February 7, 2018

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EDITORIAL

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ntil 1999, The Collegian at Fresno State was produced daily. That spring, it became a publication that informed students three days a week. And in 2016, the paper cut its print product to two days a week.

The downward trend in printing was not a choice that editors of the then-Daily Collegian or the editors of The Collegian of 2016 made because they wanted to. They needed to.

The Collegian has survived on the Fresno State campus for 96 years. On its front page it has reflected the changing face of the campus over the years. Within its pages it has reported on the joys and difficult times of studying or teaching at this university.

The Collegian has seen hundreds of stu-

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IN BRIEF

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A Fresno State student’s vehicle was damaged Tuesday afternoon when it caught fire on the south side of the Student Health and Counseling Center, said Fresno fire Capt. John Pepper.

Firefighters responded to the south side of the university in the health center’s parking lot where a midsize pickup’s cabin and engine were fully engulfed by fire.

No one was injured, Pepper said. The cause of the fire remains undetermined until further investigation is conducted.

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‘I knew it was her’

Student discovers vintage image of grandmother

By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr

“Looking around I remember that building,” Martha Quintana-Sanchez said as she pointed to the University Student Union. “I remember going when it was first built. This place (the water fountain), I remember sitting here.”

Three weeks ago, Quintana-Sanchez’s granddaughter, Elizabeth Meza-Castillo, a senior at Fresno State, was scrolling through Instagram when she recognized her grandmother in a “Flashback Friday” photo posted by the university.

“I just knew it was her. My heart knew. I was like,‘Grandma this is you’,” she said while looking through a stack of photos in her hand. “She’s been showing me some of these pictures right now, and I’m like this is definitely [her].”

Fresno State’s Instagram user told her there was little information on the photo, but Quintana-Sanchez knew the young woman in the picture was likely her grandmother. “[It’s] incredible. I couldn’t believe it,” she said with a smile.

In the photo, Quintana-Sanchez sits

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Fresno State Senior Elizabeth Meza-Castillo and her grandmother, Martha Quintana-Sanchez, holds up a photo of Quintana-Sanchez in her youth on Jan. 29, 2018.

OPINION

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dents come in and out of its doors as student editors, reporters, photographers, artists, multimedia personnel, advertising managers and salesmen. Behind closed doors is the painstaking job of putting together the paper – many times until 2 a.m.

Different advisers over the years have overseen the operation of The Collegian.

And although you only see us in print twice a week, our work is still done daily. Our web platform and social media mirror our printed content and a little extra. They also help us keep you connected to the latest information, quicker.

But as we bring the news to students, The Collegian is in a moment of self-reflection – the same self-reflection that has abruptly consumed newspapers big and small throughout the country.

Times are tough for print media. Advertising revenue is down. Reserve funding that once sustained us is quickly depleting.

And we fear that student fees alone may not be enough to keep us afloat. It has left us wondering where we may be heading.

Former and current editors have done the difficult task of cutting newsroom positions and shrinking the staff to a size that fits the budget. Thankfully, a generous grant from the California Press Foundation last semester helped our staff gain a much-needed upgrade with video and audio equipment.

This editorial board worries that our ability to produce The Collegian will be limited and that this newspaper will one day not exist as it has for decades if it doesn’t get the additional funding it needs.

One of the most eventful years for The Collegian, fiscal year 2004-2005, was due to a Student Fee Referendum that ensured funding for The Collegian for the foreseeable future. With a 655-433 vote, students voted to ensure the financial future of their university newspaper.

Up until that point, it had been 16 years since the student fee had been raised to fund The Collegian, according to a business

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report compiled in 2005. The editorial staff in that year is credited with making sure the fee passed. But we can’t forget the students who also helped make it a reality.

The referendum made sure that the Fresno State student fee allocation for The Collegian would increase incrementally by $1 per year. In 2005-2006, the fee stood at $1.50. The fee rose to its highest of $5.50 in 2009-2010.

