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Plant Science Santa Claus visits Fresno State Club flourishes in competition By Haley Lambert The Collegian Fresno State’s Plant Science Club is the recipient of the President’s Trophy given by the org anization Students of Agronomy, Soil, and Environmental Sciences (SASES). Oct. 19-24, club members attended the SASES international meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sarah Alator re, a senior plant science major, was awarded the Golden Opportunity F e l l o w s h i p, t h r o u g h t h e Golden Opportunity Institute. The institute was developed by the Crop Science Society of America, which is funded through the Agronomic Science Foundation. Alatorre was awarded the fellowship based on her achievement and interest in crop and soil science. T he trophy competition required each club to give a five minute speech about the goals and achievements of their organization. “The presentation that they did was really very touching,” said agronomy professor Bruce Roberts. “It focused on the ‘Discovery, Diversity and Distinction’ of the Plant Science Club.” Roberts said this theme not only highlighted the club’s student diversity, but it also showcased the fact that each student participates in extracurricular projects. Some of these projects are focused on independent scientific research. Such projects include studies on herbicide affects on tomatoes and
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ONE LUCKY ’DOG: The Fresno State Dance and Cheer team along with Victor E. II visit Santa in the Smittcamp Alumni House Library on Dec. 7. Fresno State welcomed alumni, students and friends to take photos and enjoy holiday cookies.
the bio-fuel crops. Ten universities competed in the Speech competition. These included Kansas State University, U n iv e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s , Colorado State University ( Fo r t C o l l i n s ) , O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n ive r s i t y, P u r d u e University, North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Fresno State, Iowa State University, Texas A&M University. Alatorre said Texas A&M
University won the last three years in a row. As of last year, the Plant Science Club has organized several community service projects. All projects use the produce grown by club members. This fall the club donated pumpkins it had grown to a haunted house operated by United Cerebral Palsy. The Plant Science Club has been active at Fresno State since 2006.
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The plant science club won the President’s Trophy Speech Contest during the Cincinnati Students of Agronomy, Soil, and Environmental Sciences meeting. From left to right: Sara Alatorre, Benjiman Nakayama, Mayra Guzman, Meiyue Wang, Nadia Juarez, Jorge Angeles, Helen Maka, and Katrina Steinhauer; Back L-R: Touyee Thao, TariLee Frigulti and Carlos Acosta
A current Fresno State student government senator filed a civil lawsuit against seven campus officials and professors last month after he alleged his civil rights were violated following an incident in May of 2011. Neil O’Brien, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) senator of parking and safety on campus, filed an official civil complaint against, among others, Fresno State President John Welty and Paul Oliaro, vice president for student affairs on Nov. 14. The complaint alleges a pattern of “conspiracy to violate [O’Brien’s] civil rights” by “left-leaning” campus officials stemming from an incident that took place on May 11, 2011. O n t h a t d a y, O ’ B r i e n approached professors Victor Torres and Maria Lopes of the Chicano and Latin studies See SUE, Page 3
Chicano Alumni Chapter Annual Awards give five students scholarships By Katherine Ayala The Collegian Friday will mark the 2012 C h i c a n o A l u m n i C h ap t e r Annual Awards Banquet as five scholarship recipients will be recognized, as well as the recipient of the Legacy Builder Award. This year the chapter will g rant five scholarships to Fresno State students Belen Gome z , Breanne Estrada, Lourdes Lazcano, Paulina Flores Jimenez and Vanessa Bautista Sandoval. The Fresno State chapter will honor and present Alex Contreras, 60, of Donaghy Sales, Inc. with its Legacy Builder Award. The award recognizes “somebody that has contributed over the years to our community over the years in different ways,” said Esther Ramos, pres iden t of th e Ch ican o Alumni Chapter of Fresno State. “This year we decided to chose Contreras for his longstanding contribution, not just in our community but the com-
