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Library celebrates one year and 1 million

By Aaron Warn The Collegian

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The Henry Madden Library welcomed its one-millionth patron, just one week before its oneyear anniversary. Associate dean of library services David Tyckoson presented the one-millionth patron, junior nursing major Amanda Tang, with a gift basket.

The Fresno State library staff will host an event next week celebrating the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Henry Madden Library.

Associate dean of library services David Tyckoson said everyone in the community is invited to join the rest of the library staff on Wednesday, Feb. 24 for the first birthday celebration of the library. “We want people to come to our birthday party,� Tyckoson said. “Students, faculty, or even people just visiting.�
 The staff will provide cupcakes and refreshments for those in attendance, and will give out drawing tickets at the door for a chance to win gift baskets.

Also, Fresno State’s food science and nutrition students created a cake in the shape of the library, which will be on display. “I'm really anxious to see this,�

Tyckoson said. “[Food science and nutrition] professor Klaus Tenbergen and his students have been working very hard [on the cake].�
 The event comes exactly one week after the library celebrated another milestone.

Amanda Tang, a junior nursing major, was the one-millionth person to walk through the doors of the library since it’s opening in February 2009.

She was greeted with applause by Tyckoson and the rest of the library staff and honored with a gift basket. “Being a nursing student, I pretty much live at the library,� Tang said. “It’s a great place to study without any distractions.�
 Tang would spend more time in the library if possible. “It would be helpful, for me at least, if [the library] could be open on Saturdays too,� Tang said.

Tyckoson said the 1 million mark came much sooner than expected. 

 “Previously, our highest total in one year had been about 800,000 and that was about 10 years ago,� Tyckoson said. “So, we're very happy to reach that mark so quickly.�
 The $105 million facility has been a reliable source for students looking for a place to study, which Tyckoson said the campus desperately needed.

Tyckoson said the library has proven to be popular. “This says two things,� Tyckoson said. “We've built a facility where students and teachers want to be. And it also says the campus was lacking such a facility in previous years.�
 Tyckoson said the biggest complaint among students is that the library is not available to them enough. “We're not open as much as we want to be,� Tyckoson said. “Hopefully, our budget will allow for us to extend the hours in the near future.�
 Tyckoson said the money used to pay for the one-year celebration came from private donors, and not from any of the library service funds.

Susan Christensen, executive assistant to the dean of the library, said the dedication of the staff and improved services deserve credit for the increase in popularity. She said there are three times as many study stations in the new library than there were in the old facility, and the addition of Starbucks has attracted many more students and faculty. She also mentioned that the option for students to rent laptops has been extremely helpful. “All of these factors just make the library more exciting and the destination of choice on campus,� Christensen said.

The one-year anniversary celebration will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24 on the second floor of the library. 


Day of awareness goes unnoticed According to a study presented at the International AIDS Conference in 2004, “a lack of awareness of HIV/AIDS by university students in the U.S. gives reason for concern that an attitude of indifference or complacency is pervasive throughout college campuses.�

The study concluded that new educational methods are needed to educate students to improve their awareness about the HIV pandemic.

The Fresno State Student Health Center offers confidential HIV testing and counseling, but activities promoting AIDS awareness are scarce and programs geared toward HIVinfected students are nonexistent.

Mark Campbell, the former HIV case manager at University Medical Center in Fresno,

By Christian Beltran The Collegian In the midst of African People’s History Month, one nationally recognized day passed with little attention.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day celebrated its 10th anniversary on Feb.7.

The absence of events comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one in 500 students are infected with HIV. Tynisha Johnson, 21, a social work major, said she was unaware of National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day. “I would figure there would be some type of special event to promote awareness on campus,� Johnson said. “I guess not.� .MLLA A JMLL

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That’s What the People Are Saying On populism

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Opinion Editor, Tony Petersen • collegian-opinion@csufresno.edu • Friday, February 19, 2010

opulism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.”

— George Will, The Washington Post

Thoughts for a pious campus Web-Spe@k S

athaya Sai Baba is a religious guru from India who has been sharing his spiritual guidance for over 50 years.

He claims to be the reincarnate of 19th Century miracle worker Sai Baba of Shirdi and will be reborn for the third and last time as Prema Sai Baba.

