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Easy living in Fresno for recent grads, study finds

Fresno cannabis advocates face uphill battle to bring issue to voters 1996: Prop 215

legalizes medical marijuana.

By Jesse Franz The Collegian Medical marijuana petitioners were at Fresno State on Friday, and plan to be on campus throughout the week, attempting to gather enough signatures to bring the issue of cultivation to voters.

This comes after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban all marijuana grows in unincorporated areas during its Jan. 7 meeting.

The ordinance makes Fresno County the first in California to outlaw all grows since voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, making medical marijuana legal.

2010: Fresno County

bans medical cannabis dispensaries.

Assembly Bill 2650, adopted in 2011, allows cities and counties to restrict the location or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative, collective, dispensary, establishment or providers.

The supervisors’ ordinance cites the Fresno County Sheriff’s assessment that, “Medical marijuana grows attract crime and associated violence. They also result in loitering, increased traffic, noise and loss of trade for other businesses located nearby.”

The sheriff’s office also said that the elimination of marijuana grows will save them $307,000 annually in enforcement.

2012: City of Fresno outlaws outdoor cultivation

Board Chairman Andreas Borgeas said that the ordinance still allows people to get medical marijuana from other sources if they have proper documentation.

Attempting to stop the county’s enforcement of the new law, medical marijuana advocates must procure 201,300 valid signatures on their petition by Feb. 5. If they are successful, the issue will either be dropped by the supervisors or put to a vote of Fresno County residents.

Though petitioners do not currently have an official count of the number of signatures they have gathered, by their own admission, they are

By Nadia Pearl The Collegian

2013: Fresno County bans all cultivation.

fighting an uphill battle.

“I can tell you it’s a very long shot. We knew that going in,” said Michael Green, a cannabis advocate with the petitioners involved in the campaign.

One of the petition drive’s main weaknesses is that Fresno County has little political organization in place behind medicinal marijuana to mobilize.

“It’s just a very short timeline, and there isn’t a very well-organized or established medical marijuana community in Fresno because they’ve been beaten down pretty bad See BAN, Page 3

WEATHER

January temperatures break records

By Jesse Franz The Collegian Fresno is going through a spell of unprecedented weather as record-breaking heat and a lack of rain threaten to make this the hottest and driest January on record.

“This is uncharted territory in more ways than one,” said Gary Sanger, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Hanford.

Fresno broke the record for most days in January at 70 degrees or higher Sunday. It has broken or tied single-day high records for the last seven days.

This is also the longest Fresno has gone into a new year without rain.

The previous record was from 1903, when Fresno began the year with 21 days of no rain. Today marks the 27th day without rain this year.

Things are not expected to cool down until later this week, Sanger said. Thursday or Thursday night a front of cooler weather, cloud cover, wind and a slight chance of rain will come south through the Central Valley.

That can’t come soon enough for some local businesses, though.

China Peak is relying heavily on artificial snow and has closed some runs.

“This is one of the toughest seasons we've ever seen in 56 years, or

Fresno was recently ranked the 24th best city in the nation for those under 35, according to website vocativ.com, stirring surprise amongst some circles and grabbing attention from the likes of Al Jazeera America.

“What makes Fresno a great city for young talent is the ability to do about anything you want in terms of building a professional career,” said Dr. Timothy Stearns, executive director of the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State . “You don’t need to spend decades paying your dues to get to the level of having an impact on the community.”

Often jokingly referred to as “the armpit of California,” Fresno earned major points in the livability index for emerging business opportunities and its low cost of living. On a lighter note, it also ranked in the top 10 for categories such as the high number of single people, the cost of a drink and the price of marijuana.

Using information from the 2010 census and the Internet, Vocativ’s list comprises data to determine the ranking of the top 35 cities, narrowing it down to 20 categories seen as “essential indicators for those between 18 and 35.”

