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VALENTINE’S

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Lawsuit targets Google privacy policy

By Jessica Guynn McClatchy-Tribune Alexandra Norton / The Collegian

Julia Scott and Christina Rea take part in a knot-tying ceremony outside the Fresno County Clerk’s Office after being denied a marriage license last Valentine’s Day. Scott and Rea are now engaged and hope to one day get married.

Legalizing same-sex marriage gets step closer Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday

By Alexandra Norton The Collegian

Tuesday.

This legal decision appears to give same-sex couples the right to marry in California — but not yet.

Proposition 8, the California ballot Regardless, Fresno State’s United measure that banned same-sex marStudent Pride club was thrilled with riage in 2008, was ruled unconstituthe step toward marriage equality, tional by a three-judge panel to the especially this close to Valentine’s Day. 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Zoyer Zyndel, president of the club, said that most the members found ust because it was ruled unconstitutional out about the ruling doesn’t mean we can get married tomorrow.” before he did. “ We e n j o ye d — Zoyer Zyndel, a t o a s t a n d h a d President of United Student Pride some cake at our last meeting to

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celebrate the recent good news,” said Zyndel.

But with the ruling in a stay, the question that remains is when same-sex couples can get married.

“Just because it was ruled unconstitutional doesn’t mean we can get married tomorrow,” Zyndel said.

Prop 8 backers have a two-week deadline to appeal the ruling to a larger panel in the 9th Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court.

During that time, marital status remains between a man and a woman in California.

Andy Anderson, the assistant regisSee MARRIAGE, Page 3

Daughter of iconic Mexican painter, muralist visits campus

By Collegian Staff The Collegian Guadalupe Rivera Marin, the daughter of famous painter and muralist Diego Rivera, came to Fresno State last week to discuss her children’s book, “My Papa Diego and Me.” The book is an intimate collection of stories from Rivera Marin’s childhood.

In the book she discusses growing up with her famous father.

During her appearance at Fresno State, Rivera Marin talked about how her father’s love of painting began when he was 3 years old.

“He would paint on the floor, on the walls, in every single corner of his house that he could find,” Rivera See ARTIST, Page 3

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Guadalupe Rivera Marin, daughter of world-renowned artist Diego Rivera, received a standing ovation after being introduced to a full crowd at the Satellite Student Union on Friday.

A consumer watchdog has escalated its efforts to block Google from rolling out a controversial new privacy policy that would allow the Internet search giant to harvest more information about its users.

B u t t h e E l e c t ro n i c P r iva cy Infor mation Center is not suing Google. Instead, it filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Federal T r a d e C o m m i s s i o n , t h e a g e n cy charged with protecting consumers’ privacy on the Web. In an unusual end-run around the FTC, the watchdog group is asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to compel federal regulators to enforce a settlement they reached with Google last year and protect consumers who will be “left without recourse if the commission fails to enforce its order.”

Google settled charges last year that it violated privacy laws by exposing Gmail users’ personal information when rolling out its now-defunct Google Buzz social networking service. The breach prompted an angry backlash from consumers and privacy advocates who say the Mountain View, Calif., company disclosed personal information without their knowledge or consent.

The 20-year settlement put Google on notice that it had to build privacy protection into its products and could not misrepresent how it handles users’ information.

Last month, Google began alerting users around the globe that beginning March 1 it will share data it collects from users across its dozens of services. Google says that only users who are logged into Google will be affected. Google already shared what it knew about its users across most of its services but now it will also include YouTube and Google search history.

Google says its new privacy policy does not violate the settlement it reached with the FTC. “We take privacy very seriously.

We’re happy to engage in constructive conversations about our updated privacy policy but EPIC is wrong on the facts and the law,” a Google spokesman said in an emailed statement.

Google says its new privacy policy See GOOGLE, Page 3

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THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY

fulmination (noun) Vehement menace or censure; something that is thundered forth.

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OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU

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NOTES & ASIDES

By Tony Petersen The Collegian Is the Republican Party a racist political party? I said no; some of our readers said yes. Here are some of your responses, with some extra commentary by me.