munity in general and helping out so many nonprofits — so many community organizations — with different sponsorships through Donaghy and then helping them with fundraisers as well,” Ramos said. Contreras said he felt honored because he knew the people that had been honored to receive the award in previous years as he had attended the banquet before. “I had to ask him again if he was sure he was asking me — if he had the right Alex,” Contreras said laughingly when he became aware he would be the recipient of the honorary award. For years, Contreras has reached out as an active member of organizations and as a board member of the Clovis Chamber of Commerce. His work with Donaghy Sales has allowed him to be able to help organizations. Contreras helped org anize Navidad en el Valle, or Christmas in the Valley, in 1977. This was a telethon that See AWARD, Page 3
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The end is nigh By Liana Whitehead Opinion Editor This is it, Bulldogs. We have reached the end of another eventful semester here at Fresno State. From the success of our football team and its Mountain West victory to President John Welty’s retirement announcement, this semester was nothing short of unpredictable. Together and as individuals we experienced the high points and low dips of life over these past months. We faced disheartening losses when the lives of two of our own, Philip Dhanens and Phillip Johnson, were abruptly taken. With those losses, I believe, came growth and greater understanding of the value of life. The fall 2012 semester was personally the most productive semester I have had yet. and I have been here since 2010. I truly enjoy living in Fresno and will forever feel that fleeing Visalia was the best choice for myself. I went from a 2.0 grade point average to mostly As (as far as I know) this semester. If I have learned anything it is to
take advantage of the resources and opportunities available — and to have fun with it. I overcame my fear of presenting in front of a class. I conquered three books this semester — a milestone for this wannabe bookworm. As someone who never thought she would amount to much educationally, I now have this to say: I am finally proud of myself and my accomplishments as a student. Freshman, I hope your first semester was more exciting than stressful. If not, it will get easier. Graduating seniors, congratulations on all of your accomplishments and good luck in your future endeavors. As for the rest of us, it is my wish that we will retur n cheerful and healthy come January, ready for whatever craziness we may encounter.
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Fresno State Moot Court goes to finals The Fresno State Moot Court team fared well in the National Moot Court Competition’s Western Regionals in Long Beach. Gina Wallace, Moot Court director, said the team took fifth position while earning 20th place in the overall bid of the power bracket with more than 300 other teams. The team is heading to the Moot Court nationals, which will be held in Virginia Beach, Va., starting Jan. 16. “The challenge of my team will be to compete against top schools around the nation,” Wallace said. “I expect them to do very well as competitors.” Fresno State Moot Court competitors include Sean Kiernan and Anthony Guzman II, who will visit the nationals for the second time.
Corrections In the Dec. 10 edition of The Collegian, the article Samuel L. Jackson Hosts VGA 10, the developer behind the game “The Phantom Pain” was listed as Moby Sick Studios. This is incorrect. The correct name is Moby Dick Studio.
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CONTINUED from page 1 aired on Univision 21 for several years. The idea began when Contreras and other founding members saw a need in the community around the holiday season. The program raised money to purchase toys for the outlying communities said Contreras. “They didn’t have as much help as the inner city did. That’s kind of how we focused out into the rural areas.” Along with raising money for the underprivileged families, Contreras and two others helped bring about The Fresno Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Contreras, Al Alacon and Alejandro Ruelas sought and received funds from Anheuser-Busch and “in conjunction with Fresno State and the national Hispanic Scholarship Fund,” Contreras said. “I know it provided hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of the years to local students that were going to attend area colleges or universities, or universities outside of Fresno, but not limited to California,” Contreras said. Tickets for the event are 50 dollars, and the event is open to the public. Tables and sponsorships are also available. The banquet will take place at the University Square Hotel located at 4961 N. Cedar at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14. Proceeds for the event will support the Chicano Alumni Scholarship Endowment.