Eight years later, while the student fee covers about 80 percent of our costs, that referendum has not been modified to keep up with our current economic state. The cost of paying student staffers to produce the work and keep The Collegian relevant with the latest equipment has gotten more expensive. Pair that with dwindling advertising revenue, which is down 46 percent since the fee last increased, and it’s clear that The Collegian has been operating on a loss for several years now. One projection has this publication operating in the red within a couple of years.

Our objective through this apparent recession is to avoid any major lapse in news coverage down the road and to continue to keep our readers – the main stakeholders – informed. It is the student who has been the crucial funding source over the years, and it is the student whom we hope to keep as our

loyal customer for years to come.

We are encouraged by recent discussions held within the media, communications and journalism department to discuss the future of The Collegian. We have learned that there is promise to keep The Collegian alive in this changing landscape of the newspaper business.

“We’re looking to hopefully make some recommendations to the students who are involved with The Collegian, and also our campus administration, and the wider department itself, about how The Collegian can best be positioned for the future,” said Dr. Bradley Hart, former adviser to The Collegian and a professor in the MCJ department.

Hart is leading a task force that will make recommendations about how to keep The Collegian financially stable. Perhaps this can lead to other opportunities in funding beyond the stagnant student fee and our declining advertising revenue.

Their recommendations will mainly be given to The Collegian Governing Body,

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which will include three voting students including the Associated Students, Inc. president. The student voice is crucial for a newspaper that is funded by students. Your voice is welcome in all debates about our future.

Collegian General Manager Rich Marshall is attempting to revive the governing body, which has not been meeting in recent years. Marshall is in the process of confirming the final voting members. A meeting is expected soon after the body is complete.

That body would determine what changes can, or should, be made to The Collegian.

MCJ department chair Dr. Katherine Adams has also shown support for keeping the student newspaper open and funded.

“We have to find creative ways [to fund] The Collegian so it doesn’t just get by,” she told a reporter recently.

There is no doubt that any future outcome for The Collegian should include financial security. This newspaper has been here for nearly a century, and it has been a key aspect of university life.

Our ability to inform on a mass level with a printed copy of The Collegian is the charming aspect of what we do. It is a pleasure when we see you on campus reading our work.

The student newsroom is a training ground for its current journalism students – and those who just want to see what it’s like to work here – as well as for several local media professionals. The Collegian provides unique experience in an area where student newspapers are few.

We hope that this experience can remain for those who have yet to get a taste of student media and for those who, maybe, have not found their calling in journalism or media. We want The Collegian to remain the eyes and ears of its audience beyond our own tenure as editors.

We will keep you in the loop as the discussions about the future of your student newspaper continue. Meanwhile, we invite your suggestions and comments.

It is clear that a free press, meaning the freedom to report on all aspects of life, is not free.

Editorials represent the majority opinion of Collegian editors. Reporter William Ramirez contributed with interviews.

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Student holds snack auction for iClicker

By Razmik Cañas @Raz_Canas

The annual rush of students scrambling to get their school supplies is coming to a close, but it left plenty of room for students to share about their bargains on pricey necessities.

Before professors can transition from their syllabus to their lectures, many frantically look for the best deals on textbooks, school supplies and electronics. For mechanical engineering major Dakota Daffron, it was not about the money.

Earlier this semester, Daffron put a twist on selling his iClicker remote to students on the “Book Trade and Advice” Facebook group. He decided to have a little fun and started an online auction.

“The process was very simple. I made the post stating what I would accept as the starting bid,” Daffron said. “From there, people began to bid and make very intriguing offers.”

One of these offers included someone willing to give up their “first-born son” as a joke. But Daffron already knew what he had in mind. He wanted something to eat.

“I chose the snacks over money because I thought it would make the transaction much more fun,” Daffron said.

From all the bids, one was named the

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winner. Philosophy major Vincent Gonzalez was the proud new owner of the iClicker. But at what cost?

Gonzalez traded six apples, six oranges, six Cup Noodles, five mangoes, two Fruit Roll-Ups, a bottle of Tajin chili powder and a bag of Lays potato chips for the iClicker.