Maybe not racist, but do you at least concede that the GOP, at least their top candidates at top positions, are borderline insane?

— Michael No, I do not concede that.

My fellow white citizens demand a public discussion about the forcing of only white countries to turn into brown countries via mass immigration and “assimilation”.

Anyone who says it’s not genocide is either ignorant of genocide law or a liar.

Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.

— GusAppleby I guess I am ignorant of genocide law.

While I agree with his assessment that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s unprecedented disrespect toward the President does not, in itself, constitute racism, Petersen’s claim that the Grand Ol’ Party is not racist is laughable. To make such an asinine statement is to ignore the history of the party as

well as its current leadership, and especially its current presidential hopefuls.

— Nick Giotto (letter to the editor, right) Mr. Giotto, I urge you to be precise with your language. For the leadership of the Republican Party to be racist, they would have to have feelings of hatred and bigotry toward people not of their race solely for that reason. I do not see that out of the GOP. I don’t think they are racist, but I think elements of their base have hints of racism that they sometimes take advantage of by subtle race baiting... I think they are more greedy jerks than racists, but still do a little race baiting from time to time.

— joshua4234 This critique has a bit more substance to it. But I still don’t understand how the Republicans are race baiting. That would mean that there is some secret code that conservative Republicans all understand, and that when Newt Gingrich calls Barack Obama a “food stamp president” they all know he’s actually saying, “He’s black, don’t vote for him.”

That is not so.

The Republicans are not race baiting — they are playing politics. When Gingrich calls Obama a “food stamp president,” he is critiquing the president’s handling of the economy. He is saying that Obama’s economic policies

have made Americans poorer than they were before he was elected. And rather than making a long, drawn-out explanation of how Gingrich thinks Obama has made the economy worse, Newt thought of a pithy phrase that would encapsulate the Republican base’s feelings about the economy.

Joshua’s last point is more true: Republicans care more about the economy than about race.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

And why am I not SURPRISED!!!!? NEO NAZI RACIST TONY PETERSON feels it NECESSARY TO WRITE AN ARTICLE TITLED “THE GOP IS NOT RACIST”. HAHAHA!!!

WHAT A DOPE!!!!

AS long As TONY PETERSON AND HIS RACIST NEO NAZI BUDDIES… LIKE NEIL O’BRIEN…. CONTINUE THEIR ANTI-MEXICAN behavior, they will always be LABELED RACIST FILTH!!!!! HELL..MAYBE EVEN AFTER THEY STOP!!!! THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEIR TRUE COLORS!!!! SUCK ON THAT YOU RACIST COLLEGIAN PIGS!!!

— Ren What more could I add to such sober, intelligent analysis?

Tony Petersen is the opinion editor of The Collegian. Follow him on Twitter @tonypetersen4.

To the editors: The Sky is not Blue, the Grass is not Green... and the GOP is not racist... at least, not in Tony Petersen’s world.

While I agree with his assessment that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s unprecedented disrespect toward the president does not, in itself, constitute racism, Petersen’s claim that the Grand Ol’ Party is not racist is laughable. To make such an asinine statement is to ignore the history of the party as well as its current leadership, and especially its current presidential hopefuls.

Let’s start with Newt Gingrich.

Not only does he constantly deride President Obama as a “food stamp president,” he has also generously offered to go to the NAACP to tell “the African-American community” why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps. Of course, most recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are white, not African-American, but Newt rarely lets facts get in the way of his rhetoric.

Then there’s extreme homophobe Rick Santorum. On the campaign trail in early January he quipped, “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”

He later denied making this comment despite the inconvenient invention of video, but it is peculiar that Santorum, like Gingrich, would single out African-Americans. Nationally, 39 percent of welfare recipients are white, 37 percent are black, and 17 percent are Hispanic.

State Representative Sally Kern (R-OK) lamented recently how she taught school for 20 years and saw “a lot of people of color who didn’t want to work as hard [and] wanted it given to them.” Doug Lamborn, U.S. Representative (R-CO) said he did not want to be associated with Obama, that it would be like “touching a tar baby.”