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department after being incensed by a poem in La Voz, one of four ethnic supplements to The Collegian. In that publication, a poem published by Chicano studies student Luis Sanchez, titled “America,” contained many controversial lines such as “America the land robbed by the white savage” and “the land of the biggest genocide.” O’Brien approached Torres, the faculty adviser for La Voz, to question him about the nature of the poem. “I didn’t really know what the purpose of that poem was,” O’Brien said. “I wanted to find out what they were doing with it and why, specifically if they were spending student money.” O’Brien filmed the meeting between himself and Torres inside Torres’ office. The video can be found on O’Brien’s Youtube account, “ntrd,” titled, “May 11th video.” In the video, Torres denies to answer O’Brien’s questions on the grounds he is with another student, telling O’Brien to make an appointment. O’Brien continually questions Torres, leading Torres to call campus police. O’Brien then heads back to the desk of Lopes – who is accused in the lawsuit of telling Torres that O’Brien was “stalking” the hallway – to question her. Lopes closes the door on him. After that day, O’Brien was determined to be in violation of the student code of conduct following a series of judiciary hearings and meetings with officials in a process the complaint alleges is “draconian.” As a result, he was subjected to two semesters of disciplinary probation. Brian Leighton, O’Brien’s attorney, said that the video, which was not admitted as evidence in O’Brien’s hearings, demonstrated the university’s ten-
dency to target O’Brien. “He’s a libertarian constitutional conservative,” Leighton said. “And they don’t like that.” During his probation, O’Brien was barred from being within 100 feet of the Chicano and Latin American Studies department or its faculty anywhere on campus, and could not participate in clubs or activities including ASI and the Fresno chapter of Young Americans for Liberty which he helped found. Leighton said that O’Brien wasn’t the campus’ only target. “Nobody gets punished except those that espouse a contrary view,” Leighton said. “That’s what this campus does.” Besides Welty, Oliaro, Torres, and Lopes, three others are named as defendants in the suit. They are: Luz Gonzalez, dean of social sciences which includes Chicano and Latin studies; Carolyn Coon, dean of student affairs; and Matthew Jendian, sociology department chairman. The officials and professors named as defendants could not comment on an open lawsuit, but in a statement, Fresno State said it would stand by its faculty. “Fresno State strongly values and supports the First Amendment rights of all students, faculty, staff and administrators,” the statement said. “We encourage individuals to exercise their freedom of speech, provided they do so in an appropriate manner. While the university cannot discuss the details of any disciplinary action taken against Mr. O’Brien, Fresno State has an established student discipline process that ensures fairness to all parties involved. We believe strongly that the individuals named as defendants in the lawsuit did not violate Mr. O’Brien’s rights and we support them in their defense against Mr. O’Brien’s allegations.”
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Fresno State instructor Jes Therkelsen is introducing a media photojournalism class beginning next semester. Therkelsen brings years of experience creating short film documentaries while travelling around the world. Therkelsen will also teach MCJ 178, new information technologies.
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND MILES By Sam LoProto The Collegian
The first time Jes Therkelsen stumbled onto a red-eye flight out of the Jersey shore, he was headed east, halfway around the world. On Friday he was headed west for a new job, home and adventure. Welcome to Fresno, Professor Therkelsen! In January, Therkelsen will become part of the growing multimedia department at Fresno State. The newest offering in the catalog will be MCJ 17, beginning photojournalism. By the time Therkelsen had finished his undergraduate work at Amherst College, he knew he wanted to do more than be a geologist. “I enjoyed the outdoors, and that came along with the field, of course,” Therkelsen said. “I got into geology because it represents an amazing perspective of the Earth.” After receiving a fellowship to teach abroad, he packed his bags and traveled to Athens, Greece, to teach geology and English. “This was actually before Greece as a country began to care about recycling and other environmental concerns,” Therkelsen said. “I hope, at the least, I raised their awareness level.” Therkelsen says he got into filmmaking quite by chance. While in Greece, a lot of local residents were vocal about the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and he was often bombarded with questions about American foreign policy. “So, I took out my camera and took still photos of my subjects and used captions to keep track of who was who, and what they were asking,” Therkelsen said. “When I got home, I had hundreds of these still photos, so I decided to make a short film documentary about my experiences.” Therkelsen used the project to apply for a grant to make another documentary. This time he decided he would use his family as the subject. “Every film maker will tell you with certainty, never make a film about your family,” Therkelsen said. “The film ended up debuting in San Francisco at an indie film festival, and it eventually
