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Law enforcement officers from across the country lined both sides of Matoian Avenue on Monday, saluting the funeral procession of two California Highway Patrol officers who died on duty last week.

Memorial for two fallen CHP officers draws thousands to the Save Mart Center Collegian staff report Jesse Franz • The Collegian

Thousands paid their respect Monday at the Save Mart Center to two California Highway Patrol officers who died while on duty last week.

“Countless others are alive because of their dedicated service,” said Capt. Dave Paris, commander of Fresno’s CHP. Six-year veteran officers and CHP partners Juan Gonzalez and Brian Law died last week while responding to a car accident on Highway 99 near Kingsburg.

The accident was incorrectly reported to the officers as being in the northbound lanes. As they approached the scene, Gonzalez, who was driving the cruiser, swerved to avoid hitting a victim in the southbound lane. The cruiser hit a guardrail and overturned. Both officers died at the scene.

“These men were more than just miracle workers for one another, they were classmates at the academy, graveyard [shift] partners and close friends,” said Joe Farrow, CHP commissioner.

“They were men who entered into this profession and served with distinction. Today we are here to honor their lives and pay tribute to their service to this great state.”

More than 1,000 officers in uniform lined streets near

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The funeral procession for two California Highway Patrol officers who died on duty passes under an American flag suspended over Woodrow Avenue by fire engines on Monday.

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FRESNO STATE MOCK TRIAL

Program earns two bids to nationals for 1st time

By Ricardo Cano @Ricardo_Cano1

For the first time in its nine-year history, the Fresno State Mock Trial program has two qualifying teams that will compete in this year’s Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS), the first stage of the American Mock Trial Association’s National Championship Tournament.

Fresno State, which has sent a team to the opening round five of the last six years though has yet to advance beyond that point, received bids for its “A-” and “B-teams” to compete in the Newport Beach opening round March 8-9 hosted by UC Irvine. No school can send more than two teams to a national championship

opening round.

“We’re doing pretty dang phenomenal,” said Hailey Bonds, a fifth-year student studying English education and a closing defense attorney on Fresno State’s “A-team.”

“We have a really great, cohesive tam this year – a lot of team bonding. We’ve been doing really well because our personalities have mixed very well together … Sending two teams to nationals this year shows how much we’re gaining and how strong our program is becoming.”

The “A-team” – consisting of Bonds, Denise Barnes, Ashley Eggleston, Andrew Bunting, Alyssa Malinoski, Maddy Martinez and Gage Marchini – qualified for the ORCS in the Feb. 15-16 Harvey Wallace Regional hosted by Fresno State.

Fresno State finished fourth in the regional competition, named in honor of the late Harvey Wallace, a former Fresno city attorney and faculty adviser who helped establish the Fresno State Mock Trial Program in 2005, securing a coveted top-seven finish needed to advance to the ORCS. Bonds came on the verge of tears after winning an outstanding attorney award – a distinction given to the competition’s top 12 attorneys (out of a pool of 120) – an individual honor she said she’s come close to achieving during several competitions, but never boasted until now.

“It’s absolutely amazing. … Always, always,

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Learning Center speculates on fee increase Zelezny makes her pitch at provost forum Sikh films raise awarness of political history

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LEARNING CENTER SPECULATES ON FEE INCREASE

By Roger Muñoz Collegian Staff

The Learning Center offers an array of academic support services to Fresno State students, but are students fully utilizing these programs?

“I think there’s always more that students can take advantage of,” director of the Learning Center Ivàn Pagàn said. “I think that most students know about our tutoring program, but they might not know as much about the supplemental instruction or SupportNet program.”

A proposed “student success” fee that may take effect in the fall of 2014 is aimed at aiding programs that are viewed to increase graduation rates. Pagàn said that he hopes the proposed fee goes toward aiding and expanding programs in the Learning Center.

“It’s my hope that it will go to services that support students,” Pagàn said.

“And I can tell you that we have over 20,000 visits a year between tutoring and supplemental instruction alone that doesn’t even include SupportNet. So that’s a lot of people coming through our doors.

“We can always expand what we’re doing, but of course we’re limited by our staff and our budget. So with supplemental instruction, for example, we can always offer it in more classes.”

Pagàn said that supplemental instruction helps

students overcome difficult courses by teaching them study strategies and helping them with the course content.

“Supplemental instruction is a special model where we assign a student to a class so that student attends every class session and meets with the professor once a week,” Pagàn said. “And they hold structured study sessions each week.”