At first, Gonzalez thought the post was too good to be true.

“I was at first in disbelief,” Gonzalez said. “I had never seen someone barter in the Fresno State group, so my first job was to do some investigating.”

After waiting to see the first bid, Gon-

zalez decided to join the conversation. He said he offered those specific snacks because they were easy to obtain and some were already in his home.

“The reason why I offered pre-sliced mangoes was because all the other offers did not include his earlier request [for mangoes] so I believed the bid would become more of value,” Gonzalez said.

Originally, Gonzalez said he did not win the auction. He said that Daffron selected the top three bidders (Gonzalez being one of them) and told them to pick a number between one and 100.

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Martha Quintana-Sanchez sits at the same bench near the Memorial Fountain where she sat in the photograph shared by Fresno State’s Instagram “Flashback Friday” on Jan. 29, 2018.

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on a concrete bench next to the Memorial Fountain as she speaks with a younger man squating beside her. She did not remember his name.

When she sat down with The Collegian to talk about the image recently, she sat side-by-side with her granddaughter on the same bench.

After transferring from Fresno City College, Quintana-Sanchez attended Fresno State in 1970 to pursue a career in teaching. In community college, she was active in the student council, Chicano empowerment and the Cesar Chavez movement.

She also got involved with the Mini Corps, a program that recruits university students interested in teaching as instructional aides for young migrant students.

She spent a summer in Salinas living in a migrant labor camp and also taught in

the elementary schools.

It was Quintana-Sanchez’s father who encouraged her to pursue a higher education. Her parents were farmworkers and she was the eldest of eight children. She spent much of her childhood in similar labor climates.

“Our family was very tight knit, I mean we did grow up in a two-bedroom house,” she said. “I never knew in the moment how rough it was, but we were happy. We always had shoes, and we always had food, and that was the only thing important to us at the time.”

Quintana-Sanchez said parents frequently pulled their kids out of school to work, but her father didn’t let that happen to her.

“My mom wanted to take me out of school,” she said. “But since I was such a good student, it was easy for my dad to be on my side.”

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Whoever selected the winning number would get the iClicker. Gonzalez said he lost, but a few days later Daffron contacted him asking if he was still interested after the first winner did not come through.

“That’s when the final payment was made,” Gonzalez said.

The Collegian asked Daffon if he believed the snacks were a fair trade for the iClicker, which is currently for sale for $53.75 at the Kennel Bookstore.

“I wasn’t worried about getting a ‘fair deal.’ I think that the experience of trading the iClicker for food was worth it by itself,” Daffron said. “I would have been satisfied with just one Cup of Noodles since I didn’t need the iClicker anymore.”

The Collegian went to a local grocery store and added up the amount of all the snacks that were traded for the iClicker – the total was about $27.

Both Gonzalez and Daffron say they would consider trading school supplies for food again if the opportunity came to them.

“The experience was positive, and I was able to save money at the same time,” Gonzalez said. “Both parties were more satisfied with the trade than what money could have done.”

Editor Hayley Salazar contributed to this story.

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fare department as one of the first food stamp workers.

“It wasn’t until after I had my [first] daughter that I came back for one or two semesters more,” Quintana-Sanchez said.

“But I couldn’t do it with the little ones and an alcoholic husband and working, so I just stayed working.”

As a retired grandmother, just like her father, she encourages her grandchildren to receive their education, especially Meza-Castillo with whom she has a close relationship with “When you’re young as you all are, you want to conquer the world. The world is at your feet,” Quintana-Sanchez said. “Now at my age, I feel like, did I really accomplish anything?”

To that question, Meza-Castillo answered yes.

Meza-Castillo is a proud feminist, like her grandma. She is studying political science and women’s studies and will graduate in May. And with her grandmother’s influence, she plans to earn her Ph.D and a law degree.

And that photo, Meza-Castillo said, gives her a richer connection to her grandmother – on top of the positive influences she has on her.