While beaten by the likes of Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and Boston, Fresno came in just behind New York City but ahead See LIVABILITY, Page 6

INSIDE

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Fresno set record-high temperatures Sunday at 72 degrees, which is 14 degrees above average.

since we've had snowmaking,” China Peak Mountain Resort CEO Tim Cohee said. “The

temps have been marginal over the past 30 days, which has forced us to stay on the runs we have

open now and not be able to expand to other terSee HEAT, Page 3

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A senior’s apathy toward graduation Peeve’s Public House owned by professor Men’s basketball team loses on the road in overtime

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THE SENIOR LIFE

Last semester before graduating: #OverIt The end is near for this senior, and it really isn't that big a deal

By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian I applied for graduation Saturday, and it was probably one of the most anticlimactic moments of my life.

Off the top of my head, I could list all the things this week that made me more excited: My mom’s chocolate chip cookies, cleaning my room, dropping two classes I didn’t need, making lunch plans and getting a pat on the back from my boss.

I’m not really excited about graduating (if you couldn’t tell), but I’m not really sad about leaving school, either.

I do have less anxiety about this semester. I’m not going to grad school, so getting good grades doesn’t seem as important as it used to. It’s really like any other semester for me. It would definitely be accurate to say I have an apathetic attitude about my last semes-

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ter in college and graduation.

I know people who are scared to death of graduation and the real world.

They’re stressing about how they’re going to find a job, getting into grad school and scoring well on the GRE and LSAT. Some people I know are even considering credential programs and grad school just to put off the “adult world.”

They don’t want to be expected to get a real job or pay car insurance, work 40 hours a week, and they’re not willing to give up their summers and spring breaks. Grad school is just another way to do what they’ve done best so far in college: procrastinate.

I have none of those worries. I prepared myself well for post-college life.

I have a good GPA, a beefy résumé and can easily get letters of recommendation. I completed plenty of internships and also have a ton of real-life experience. So for me, graduation will just be like putting a pretty little bow on this giant awesome package I’ve already created. Ta-da!

I know I’ll miss spring break, a real summer and the college-life interactions. But other than that, I feel like I’ve already been living a pretty adult

life.

I’m more excited about potentially working the routine 9-5 schedule, having weekends and evenings off, having time for do-it-yourself projects instead of constantly worrying about homework and taking trips. Those are things I haven’t had with my class and job schedules.

I have to say, I did work pretty darned hard in college. But by “work,” I mean work at my actual job and managing my courses around that schedule.

During college, I never worked fewer than 35 hours. Now I even work two jobs. But when you put those hours together with homework, projects, papers and classes, sleep and free time do come far and few between.

Earning a college degree just wasn’t a big feat for me. It was always expected and never something that was questionable. Now it’s nearly done, and I’m just thinking, “K, what’s next?”

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DROUGHT IN JANUARY: Normally,

Letter to the editor Fresno State, what are your priorities?

The philosopher and novelist Albert Camus once said, “this world in itself is not reasonable… But what is absurd is the confrontation of this irrational and the wild longing for clarity whose call echoes in the human heart.”

I must say, I fell victim to this “wild longing for clarity,” when I read that the Fresno State football coach would be the highest paid in the Mountain West Conference.

In a city that fails to house one of the largest homeless populations in the nation, struck with the highest levels of concentrated poverty in the nation, at a university where students struggle daily with food insecurity, it is nothing short of absurd for this city and university to be home to one man that receives a minimum of $1.5 million per year for coaching a football team.

Surely this absurdity and my criticism is nothing new. And surely, the administration’s justification may be the same recycled one of the past.

It may resemble something about certain funds that pay the coach coming from certain places that have nothing to do with funding the actual functions of the University — teaching and research — and that surely, student fees have nothing to do with paying the coach’s salary, thus insuring that the steady decline into academic mediocrity and athletic triviality will not be resisted.

Nevertheless, perhaps some of us will continue to struggle with the absurdity of such a situation.

Perhaps not.

-- Matt Ford, Graduate Student, Department of History

temperatures in the 70s are welcomed around these parts... but not during winter, and not at the expense of precious rainfall.

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Last day to add a class without instructor's permission

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Last day to add a class with permission

FEB. 28

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BAN: Petitioners say new law will hurt legal consumers CONTINUED from page 1 for several years,” Green said.

The ordinance would hurt legal medical marijuana consumers more though, he said.

“The medical cannabis patient who follows state law and does everything right to obtain their medicine, they can’t do it without growing a plant or going to a place where that plant has been grown by someone else,” he said.