SupportNet aims to coach students in improving study skills, time management and creating success plans. Students who are struggling are referred by professors, or students can refer themselves.

Janene Avedisian, SupportNet academic adviser, said that freshmen are usually referred because of the transition from high school to college.

“I think initially they don’t understand what SupportNet is, and they get a referral and they tend to freak out,” Avedisian said.

“But once they do come here, we see that they want to come back. So we’ll see them regularly throughout the semester. It’s very seldom that we see a student just once.”

William Hardaway, academic support coordinator, said that generally students with a 3.0 GPA voluntarily come to the tutoring center for help, but students who are struggling and freshmen don’t take advantage of the tutoring program.

Freshmen access initiatives that were created last year have improved the turnout

in freshmen this semester, he said.

“We provide history tutoring, and history faculty members help us by requiring their students to come here, which kind of gets students in their freshmen year,” Hardaway said. “In the future when they’re taking a difficult course, then they realize that they can use the Learning Center.

We started that about a year ago, and we got a 13 percent increase in freshmen.”

Hardaway said that generally students who attend tutoring sessions have higher scores than students who do not.

“This past fall, Math 76 is an example. People who didn’t visit [the Learning Center] at all were somewhere in the 1.9 range for the mean score of the course, and people who visited were somewhere in the 2.5 range,” Hardaway said.

Pagàn said he realizes some students are reluctant to ask for help, but he urges students to try the Learning Center just once to see how they like it.

Student Lingo, a program that was introduced last fall, allows students to get help 24/7 from the comfort of their own homes.

The online-based program helps students with academic and career explanation, learning strategies, reading and writing strategies and personal management.

For more information on Student Lingo, students can go to www.studentlingo. com/fresnostate.

WEATHER

Valley storms to bring rain starting today

By Jesse Franz

@JesseOfTheNews The Central Valley should receive some much-needed rain from two storms scheduled to hit the area this week, the National Weather Service in Hanford reported.

Showers are expected Wednesday night through Thursday and then again over the weekend.

The cumulative rainfall throughout the week is expected to be 1.25 inches in Fresno, more than double the amount received so far in February.

The storms should bring the year’s total

precipitation up to around 3.5 inches for the water year, which begins Jan. 1. That’s a mere 45 percent of normal for this time of year, though. The norm is 7.67 inches.

“It’s only bringing us up to half, but it’s a lot better than where we are now for sure.

Every little bit’s going to help,” said Jim Dudley, a meteorologist with the weather service.

Due to the dry conditions, most of that water is expected to soak into the ground, Dudley said.

The storm is also expected to contribute anywhere from two feet to 30 inches of snow to the Sierra snowpack.

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Students in the Learning Center receive tutoring and supplemental instruction free of charge. The center may receive additional funding if proposed “student success” fees are adopted.

Fresno State Mock Trial team takes unprecedented step toward nationals MOCK TRIAL from Page 1 always the bridesmaid – finally getting it was really cool,” she said.

Fresno State’s “B-team” qualified for the ORCS after placing fourth in Saturday’s Claremont Regional at Claremont McKenna College. Kevin Piercy, a prosecution witness on the “B-team,” won a coveted witness award (given to the top 12 witnesses).

The progress and consistency Fresno State has produced and sustained reflects the school’s growing reputation as a West Coast powerhouse that can compete with more established and renowned programs such as UCLA’s and UC Irvine’s, said Grant Mason, this year’s student president and captain of the “B-team.” “[Fresno State] was a well-established program when I [first] joined,” said Mason, a fifth-year political science and philosophy student who’s been involved in the program all five years, “but to see it go from where we were to now… Back then, if you went against a major school and they saw they were going against Fresno State, they thought they had an easy two ballots.

“Now, schools don’t want to go against us because they don’t know if they can beat us.”

This year’s case, State of Midlands v. Whit Bowman, revolves around Bowman, the defendant who is charged with acting as an accomplice to a man who commits armed robbery at an amusement park.

The ORCS will have an added twist to the case – two more witnesses have been added and the case has been upgraded to murder charges.

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Each school had two trials as prosecutors and as the defense. Two judges score ballots per each of the four rounds in the competition totaling eight ballots.

Fresno State won six of its ballots and lost two at the Harvey Wallace Regional – one ballot away from tying first-place UCLA, which finished 7-1.

The key behind succeeding, Mason and Bonds agreed, is selling an argument to the jury.

