Blake said. “So that’s when I started playing again and started this project. I didn’t expect any of this.” Blake says she has been floored by the feedback from fans. “It’s been really crazy,” she said. The project’s dynamics shift depending on the tour’s circumstances. “It started off as a solo project. For a while it was a duo, then it was a four piece. Then it turned into a five, and now it’s a three piece” Blake said. Blake played on stage alongside drummer Josh Halpern and guitarist Nathan Dixey. “I guess what I like about the project is that it is very adaptive. Whatever the situation is I can adhere to it in a unique way in the way the songs are played. It’s
always different,” Blake said. Being so musically inclined and adaptive gives Blake an edge in a tough industry. She can put on an entire show by her-
“Music should be fun. It should mean something to you. Just being genuine in what you do, no matter what it is, is so huge and far between and those are the people I see doing really well.” — Taryn Blake, Musician self — she need rely on no one but herself. With two albums on the market, “Gumption” and “Jekyll/Hyde”, Blake’s goal is to continue creating music. “I’m always thinking about the next
thing,” Blake said. “Maybe to my detriment. My goal right now is to get in a space where my output will be a little bit more exponential and have more songs to pick through and really get into the production.” Blake’s passion for music drove her performance, and all eyes were on her that night. “Music should be fun. It should mean something to you,” Blake said. “Just being genuine in what you do, no matter what it is, is so huge and far between and those are the people I see doing really well.”
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Frank Ocean’s yearlong awaited album finally drops THE COLLEGIAN • A&E
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By Samantha Mehrtash @Sam_mehrtash
Rapper Frank Ocean’s long-awaited album “Blond” was released this weekend alongside a surprise visual album “Endless”, exclusively to Apple Music. His latest album, “Channel Orange,” came out in 2012, making this a four-year break for Ocean. “Blond’s” release was a year overdue. So the immediate release fueled talk on all social media, making him the talk of the weekend. Ocean addressed his fans through his Tumblr page about the journey that both artist and audience partook throughout the making of the album. “I had the time of my life making all of this,” he said, “Thank you all. Especially those of you who never let me forget I had to finish. Which is basically every one of y’all. Haha. Love you.” He also explained via Tumblr the inspiration behind the album: “It’s basically a reimagined part of my boyhood. Boys do cry, but I don’t think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years. It’s surprisingly my favorite part of my life so far.” Ocean compensated the long wait with the addition of the 45-minute visual album, “Endless,” streaming since Thursday that has received acknowledgement as a work of art. The aesthetically pleasing video is a black and white live stream of Ocean working in a large abandoned warehouse with new music, completely separate from “Blond,” playing throughout. The visual album involved the works of orchestras and 22 artists who contributed to the piece such as Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood and Electronic artist James Blake. “Blond”, the actual album, features 14 tracks that can only be (legally) accessed by Apple Music subscribers, or if you purchase the entire album off of iTunes. The exclusivity did not keep fans from listening as it went viral within minutes. The pensive album draws emotion from listeners and will presumably be one of his most popular works judging by the
Tuesday Aug. 23 Target Back to College Night Sierra Vista’s Target will be hosting a Back to College night featuring DJs, events and raffles from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Deftones Performing at Woodward Park Alternative Metal band is coming to Fresno’s Woodward Park. The show begins at 6 p.m. and tickets are starting at $44.25. Pub Quiz at House of Pendragon Every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. House of Penndagon Brewing Co. hosts a Pub Quiz for 21 and up. There is a $5 entry fee that gets added to a pot and all players divide themselves into teams that get quizzed on the topics below. Winning team gets a chance to win all of the entry money.
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Frank Ocean performs at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2013.
amount of media it has received within the past few days. “Blond” involves controversial and current social material such as references to the Black Lives Matter movement and even substance abuse. His most popular track so far, “Nikes,” has lyrics that reference Ocean looking like Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was shot by a Florida man —wrongfully in the
views of many— in 2012. The track “Be Yourself,” an interlude, appears to be a voicemail from his mother. “Many college students have gone to college and gotten hooked on drugs, marijuana and alcohol.” It says, “Listen, stop trying to be somebody else. Don’t try to be someone else. Be yourself and know that that’s good enough.”