Joe Elford, a San Francisco attorney, has filed a petition with the California Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn a recent Third District Appellate Court rul-

ing which allowed a similar ban in the city of Live Oak. In a statement from the California branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Elford said, “If you ban dispensaries and you ban cultivation, you’re ripping the heart out of California’s medical marijuana laws.”

The incorporated areas of Fresno and Clovis will be unaffected by the supervisors’ vote as it only affects the unincorporated areas. In those cities medical marijuana cultivation is still legal with the proper permits as long as it is indoors or in a greenhouse.

HEAT: No snow, China Peak suffers CONTINUED from page 1 rain.”

“The snowpack is dwindling, and they haven’t had anything to replenish it yet. We only got a light dusting from the storm that came through last weekend,” Sanger said.

China Peak has also cut down, sending many employees home early.

More than half of the employees will be let go by next week, said Montana Paxton, a recently released China Peak employee.

“It’s been like summer,” Paxton said.

“There is no snow and an inversion layer at the top of the mountain, so they can only produce snow on the lower mountain,” she said. “They’re having to make snow on the bottom half and truck it up then groom it down the rest of the mountain.”

Precipitation since July 1 Average

5.49 inches This year’s

.73 inches *National Weather Service

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A Professor’s ‘Pet Peeve’

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Grammy’s Best & Worst Dressed A look at some of music’s biggest stars in fashion

By Yvette Mancilla The Collegian

Best Dressed:

Worst Dressed:

Pop/Country artist Taylor Swift Swift can never go wrong with her to-go-to glitter and gold combinations, but did change it up with her ponytail while wearing a sparkling Gucci gown.

Electronic music artist Nadeea Volianova Newcomer Volianova’s outfit has a bit of everything going on, part mermaid-part bejeweled prom dress. The eclectic dress makes it easy for the eye to turn away and not look back at again.

Pop artist Katy Perry Perry’s music note dress showcased what the Grammys are about, music and beauty coming together on one night.

That may not actually be what the Grammys are about, but it is for Perry’s beautiful Valentino gown.

Country artist Miranda Lambert Lambert’s classic red gown went well with her overall “Old Hollywood” glam look. Although Lambert didn’t win Best Country Solo Performance, she still looked like a winner of the night.

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An outside view of Peeve’s Public House & Local Market located in the Fulton Mall in Downtown Fresno.

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Fresno State professor Craig Scharton owns popular local restaurant and bar

By Rachel Taylor The Collegian Peeve’s Public House & Local Market, a “hyper local” space in downtown Fresno, isn’t your typical restaurant and bar. At Peeve’s, “local” is the name of the game, and everyone is welcome to drop in, hang out and see what their community has to offer.

Owner Craig Scharton, a Fresno State professor who teaches

urban entrepreneurship and is the former business development director for the City of Fresno, developed the hybrid restaurant when he discovered the Fresno Brewing Company—a craft beer establishment in downtown Fresno—was closing its doors.

Scharton, who enjoyed visiting the local bar and café, said he knew something had to be done.

At the time, Scharton didn’t know that he would be the one to keep the building from going empty.

“I sort of have this rule that whenever you say someone should do something three times in a row, it usually means you should just step in and do it yourself,” he said.

So, on Sept. 16, 2013, that’s exactly what Scharton did when he launched Peeve’s, a hub for local produce, beer and entertainment.

Scharton’s dog, the restaurant’s namesake, can regularly be found walking around the building and interacting with customers.

Though many cities in California boast a large market for local food and beer, Scharton said Fresno has not yet jumped on the bandwagon.

“For some reason in Fresno we don’t do the ‘local thing’ like they do almost everywhere else,” he said.

Scharton, an avid supporter of local fare, hopes to change that.

“Part of it [opening the restaurant], for me, was connecting people to all of these great food

makers and food growers—and I could do that through our menu,” he said.

Scharton said the menu always varies to reflect the seasonal changes of the Valley’s crops.

“It’s a food-inspired menu,” he said. “The creative part—the human part of it—is turning that food into something that’s delicious.”

For Sean Dunn, Peeve’s executive chef, crafting new menus— sometimes every day—is the best part of the job.

