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Revitalization works with El Dorado youth

By Elly A. Walker Special to The Collegian

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Students participate in a Greek Clean Up Day. This is one of the events sponsored by the Community Revitalization, started by Fresno State ASI in 2011.

Gangs, drugs, vandalism and robbery are some of the unwanted activities in the community around Fresno State.

However, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is deter mined to make a stand for revitalization.

In the summer of 2011, ASI created Community Revitalization. Its mission is to empower Fresno State students to help make a difference in the area around the campus.

With the support of ASI and the Every Neighborhood Partnership, El Dorado Park is now home to a Saturday Sports program.

This program encourages Fresno State students to play sports and make crafts with children from the neighborhoods around Fresno State and El Dorado Park. It aims to give these children a safe, productive weekend activity in the midst of the neighborhood’s many crime problems.

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children to engage with college students through sports, crafts, games and a positive character talk,” said Roberto Munoz, student coordinator of El Dorado Saturday Sports. “It gives the children something to do on the weekend and helps keep them out of trouble.

In addition to Saturday Sports, Fresno State students have paired with Community Revitalization to volunteer at Basecamp — a weekly commuSee YOUTH, Page 3

Dust tunnel machine key to pollution research

By Kimberly Wheeler Special to The Collegian

Professors and students at Fresno State are creating a dust tunnel device to research whether mist can reduce harmful particles in the air.

Studies show the smaller the particle is, the more likely it is to enter the body and cause damage to the lungs or heart.

Fresno State professors Athanasios Alexandrou , Diganta Adhikari and Patrick Barnes plan to test microscopic dust particles to see if mist will have any effect on how far these particles can travel.

“Particulate matter is small particles that are what we call dust,” Alexandrou said.

Research shows that when humans Dalton Runberg / The Collegian

Following a weekend of rainy and cloudy weather, the Sierra Nevada mountains peeked out on Sunday and were visible from campus, especially from across the Fresno State vineyards on Bullard and Cedar avenues.

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The silent fall of the Fresno State Amphitheater

By Cameron Woolsey The Collegian There was an amphitheater at Fresno State once. It was a place where thousands of people gathered and listened to music, comedians or just found ways to have fun.

The space that’s called the Amphitheater still exists, but it hasn’t been used for a long time. The reason stems from financial issues, as well as the Save Mart Center, which drew away much of the amphitheater’s crowds.

Back in the mid-1970s, it was the goal of a group of enterprising men that organized into the College Union Sound System, also known as CUSS, to work together to bring shows to Fresno State.

The music scene at the school and in Fresno in general was disheartening to Reggie Rush, a CUSS member and student from Riverside in Southern California, who arrived at Fresno State

in the fall of 1975.

“There were not a lot of shows in Fresno,” Rush said. “There wasn’t even a place to rent sound or light equipment. There was nothing going on in this town show-wise.”

Rush, who now owns the entertainment lighting company Live Light in Fresno, and CUSS worked to fill that empty air space with sound and eventually set their sights on the amphitheater.

At the time it was a banged-up stage of rotten plywood with no roof or power.

“It was about three feet tall and rickety beyond all belief,” Rush said.

The group cobbled together funding to get the amphitheater updated into a venue where promoters felt comfortable bringing Hootie and the Blowfish, The Go-Go’s and others.

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Though no longer officially used by the university, the stage of the Fresno State Amphitheater is still used by student groups and various clubs to practice for upcoming events.

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“The Dream is Now” campaign announced a contest Tuesday challenging college students to sign an online petition and submit art — including videos, songs, drawings and poems — stating their support for immigration reform that includes principles of the Dream Act. The contest runs through April 5, with the University that gets the most students to sign the petition winning a special screening of the Dream is Now documentary on campus.

In addition, the students responsible for gathering the most signatures in four regions around the country will earn an all expense paid trip to Washington, DC, for the official premiere of the Dream is Now documentary. To learn more about the contest, visit www.thedreamisnow.org.

The Dream is Now is a partnership for med by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim and Emerson Collective to provide supporters of immigration reform with a platform to voice their support for an earned path to citizenship for undocumented youth.

The campaign website allows individuals from around the country — documented and undocumented alike — to tell their own stories in writing or through video and to sign a petition affirming their support for the principles of the Dream Act. During Spring 2013, the campaign will release a 30-minute documentary directed by Guggenheim featuring many of the stories submitted to the campaign in an effort to show Congress that an earned path to citizenship is the right thing to do for these students and for our country’s economic future.