His devotees accept this claim.

There have been hundreds of contemporaneous eyewitness accounts of the many miracles Sai Baba has performed, including materializing rainbows and portraits of Jesus with the wave of his hand, healing the sick and many others. Even some who reject his divinity, accept the validity of these miracles.

He claims all the prayers in the world go through him, the first and only true avatar. While most Sai Baba devotees are natives of southern India and are of Hindu orientation, he has converted many non-Hindus from Europe and even the United States.

These accounts are quite compelling. If one has doubts, they can take comfort in knowing there are more than one million Sai Baba devotees.

The $1,200 plane ticket is a small price to pay for the privilege of being in the presence of a true avatar.

However, it is not the man, but rather his obscurity and irrelevance to the acclaimed monotheisms of our contemporary world that is significant.

Not ever hearing of Sai Baba is not difficult to understand. This is because anytime someone espouses their devotion to Sai Baba with any conviction, something very natural

With All Due Respect Mike Boylan occurs: people stop listening. These people are not taken seriously, nor are they respected by anyone who warrants reciprocation of these courtesies. In other words, these ideas naturally flow to the margins of our society.

Nobody is in outrage over this.

But this consensus contradicts the manner in which we revere and uphold widely practiced religions. The compelling firsthand accounts of Sai Baba’s divinity is leaving members of other faiths perfectly unstirred. They are not losing sleep over whether they have wasted their lives worshipping false prophets and gods. Christians, for example, are happily content with their faith in first century miracles that were not written until decades after Jesus’ death, nor were they even firsthand accounts; two things many biblical scholars have agreed on.

The standards we hold for religious belief indicate that Sai Baba devotees are not merely as worthy, but in fact more worthy of social acceptance than those who presuppose the divinity of certain books, yet, this is not the case.

There appears to be no identifiable

or intelligible criterion for qualifying religions belief or divine intervention. What follows from this is that all beliefs should be accepted equally and without prejudice in order to avoid arbitrary favoritism. The logical end to this proposition is no claim can be justifiably rejected, yet, this is not the present state of our discourse. In both casual and professional conversations, we often do not hesitate to unequivocally reject claims found to be nonsensical.

If simply being useful and charitable should suffice toleration for beliefs, our kinship with Hamas, the militant Islamic political organization in Palestine, should be more transparent, for they are as committed to terror and Jihad as they are to charitable works for the thousands of impoverished and indigent Palestinians. Both Hamas and leading monotheisms partake in similar endeavors: acquiring authority over other people’s lives guised as angelic mercy, faith and humility, all in the name of God. A distressing reality is this enigmatic social dysfunction and hypocrisy stem from a premise - belief in possessing absolute knowledge of God’s will - that is utterly deranged.

Sathaya Sai Baba isn’t afforded the time of day from just about every corner of the world, yet the sustenance of divine proclamations from the Iron and middle ages are closely supervised and protected from the heresy and apostasy that is slowly infiltrating the masses. Is there anyone who sees a problem with this?

Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian Online.

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‘Student wants apology’ ‘rlstock’: Cerda: Get a life! Are you serious? 47 signatures is .002136 percent of the student body.

You clearly cannot go big, so just GO HOME!!!!

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‘The art of the kiss cam’ ‘joshua4234’: Lol, calling it winter break is a courtesy for those who do not celebrate Christmas, for whatever reason. I don’t have a problem with just calling it Christmas break since it is a secular holiday, otherwise it could not be allowed to be a legal federal holiday anymore than Good Friday, Ramadan, Yom Kippur, etc. I understand how someone like you, Tony, would not care about being courteous to cultural diversity and that’s your choice. Anywho, about the actual article, I half expected this to be a rant about a gay couple getting on the kiss cam, lol, but yeah it turned out to be something pretty lame that didn’t bring anything to mind that I could say. ‘mynamehere2828’: joshua, chill out, at least so the rest of us can enjoy this comical story! Thanks!

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The Collegian • Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • collegian-features@csufresno.edu

The daily crossword

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis Los Angeles Times

ACROSS 1 Unceremoniously breaks up with 6 1996 film that won Best Original Screenplay 11 Pro bono TV ad 14 As a friend, to François 15 Greg Evans comic strip 16 Pumpjack output 17 Newly certified coroner’s assignment?