“Knowing my grandma came [to Fresno State] and I always wanted to be here,” Meza-Castillo said. “And finding political science right away and women’s studies, it’s almost like it was meant to be now that I’m hearing her story.”

Meza-Castillo is the eldest of six and she hopes to pass the same encouragement down to her siblings as they grow up. Quintana-Sanchez said her greatest accomplishment was inspiring Meza-Castillo to get her degree.

“I was telling her I’ve never depended on anybody. I’ve always taught (her daughters) as women, they can do it on their own,” Quintana-Sanchez said. “If they want somebody, that’s another thing, but they don’t need anybody to accomplish what they want. That’s something I’ve always told them, I’ve told [Meza-Castillo] and to this day I have seven granddaughters so I have to encourage them.

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Fresno State business marketing and accounting student Tara Broderick is using her newfound voice to tackle bullying.

Fresno State student crowned Miss California tackles bullying

By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr

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f there’s one thing Tara Broderick, a business marketing and accounting student, has taken away from competing in pageants, it’s her newfound voice.

And as the newly-crowned Miss California, International Junior Miss 2018, she is using that voice to tackle bullying and to teach young girls about self-empowerment.

At first, Broderick, of Visalia, had no interest in competing in the pageant. But after finding pictures from her mother’s pageant days, she decided to give it a chance.

“I found out it’s much more than just wearing a tiara around your head,” she said. “It’s much more about community service and what you could give back.

That’s when it really sparked my interest.”

Broderick was severely bullied in high school, she said, and that inspired her to start an anti-bullying campaign as part of her service as Miss California.

In 2014, she launched her first series of anti-bullying books, “Princess Lucy Believe in Yourself.” She helped bring Breaking Down the Walls programs into some Central Valley schools, and she has worked with the visually impaired alongside her sorority, Delta Gamma.

“I love being a part of community service. I love the modeling opportunities.

I love the fact that [competing] gives me scholarship opportunities to attend Fresno State and so much more,” she said. “I was like, ‘You know what? I can’t stop’ […]

I found out it’s much more than just wearing a tiara around your head —Tara Broderick, Miss California

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Tara Broderick was crowned Miss California, International Junior Miss 2018 in January in Downey, CA.

So I kept competing for Miss California, and I finally won this year.”

Broderick competed as Miss Central Valley. She said she worked hard on her speech and on her ability to carry confidence, something the judges like to see in contestants.

“I always thought just being personable was the key, but you really have to have that confidence to kind of exude yourself and show I’m more than someone you can talk to. I’m also someone that can lead,” she said.

As Broderick waited onstage with her friend and fellow finalist, Jordan, she almost didn’t realize she had won.

The winning contestant is announced by the number on her dress, followed by the display of her name. Broderick had left her number offstage.

“So I heard, ‘601, Tara Broderick is your new Miss California,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, I lost.’ Then I started hugging [Jordan] and she was like, ‘What are you doing? You just won!’ And I turned around and the tears just started flowing,” she said.

The moment was a big relief for Broderick. Her hard work had paid off through the struggle of self-doubt that she still faces after her years of being bullied.

“That’s one of my major flaws I still deal with when competing in pageants,” she said. “But I’ve realized the more I compete, the more I learn about myself and get training on how to build up my confidence and show off what qualities I have to other people.”

If anything, Broderick says, it’s moti-

vated her to keep competing and eventually go on to win bigger titles. She has noticed that she is beginning to gain more and more confidence in herself. And she’s begun to feel like her voice matters.

As Miss California, Broderick plans to launch a second series of her anti-bullying books. She plans to open a nonprofit for the disabled to help them with the effects of bullying, and work on the upcoming Miss International pageant.

“If I happen to win that title, I plan on lobbying for more ways to bring awareness to bullying,” she said. “... [And] establish some type of law or system to protect those that have been bullied, those who have committed suicide from bullying and the families that are affected by it.”

Broderick said she will also work with other IJM California titleholders: Teen California, pre-Teen California, Junior Princess California and Princess California as their “delegated big sister.”