On a conference call with student newspapers, Guggenheim stated, “We are very excited about this contest announcement because there is so much potential here to generate real grassroots support to fix our broken

immigration system.

"I have been moved by the stories I've seen in making this movie and believe that a documentary can change politics, but it takes people on the ground to demand real change.

"This is a huge moment. Now it is time for all of us to come together and make sure Congress takes the right steps to fix this problem. We need to show them the urgency and by creating energy on campus, college students can play a key role.”

President of Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón, added, “Some people say that immigration reform is complicated. When it comes to the Dream Act, it is not rocket science. Do we want to take advantage of the extraordinary wealth of talent in this nation or waste it?

"At Miami Dade, I've seen first-hand the incredible potential that undocumented students have to contribute to the economy and make our communities better places.

"Our country cannot afford to waste one single talented person which is why policymakers in Washington, DC need to pass federal legislation that will once and for all provide an earned path to citizenship for undocumented youth.

The energy of students on campus can move mountains and I encourage students nationwide to ensure that policymakers hear your voice.”

The Dream Act, which is being considered as part of immigration reform efforts, would provide a pathway for undocumented youth who came to the U.S. at a young age and have been attending school, to earn their citizenship by attending college or serving in the military.

Written by Lisa Cohen of Emerson Collective, which funds strategic education-reform efforts all over the world.

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By Liana Whitehead Opinion Editor Rise and shine, fellow slee pdeprived students – happy Daylight Saving Time. The impending day of doom has passed, leaving us in zombie mode for the next week, or until our brains and bodies adjust and we feel human again.

The want and need for DST is widely debated. While one side claims that changing our clocks makes summer days longer and more fulfilling, the opposing side worries that our already sleepless nation will suffer further consequences.

What we can’t argue with are the facts. In the spirit of everybody’s favorite controversial time phenomena, here are some odds and ends about “time change.”

1. New Zealand insect-lover and astronomer George Vernon Hudson suggested the concept of DST in a letter to the Wellington Philosophical Society in the 1898 so that he could collect insects in daylight after his shift-work — and it worked.

2. The official name is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time. Most people do not drop the ‘s’ at the end.

3. The week before we “spring forward” and lose an hour of sleep is, ironically, National Sleep Awareness Week.

4 . E u ro p e a n s re f e r t o D S T a s “Summer Time.”

6. Car accidents increase by 17 percent on the Monday after the time changes each spring, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

7. Arizona and Hawaii (with the exception of Indian reservations in

Arizona) never change their clocks because of their climates and amount of sunshine and heat.

8. Driving across a certain 100-mile stretch in Arizona (including Hopi reservation and the Navaho Nation) will take you through seven different clock changes.

9. With the loss of sleep, an increase in heart attacks is seen during the first week of DST. The rate of heart attacks reduces when ‘Standard Time’ comes around again.

10. Getting out in the sun as quickly as possible helps reset the body clock, says Karin Mahoney, spokeswoman for the Better Sleep Council.

11. Kazakhstan abolished DST in 2005 due to its negative health effects.

12. This year, Daylight Saving Time in the United States began at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 10 and ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3.

13. The majority of the world does not participate in DST. 14. The further away a country is from the equator, the more likely it is to observe DST. 15. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 percent of American employees are already sleep-deprived, costing U.S. companies $63.2 billion in lost productivity annually. These are the ones most rattled by daylight-saving time.

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Dan: “What nonsense! Stuff like this is why ASI is regarded by the greater mass of Fresno State students as a pathetic joke. Truth is, security drones are here, at least nationally.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Fresno police don’t implement a program using military surplus equipment in the next few years. If so, they will fly them city-wide, including on campus.

Fresno Police Department has always taken the position that its writ runs onto the Fresno State campus. The FPD has come on campus at night or on the weekends and sat at the Barstow Avenue stop signs, writing citations. They don’t tell the university police department when they’re doing this. They won’t tell campus if and when they’re flying drones.”

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TUNNEL: Cool dust could make all the differ ence

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inhale these small particles, they travel through the respiratory system and end up in the airways or lungs. Once the particles reach our lungs the body cannot remove them.

“Our lungs, for most solid particles that go inside, it’s one way traffic. It goes in and it stays in,” Adhikari said.

The Fresno State study will focus on the smaller particles that are monitored and regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resource Board.

The San Joaquin Valley has one of the highest concentrations of these particulates in California.