19 Wash. Nats’ division 20 Daffy duo?

21 Generation 22 In pursuit of 24 Lord’s ointment?

29 Isn’t wrong?

30 Flood deterrents 31 Words spoken with a yawn, perhaps 33 TV palomino 34 Mutt with a conscience?

35 Annoying negotiator 38 Sitting Bull telling raunchy jokes?

42 Cops may keep them on suspects 46 Rabbitlike rodents 47 Gulf War reporter Peter 49 Peddle 50 Taxi with no empty seats?

53 Disappointed postgame comment 55 Back muscle, for short 56 Nest builder

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A DIFFERENT PATH: Portraits of unusual occupations

The Herbalist

Rudy Alderette, or “Rudy The Goth Psychic” as he is known to many people, has been a prominent Tarot card reader in the Central Valley for years. He’s been known to practice at Brass Unicorn in the Tower District and also out of his home.

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By John Esquivel and Danielle Gilbert The Collegian

Nestled in between Cuca’s Mexican restaurant and Paris café in Chinatown lies the Takshing Herb Center. The combination of dried fruits, roots and insects may sound unappetizing, however, the contents of this historic building is anything but bland.

Owner Sen C. Hopper has called 909 F Street home for more than 20 years.

“I’ve been open longer than Welty’s been president,” Hopper said, followed by a contagious laugh.

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The Clerk As a sweaty, red-faced man sporting a fanny pack entered the store, two elderly women stood at the register with toys in hand.

“You better clear out my underwear drawer before I die, I don’t want my sister finding this,” announced one of the women.

Next in line was a gentleman dressed in all white who appeared to have just clocked out of work.

However, all he had was a straight face despite jokes from “Thelma and Louise” and a hand full of DVDs— Although no photography was allowed and Suzie’s Adult Superstore staff was unavailable for comment, the conversations and body language of the customers within the walls of the adult superstore said it all.

The Goth Psychic

— Sen C. Hopper, Tekshing Herb Center

The herb house features an assortment of teas and remedies bought wholesale from China and San Francisco. These products help detoxify the body as well as provide relaxation and extract impurities.

According to Hopper, a common solution for clearing skin is cooking dried beetles above 100 degrees for more than 10 minutes.

The shop is flavored with a freewheeling atmosphere.

Virginia native, Margaret Bowen, calls Chinatown home as well.

“I’ve lived in Chinatown for eight years and have eaten so many egg rolls that I’ve turned Chinese, huh?”

Bowen said to Hopper at full volume.

As the owner locked up shop, a woman by the name of Shadow entered, listing her current needs for all to hear. What were those needs?

“A ride to Oakland, food and d***.”

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s a baby, I would sit on my grandmother’s lap as she would read people’s cards after Sunday mass.”

— Rudy Alderette, The Goth Psychic

reading as an adult, The Goth Psychic was born into it.

“As a baby, I would sit on my grandmother’s lap as she would read people’s cards after Sunday mass,”Alderette said.

When he was 18-years-old, he discovered Brass Unicorn, a shop that offers Tarot cards, healing crystals and other products for alternative practices. He has since become a known figure in the local psychic community.

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advice in one’s life such as: what relationships are working verses those which aren’t, what doors are going to open and which shall remain closed.

The Goth Psychic begins readings by asking one to divide the stack of cards and select 15 using your “unconscious” hand (opposite from your writing hand.) Various pictures expose information with the flip of each card: The Hanged Man, The High Priestess, Wheel Of Fortune, etc. He explains how each card is linked together and how they can play out in one’s life.

While Alderette appreciates the local support, he has come across some who only want to make money. He has seen people give thousands of dollars to “psychics” who give wrong information just to make money. The Goth Psychic hopes he can give the profession a good name by offering quality readings.

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Visiting professor discusses Armenian history, heritage

By Tara Albert The Collegian The Ar menian Genocide occurred nearly a century ago, but the Armenian Studies

P ro g r a m i s m a k i n g s u re Fresno State students and the Fresno community are still aware of what happened.

Dr. Abraham Terian was chosen by the Armenian studies

program to raise awareness of the tragic event through a series of lectures and a threeunit course.