Bonds said she usually slams a binder when giving her closing argument for dramatic effect. Mason, who plays both a defense and prosecution attorney, says he hones in on the opposing side’s argument trying to “see how I can twist what they say so it helps my side.”

Membership retention rates for the program have risen and have spurred the team’s rise in “national recognition,” Mason said. This year’s mock trial program has almost 40 members.

Fresno State’s “D-team,” composed of the program’s newest members, was three ballots away from giving the school a third team to earn a bid to the opening round. The “D-team” finished 3-5 in its regional, losing ballots against the “A-teams” of UC Irvine, University of Arizona and UC San Diego, each by one point, said head coach Gordon Park of Fresno’s McCormick Barstow LLP. “It bodes well for the future of our mock trial program to have such talented new members who will all return next season,” Park said.

The top six teams in the Newport Beach opening round’s 24-team field will advance to the AMTA’s April 11-13 National Championship Tournament in Orlando, Fla.

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Zelezny makes her pitch at provost forum

By Jesse Franz

@JesseOfTheNews Provost candidate Dr. Lynnette Zelezny met with Fresno State staff and faculty along with community members Tuesday at a forum aimed at selecting the university’s next administrator.

Three candidates currently are vying for the provost position, which provides leadership for the university’s academic programs. Each candidate will participate in a forum independent of the other candidates.

Zelezny, who is Fresno State’s associate provost and the only candidate who works at the university, talked about her transition from lecturer to administrator at Fresno State and answered policy questions from the audience.

“I came here 25 years ago to contribute back to this community,” Zelezny said.

“When we came to Fresno, we had identified this as a community we thought would be a good place to invest our experience, and there’s still, we think, good opportunities for us to contribute to the community,” she said. “This is exactly the kind of community we wanted to work in.

More importantly, it’s the kind of students I wanted to work with.”

Zelezny emphasized the need to maintain accessibility, increase diversity and improve student success.

When she came to Fresno State as an adjunct psychology professor, Zelezny recalled there was only one woman who

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Dr. Lynette Zelezny spoke at a forum Tuesday in the running to become Fresno State’s next provost. was a tenure-track professor in the department.

After being elected the chair of the department, she was able to hire six faculty,

Officers from across the nation pay respects MEMORIAL from Page 1 the Save Mart Center saluting a funeral procession, which included hearses, police cruisers, motorcycles and funeral-goers en route to the Clovis Cemetery and then to the North Tulare Cemetery.

As the procession exited the Save Mart Center, flanked by saluting Fresno motorcycle police, it passed under a large

American flag suspended over Woodrow Avenue by fire engines.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, along with law enforcement officers from across the nation, attended the memorial.

Gonzales graduated from Fresno State in 2004 with a degree in criminology. He was also part of the Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity. He is survived by his parents and siblings.

Law is survived by his wife and three children.

all of whom were women. It was one of her proudest moments while holding the position, Zelezny said.

Since Fresno State is a campus with a

Latino majority, Zelezny also plans to focus on the diversity gap between students of color and white students. That will be a major part of reaching California State University Chancellor Timothy White’s goal of increasing graduation rates by 10 percent in the next decade, she said.

Zelezny and her team also worked on accommodating undocumented students who received high school diplomas in the U.S. and became eligible for in-state tuition under Assembly Bill 540 in 2001.

“Nobody thought about the AB 540 students, nobody,” Zelezny said. “And those students were not going to be allowed access to Fresno State because they couldn’t get into remediation, and they wouldn’t have financial aid because they’re undocumented. So my team came up with AB 540 scholarships -- the only university in the CSU that did that.”

One of the student success initiatives she advocated was high-impact practices that place students in more hands-on business-oriented environments such as internships.

Two other provost candidates will speak at similar forums. Dr. Scott Ryan, dean of the school of social work at the University of Texas at Arlington, and Dr. Christopher Ingersoll, dean of the college of health professions at Central Michigan University, are also in the running for the position.

Whoever is selected will replace interim provost Dr. Andrew Hoff this summer.

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Punjabi Sikh films raise awareness

By David Lee @D_Lee64

The Punjabi Sikh Awareness Society (PSAS) hosted a screening of the documentaries “The Last Killing” and “Seeking Ensaaf” on Tuesday night at the University Student Union to spread awareness of the “Decade of Disappearance.”

The “Decade of Disappearance” is a time period from 1985 to 1995 when Punjabi police officers enforced the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) act (TADA), an anti-

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terrorism act enacted by the Parliament of India in 1985 to combat the ongoing Sikh insurgency.