“A plan has been introduced to control the PM (particulate matter) 2.5 emissions.

This project is only a small part of efforts that researchers, private companies and public agencies do to find solutions to the air pollution problem,”Alexandrou said.

Studies suggest smaller dust particles may travel much farther in distance, possibly

affecting more people. The nose aides in the filtering process to protect the body from exposure to unwanted elements, however, studies show finer matter has a better chance of overcoming the body’s natural defenses.

Professors working on this study believe the cool air from the mist may drive the dust particles down to prevent them from traveling as far.

“It’s basically the opposite of the hot air balloon, when people take a ride on a hot air balloon, the hot air makes the balloon rise,” Adhikari said.

“If you are in a restaurant with misters, you feel nice and cool.

The idea is we cool the dust with the mist so that it does the opposite. If it’s cooler it’s going to sink,” Alexandrou, Adikari and Bar nes have experimented with this theory at the Fresno State farm using tractors. They have attached misters to a disk and measured the output of the particulate matter while the disk was cultivating the soil.

They have seen some positive results but to have anything conclusive they need to per-

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Professor Athanasios Alexander (right) organized the dust tunnel research project. He is aided by Professor Diganta Adhikari (left), Patrick Barns (center). Their findings will contribute to solving the problem of Valley dust pollution.

form the experiment in a controlled environment.

“By the time we do a mist on and a mist off and set up our equipment, the wind shifts or the temperature shifts. The whole dynamic changes,”Adikari said.

The dust tunnel allows them to set their own wind speed and mist droplet size to better evaluate how the dust will react in different climates.

“It’s just a theory in work.

We are trying to control the natural climate,” Alexandrou said.

Modeled after a similar device at Texas A&M where t h e y h ave conducted this study in the past, the dust tunnel is the first of its kind in this region.

“We ini tially used the wind tunnel there, came back and looked at the data.

Everything

was not conclusive, but we saw a lot of positive results so we decided to build one here,” Adikari said.

Alexandrou, Adikari, and Barnes believe the dust tunnel will be beneficial for other F resno State de par tments needing this type of machine.

“I am very excited about finishing the tunnel because I feel that once it is able to produce the needed conditions, it will be a valuable resource not just for our lab but other researchers at the university and in the region,” Barnes said.

Though modeled after the Texas A&M wind tunnel, Alexandrou, Adikari and Barnes have decided to change a few aspects and enhance their tunnel to better fit their needs.

“Theirs worked perfect, but sometimes you would need two people, and you would have to yell across the room, ‘Hey could you flip that,’ ” Adikari said. “We would like to convert everything into a laptop for controls. We have the blue print of what we want and have asked a student to see if he can take this on as a master

student project.”

They have involved several students at Fresno State in the process of building the dust tunnel.

“We had a great group of students out there every day when we were putting the chambers together. Everyone worked hard, and it helped to joke around every now and then to lighten things up,” Barnes said. “Though it was hard at times, it was very rewarding to see it all come together.”

The majority of the dust tunnel is intact, and the professors hope to have it running by next month. Alexandrou — leader of the project — feels students should be aware and knowledgeable of projects like the one he is conducting.

“A student with a basic knowledge of the issue will be better equipped to understand the subject that may face in the not so far future,” Alexandrou said. “Air pollution is connected to climate change, a topic which is discussed and will be discussed in the near future.”

YOUTH: Students help improve El Dorado Park CONTINUED from page 1 nity dinner — Bulldog Pantry, Reading and Beyond, El Dorado Park Boys and Girls Club, and Stone Soup.

“We want students to be invested in the neighborhoods around their beloved school,” said Melissa Ellis, ASI community affairs coordinator.

El Dorado Park is in the residential housing area bordered by Barstow Avenue and Bulldog Lane, and between Sixth and Fourth streets. The children in this area generally come from lowincome backgrounds, Ellis said.

ASI recruits volunteers to participate in Community Revitalization as well as striving to create bigger and better programs for the community.

“I meet with Arthur Montejano, ASI president, and Melissa Ellis each week to discuss how the last Saturday Sports was and how we could improve for the next Saturday Sports to make it a better experience for both the children and volunteers,” Munoz said.

Not only do the hours that Fresno State students volunteer affect the community around Fresno State, the students know they are actively helping

the Community Revitalization program grow and reach more people in need.

“The best part is that we give them [the volunteers] real-world experience making a difference in the community,” Montejano said. “And we intend to keep growing.”