Terian was selected to be the eighth Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor, a position that was created in 1999 to keep students informed about the Armenian Genocide. “ T h e d o n o r, M r. H e n r y Kazan, wanted to establish a position at Fresno State, where the Armenian Genocide would always be taught,” Barlow Der Mugrdechian, the coordinator of the Armenian studies program and director of the Center for Armenian studies at Fresno State said.

T he endowment created for this position allows the Armenian studies program to invite an internationally recognized scholar, in contemporary Armenian affairs, to Fresno State for one semester each year, Der Mugrdechian said.

Der Mugrdechian said he hired Terian for the position because his breadth of knowledge and experience made him an ideal candidate.

“The Armenian studies program does an international search for the position,” Der Mugrdechian said. “Dr. Terian is well qualified for the position.”

Te r i a n i s a r e c o g n i z e d authority on Hellenistic

Judaism, Early Christianity and Armenian studies, and has published extensively in these fields.

He has an undergraduate degree in history and biblical languages, a graduate degree in archaeology and history of antiquity and a doctoral

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degree in theology, specializing in Christian origins.

Terian said he is proud to take on the role of the visiting professor and collaborate with the Armenian studies program.

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Photo Courtesy of Abraham Terian

Dr. Abraham Terian and his wife, Dr. Sara Kärkkäinen, currently live in Fresno. Terian was born in Jaffa, Israel and raised in Jerusalem. They have three children and four grandchildren.

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“It is an honor to be the eighth Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor, and to be a part of the long-standing Ar menian studies program at Fresno State,� Terian said.

As the visiting professor, Terian will present three public lectures on the Armenian Genocide, the first of which, “Ar menian Identity and the Genocide,� was held on Wednesday. The lecture was about the history of Armenian people and Armenian Christianity, focusing on how that has shaped modern definitions of Armenian identity.

Sergio La Porta, the Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Ar menian studies, said Terian’s first lecture was very informative and thought provoking. “Professor Terian’s lecture raised a lot of questions, which is always a good thing,�

La Porta said. “I thought it was great.�

La Porta also said he is thrilled that Terian was selected to be this year’s visiting professor. “I think it’s wonderful that he was chosen,� La Porta said. “He brings with him a wealth of experience.�

La Porta has known Terian for several years through va r i o u s c o n f e re n c e s a n d from teaching a few classes at St. Nersess Ar menian Seminary in New York, where Terian was the professor of Armenian Patristics and Early Christianity as well as former academic dean. He said Terian is very approachable and easy to talk to. “He is a friendly person and always willing to help out,� La Porta said.

La Porta said he is anticipating Terian’s next two lectures. “I’m really looking forward to the next lectures and how he is going to develop on what he previously talked about,�

La Porta said.

Terian’s second lecture, “The Loud Cry: Early Responses to the Genocide in Armenian Literature,� is on March 11.

The lecture will focus on the immediate literary response to the Armenian Genocide, and the struggle to share knowledge of the tragic event.

H i s t h i rd l e c t u re, “ T h e Less-Known Victims of the Armenian Genocide,� is on April 29. The final lecture will focus on less-known writers of the Genocide, and how the Genocide has influenced people today. Terian will discuss the ways the Armenian Genocide has impeded Armenian people’s heritage and language.

All of Terian’s lectures are free and open to the public.

He is also teaching a class, ARMS120T: Literature and the Armenian Genocide, on Monday nights. The class explores Armenian literature immediately before and after the Armenian Genocide.

Terian said he has been enjoying Fresno State, and that the students have made the biggest impact on him. “I am impressed by the Fresno State students,� he said. “They seem to be studious, dutiful and respectful.�

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HIV-focused events in Fresno are supposed to follow the document’s objective.

The Fresno County Department of Public Health provides free, rapid HIV testing at Saints Rest Baptist Church located at 1150 E. Reverend Chester Riggins Ave. Alumna, Java Ellis, 28, said much has changed since 2004 when she majored in business at Fresno State. “Org anizations on cam pus used to advocate for HIV awareness and developed ways to fight the stigma surrounding the disease,� Ellis said. “Now, even though I don’t visit Fresno State frequently, I rarely hear of events reminding students that HIV is real.�

Ellis said educating students is the best way to stop HIV from spreading. “It’s all about knowledge and awareness,� Ellis said.