The list could go on and on and on.

To suggest, as Tony Petersen does, that members of the GOP simply disagree with Obama on matters of policy, and that they aren’t racist because they let him drink from the same drinking fountain as they do, flies in the face of reality.

Nick Giotto

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MARRIAGE: Same-sex couples may get right CONTINUED from page 1 trar of voters for the Fresno County Clerk’s Office, said his office received only a couple of calls about when the license will be available, but most people are aware the situation is still in limbo.

“Everyone here in this community knows that there’s nothing we can do yet, so it really hasn’t had an effect on our office,” said Anderson.

However, even if licenses were available, not every couple who wants to get married would do so immediately.

Julia Scott, for mer president of United Student Pride, wants to wait for same-sex marriage to be recognized on a federal level before she ties the knot again.

“I’ve been mar ried in California to a same-sex partner before, and it’s very difficult because it still feels really half-way,” Scott said. “To have a relationship in the middle of all this political turmoil puts a lot of stress on it.”

Scott married before Proposition 8 took effect in

2008, and just finalized her separation.

Despite the fact that samesex mar riage hasn’t been approved nationwide, Scott still thinks the ruling is a step in the right direction. She will continue advocating for marriage equality.

In conjunction with Freedom to Marry Week, several same-sex couples will meet at the County Clerk’s Office to request marriage licenses, knowing that they will be denied.

This year, members of the United Student Pride club will take part in the event, while also risking arrest.

Zyndel said that members, as well as event participants, will sit in the County Clerk’s Office and refuse to leave until arrested.

“We can expect a citation,” said Zyndel. “But I think it’s worth it to make a statement about marriage equality.”

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ARTIST: Daughter follows in dad’s steps CONTINUED from page 1 Marin said. “He painted so much that his father had to dedicate a full room for him in which he had blackboards put around the room so that he would stop painting on the piano.”

Rivera Marin then discussed how her father’s paintings were influenced by experiences from his youth. Rivera’s family was forced to relocate to extreme poverty while he was young, and it was from this that he drew inspiration for the work that would later make him famous, she said.

Rivera was a prominent

Mexican painter and muralist whose paintings are known for being vibrant in color and focusing on the indigenous and working class people of Mexico. Some of his most widely known paintings include “El Vendedor de Alcatraces,” “Nude with Calla Lillie” and “Peasants.”

Rivera Marin has written two books, both which focus on her iconic father. The first one, “Diego,” highlights her father’s early life and childhood. The second book, “Mi Papa Diego and Me,” focuses on her experiences growing up with her father and his career as a painter.

GOOGLE: Watchdog group asking for temporary restraining order CONTINUED from page 1 will improve Google services and make Google’s privacy policies easier for consumers to understand. A Google spokesman said it does not share users’ personal information outside of Google, just with its own services such as Gmail and Google Maps.

The consumer group charges that Google is hoping to boost its online advertising business, which generated nearly $40 billion in revenue last year. Google will now be able to target ads to people based on the videos they watch on YouTube or their previous Google searches.

“If some users like the Google change in terms of service, that’s OK. They should opt in. But if other users don’t like the proposed change, they have the right to say no,” said the consumer group’s executive director, Marc Rotenberg.

“This has to be the user’s choice, not Google’s choice.

And the FTC must enforce its

consent order to protect the rights of users to make these choices.”

With rising competition from Facebook, which is on the verge of an initial public offering that could bring $10 billion and a valuation that tops $100 billion, Google is looking to increase revenue from ads more closely tailored to its users. Facebook took the lead in U.S. online display ads from Yahoo last year with a 16.3 percent share of the market, according to research firm eMarketer. Google, the dominant search engine, came in third with 9.3 percent of the market.

“Goo gle’s new business practices increase the commercial value of a given user’s data,” the court filing said.

Washington legislators have called on Google to explain the changes. And Google has run into resistance in Europe.

Regulators there have asked Google to delay the rollout of the new policy until they can investigate how the changes will affect consumers.