“For a chef to get to the point where they can control everything about the menu, change it every day and control every nuance of what they’re putting on the plate, they would have to own their own business or find a partner where they would have the availability to do that,” Dunn said. “This a once-in-a-lifetime type of shot—it’s fantastic.”

In addition to the food providing more nutrients and taste due to its freshness, Scharton said buying local produce also helps support the Valley’s farmers.

“When we’re buying from a local farmer, we don’t even use a middleman,” he said. “Every dollar we pay goes right to the farmer, and that makes a big difference for farmers. A lot of times, in the grocery store, they’re getting pennies on the dollar.”

Scharton said Peeve’s has even purchased cheese, grapes, corn and sausage from Fresno State’s Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market.

See PEEVE’S, Page 6

Singer Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton at the 56th annual Grammy Awards.

Comedian/Actress Kathy Griffin Known for her red carpet antics and sometimes-controversial comedy, Griffin won Best Comedy Album for “Calm Down Gurrl.” One unofficial category Griffin did not win was “Best Dressed,” for her bright teal getup.

Actress Paula Patton Patton wore a zebra inspired dress that certainly stood out but for all the wrong reasons.

Patton was on hand to support husband singer Robin Thicke who was nominated for a couple of awards.

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Singer Taylor Swift on the red carpet at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

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FUN & GAMES

SUDOKU: Fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis / McClatchy-Tribune

Across

1 Apply, as with a cotton swab 4 Dinner bills 8 Defeat decisively 14 Dean’s email suffix 15 Overlook 16 “Respect” singer Franklin 17 Hitchhike 19 Rented 20 Write back 21 Amazement 23 Pod fillers 24 Out of the wind 25 Far from being in agreement 28 More in need of moisturizer 30 __ noire: dreaded thing 31 Before today

33 Contact lens care brand 35 Indian prince 39 What a pep talk is meant to do 43 Pixieish 44 Strong veiny cheese 45 Chanced upon 46 Chess corner piece 49 Pizazz 51 Graduation garb 55 Quantity of 53-Down 58 Grifter’s game 59 Diminish 60 Prima __: opera star 61 Schoolchildren 63 Time relaxing in a chalet, and where the first words of 17-, 25-, 39-, and 51-Across may appear 66 Some nuclear trials

67 Earth’s natural satellite 68 Archaic 69 Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo 70 Graph’s x or y 71 Nintendo’s Super __ console

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1 Actress Messing of “Will & Grace” 2 “I challenge you to __!”

3 Took out, gangland-style 4 Conservative Brit 5 Bordeaux boyfriend 6 Offer at Sotheby’s 7 Great bargain 8 “Honor Thy Father” writer Gay 9 1,000-year Eur. realm

10 Come back into view 11 In a total fog 12 Use wool clippers on 13 Owned, in the Old Testament 18 K.C. Royal, e.g.

22 E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s __” 25 Ball-__ hammer 26 Normandy river 27 Naturally lit courtyard 29 Clothing patch type 31 Pale or malt brew 32 Baseball’s Hodges 34 PC-to-printer port 36 “Sesame Street” puppeteer 37 Had a meal 38 FDR successor 40 Italian dessert sometimes made with espresso

41 Like much post-Christmas business 42 Drudge 47 Black Sea port 48 Old USSR spy gp.

50 Golf instructors 51 TV from D.C. 52 Sharp, as an eagle’s eyesight 53 Photocopier supply 54 Only U.S. president born in Hawaii 56 Foot-to-leg joint 57 Hotel cleaning crew 60 Cozy rooms 62 U.K. business abbr.

64 Chicken __ 65 French king

LIVABILITY: Fresno has ‘tremendous potential,’ professor says CONTINUED from page 1 of San Diego, Philadelphia and Colorado Springs. Los Angeles and Chicago failed to make the list.

According to Vocativ, data shows that 36 percent of adults between 18 and 31 are living at home with their parents in the U.S. This inspired the website to compile the list, highlighting the cities that “represent your best chance of not dying jobless and alone in your parents’ basement.”

Stearns says Fresno is “a city that is building momentum as a hub for key economic sectors that

“F

resno is a city that is building momentum as a hub for key economic sectors that will emerge to be vital to the global economy.”

— Dr. Timothy Stearns,

Executive Director of the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will emerge to be vital to the global economy.”