According to the CDC, the rate of AIDS diagnosis in the city of Fresno is 10.9 per 100,000 people, totaling 1,555 AIDS cases as of 2007. However, a study from Kennesaw State University states that “many college students hold a mistaken belief that there currently exists a cure for the epidemic

and it will not affect them.�

Miguel Ibarra, 38, a University Medical Center HIV patient, said college students are at greater risk of becoming infected with HIV. “Lack of maturity, multiple partnerships, partying and drinking are factors that increase promiscuous sexual behavior,� Ibarra said.

I b a r r a s ay s h e b e c a m e infected with the virus that causes AIDS as a 27-year-old student at Fresno City College. “I thought HIV was a disease that only affected drug addicts, gays and prostitutes,� Ibarra said. “I did use condoms, but I wasn’t careful enough to pre-

vent getting infected,� Ibarra said. “I wish there would have been someone to remind me the cost of ignoring safe-sex techniques.�

Ibarra invited recently diagnosed students to join support groups and seek help within their community. “There is help out there, HIV is not a death sentence,�

Ibarra said.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, AT 5 PM, SAVE MART CENTER

Bulldog Game Day Fresno State Bulldogs (21-5, 12-0 WAC)

Nevada Wolf Pack (15-11, 9-3 WAC)

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Breakdown: Bulldogs The Fresno State women’s basketball team will look to continue to extend its school record to 13 straight wins on Saturday’s Pink Zone Night as they take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at the Save Mart Center.

The ‘Dogs defeated Nevada in last month’s Western Athletic Conference contest in a wellrounded 75-66 game.

Head coach Adrian Wiggins saw five of his players score in double figures in the Jan. 21 matchup, anchored by Jaleesa Ross’ 20 points, 18 coming from

3-pointers.

Ross is averaging 18.3 points-per game for the 21-5 Bulldogs who have not lost to a WAC opponent since falling in a March 2, 2009 game to Louisiana Tech.

The ‘Dogs defense will be key Saturday after the last meeting with the Wolf Pack, where they forced 20 turnovers and held as much as a 17-point lead at one point.

Senior forward Joh-Teena Filipe also had a big game against the Wolf Pack last month, tying her career-high with 16 points.

Breakdown: Wolf Pack T h e Wo l f Pack come in ranked second in the Western A t h l e t i c Conference, behind only F re s n o S t at e, with a 9-3 conference record and a 15-11 overall record.

Nevada looks to post its first win over the Bulldogs since January 15, 2007, when they took home a seven-point victory. If Nevada wins Saturday, it will have tied a school record for conference wins with 10.

Three players average at least 10 points per game for the Pack, led by junior college

transfer guard Tahnee Robinson’s 15.9 scoring average.

Head coach Jane Albright’s squad is coming off a 20-point victory over Hawai’i in its own “Pink Game,” winning 76-56 on 40.1 percent shooting.

Nevada’s strength is on the boards where the Pack’s 41.0 rebound average is 5.9 more than their 2009-10 opponents.

Forward Kayla Williams leads the Wolf Pack in that category with 7.2 rebounds per game.

The Pack is 4-2 in WAC road games this season.

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Player to watch: Jaleesa Ross, Guard Ross is just three 3-point field goals away from breaking Lindsay (Logan) Ogden’s school record of 272 made.

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This day in sports February 19, 1998 The US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan.

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Who will take “Best of the West?”

The Bulldogs go head to head with tough competitors in this year’s tournament

By Lailand Oberschulte The Collegian The Fresno State equestrian team has the chance to prove that they are the “Best of the West” again at this season’s tournament.

The annual Best of the West tournament will be hosted at the Fresno State equestrian center Feb. 20 and 21.

This year, the Bulldogs will be competing against Texas Christian University, University of Tennessee at Martin and Sacred Heart University of Connecticut. The team has won all of its previous tournaments, Rebecca Malmo, head coach of the equestrian team, said the tournament stemmed from the desire to showcase the smaller schools in National C o l l e g i at e A t h l e t i c A s s o c i at i o n (NCAA) Division I equestrian.

Malmo said that the tour nament was originally called “Best Little Tournament in the West.”