In an industry where it’s easy for women to tear each other down, Broderick hopes to lead those women and young girls with a sense of self-empowerment and female empowerment.

She would like to see more unity in the pageant system, like a sisterhood, she said, much like the one she’s found in her sorority and with her fellow California titleholders.

“It’s just wanting to make sure we’re united and that we’re building each other up, because if we don’t, who else is going to?” Broderick said. “It’s hard to achieve any of your goals if you don’t have that support system behind you.”

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This Week in Entertainment CineCulture to screen ‘Our Little Sister’

‘Vagina Monologues’ this week

CineCulture presents a screening of “Our Little Sister” (2015) with a discussion led by Dr. Ed EmanuEl on Friday at 5 p.m. in the Peters Education Center Auditorium. The film runs for 2 hours and 8 minutes, is in Japanese with English subtitles, and is free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

“The Vagina Monologues” will be held Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in North Gym 118. Tickets are $5 in advance at the Cross Cultural Gender Center in Thomas Building 110 or $7 at the door before the show.

Choirs to honor Dr. King and Black History Month

Black History Month art exhibition

Fresno State choirs will team up with Fresno City College choirs for “Walk in Peace: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month.”

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Fresno State Concert Hall. The program will focus on the African-American spiritual, combining excerpts of readings from the speeches of significant Americans from the Civil Rights struggle. This is the second annual Walk in Peace concert. Tickets are $5.

“A Celebration of Black History,” an exhibition of student artwork, is on display through March 3 in the Dean’s Gallery, in the west wing of the Music Building.

Student works on display highlight various creative perspectives of African-American themes with interpretations from identity to social constructs. Each piece seeks to invoke further interest and cultural awareness with simplicities and complexities of the African-American experience through a Black Art aesthetic, organizers say.

Authors to visit campus for WordFest The San Joaquin Literary Association, along with The Normal School: A Literary Magazine, will host their annual WordFest event on Saturday. Poet Laurie Ann Guerrero, fiction author Christine Hyung-Oak Lee and graphic novelist Julia Wertz will visit Fresno State for an entire day of craft talks, ending with an evening reading where their books will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public.

The craft talks will be held on Saturday in the Peters Building, in PB 132. Guerrero’s will be from 9 to 10:50 a.m., Wertz’s will be from 11 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., and Lee’s will be from 2 to 3:50 p.m. The reading will take place in the Alice Peters Auditorium, PB 191, from 7 to 9 p.m. Parking will be free and available in Lot P6.

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YOGURTLAND

A FroYo frenzy at Campus Pointe

By Angelica Hernandez @avh1992

Drawn by the delicious promise of free frozen yogurt, hundreds of people lined up outside Yogurtland Campus Pointe on Tuesday.

From 4 to 7 p.m., customers celebrated International Frozen Yogurt Day by helping themselves to as much frozen yogurt and tasty toppings as they could fit in their cups.

New flavors were available such as chocolate wafer bar made with Kit Kats, and dairy-free pina colada made with coconut milk. Yogurtland also sold ice cream. The flavors were creamy vanilla and chocolate malt flavor made with Whoppers.

The free event was more than just a way to showcase new flavors and toppings, said Ajay Hira, owner of Yogurtland Campus Pointe and Yogurtland River Park.

“Really it’s our way of giving back to the community,” Hira said. “If it wasn’t for all the people here in line right now, we wouldn’t be in business.”

Hira said the Campus Pointe location is popular among a diverse array of families such as Fresno State students and students’ families who come to visit and stop in for some frozen yogurt.

Likewise, the line for frozen yogurt included a crowd of people of all ages and plenty of families.

Many children left their parents in line as they danced carefree to upbeat songs on the lawn at the center of the dining plaza.

DJ D Soto provided music, while special guest appearances from Captain America, Spiderman and Fresno Grizzlies mascot,

Students and residents line up around Campus Pointe to receive free yogurt from Yogurtland on Feb. 6, 2018.

Parker T. Bear, excited customers young and old.