Sikhism is a religion in Punjab, a northern region in India.

Under the TADA act, security forces were granted arbitrary powers to arrest and detain people without ordinary legal safe guards or charge and trial, it criminalized free speech, and police officials could respond on behalf of the judicial process or in some cases act as the judge.

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A ‘Stolen Education’ Film screening dissects past Mexican-American racial inequality inTexas public school system

By Tori West Collegian Staff

A documentary detailing a filmmaker’s personal journey to rediscover the plight of Mexican-American children’s menial schooling will be shown on Wednesday night.

“Stolen Education” was written and produced by Dr. Enrique Alemán, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Utah and the son of

one of the children who proceeded to change the Texas public school system after receiving what he says was a poor education.

The film tells the story of institutionalized school systems in South Texas in the late 1950s pertaining to Mexican-American students and discusses the present inequality within public schools today.

Alemán has been traveling since the film’s debut in 2013; showcasing its message

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FUN & GAMES

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PSAS screenings highlight history PUNJABI from Page 4 From 1985 to 1995, the Punjabi police detained and killed many Sikhs under TADA. Many families did not know their detained relatives were killed and later cremated.

Ensaaf, an international human rights organization, is a nonprofit that goes to Punjab to document Sikhs who were victims of the “Decade of Disappearance.”

Bachittar A. Singh, program manager at Ensaaf, said he hopes students become more active in their own respective communi-

ties if they’ve dealt or dealing with similar political strife.

“I want them to be realistic and active,” Singh said. “I want them to be more involved in not just their own community but more involved in the sense that this is something other communities have done and we need to try what they have and succeeded at.”

Simranjit Singh, a PSAS member, said the overall goal of the club is to raise awareness on campus about local Punjabi Sikhs and their history.

“If you see somebody wearing a PSAS shirt, don’t be afraid to walk

up to us and ask as many questions as you want,” Singh said.

“We’re here to raise awareness, that’s the goal of the club.”

Singh, said the Enssaf and PSAS presentation could increase the PSAS presence, particularly for Fresno State students to gain some knowledge of Punjabi Sikh history.

“It could open windows to realizing that other people in this world are also suffering and maybe we can work together,” Singh said.

Film will be screened for 1st time in state STOLEN from Page 4 through screenings and discussing it with college students at universities nationwide.

This marks the first time he will screen the film in California.

Assistant Professor Ignacio Hernandez of the department of educational research and administration and Associate Professor Alex Espinoza of the department of English helped bring Alemán’s film to campus.

Hernandez reached out to Alemán about doing a screening at Fresno State because he felt not only the

campus community, but the surrounding community, would benefit from the film.

“It pertains to a lot of the students on this campus that may have faced the same struggles the children in the film overcame in the educational system,” Hernandez said.

“It benefits the whole campus community, faculty staff and administrators,” Hernandez said. “The film deals with issues related to educational equity and diversity as laid out in the mission of Fresno State.”

Alemán will be at the event to introduce the film and to do a Q-and-A session after the event.

The screening is open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. in the Alice Peters Auditorium.

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Fresno State will honor Jerry Tarkanian tonight BULLDOGS from Page 8 out of 11 conference games this season.

The ‘Dogs will look for Johnson to establish the rhythm offensively. However, sophomore guards Cezar Guerrero (13.5 ppg) and Marvelle Harris (14.8 ppg) are also reliable scorers.

Terry hinted that freshman Paul Watson will play an important role down the stretch this season.

“Paul has improved each and every day,” Terry said. “He’s played in the post.

But now, in the latter part of the season, he’s getting a chance to also play in the perimeter a little bit more.”

Transition defense will be a way Fresno State can match up physically with the Broncos. To do this, Fresno State will have to defend Boise State’s post players,

including Drmic and Watkins.

“He’s one of the best offensive rebounders in the country and an extremely tough matchup,” Terry said of Watkins.

“I think they’re playing really well right now, and they’re going to be a handful for us to deal with,” Terry said. “It’s a great challenge for us here at home to play a veteran team. We’re going to have to come out with a lot of intensity and energy.”

The conference foes will take the court tonight at the Save Mart Center, and tipoff is set for 6:05 p.m.

The ‘Dogs have three games remaining on the regular season schedule and will honor legendary head coach Jerry Tarkanian in their final home game against the conference-leading San Diego State Aztecs on Saturday.