got me into grad school.” Therkelsen credits his family for supporting his efforts through school, but was well aware of financial opportunities. Therkelsen applied his newly found passion to filming documentaries in Washington D.C., while attending American University. He discovered that it was a great town to produce documentaries and non-fiction films. In 2008 while still at American University, Therkelsen embarked on his journey toward his greatest accomplishment so far, the Clean Hands project. Traveling halfway around the world, Therkelsen touched down in Nepal. As young rock ‘n rollers would envision themselves saying as they boarded the airplane, he shouted, “I Think I’m Goin to Katmandu!” The idea behind the project was to take the poorest of the poor in the region and place professional journalistic equipment in their hands. Therkelsen selected 20 students who were given a real-life opportunity to learn an applicable journalistic trade. “One of my students from there came to visit me in D.C. awhile back,” Therkelsen said. “He was attending a conference as a media professional for a nonprofit. It was quite a thrill to see him doing well. Another student in my group is now in Australia working on his master’s.” Therkelsen worked on that project for nearly two years but was happy in Katmandu during his three-month stay. He found himself emulating their lifestyle. “I learned how to eat with my hands and learned to love lentils,” Therkelsen said. “The whole project was supported by grants, so we lived modestly, even using public transportation which was less than adequate. During labor strikes, the buses sat on the side of the road.” In Katmandu, one phenomenon stood out: brownouts, where the government would turn off the power at a set time on certain days. At first, he was intent on trying to work nonstop, but it became frustrating. “But after a few weeks, I found that
I would look forward to the stoppage,” An avid bicyclist and hiking enthusiTherkelsen said. “I learned how to ast, Therkelsen is a classically trained shut down, relax and unwind.” pianist, while doubling as a jazz trumAt 32, Therkelsen believes that com- peter. He taught himself how to play the ing from D.C. to Fresno is a good fit. He guitar, and he wants his new students to would like to find a nice bicycling com- know he is available to talk about anymunity where he can live, maybe even thing, as long as the common goal is within walking distance to the campus. communication. Along with teaching MCJ 17, After all, a picture was worth a thouTherkelsen will mentor the advanced sand words years ago. In today’s fastvideo production class. MCJ 178, new paced world, a picture is more of an information technologies, is also on his instant connection and a powerful complate. munication tool. “I hope I can bring a passion and excitement to the course curriculum,” Institute of Fine Arts Therkelsen said. “Today’s Mary Blyth Jones journalists President, CEO need to be wellrounded, multi148 West Elm Avenue faceted indiCoalinga, CA 93210 viduals, sometimes produc559.935.ARTS Private or Group Lessons In Art & Music ing their own imaginarium@mail.com video, still phowww.imaginarium-iofa.com tos and audio.”
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Fresno ensemble heads to Carnegie Hall By Sammy LoProto The Collegian From Fresno to Carnegie Hall and Beyond L aw r e n c e S u t h e r l a n d , Fresno State professor of music, had visited New York City with the university’s wind ensemble in 1996. When the group became lost, Sutherland asked the doorman at its stately hotel, “How do we get to Carnegie Hall?” The doorman replied, “Practice, practice, practice.” Sutherland appeared as a guest conductor Saturday night, at the F resno City College Old Administration Building, to help one of his favorite students, Dale Engstrom. Engstrom, now the FCC director of bands, is about to embark on his own journey to The Big Apple. “The last time I stepped on this stage was back in 1972, just before they shut this building down,” Sutherland said. “They have done an amazing job of restoring the charm it once had.” The FCC Wind Ensemble performed a holiday benefit concert Saturday, as it prepared to embark on its biggest road trip, culminating with a perfor mance at Car negie Hall. The performance in the New York International Music Festival is in April. Saturday’s event helped raise money for travel. During inter mission, the audience was encouraged to bid on donated items like gift baskets filled with chocolates, exotic coffees, and delectable wines from many vintners around the Valley. Service vouchers and even a Lasik eye surgery procedure were offered to the highest bidders. All proceeds went to the cause.
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Larry Honda, the Fresno City College music department chairman, lends his talents to the student’s wind ensemble.