A group of Fresno State students waiting in line talked about their favorite flavors.

Samantha Soong, a senior studying recreation administration, said her favorite flavor is pistachio, but she keeps the toppings to a minimum.

“I don’t like to be too excessive,” Soong said.

On the other side of the counter, June Vang, a liberal studies major, helped hand out spoons to the guests as they walked out with their cups piled high.

Vang, whose favorite flavor is vanilla ice cream with brownies, offered advice to those trying to decide among the numerous topping choices.

“No matter what flavor, vanilla wafers and brownies are a must,” Vang said.

In addition to giving away free frozen yogurt once a year for the past eight years, Hira has used his Yogurtland business to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities and teamed up with local children’s hospitals.

“Every year, we choose a charity,” Hira said. “We work with them. We know what

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they do in the community, and we can see them and the impact they have.”

Hira said he is also committed to helping students make a difference in their community.

Whether it’s a question about what it’s like to be a business owner or if you’re simply looking for a donation of free frozen yogurt for an organized community event, Hira encouraged students to grab his business card and give him a call.

“Because, like I said, this isn’t about me.

It’s not about Yogurtland. It’s the bigger picture,” Hira said. “We’re here for everybody.”

CULTURE

Lecture details where Armenian Genocide began

By Christian Mattos @ChrisssyMattos

During the spring lecture series Tuesday night, Dr. Yektan Türkyılmaz presented his first lecture for the Armenian Studies Program in which he detailed the development and downfall of Van Vaspurakan Armenians leading to the Armenian Genocide.

Türkyılmaz said he wanted to challenge the conventional understanding of history in regard to Van Vaspurakan Armenians.

Instead of focusing solely on violence, he highlighted Van as a city full of art, architecture, heroism and resistance.

“I tried to offer an authentic interpretation to the history and memory of Van Vaspurakan in which Armenians are always active agents,” Türkyılmaz said.

Türkyılmaz’s lecture, “Van Vaspurakan Armenians: From Renaissance to Resistance and Genocide,” was his first lecture as part of the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan visiting professor endowment. The endowment allows an internationally-recognized scholar in Armenian studies to teach a modern Armenian history course at Fresno State and present three lectures at the university. “[Van] Vaspurakan was and has been a

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Visiting professor, Dr. Yektan Türkyilmaz, Kazan, gives a lecture on the history of Armenia in the Alice Peters Auditorium in the Peters Building on Feb. 6, 2018.

social, cultural, intellectual and economic network that connected three empires – Ottoman, Russian and Persian,” Türkyılmaz said.

The interconnectedness allowed the modernization of Van Vaspurakan in the 19th century, Türkyılmaz said, which included the arrival of missionaries and the construction of schools for boys and girls.

“The region prospered significantly thanks to leather and furnishing industries and their trade,” he said. “The same period also witnessed the in-pouring of social activists, such as missionaries and foreign consulates.”

Türkyılmaz said that the city of Van Vaspurakan was not a passive recipient of these new ideas, but rather inspired all major Armenian culture political centers and locations elsewhere.

This intellectual transformation would lead to early pioneering of Armenian nationalist organizations, including the Armenakan party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, among others, Türkyılmaz said.

Growing tensions along the fault line of Russian southern caucasus and northern Iran to Istanbul to Van Vaspurakan were contributing factors to the genocide, according to Türkyılmaz.

“Van [Vaspurakan] is the first place in the empire that intercommunal coexistence entirely and violently collapsed,” he said.

“Van [Vaspurakan] was the epicenter of

the Armenian Genocide, the place where it incubated.”

Türkyılmaz describes the Armenians of Van Vaspurakan as “victims who rejected victimhood” and remained connected through tribal networks, revolutionary activism, smuggling and business despite borders and governmental terrorism.

“The Armenian defense of Van [Vaspurakan] in April 1915 serves as a rare [example] that a community under existential trek amalgamated and intra-communal diversity blurred,” Türkyılmaz said.