This is the fourth year the tournament has taken place and Malmo said it will soon grow even larger.

With the team competing against

schools that have taken multiple national championships, the level of competition is rising.

“We have seen exponential improvement in our girls, and I feel they are ready,” Malmo said.

Over the years the tournament has turned into quite a production.

“It has become our signature event and our booster group, The Saddle Club, has given us a huge support base,” Malmo said.

There will be tri-tip sandwiches for sale, as well as T-shirts and a large silent auction to help raise money for the team.

Two key riders in this year’s tournament are Lisa Wells and Keri Blackledge. Both are senior captains, with Blackledge ranked in the top 10 and Wells leading the team and nation at number one in the NCAA. Wells, the English over fences captain, said this is her fourth year riding in the tournament.

“Every year is a great experience and two days full of opportunities to put in the best ride possible,” Wells said.

Wells will also represen Fresno State at the National Championships on

April 15 through 18 in Waco, Texas.

“This will be my fourth year going to nationals and we’re very excited,” Wells said.

Keri Blackledge is the senior horsemanship captain has ridden on the team for four years.

Blackledge is excited about the tournament and said the team is very competitive.

“Texas Christian University, Sacred Heart and University of Tennessee at Martin will definitely be competitive but I feel that our team is the strongest it has been in a long time and Matt Weir / Collegian File Photo we will do very well in the Keri Blackledge will be competing this weekend for tour nament,” Blackledge her final year as a senior horsemanship captain. said.

Blackledge said they have The tournament will start at 9 a.m. on won the tournament in the both Saturday and Sunday, with both past and has confidence they can do it English and Western events happening again. concurrently.

“It’s a really fun show. Although it’s always a pretty long weekend, it’s the show that I look forward to the most all year long,” Blackledge said.

Bulldogs takes the field

By Vongni Yang The Collegian Head coach Mike Batesole is taking note of Pat Hill’s scheduling philosophy – playing a tough non-conference schedule before starting Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play.

The Fresno State baseball team will open up the 2010 season with a four-game series

against Big-12 powerhouse Nebraska Friday at 6:05 p.m. at Beiden Field.

Traditionally a contender in the Big 12, Nebraska has made three trips to the College World Series this decade, in 2001, 2002 and 2005. Nebraska has also made eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament during the decade.

Nebraska returns four starters including All-Big-12 senior

first baseman Tyler Farst.

Farst led the Cornerhuskers with a .333 batting average while hitting three home runs and 36 RBIs in 2009. He also led the team in hits, doubles and runs scored with 36.

Also retur ning for the ‘Huskers will be senior outfielder Adam Bailey. T he senior hit a team-leading 12 home runs and a team-best 50 RBIs while batting .325 during

the ’09 season.

The ‘Huskers also returned five of their top six pitchers from the previous year.

Nebraska will look to be an early test for the ‘Dogs.

The Fresno State baseball team will also play three Pac10 programs as part of their non-conference schedule. The ‘Dogs will travel to Seattle in late February to take part in a three-game series against the

Washington Huskies.

The ‘Dogs then play host as they take on the Oregon Ducks in a four-game series at Beiden Field.

The team ends their play against the Pac-10 with a trip to Berkeley, Calif., as they go bat-for-bat with the Bears.

The diamond ‘Dogs will also be playing two ranked opponents this year in non-conference play. Cal State Fullerton a n d C a l S t at e S a n D i e g o are both ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ preseason poll at No. 3 and No. 23 respectively.

The ‘Dogs are scheduled to play the ranked teams in the San Diego State Invitational wh i ch a l s o i n cl u d e s S a n Francisco State and San Diego State – who ended the ‘Dogs ‘09 season.

The team will continue its tough non-conference schedule as they face off against regional power and Big West foe Cal Poly.

The ‘Do gs will travel to Cal Poly in March and the Mustangs will be making two return trips to Beiden Field in April and May. Cal Poly received three votes in the coaches’ preseason poll.

Ro u n d i n g o u t t h e n o n conference schedule will be four games against Cal State Bakersfield, a four-game series against Loyola Marymount, two three game-series with UC Davis and Dallas Baptist and a home game against Santa Clara.

Coach Batesole said the tough non-conference schedule will prepare the team to do well in conference play.