Neither album has seen light for more than a week, and the excitement surrounding their releases has yet to decline. Ocean has received positive feedback and gratitude from the fans and critics who have been anxiously awaiting the unveiling for the past year.
This week’s highlights
Thursday Aug. 25
Friday Aug. 26
Saturday Aug. 27
Fresno State Night at The Square at Campus Pointe
Teezzy Fest at Strummer’s
Gwen Stefani at The Savemart Center
The Square at Campus Pointe is introducing the Fresno State Football and Soccer teams with meet and greets and autograph signings from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Surrounding restaurants and shops will also have special discounts.
Teezzy Radio is hosting an 18 and over back to school bash at Strummer’s featuring over seven different radio DJ’s from the Central Valley. The event starts at 8 p.m.
Gwen Stefani is on her “This is what the truth feels like” Tour and is visiting Fresno’s Savemart Center this saturday Night at 7 p.m.
6 NEWS Bulldog bash brings in new students MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016
By Hayley Salazar @ Hayley_Salazarr
The Student Rec Center filled with an excited and lively air as students entered with smiles on their faces. This was it. They were finally students at Fresno State. After attending the New Student Convocation on Friday, the students were encouraged by the university to participate in the Bulldog Bash. A lively kickoff to the fall semester was the goal. Entertainers DJ Kay Rich and 40 Watt Hype took the stage, rallying students to get up on their feet and dance. Students could step-up to some friendly competition while playing inflatable games such as, Human Hungry Hungry Hippo
and the Velcro Wall. They could also use fun props at a giant photo booth to capture the memories made. A variety of booths were set up for the Bulldog Resource Fair by both on-campus and off-campus vendors. They included the University Student Union, Associated Students, Inc., Yogurtland and Target. The vendors provided resources and free items for students. Students were encouraged to pick up a Bulldog Bash passport and fill it with stamps as they made their way to different booths. Once their passport was full, they could enter it into a raffle to win prizes, such as tickets to see Gwen Stefani at the Save Mart Christian Ortuno • The Collegian Center. Director of Cal-Soap Millie Medina speaks with a Fresno State Student about the activities at the Bulldog Bash Party during the Bulldog Bash inside the Save Mart Center. Aug 19. 2016.
Goodbye home, hello dorms: students move onto campus By Jessica Johnson @iamjesslj
Even the 102-degree heat could not slow the incoming Fresno State residents as they moved into University Courtyard, Fresno State’s on-campus housing. The Fresno State Housing Department on Aug. 18 welcomed 900 students to their new homes at Fresno State for the 2016-2017 academic year. The Collegian dropped by to talk with students, their family members and housing advisers to gain perspective on move-in day activities and the accompanying emotions. “Today has been such an exciting day,” said Erin Boele, director of student housing. Our families and students have been excited, a little anxious. But for the most part, they have settled in and are meeting their new friends.” Boele said her housing team this year, including new and returning housing team members, is “amazing” and “rocked it today by getting all their new students in.” Once activities commenced, families were kindly asked to say their goodbyes, allowing the students to mingle. Boele advised incoming residents to “bring something personal from home, like family photos and pictures; but then also be open for new experiences because you are going to meet so many new people, and you are going to have the opportunity to be a part of so many different activities on campus. Get engaged, and your stay at Fresno State is going to be amazing.” Residential adviser, sophomore Wesley Mohler said his biggest
responsibility is to assist the students. “That can be anything from minor counseling to roommate conflicts.” said Mohler. This is Mohler’s first year as a RA. “I am very excited, especially today. We have been training for four weeks now, and it’s been non-stop 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and it’s great to finally see everyone come together and move in and see everything in action.” Students were accompanied by their families and friends to make the transition from home to on-campus residence as smooth as possible. Freshman Jack McBride, majoring in history said, “I’m pretty far from home, like 3 1/2 hours away. I’m not very nervous; I fit well here.” McBride said he looks forward to meeting new friends by joining clubs and being social. McBride’s mother, Jennifer, says she is “very sad” about her first-born son moving away from home but knows he was raised to eventually move out and attend college. Sophomore Marissa Lilie who is studying business, and freshman Kaylah Appelhanz, who is studying pre-nursing, are first-time roommates. Lilie’s advice for Appelhanz is “be social even if you are not a social person. Just try because no one is going to think you are weird for trying to make friends in a new place. Open up to people, and you will get the help you need.” What is incoming freshman Kade Piazza looking forward to most? “Freedom” said Piazza, who is a business marketing major. “Everyone is happy to be here,” Piazza said. He decided to attend