Google has said it plans to move forward even as the European Commission looks to overhaul its data protection rules to make them more stringent.

Recent settlements that the FTC has reached with Google and Facebook signal that federal regulators are cracking down on how Internet companies use information they harvest from their users.

“The FTC takes compliance with our consent orders very seriously and always looks carefully at any evidence that they are being violated,” FTC spokeswoman Claudia Bourne Farrell said in an emailed statement.

Ryan Calo, director for privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the courts would probably defer to the FTC. “Ultimately it will rest in the hands of the FTC to decide whether Google’s new privacy policy constitutes a violation of the consent order,” Calo said.

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As Houston’s death casts shadow, Adele begins rolling in awards

By Randy Lewis McClatchy-Tribune LOS ANGELES — On an evening overshadowed by the shocking death of a singer who was once one of pop music’s most radiant young stars, the pop stratosphere’s latest bright light, 23-yearold British R&B-soul sing-

er Adele, was lauded with Grammy Awards for cathartic music she channeled out of her own pain and despair.

Adele delivered the biggest single and album of 2011 with “21,” her sophomore outing that explored various facets of a painful romantic breakup, and she scored the year’s biggest single, “Rolling in the

Deep,” in which the singer reaches to the depths of heartache to find solace and hope.

Those qualities ultimately eluded Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at age 48 on the eve of the Grammy show, after struggling for more than two decades with drug abuse and other issues. She died just hours before she had been scheduled to attend the annual pre-Grammy party hosted by Clive Davis, the veteran music executive who had discovered Houston and signed her to her first record contract nearly three decades ago and guided her to superstardom with soaring hits including “I Will Always Love You,” “Saving All My Love for You” and “Greatest Love of All.” Adele’s blockbuster success with music that reaches broadly across age, racial and stylistic differences made her an ideal candidate for multiple Grammys, which are handed out annually by the Recording Academy, the music industry organization whose member-

ship includes musicians, producers, engineers, managers, record company officials and others.

She was nominated for six awards, including album of the year for “21” and record and song of the year for “Rolling in the Deep,” and she collected two of those before the telecast began. Rapper Kanye West leads the nominations with seven, while the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars were tied with Adele at six, with rapper Lil Wayne and electronica artist Skrillex right behind at five apiece.

The Foo Fighters had collected four of the six possible Grammys before the evening’s ceremony began, during the pre-show awards that cover about 90 percent of the winners. British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, another recent pop music tragedy, was given a posthumous Grammy for her duet with Tony Bennett on the pop standard “Body and Soul,” from his “Duets II” album, which took a second

award for Bennett as traditional pop vocal album.

Skrillex landed an early pair for dance recording and dance/electronica album, for the “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” track and album. The Foo Fighters collected four out of the gate, for rock album, hard rock or metal performance for the track “White Limo,” rock song for “Walk” and long-form video for “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth.”

Adele’s “21” took the pop vocal album and “Rolling in the Deep” was named shortform video during the pre-telecast awards.

Her first public performance since vocal cord microsurgery was among the most anticipated segments going into Sunday night’s show at Staples Center in Los Angeles, along with a Houston tribute number by former “American Idol” singer Jennifer Hudson, hastily added by the show’s producers. There had been talk that See ADELE, Page 6

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ADELE: First performance since vocal cord surgery

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Hudson would be singing with R&B veteran Chaka Khan, but Khan bowed out shortly before showtime, saying in a Twitter post: “As I grieve the loss of my friend and ‘little sister,’ I don’t feel it appropriate to perform at this time.”

The ceremony also is slated to include a 50th anniversary reunion number from the

surviving members of the Beach Boys, a salute to country-pop singer and guitarist Glen Campbell, who is winding down his public career because he has Alzheimer’s disease, and appearances by Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.

The week leading up to

Sunday night was packed with a host of music industry-related events. McCartney received his own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Tuesday and was feted Friday night as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year with an all-star tribute concert. Campbell gave a special performance at the Grammy Museum as part of

his farewell tour.