Fresno State sophomore Claire Kasaian and freshman Suzanna Ekmerkchyan attended the lecture for a class assignment, and are also executives of the Armenian Student Organization. They said the lecture showed them another side of their Armenian heritage.

“Being born here as an Armenian, we really don’t hear about political parties and such unless you’re from there. You never hear that side of Armenia,” Ekmerkchyan said.

Kasaian said that since her family came from another area, she didn’t know much about Van Vaspurakan before Türkyılmaz’s presentation.

“We’re always learning something when we come to these lectures,” Kasaian said.

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BRIEF

Bulldogs honored On Tuesday, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors declared Feb. 6 as “Fresno State Football Day” and “Coach Jeff Tedford Day.” “This means a lot to me, personally, to come back to Fresno, being my alma mater, having gone to school here and played here in ‘81 and ‘82. Coming back

and coaching for six years as well. This is home,” Tedford told the supervisors.

Tedford was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year after turning the football program around.

In his first season as head coach, Tedford led the Fresno State football team to 10 wins,

a MW West Division championship, 16 All-Conference selections and a Hawaii Bowl victory.

“It’s a foundation that [we were] able to lay this year, and we look forward to many, many more days of success,” Tedford said. “I really appreciate you recognizing us today.”

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Feb. 6 was declared “Fresno State Football Day” and “Coach Jeff Tedford Day” by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 6, 2018 at Fresno County Hall of Records.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

‘Dogs sweep series with Aztecs

By Nugesse Ghebrendrias @nugebear13

The Fresno State men’s basketball team outscored the San Diego State Aztecs Tuesday night by 11 points in the first half and 12 in the second.

The Dogs swept their Mountain West foes 79-61.

Guard Jaron Hopkins, forward Nate Grimes and guard Bryson Williams scored a combined 47 points as they outlasted their conference rivals for the second time this season.

It was a complete team effort.

From a 15-2 run that came late in the first half to a string of 11 forced turnovers, the Bulldogs set the tone early and never looked back.

San Diego State jumped out to a hot start as they led the Bulldogs far into the first half. But they couldn’t recover after back-to-back buckets by Williams.

After Williams drove inside the lane for the tough layup, guard Deshon Taylor chipped in defensively to steal an Aztec inbound pass to set up Williams again for the bucket.

Taylor’s willingness to hustle on every possession gave the ‘Dogs the fire needed to put away the Aztecs.

Fresno State went on a 15-2 run halfway through the first half behind high-percentage shots and tough defense. They forced the Aztecs into more than 10 turnovers in the opening half and 16 in the entire game.

The Bulldog turnovers were turned into points, amassing an 11-point lead heading into halftime. Their ability to score continued in the second half – especially for Hopkins. He chipped in 17 of

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his points in the second half in what was a 60 percent shooting performance from the Bulldogs as a team.

After Taylor took a charge on Aztec freshman Jalen Mcdaniels, senior Terrell Carter II pushed the

Bulldogs lead to eight, 28-20.

With four minutes remaining, the Bulldogs had found their rhythm both offensively and defensively. Tough defense led to four forced turnovers in a span of three minutes, which discombobulated

the Aztecs.

The visitors turned the ball over 10 times, leading to a big play by senior Ray Bowles Jr late in the half.

After San Diego State broke the run with a layup inside, the Bull-

dogs put the exclamation point on the half after Bowles Jr. picked off an errant Aztec pass and took it coast-to-coast for the transition dunk. The Bulldogs boasted a 15-2 run with less than three minutes remaining.

Fresno State continues their march to the postseason with another MWC matchup, this time a Valentine’s date with the Spartans of San Jose.

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS WEDNESDAY Women’s Basketball vs San Diego State - 12 p.m.

FRIDAY Lacrosse vs. La Salle - 1 p.m.

Wrestling at Iowa State - 5 p.m.

Water Polo vs. Fresno Pacific - 5 p.m.

Men’s Tennis At ASU Invitational Track & Field at SPIRE D1 Collegiate Invitational Softball vs. No. 3 Oregon at Kajikawa Classic - 8 a.m.