Taylor Ward earns player of the week honors BASEBALL from Page 8 the Roadrunners’ series sweep over the University of Milwaukee two weeks ago.

Sanay comes into the 2014 season after leading his team in hitting (.362) last year.

The senior is batting .278 with four RBIs and two stolen bases coming into Fresno.

Ward named Mountain West Player of the Week Fresno State sophomore catcher Taylor

Ward earned Mountain West Baseball Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 17-23.

In five games, Ward averaged a .389 batting average with seven hits, four runs and eight RBIs. Last Wednesday, he hit his first home run of the season off Sacramento State pitcher Dallas Chadwick.

After the Roadrunners, the Bulldogs will host the Texas A&M Aggies of the Southeastern Conference this weekend.

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MEN’S HOOPS

Bulldogs and Broncos clash Fresno State looks to stay in postseason picture

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

Photo by Katie Eleneke • The Collegian

Fresno State sophomore guard Cezar Guerrero takes a shot during the Bulldogs’ 8-56 victory over San Jose State Feb. 8 at the Save Mart Center.

The Fresno State men’s basketball team (14-14, 7-8 Mountain West) and the Boise State Broncos (18-9, 8-6 MW) are set to collide tonight for the second time this season.

The Bulldogs dropped the Jan. 4 meeting to the Broncos, 86-79. Since that matchup, both teams have gone on and compiled records of 7-6. The Broncos are currently in a three-way tie for third place in the conference with UNLV and Wyoming.

“Boise State is an extremely well-coached team,” said Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry.

“They are one of the better offensive teams in the country – let alone our league.

“They score in a variety of ways and pose a lot of problems for us.”

The ‘Dogs (seventh in the MW) are coming into the contest after beating Utah State 79-76.

They have won six of their last seven games.

Terry said that getting stops and playing sound defense was a big part of the ballgame and a key to victory.

The Broncos, on the other hand, are riding a three-game win streak. Their latest victory came in a thrilling, overtime fashion against the UNLV Rebels. In the game, four Boise State play-

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The Broncos and Bulldogs rank first (77.6) and third (73.9), respectively, in the conference in points per game (ppg). Rodney said that going back to fundamentals on the defensive end of the court would be key in this matchup, as the Broncos have played physical basketball.

Terry also labeled Broncos for-

ward Anthony Drmic as “one of the best scorers in our league.”

The 6-foot-6 Australian native had 22 points in Boise State’s latest victory, a game-high he shared with teammate Ryan Watkins.

Leading Fresno State is senior guard Tyler Johnson, who has scored 20 or more points in nine

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BASEBALL

Battle of 99: Bakersfield comes to Beiden Fresno State prepares for matchup against Cal State Bakersfield

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

The Fresno State baseball team is looking to continue its winning streak when the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners visit Pete Beiden Field tonight.

Over the weekend, the Bulldogs swept the Nevada Wolf Pack in a rematch of last season’s Mountain West Conference tournament matchup. Fresno State outscored Nevada 20-13 over three games including a Sunday afternoon comeback.

Fresno State enters tonight’s contest 6-2 overall and 4-1 at home. Its home loss was to Sacramento State, a 6-4 defeat last Wednesday.

Freshman left-hander Fred

Schlichtholz is projected to make his first college start against the Roadrunners. The Del Mar, Calif., native was both a pitcher and outfielder during his years at Coronado High School.

Scouting Bakersfield Cal State Bakersfield enters Pete Beiden Field with a 5-3 record after losing a home game for the first time in 2014 to Towson University. The ‘Runners finished the 2013 campaign with a 37-22 record, first place in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

The Roadrunners have won four of the last five against the Bulldogs for a 12-11 all-time series lead. Their last matchup

was last April 30 when Fresno State won 7-4.

Starting on the mound for the Roadrunners is junior Bakersfield-native James Barragan (0-1, 3.00 ERA). He has yet to win a game in his career, with an 0-6 record and 4.24 ERA in 36 appearances.

Cal State Bakersfield has been productive at the plate behind the bats of Chance Gusbeth and Oscar Sanay.

Gusbeth leads the Roadrunners in RBI (seven) and has the team’s only home run so far. The sophomore from Lancaster, Calif., won the first WAC Baseball Player of the Week honor of 2014 for his performance during

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Photo by Matt Vieira • The Collegian

Fresno State outfielder Jordan Luplow watches his hit go toward third base during the Bulldogs’ 4-1 victory over Nevada last Friday.