Saturday brought the Clive Davis event and the week included protests by musicians unhappy with last year’s category restructuring that reduced the overall number to 78 this year, down from a peak of 110, eliminating many areas in which jazz, R&B, country, gospel and other roots

music recordings had been nominated for niche styles in previous years.

More than 17,500 recordings were submitted during the eligibility period for this year’s Grammy Awards, Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011. Winners are the results of ballots cast by about 13,000 voting members of the Recording Academy.

Fun ideas on a budget for that special someone on Valentine’s Day

By Taylor Gonzalez The Collegian It might be safe to say that if you are a college student on Valentine’s Day, you are perhaps working with a tight budget, and dealing with a major time limit due to the procrastination students are so often guilty of. But have no fear; there are a few quick and inexpensive Valentine’s Day ideas that will score you some major points. It’s all about bringing out your inner creativeness with a splash of that romantic side that we all know is in there somewhere.

Idea No. 1: Write a love letter. Yes, it may seem like nothing, but how often do we let our significant others know how we truly feel about them?

None of that texting nonsense or email business, but a legiti-

mate letter that you took the time to write to express your appreciation.

Remember back in your elementary days when passing notes and writing letters to each other were common?

Bring that back. You will be surprised by how many things you say in that letter that your girlfriend or boyfriend has never heard you say before.

That is what it’s all about. It may be simple, but I can guarantee you it will mean more to your Valentine than you would ever expect.

Idea No. 2: Make a love jar.

It’s so simple, yet can be so romantic. Here’s what you do — find an old jar, or even a little box would work, too. Cut small strips of blank paper, anywhere between 20 and 50.

On each strip of paper write down something you love

It’s easy to do, and something that your significant other w i l l h ave fo rever — not to mention that if your Valentine is ever having a bad day, all he or she will need to do is open that jar, read some of the things you wrote and his or her whole day could instantly be tur ned around.

Idea No. 3: Take your Valentine on a scavenger hunt.

Think back to all the places the two of you have made memories and go on a scavenger hunt to each place. You can include clues or even little

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Fold the papers and put them all in your love jar. Tie

a little red bow around it and BAM! Now you have yourself a love jar.

riddles to add a little spice to it. Your final destination of the scavenger hunt can be just about anything you choose to make it. You can lead your Valentine to a favorite restaurant, or to the first place you two met. You could go to your place and make a nice dinner with candles and all that good stuff. Just be creative with it and your Valentine will be sure to love it.

So there you have it. A few Valentine’s Day ideas that are not only easy and inexpensive to do, but really are meaningful and are a way to let your significant other know how much you care. If you use any of these, you are guaranteed to make tomorrow a Valentine’s Day to remember.

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The women’s tennis team will host Texas A&M on Friday at the Wathen Tennis Center at 1 p.m.

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Lacrosse wins exhibition third-year in a row The Fresno State women’s lacrosse team started its season off with a win on Saturday, defeating the Central Califor nia Men’s Lacrosse Club 20-12, Saturday afternoon in Bulldog Stadium. It was the third-straight year the ‘Dogs defeated the men’s team in their annual exhibition.

“I was really excited with the way we came out today,” said first-year head coach Jessica Pausewang. “I thought the girls went out well and played strong.”

Fresno State held the men’s team right from the get-go, leading 14-4 at halftime.

Freshman midfielder Marcy Levatino led the ‘Dogs with five goals, one assist, two ground balls and a forced turnover.

The lacrosse team starts its season Feb. 19 against C i n c i n n at i i n S a n D i e g o before its home opener March 14 against New Hampshire.

‘Dogs fall to Long Beach State in extra innings

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Alumni player-manager Terrance Frazier (1988-92) slides into home to give the alumni a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh inning. This was Frazier’s 24th consecutive year participating in the annual alumni game, his second as the team’s manager. The current Diamond ‘Dogs came back in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 9-3 win.

Eighth-inning comeback vaults ‘Dogs past alumni

By Tim Salazar The Collegian Current and former Bulldogs took to the diamond Saturday in the annual baseball alumni game. The current edition of the Bulldogs overtook the alumni in the eighth inning for a 9-3 victory.