In terms of young professionals, Stearns said Fresno is ideal.

In Dr. Eric Liguori’s perspective, Fresno has “tremendous potential” both for entrepreneurship and job opportunities.

Liguori, a business and management professor at Fresno State, explained there is a skill gap that makes it perfect for graduates to enter the workforce.

“Skilled labor, you know college educated students that are coming out that are positioning

themselves well in the market, they should be in demand,” he said.

The attraction of keeping things within the Valley is also a bonus for Fresno State graduates, Liguori said, encouraging his students to stay local for business.

“People from Fresno like to do business with people from Fresno,” he said.

While the job market is favorable for graduates, for those still in college, the cheap cost of living is most important. Fresno ranked 12th for rent, 24th for takeout food and 28th for grocery shopping.

Brendan Comstock, a senior history major, was initially surprised by the news, in light of the common “preconceived notions about Fresno.”

Yet after his four-year residence in Fresno, Comstock said he can see the perks, the disposable income being most notable.

A southern California native, he’s positive about Fresno being affordable compared with other places.

“When you really think about it and delve into it, there are things here you can find that’s interesting,” he said. “There is a lot of culture here. It’s a very diverse city.”

PEEVE’S: Popular local hub focuses on community products CONTINUED from page 4 The market side of Peeve’s also gives customers the opportunity to purchase a weekly produce box filled with a variety of local goods through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Those who wish to receive a weekly box, Scharton said, can sign up online at www.tdwilleyfarms.com.

But local food is not all that Peeve’s offers. It also provides patrons with a selection of more

than 75 craft beers to choose from, including two craft beer companies native to Fresno: Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Co. and Full Circle Brewing Co. Jordy Dakin, a bartender at Peeve’s and graduate student at Fresno State, said Peeve’s isn’t just your run-of-the-mill bar, but rather an embodiment of a true public house that provides a sense of community to all who step through its doors.

“This is the coolest bar in

town, and I think that people up at Fresno State would do well to choose Peeve’s over something like the Red Wave [Inn] or even a lot of places in Tower,” he said. “For the most part, with the exception of Spokeasy [Public House], they don’t really have same sense of community—the same actual ‘public house’ feel— that Peeve’s has.”

Every week, patrons of Peeve’s can also enjoy local entertainment along with their food or beer.

Every Thursday, starting Feb. 13, Peeve’s will host a guest chef for the day. Scharton said the guests will include professional chefs, local Fresno celebrities, well-known home cooks and food vendors. The first guest, Scharton said, will be Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin.

Peeve’s also hosts live music on Fridays and movie nights on Saturdays.

Scharton said futuremovie showings include:

“The Godfather,” “Young Frankenstein,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “Westside Story.”

The movie showings are free to attend and open to all ages.

Peeve’s is located in Downtown Fresno at the Fulton Mall between Tuolumne and Fresno streets.

You can find more information on the website peevespub.com.

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THE COLLEGIAN SPORTS

IN BRIEF

Derek Carr makes a splash at Senior Bowl Collegian Staff

Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr went 7 of 12 for 45 yards and a touchdown as part of the South team’s 20-10 victory over the North in the 2014 Senior Bowl.

Carr’s scoring pass was to Auburn University wide receiver Crockett Gilmore in the first drive of the game for

the South.

“He was so open, I just wanted to get the ball in [Gilmore’s] hands and let him go,” Carr told the Associated Press.

San Jose State quarterback David Fales also threw a touchdown in the game, his coming in the second quarter to Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood. Auburn’s Cody Parkey kicked two field goals to add to the South’s point

total.

For the North, Clemson quarterback Tahj Boyd was the starter, and he finished 7 of 16 for 31 yards and an interception. No quarterback from the team threw a touchdown.

Rice University’s Chris Boswell scored a field goal, and Wisconsin’s James White rushed a ball into the end zone.

Auburn defensive end Dee Ford, with two first-half sacks, was named the game’s MVP.

The Bulldog Bulletin Briefs and blurbs on the Fresno State Bulldogs

Women’s Track and Field team kick off its indoor season at AFA Invitational The Fresno State women’s indoor track and field team kicked off its season on Thursday as it traveled to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the Air Force Academy Indoor Invitational.

In the three-day event, the Bulldogs finished in sixth place out of eight teams with 64.5 points.