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Sophomore forward Bryson Williams attempting a block over Aztec Malik Pope at the Save Mart Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

Florence, Italy Spring 2018/Summer 3-Week Study Abroad Session May 20 - June 10, 2018

For more information contact Gail Freeman, College of Arts and Humanities, Stop by Music 186, call (559) 278-4103 or email gailf@csufresno.edu

SATURDAY Men’s Tennis at ASU Invitational Track & Field at SPIRE D1 Collegiate Invitational Women’s Tennis vs. Cal Poly - 10 a.m.

Softball vs. Stanford at Kajikawa Classic - 8 a.m. vs. No. 7 Arizona at Kajikawa Classic - 4 p.m.

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SOFTBALL

Diamond ‘Dogs are back

Sophomore Hayley Fuller fields a ball at third base during the Bulldogs’ practice at Margie Wright Diamond on Jan. 30, 2018.

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By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

Y

ou would think after losing half of its starting positional players and its best pitcher from last season, a team would be worried to start the new season.

But Fresno State’s softball team remains relaxed.

“Nobody is really too amped up. Nobody is angry. Everybody is out here having fun,” said first baseman and starting pitcher Savannah McHellon. “We enjoy every day because it’s the game we’ve been playing our whole lives, so why change up now?”

McHellon has a lot of weight on her shoulders. Head coach Linda Garza said she expects McHellon to lead both the pitching staff and the offense.

There is an especially large hole in the pitching staff this season, left behind by right-hander Kamalani Dung. Dung won 26 games with a 2.23 earned run average (ERA) for the ‘Dogs last season.

“We have work to do in the circle, but we definitely have kids that want to do that work, so that’s good to see,” Garza said.

McHellon, who was 5-7 with a 4.32 ERA last season, loves the challenge of honing her pitching skills. “[Dung leaving] kind of left me to hold things down a little bit more and step my game up a little bit more,” McHellon said.

“I am going to have to contribute a lot more than I did last year, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Garza said the team also sees promise in freshman left-hander Danielle East. “[East] has done an amazing job as a freshman. She’s a lefty, so she allows us to

We’re just trying to create a team and create chemistry, and just do what it takes to win —Vanessa Hernandez, Outfielder

throw it to a different side of the plate,” Garza said.

Garza added that as a left-hander, East can get away with not throwing as fast as some right-handers.

Without a true ace on the staff, the team will have to rely on all of its pitchers this season, Garza said.

The same could be said about its offense, where the team lost its top three hitters from last season.

Kierra Willis and Malia Rivers graduated, while Morgan Howe – the team’s leader in batting average and slugging percentage last season – transferred to Arizona State.

Those losses do not faze center fielder Vanessa Hernandez, who called this team “the same animal, but different beast.”

“We’re not trying to recreate the same players that left, we’re not trying to replace people. We’re just trying to create a team and create chemistry, and just do

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A right-hand pitcher practices at Margie Wright Diamond on Jan. 30, 2018.

what it takes to win,” Hernandez said.

She said the key to succeeding offensively is remaining poised in the batter’s box. She said that pushing yourself too hard mentally can lead to chaos.

Garza said the team is filled with players like Hernandez, players who know their role within the batting order and how to approach it.

“When you understand your role in the [batter’s] box, and you can produce at the role that you have and not have to bite off too much more than what you can chew, you get in a place that you can manufacture runs,” Garza said.

The team is hoping those runs are

enough to lead the ‘Dogs to a Mountain West championship, a goal the team fell just short of last season.

The ‘Dogs were 35-23 overall and 14-9 in the Mountain West Conference. They are using that shortcoming to motivate them this season.

“We want to dominate our conference,” Garza said. “Our eyes are definitely on the prize, and we’re going to do everything we can in those 24 games to put us in a position to win it.”

Conference play does not begin until March, but the ‘Dogs’ first taste of action will come against Oregon on Feb. 9 in Tempe, Arizona.