Engstrom earned his bachelor’s in music education and his master’s in music performance at Fresno State, under of Sutherland’s guidence. Sutherland had opened many doors for Engstrom over the years. They both played for m a ny p o p u l a r b a n d s : t h e Temptations, the Four Tops, M e l To r m e , a n d J o h n n y Mathis. Engstrom was having coffee with Sutherland after a performance in 2010 and they agreed on how good the wind ensemble had become. Sutherland joked that maybe someday they would get to Carnegie Hall. The two looked at each other, and a dream was born. Sutherland, who is retired, is the current director of the UCLA Wind Ensemble. He still
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manages to direct the World Projects’ International Band and Orchestra Festivals at Carnegie Hall in New York and Disney Hall in Los Angeles. “Of course it took two years of badgering him (Engstrom) to get him to finally give in,” Sutherland said. “Looks like I will be packing my bags, too. This time, I will be the proud papa.” Engstrom has had an enormous amount of help from fellow educators, parents and the community. A huge outpouring of support from businesses, alumni and the students themselves has raised a considerable amount of money. “The sheer impact this has had on the students, and the whole experience, is wonderful. I haven’t been able to concentrate on anything else these past five months,” Engstrom said. “I’m looking forward to the break.” Maile Glover-Mar tin, who works in FCC student activities, organized the benefit event. She was pleased to inform the audience that the bidding was brisk and friendly. The concert began with a brief introduction by FCC president Tony Cantu, who praised the students for their resolve. The ensemble kicked off the night with a festive rendition of Gallante’s “Resplendent Glory.” Fresno State alumnus Larry Honda gave the collaboration another boost of energy as he gave a guest solo performance
on “Serenade for Alto Sax,” by Bencriscutto. Honda, FCC music department chairman, will be accompanying the group to Carnegie, to play first chair clarinet in the ensemble. “I never think about jazz when I’m playing classical. My classical mindset just kicks in,” Honda said. “Many students and educators get boxed into a certain niche, whether it’s classical or bebop or jazz. Many students and even educators aren’t aware that their classical upbringing doesn’t mean they have to stay within that niche.” Ro s s Wi l l i a m s, a n F C C sophomore, has been playing alto saxophone for 12 years. He enjoys classical, but doesn’t shut the door on jazz and other genres. “When I want to relax and stretch out, I put on some jazz,” Williams said. “You know, John Coltrane, maybe some Chris Potter.” Wi l l i a m s w a s s ke p t i c a l when he had first heard of the planned trip to New York. A few years ago, the entourage was to travel to Ireland for a music festival performance. “There was no funding, and a lack of commitment, and too expensive. This time the planning was excellent. I can’t wait,” Williams said. “Obviously, Carnegie Hall is the goal of every musician.” Students from both Fresno State and FCC are aware of the close relationship within their respective music departments.
Some educators at FCC are alumni and former students, while many students at Fresno State came through the FCC program as well as the Fresno Youth Orchestras. FCC alumnus Phillip Kern, a member of the Fresno State Symphonic Orchestra, attended the benefit. Kern, who is also a photographer, has had many photos published in the FCC Rampage, the school newspaper. Perched in the balcony of the Old Administration Building, Kern was impressed with the acoustics and ambience of the venue. “This is the first concert I have attended here, since the restoration was complete last year,” Kern said. “The visuals and acoustics compliment the performance.” FCC student Glenn Sabal plays oboe in the wind ensemble, and last week, performed with Kern and his fellow musicians at the Saroyan Theatre with the combined performance of the Fresno State Symphony and the Fresno Youth Orchestras. “I was actually a guest performer for the concert,” Sabal said. “It only took one phone call from our community data base. I was the only oboe player available.” There is no doubt the trip will be expensive. Engstrom had originally set a goal of $100,000 for the 60-person entourage. The ensemble will play a 45-minute set at Carnegie Hall on April 10, on the Isaac Stern Auditorium stage. It will later appear at a music festival in Central Park during the whirlwind week. Kai Howard, 21, has played trumpet for eight years, and is in his fifth season with the wind ensemble. He has high praise for Engstrom, saying that he has chosen one of the best playlists that he has seen at FCC. “Engstrom’s selection of music should be commended,” Howard said. “He also is committed to putting the best product on stage, as well as his student’s academic success. He really knows his stuff.” The finished product was a resounding success on Saturday night. Engstrom was joined by Honda and Sutherland for a final bow. Engstrom lifted his baton one last time, and led the FCC Wind ensemble into a rousing ar rangement of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.”