More than 500 Fresno State students have contributed more than 1500 hours of service in an effort to improve the community and serve those in the area that surrounds Fresno State, Montejano said.

Through Saturday Sports and other Community Revitalization programs, the children of El Dorado Park are able to interact with Fresno State students and find the inspiration they need to do well in school, Munoz said.

“Fresno State students are the foundation of Community Revitalization,” Ellis said. “Without the time and dedication given by over 500 students, Community Revitalization would not be possible. It only takes a short time for a Fresno State student to change the lives of many people in this community.”

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SILENT: Fresno State Amphitheater no longer in use CONTINUED from page 1 The result was a place that was a must-attend venue for Vintage Days or when shows came to town, said Mike King, a former CUSS member and president of a sound and lighting equipment business called Speeda Sound in Fresno.

“During Vintage Days it was Thursday night movies, Friday night concerts and Sunday shows,” King said. “It was a great place to be. At one time, it was a pretty popular venue for promoters to put on shows from jazz to country.”

Even something as simple as air guitar brought in huge crowds.

“That place used to be so packed you couldn’t get in there,” Kings said about the air guitar “concerts.”

One of the more packed shows was unexpected.

“We decided to book this guy, Steve Martin,” Rush said. “No one knew who he was. No one had really heard of him, but he was kind of starting to become famous. About a month before the show, he appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live.’”

The two shows sold out, and an original capacity crowd of 6,500 grew to 8,000 for both shows.

Brian Hijos, a member of CUSS who arrived at Fresno State in 1976 and now owns a staging company in Lodi, said

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The Fresno State Amphitheater has existed since the mid-1970s, but is no longer in use. It held several thousand people, and featured performances such as Hootie and the Blowfish and stand-up comedy by Steve Martin.

the outdoor venue encouraged a different atmosphere than in an arena like the Save Mart Center.

“If you don’t put chairs in you are enjoying a concert with your neighbor,” Hijos said. “It’s more of a group experience when you are not assigned to a seat.”

The Save Mart Center is part of the reason shows no longer occur in the amphitheater.

The construction of the Save Mart Center in 2005 provided Fresno State with a venue it

could rent out that already had infrastructure in place, and is a controlled environment with room for about 10,000 more people than can fit into the amphitheater.

Financial concerns and the stage’s unfortunate location are also part of the story of the amphitheater’s abandonment.

Gary Nelson, the senior coordinator at the Student Involvement Center, said the buildings around the amphitheater have changed since its heyday. What was once an open

area behind the stage are now fully enclosed with classrooms.

“What happened is, [when] these buildings got nicer, they built new performing areas,” Nelson said. “Essentially what happened is more classes, more theater performances, more music performances with the concert halls -- so the availability of it in terms of not interfering with the instructional aspect of the university was a big thing.”

Waiting until the weekend is not necessarily a solution,

either.

“Even on the weekends there’s lots of music performances and theater,” Nelson said. “It’s not an ideal location to have a facility.”

T he second par t of the location problem is controlling access. Nelson said if the event charges admission, there would need to be a fence around the area so no one sneaks in without a ticket.

“You got to put a fence that’s secure all the way around,” Nelson said. “You also have to secure the buildings -- every single entrance is a possibility because people can get in one side of the building and get into the amphitheater. Or they can do what they used to do and climb over the top of the building.”

The price of an event starts to add up when portable toilets, lights, sound systems and security to make sure no one gets into the nearby buildings are included.

The structure itself also needs repair, up to $150,000 worth according to an estimate in 2011, which includes tearing down the dressing rooms because of mold, Nelson said.

The future of the amphitheater is not entirely known. No decision has been officially made about its future but the amphitheater’s history is well established, as a once proud musical venue in Fresno.

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DUDES LOOK LIKE THE LADIES The Kinsey Sicks bring risque ' a capella drag show to Fresno State

for med by accident when the original founders of the group, went in drags to the A cappella drag queens The Bette Midler concert in San Kinsey Sicks graced the stage Francisco, Schatz said. During of the Satellite Student Union the event, someone asked them Thursday with their comic and if they sang, and they said crude songs. they did not, although all four “We think a lot about gen- of them had musical backder and gender roles,” Irwin grounds.

Keller, one of the founders of “On the way home, we startthe group, said. “We try to play ed singing and we sounded them in all sorts of different really good,” Schatz said. ways and some with ambiguity It was that night the group on are: We drag queens; are we was formed after staying up women? Do we not know who until 3 a.m. singing a cappella. are these characters and how Both Brown and Manabat do they relate to each other?” came in at a later time when A n o t h e r f o u n d e r, B e n Trampolina and Trixie’s actors Schatz, loves being silly but at left the group. the same time, send messages Schatz feels that the culture out to his audience members of The Kinsey Sicks reflects its that would make them think. founders a lot.