The alumni had minor league talent littered throughout its lineup with many of last year’s draftees returning to take part in the game.

A total of 22 former Bulldogs suited up for the alumni team, spanning six decades of players dating back to Jack Altman who played from 195356 and Bob Doig who played from 1954-57.

Both teams relied on good pitching and great defense

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through the first five innings while current Bulldog pitcher Tyler Linehan had yet to allow a hit.

“Every time we come out we play seriously,” Linehan said. “No matter what, scrimmage or not, we play our hardest and get our work done, so that way whether it’s season or practice we make sure we get everything done and everything ready.”

The alumni began the scoring in the sixth inning when the 2010 Most Valuable Player Danny Muno singled home the first run of the day. Erik Wetzel followed Muno’s lead with an RBI single of his own giving the alumni a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom half of the inning two of the newest Bulldogs came through for the team when freshmen Jordan Brink and Chris Mariscal both hit RBI singles in the inning, tying the game 2-2.

The alumni retook the lead in the seventh when pinch hitter Will Thomas drove in Terrance Frazier, who scored his second run of the game.

The game was Frazier’s 24th straight and his second as manager. Dennis Springer

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The Bulldog softball team fell to Long Beach State 4-1 on Sunday to finish the Fresno State Kick-Off at 3-2.

Long Beach State took the lead in the first inning when center fielder Leilani TupuaTautalatasi smacked a two-out solo home run, putting the 49ers ahead 1-0 Senior pitcher Michelle Moses responded with a solo home run of her own, sending a shot to right-center field in the fourth inning. It was Moses’ third solo home run of the weekend.

But the run support ended there for the ‘Dogs who lost their second game in a row, falling to Long Beach State after Nalani St. Ger main three-run homer in the eighth inning.

Fresno State will host U n ive r s i t y o f Pa c i f i c o n Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bulldog Diamond.

Women’s basketball routs Nevada, 85-67 Fresno State found its rhythm Saturday night in Re n o, k n o ck i n g d ow n 1 8 3-pointers in an 85-67 blowout win over Nevada.

It was the ninth consecutive win for the ‘Dogs, who are now 20-4 overall and a perfect 8-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.

Three different ‘Dogs scored in double figures Saturday, w i t h s o p h o m o r e T ay l o r Thompson leading the team with 17 points. The preseason All-WAC selection was a perfect 5-of-5 from 3-point range.

Seven different players made 3-pointers for Fresno State, as the team tied its single-game record for most 3-pointers made with 18. The team was 18-of-29 from beyond the arc.

Freshman Madison Parrish was also perfect from 3-point range, shooting 3-of-3. Parrish finished with 13 points and four assists in 22 minutes off the bench.

Junior Rosie Moult also finished in double figures after opening the game with three-straight 3-pointers. The Australia native finished with 14 points.

Fresno State will retur n to the Save Mart Center on Thursday against Idaho at 7 p.m. for “Think Pink” night.

joined Frazier as the only two members of the 80s to participate in the game, throwing an inning-plus.

Linehan was replaced after the seventh inning by Tyler Stirewalt, who would finish off the game for the ‘Dogs. Linehan pitched seven innings, allowing three runs and striking out three, as Stirewalt closed out the game not allowing a score.

The eighth inning brought disaster for the alumni, who gave up seven runs. After surrendering the lead and falling behind in the inning, the alumni implored a new defensive strategy by adding seven extra outfielders and an extra infielder in an attempt to slow down the Bulldog offense.

“I’ve been playing with these guys for three years, they’re great athletes and great competitors it was fun playing against them,” senior Trent Garrison said.

The Bulldogs open the season at home on Feb. 17 against Butler at 6 p.m.

“As long as we play as a team and we put each other before everyone else, we’ll do just fine,” Garrison said.

s long as we play as a team and we put each other before everyone else, we’ll do just fine.”

— Trent Garrison, senior catcher

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Sophomore midfielder Kara Concheck (right) evades a Central California Men’s Lacrosse Club defender during Saturday’s exhibition at Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs went on to win the game, 14-4.

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