Fresno State because he enjoys the sports and location. He said he feels he is ready to be away from home, and his mother agrees. Until Piazza’s father said jokingly, “She’s been a blubbering idiot; she’s lying.” In Baker Hall, returning resident roommates sophomores Jacob Kelch and Aaron Coelho, said the best part of living on campus is being able to roll out of bed a few minutes before class begins and make it on time for class. Kelch mentions living on campus means you don’t have to “fight for parking.” Coelho’s advice for freshmen is: “Don’t be shy. Go talk to everyone. Go make friends.” Kelch and Coelo are on Fresno State’s chess team, and both encourage students to get involved any way possible. Not only were there information and check-in booths for students to utilize, but Bed Bath and Beyond was there to help students with room necessities they may have forgotten. Dennis Freundt, who has been with the company for 10 years, said, “Obviously, Fresno State is huge in the community and we wanted to be a part of it. The last couple years, you guys have let us
bring the shopping carts, which people love to take the merchandise to and from their cars. It has really been helpful.” Freundt said they brought last-second items that are usually forgotten such as extra pillows and mattress enhancers. A portion of the proceeds is given to Fresno State. After most students were moved in, they attended the opening-day barbeque, provided by Fresno State Dining Services, with their friends and family to celebrate their collegiate milestone. While attending the opening day barbecue, the Maldonado family said they could not be more proud of their daughter, freshman Gizelle Maldonado. She is a first-generation college student, studying animal science. Maldonado said she is nervous but also excited to be leaving home to get the full college experience. Her mother said she feels sad having her daughter leave home but that “she won’t be far away.” Her father said he is excited and “super proud” because she is their first born “setting a really good example for her sisters.” Dr. Janell Morillo, the assistant vice president of student affairs
administration, addressed the students and their families about on-campus health services available to students such as medical services and counseling which are available year round. Lt. Jennifer Curwick, from the Fresno State Police Department, welcomed students by saying: “You all have made a great decision to attend Fresno State, and I’m not just saying that. I have worked here for over 25 years and this honestly, I can say is probably the most diverse, accepting and inclusive university in the world. And I am not overexaggerating.” Curwick assured students there are multiple patrolling officers on campus at once to maintain campus safety. The campus escort service is available to students who are concerned about their safety while walking any distance on campus such as getting back to your residence hall or parked car. “This is not if you are late for class and you need a ride,” Curwick said jokingly. Move-in day was filled with advice, information and resources to help guide new and returning residents. Monday is the start of Fresno State’s fall semester.
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MONDAY, AUGUST MARCH 14, 22,2016 2016
CHEERLEADERS
Cheerleading: Not Just for Chicks By Marina McElwee @MarinaMashelle
There is no denying the stereotypes of cheerleading: girls, skirts and pompoms. This year, Fresno State’s cheer team is changing that stereotype with the addition of seven male cheerleaders. Twin brothers, Eduardo and Edgar Madrigal, are two of the newest additions to the team. Eduardo said he and his brother played many sports, including football, baseball, swimming and weightlifting, but this is the first time they have tried cheerleading. A friend tried to convince them for their past two years at Fresno State to join the team, but it wasn’t until they attended a practice that they changed their minds. “We went out to a few practices to try it out, and found that lifting people is a new challenge,” Eduardo said. “We thought we were strong from lifting weights, but lifting the girls uses different muscles.” “We never thought cheer was that hard of a sport,” Edgar said. “Growing up, our sister was a cheerleader, and we’d tell her it wasn’t that bad.”