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NOTEBOOK: Teams play over break CONTINUED from page 12 against Cal State Northridge. “We need to really solidify our defense and our rebounding and finishing at the basket to help us pick up wins there. “We like to have fun when we travel. We like to not only go and win games on the road, but we like to really spend a lot of time as a team together and enjoy one another off the court. I’m still new to them. They’re still new to me. “We’re still getting to know each other as human beings. We’ll spend a lot of time getting to know one another.” The women’s basketball team signed autographs for fans after the Bulldogs’ win over the Matadors. “We wanted to give our fans something to remember us by,” Pebley said. “We’re not going to see them until Jan. 12.” Men’s hoops: ’Dogs face reigning Pac-12 champ Colorado tonight The Bulldogs (5-4), coming off a 59-50 road loss to Washington State, continue nonconference play in preparation for a vaunted Mountain West Conference schedule boasting teams that have a nation-best combined record of 63-16 against nonleague opponents through Sunday. Fresno State is one win away from tabbing its 100th win at the Save Mart Center. The Buffaloes, defending Pac-12 Tour nament champions, enter the
Men’s Upcoming Basketball Schedule
matchup at 7-2. Colorado is the second of three Pac12 teams that Fresno State faces this season, with the Bulldogs traveling to Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 22 to face UCLA. “We’ve had two good days of practice,” Bulldogs coach Rodney Terry said. “Colorado’s a great team. Coach (Tad) Boyle’s doing a great job over there. We’re going to come in this building. We’re going to be ready to play and our guys are going to compete as hard as they can compete for 40 minutes.” No break for winter sports Teams such as swimming and diving and equestrian, along with men’s and women’s basketball, will continue their season in full swing during winter break. The swimming and diving team will travel to UCLA Jan. 11 to compete in a three-day invitational before hosting UC Davis on Jan. 26. Here are some home events taking place during break: • Men’s hoops: Sonoma State (Dec. 30), San Diego State (Jan. 9), Wyoming (Jan. 16). • Women’s hoops: New Mexico (Jan. 12). • Equestrian: Inter-squad scrimmage (Jan. 12). • Men’s tennis: Saint Mary’s (Jan. 13).
Women’s Upcoming Basketball Schedule
12/12/12 vs. Colorado, Fresno, 7 p.m.
12/14/12 at Portland, Portland, Ore. 5:15 p.m.
12/15/12 vs. UC Irvine, Fresno, 7 p.m.
12/16/12 at Oregon, Eugene, Ore. 1 p.m.
12/22/12 at UCLA, Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
12/21/12 at San Francisco, San Francisco, 5 p.m.
12/30/12 vs. Sonoma State, Fresno, 1 p.m.
12/29/12 at Santa Clara, Sant Clara, 2 p.m.
01/09/13 vs. San Diego State, Fresno, 8:30 p.m.
01/03/13 at CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, 7 p.m.
01/12/13 at New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. 12 p.m.
01/09/13 at San Diego State, San Diego, 7 p.m.
01/16/13 vs. Wyoming, Fresno, 7 p.m.
01/12/13 vs. New Mexico, Fresno, 2 p.m.
01/19/13 vs. Nevada, Fresno, 7 p.m.
01/16/13 at Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. 6 p.m.
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Men’s basketball plays its second straight home game against UC Irvine. Game time tips off at 7 p.m. SPORTS EDITOR, LUKE SHAFFER • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDU
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Paintball club continues to grow CLUB SPORTS
By Kathy Ayala The Collegian Since the formation of the Fresno State Paintball team three months ago, the squad has developed rapidly. Although the team has yet to win a tournament, the experience on the paintball field has enabled the paint ball members to gain new skills. The 12-man group recently played a tour nament at Maximum Paintball The Field on Sunday for The Maximum Paintball League Off Season Rookie Series. This time, the “rookies” of the team played the tour nament. Mason Stewart, Michael Boothby, and Ben Manuszak sat out the tournament because they have experience as semiprofessional and professional players. This was the first time the team played without the three players – and didn’t make it to semifinals. For Connor Cunningham, who plays a front-man position, the experience was great. “It was fun to see how much we’ve grown without their help and how we have to now rely on each other and not rely on the skills of the better players,” Cunningham said. In November, the team trav-
eled to Las Vegas to participate in its first tournament at the West Coast Paintball Players League, but had a 1-3 record and came home empty-handed. “It was half of our guys’ first tour nament ever,” Stewart said. “All of our matches were basically decided by one point.” Stewart said they played well. N o t w i n n i n g , h ow eve r, didn’t let Cunningham get his spirits down. He said he felt OK with the effort. “Knowing that this was our first tournament this was just a chance for us to learn and see what a tournament is run like,” Cunningham said. “I just really kind of wanted to absorb it and take it all in.” In three months, the team has shown quick progress, Stewar t said. The WCPPL came quickly for the team, which left a shorter period of time to coach the team. Though they weren’t sure how much they would absorb before the tournament, but many were surprised to see how well they played, Stewart said. “All the guys that play here locally all the time, even our sponsors they can see a huge difference,” Stewart said. For Cunningham, it is a
Photos by Roe Borunda / The Collegian
Members of Fresno State’s paint ball club break for cover in Sunday’s rookie tournament at Maximum Paintball The Field. The team will head to Long Beach in January for their first official college tournament.