Thrower Meagan McKee had solid back-to-back days in her field events. The senior finished third in both Friday’s weight-throwing competition and Saturday’s shot-put event (46’10”).

Siblings Kyra and Dezirae Johnson came in fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400-meter race. Kyra recorded a time of 56.25 seconds, while Dezirae finished with a time of 57.77 seconds.

The sisters also helped the 4x400 relay team finish in third with a time of 3:52.49.

Sprinter Shakira Lewis ended up placing seventh in the 200meter sprint with a time of 25.76 seconds. The sophomore also ran the 60-meter race in 7.69 seconds, which was good enough for

an eighth-place finish.

The Bulldogs posted good numbers in the triple jump competition, as they were the only team with two jumpers in the top six. Freshman Tiera Simpson jumped 37’8.75” to finish fifth, and senior Ashley Hatcher had a 37’6.50” mark to finish in sixth place.

Next weekend, the Bulldogs will go to Seattle, Wash., to participate in the University of Washington’s Indoor Invitational.

This is a two-day event that will take place Friday and Saturday.

Women’s Tennis: ‘Dogs begin season with losses to top-30 teams The Fresno State women’s tennis team competed in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, a two-day event in Clemson, S.C. On Saturday, the Bulldogs lost 4-0 to the No. 13-ranked Clemson Tigers.

Clemson 4, Fresno State 0 Singles 1. #74 Yana Koroleva (CU) def. #104 Sophie Watts (FS) 6-2, 6-2 2. #51 Romy Koelzer (CU) def.

Aishwarya Agrawal (FS) 6-4, 6-2

3. #44 Beatrice Gumulya (CU) def. Anne Susdorf (FS) 6-3, 6-1 4. #103 Tristen Dewar (CU) vs.

Sofya Malysheva (FS) 4-6, 6-1, unfinished 5. Anneka Watts (FS) vs. Ani Miao (CU) no result 6. Claire Yang (FS) vs. Jessy Rompies (CU) no result Doubles 1. Jessy Rompies/Beatrice Gumulya (CU) def. #41 Aishwarya Agrawal/Claire Yang (FS) 6-0 2. Yana Koroleva/Tristen Dewar (CU) def. Sofya Malysheva/Tanya Murtagh (FS) 6-2 3. Joana Eidukonyte/Romy Koelzer (CU) vs. Sophie Watts/ Anne Susdorf (FS) 4-4, unfinished

Consolation round vs.

Purdue Sunday, the ‘Dogs squared off against the No. 27-ranked Purdue Boilermakers in the consolation round. However, the result was the same as they were handed another 4-0 loss by a ranked team.

The Boilermakers took the doubles point early, defeating the ‘Dogs on Courts 1 and 3 by scores of 6-1.

Fresno State was unable to come back in singles play as Purdue

WOMAN’S HOOPS

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won the next three points in straight sets to take the win.

Fresno State 0, Purdue 4 Singles

1. L. Xepoleas (PUR) def. #104 Sophie Watts (FS) 6-3, 6-1 2. #110 M. Schmidt (PUR) vs.

Aishwarya Agrawal (FS) 6-2, 2-2, unfinished 3. D. Vidal (PUR) def. Anne Susdorf (FS) 6-1, 6-2 4. N. Robinson (PUR) def. Sofya Malysheva (FS) 6-2, 6-1 5. Anneka Watts (FS) vs.

T.Bernard-Feigenbaum (PUR) no result 6. Claire Yang (FS) vs. K. Kapitany (PUR) no result Doubles 1. K. Kapitany/M. Schmidt (PUR) def. #41 Aishwarya Agrawal/ Claire Yang (FS) 6-1 2. D. Vidal/L. Xepoleas (PUR) vs.

Sofya Malysheva/Tanya Murtagh (FS) 4-1, unfinished 3. N. Davila/N. Robinson (PUR) def. Sophie Watts/Anne Susdorf (FS) 6-1 The ‘Dogs next competition will be on Saturday as they go on the road to take on the Sacramento State Hornets.

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CONTINUED from page 8 tributed with her ninth consecutive game in double figures. She connected on 4 out of 10 field goals for 12 points. She also added four rebounds and a steal.