“After trying it, we realized it was a little harder than we thought,” Eduardo said. Edgar explained that he enjoys working with his brother because it’s like a competition when they are on a team together. “Being on a team together drives us to learn certain moves and get better faster,” Eduardo said. “We have done this our whole lives. We like to compete.” One of the biggest challenges the twins have faced is the training schedule. Edgar said they would get up at 5 a.m. to make it to summer practice. Though they are excited to be on the team, the brothers said they are nervous about keeping up with the group. “We are still learning how to keep up with the counts,” Eduardo said. “And we are expected to land a standing back tuck at the first home game.” Edgar said he is excited for a good season and spending time with his teammates. Most of all, the brothers are anxious for the first home football game on Sept. 10. “The girls have really hyped up the football games to us,” Eduardo said. “I can’t wait to see what it’s all about.”
FALL SPORTS
By David Chavez and Jenna Wilson @d23chavez, @fsjennawilson
Marina McElwee • The Collegian
Twin brothers Eduardo and Edgar Madrigal will be two of seven male cheerleaders for Fresno State this season.
Fall Sports Preview Football 2016
Head Coach: Tim DeRuyter 2015 Record: 3-9 Returners: 32 Predicted Finish: 4th in Mountain West-West Division Players to Watch: Jamal Ellis (CB), Brandon Hughes (OLB), Chad Olsen (TE), Aaron Peck (WR), Chason Virgil (QB) First Game: Sept. 3 at Nebraska, 5 p.m. DeRuyter says: “We’re excited about 2016. We know last year wasn’t up to standard and we are fired up to get back into Bulldog Stadium. We want to show [fans] a brand of Bulldog football that they’re accustomed to seeinga fast, physical, fanatical style that’s going to get after it and compete for a championship in the Mountain West.” Courtesy of Matt Burkholder
No. 3 KeeSean Johnson catches a pass during the team’s second scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (Fresno State Athletics)
Volleyball 2016
Head Coach: Lauren Netherby-Sewell 2015 Record: 14-18 Returners: 9 Predicted Finish: 8th in Mountain West Players to Watch: Aleisha Coates (OH), Maggie Eppright (L), Brooke Legaux (S), Carly Scarbrough (OH), Lauren Torres (MB) First Game: Aug. 26 vs LIU Brooklyn at Boston Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Netherby-Sewell says: “We are more mature and have more depth. We’re really strong on the pins, and if our middles are able to come back healthy, we’ll have some depth and talent there too. Our defensive players are more mature, stronger and faster. Everyone got better - significantly better.”
Christian Ortuno • The Collegian
Senior setter Brooke Legaux goes for the block against a former Bulldog during the alumnae game which took place on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.
Soccer 2016
Head Coach: Brian Zwaschka 2015 Record: 5-12-1 Returners: 16 Predicted Finish: 9th in Mountain West Players to Watch: Alex Best (GK), Anna Crawford (MF/D), Myra Delgadillo (F), Maria Gomez (MF), Alyssa Holsworth (MF) Previous Game Score: FS 2 CSUB 4 (L)
Next Game: Aug. 26 vs Pepperdine, 7 p.m. Christian Ortuno • The Collegian
Freshman forward Kasidee Wiley fights off a UC Santa Barbara defender during a game on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.
Zwaschka says: “We just took one of the favorites in the Big West to double-overtime. We recognize the caliber of that team. It’s as good as any team that we’ll see in our conference. That’s the type of game that we’re trying to play and when we see that we can compete in those games. We even had them on the ropes for a little while. It’s stuff to build on and we’re in a much better place having that kind of competitive level this early in the season compared to the last two seasons.” - Following Friday night’s loss to UCSB 3-2. Note: All predictions based on Preseason Coaches’ Poll