learning experience. As a player, he said he feels he is improving. “I’ve improved greatly. I went in one type of player and came out a completely different type of player. It was just from all the experience and the coaching that I had received,” said Cunningham, after playing at WCPPL. “They’ve all stepped up big time and learned as much as they could lear n,” Stewart
said. “All these guys – the three months since tryouts, they’ve all grown so much.” “To see them start at where they did and progress as high as they did, is amazing. Anyone that’s out there knows that what he or they’ve done in the short amount of time that what they’ve done isn’t something that’s normal. So they’ve been able to progress at a high rate a lot faster than a lot of other players do,” Stewart said.
The next step for the Fresno State Paintball team is heading to Long Beach in January for their first official college tournament. Five or six teams are expected to participate in the collegiate paintball tournament. I n Ap r i l t h e t e a m w i l l head to Lakeland, Fla., for the 2013 Colle ge and High School Paintball National Championships.
Bulldogs Notebook: Milestones a many for Thomas By Ricardo Cano The Collegian
Fresno State safety Phillip Thomas, who finished the season with a team-high 82 tackles and a nation-best eight interceptions, continues to bolster his resume heading into the 2013 NFL Draft. Both Sports Illustrated and The Associated Press selected him to its All-America first teams Tuesday. Thomas was the only SI first-team selection on offense or defense from a school outside of the Bowl Championship Series conferences. Thomas was a finalist for the
Jim Thorpe Award that honors the nation’s best defensive back. T h e A m e r i c a n Fo o t b a l l Coaches Association, T he Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation have all named Thomas to their respective All-America first teams, as well. I f t h e Fo o t b a l l Wr i t e r s Association of America gives Thomas first-team All-America honors when it releases its selections Friday, Thomas will become the first unanimous All-American in Fresno State school history. Derek Carr and Davante Adams were honorable men-
Safety Phillip Thomas was selected by both Sports Illustrated and The Associated Press to its All-America first teams Tuesday. Thomas finished the season with 82 tackles and a nation-best eight intercptions.
tions in the SI All-America teams. T he Bulldo gs swe pt the Mountain West Conference’s player of the year awards – with Carr earning Offensive Player of the Year honors and Adams named as the conferences Freshman of the Year. Co-Mountain West champion Fresno State (9-2) will play SMU (6-6) on Christmas Eve in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The game will be nationally broadcast by ESPN with a 5 p.m. kickoff.
Women’s hoops: six-game road trek awaits Here’s a fun fact to end the semester with: the Fresno State women’s basketball team, winner of 17 in a row at the Save Mart Center, will ring in the new year having preserved a home win streak two seasons and three years long. The streak began on Dec. 8, 2011, in a 69-66 win over Oklahoma State. The next time the Bulldogs (6-2) put their home streak on the line? Jan. 12 in their Mountain West Conference home opener ag ainst New Mexico (7-3). The Bulldogs play through most of their winter break games away from home, where they have outscored opponents 431-312 this season. Fresno State starts its sixgame West Coast road trip Monday against the University of Portland. The Bulldogs face Oregon – their fourth Pac-12 opponent of the season – two days later.
Photos by Roe Borunda / The Collegian
Guard Tyler Johnson takes flight as he throws down a slam dunk in the 84-49 win over San Diego Christian Thursday. Johnson and the ’Dogs will play at home for seven of their next 11 games.
The Bulldogs open Mountain West play against San Diego State, picked to finish first in the conference standings by a preseason poll, in the Jan. 9 conclusion of their six-game
road trip. “We need to get road-tested,” Bulldogs coach Raegan Pebley said after Saturday’s 68-53 win See NOTEBOOK, Page 11