Fresno State coach Reagan Pebley credits this win to the hard work the Bulldogs put in last week.

“We really believe that our practices leading into games is where we really prepare ourselves and get the confidence in winning,” said Pebley. “And I feel like the two practices we had leading into this were hard, efficient, spirited, confident, and I feel like we got better.”

The Bulldogs are now 12-7 overall and 6-2 in conference play.

Their next contest will come on Wednesday as they go on the road to take on the Wyoming Cowgirls.

“We’re just going to be really grateful for this ‘W’ definitely at home and especially before we have to go on the road to play at Wyoming,” Pebley said. “It is really tough to go and get wins in Laramie.”

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Bulldogs lose at UNLV in overtime

Collegian Staff For the second game in a row, the Fresno State men’s basketball MW needed more QUICK team than 40 minutes to HITS get a decision.

Again, Fresno State was in a dogfight to the end.

And again, it 7-0 failed to finish.

With 1:53 left in regulation, Freesno State’s Alex Davis made a layup to tie 6-1 the contest at 66.

Afterward, both teams tried to make the game-winning shot, but time 5-2 expired as Davis’ missed his tip-in attempt.

The Rebels jumped to a 4-point overtime lead before the 4-2 ‘Dogs tied the contest at 70. Fresno State guard Tyler Johnson connected on a jumper to make it 72-70, then 4-3 UNLV guard Bryce Dejean-Jones made a 3-pointer to give his team a 1-point lead with one min4-3 ute remaining.

Two costly Fresno State fouls ended the game, as the Rebels scored two more points off 3-4 freeItthrows. was a game in which Fresno State had a 6-point halftime lead. Guard Cezar Guerrero a team-high 3-4 1had 8 points, and Johnson had eight rebounds. The Bulldogs shot 13 of 32 in the first half, and then down 2-5 graded to 10 of 31 in the second.

It is the fifth consecutive loss for the Bulldogs. At 1-7 in the conference, 1-7 they are now in second-to-last place, in front of San Jose State (0-8).

Up next, the Bulldogs will 0-8 r e t u r n h o m e o n Wednesday to host the Wyoming Cowboys.

Fresno State guard Moriah Faulk makes a shot during the Bulldogs’ 70-52 win over UNLV on Saturday at the Save Mart Center.

Bulldogs cruise to win, gain traction in conference race for top standing

By Daniel Leon The Collegian The Fresno State women’s basketball team has been in that top cluster of teams in the hunt for first place in the Mountain West, but on deck was UNLV, which entered ranked in second place.

And the Bulldogs were without their leading scorer in junior forward Alex Sheedy, out for a few weeks with a leg injury.

Fresno State found its shooting touch and gained traction in the conference race for first place.

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The Bulldogs retook second place in the Mountain West on Saturday at the Save Mart Center when it won its second meeting of the season over the UNLV Rebels.

With a final score of 70-52, the Bulldogs won both meetings by double figures.

UNLV led 2-0 for the first 1:25 of the game after a Danielle Miller jumper. From then on the ‘Dogs pounced and the Rebels never led again. Fresno State shot well from the 3-point arc (10 of 26, 38.5 percent).

The Bulldogs’ consistency in that department along with good defense and outrebounding the Rebels (47-34) enabled

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Fresno State to jump out to a huge lead. It led by as many as 33 at one point in the second half.

Paving the way for the Bulldogs was senior guard Bree Farley with a game-high 16 points.

“I’m just proud of how we played because coming off of a pretty bad loss against Nevada we didn’t play our best game and didn’t play the way we were preparing to play,” Farley said. “I think just knowing that if we play together, we can have a really good game and play against the best teams and win.”

Junior Robin Draper, who added 14 points of her own, also played a key role in the win.

As a replacement for Sheedy, Draper shot 50 percent from the 3-point line (4 of 8).

“I’ve been working to get more of an open shot instead of a contested one, but the players on our team worked real hard to move the ball around and saw me wide open,” Draper said.

Senior guard Taylor Thompson also conSee WIN, Page 7

I’m just proud of how we played because coming off a pretty bad loss to Nevada we didn’t play out best game and didn’t play the way we were preparing to play.

-- Bulldogs women’s basketball forward Bree Farley