“I love taking people on a “We were all professionals. roller-coaster ride,” Schatz We were all very politically said. “They don’t know where aware and involved and we we’re going to go. Are we going were all activists in one way or to be serious? Is that song sup- another,” he said. “And we’re posed to be funny? Is it going to all kind of perverse. We’re peoget funny? ple who’ve straddled the line “Now it doesn’t seem funny. between being good and socialWe like taking people on a jour- ly inappropriate. So the group ney and challenging people and was really a reflection of who m a k i n g p e owe were as ple think and people, and it’s having some our calling. stuff that peoBeing appalle’re people ple might be ing is our callwho’ve straddled o f f e n d e d by. ing.” the line between being We put a lot of The show good and socially inapthought into was part it, but it makes of its 20th propriate. So the group it much more A n n ive r s a r y was really a reflection of meaningful.”

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S p e n c e r Besides perBrown; and Trixie, played by forming in theaters, the group Jeff Manabat. also perfor ms in colle ges.

The Kinsey Sicks were invit- Schatz said that performing in ed to perform at Fresno State colleges is entirely different

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g roup has more leeway in doing whatever it wants to the audiences and “shake them up,” Schatz said.

“I think we’re particularly good for college settings because we are fun and we are filthy,” he said. “We are thought-provoking, and we’re challenging and that’s what colleges are about.”

The best part of all shows, the group agrees is impromptus and improvisations, especially when they are facing technical difficulties. In T h u r s d ay ’ s p e r f o r m a n c e, the audience was able to witness how the group handles Trampolina’s technical difficulties with her microphone.

However, as much as they love it, when Manabat first joined them, he was so confused and frustration with the random things that goes around on stage.

After learning the beauty of improvisations, he eventually became more comfortable with it happening.

“I love the improvisations,” he said. “That’s when magic happens. It’s not going to happen again. It’s not in the script.

It just happened here, and it will be gone. But it happened, and you all experienced it and loved it at that moment.”

To create the characters, the founders looked within themselves.

“They were either exaggerations or sometimes they were a bit of the fear of whom we might be if we didn’t control ourselves,” Keller said.

“Over time as an ensemble, the characters changed a little bit because there’s a natural, both tendency and a need, in comedy and theater for the characters to be legs of a table.

So there can’t be two characters that are too similar to each other. So I would say it’s a representation by the original members brought to an extreme and re-shifted a bit in order to make a stable foursome.”

The founders were unaware how these characters acted as a form of “therapy.” Keller said

they saw the portrayals in each other but not themselves somehow.

“Rachel has changed,” Schatz said. “Rachel is a combination of everything I most want to be and everything I least want to be and fear of.”

Over the years, all members including both old and new, have lear ned so much from their characters.

“I think our characters allowed us to say things that are hard to say,” Keller said.

“Our characters are like masks or puppets. There are things that are easier to say when you have your mask on, and over time, having the practice of saying those things makes it easier to say it with the mask off.”

With the end of its performance at Fresno State, the group hopes that audience members would gain something more than just entertainment.

“Hopefully there’s a message that sticks out from something,” Brown said. “With all of our characters being so different, hopefully, somehow, each one of us relates to someone in the audience. There’s something that clicks with you that goes, ‘I’m just like that in a way. I’ve been like that. I’ve done that. I know what they’re saying.’ Or a song that touches them and it leaves them with that message.”

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Softball

Freshmen pitchers highlight Fresno State Classic

By Zack Edwards The Collegian

They may only be freshmen, but Fresno State softball’s three starting pitchers are throwing like veterans.

Jill Compton, Hannah Harris and Taylor Langdon all had their moment to shine this weekend in the Fresno State Classic.

Langdon took home the win on Thursday night against Iowa State when the Bulldogs made their biggest comeback of the season. The Bulldogs went from being down 5-0 to a 7-6 win, thanks to a clutch single from pinch hitter Kelly Megee.

L a n g d o n ’ s t wo s h u t o u t innings of relief work helped seal the deal for the Bulldogs.

“I’m hoping that it’s starting to click,” coach Trisha Ford said.

“They have a few games under their belt, so they’re able to kind of watch film and see some of their tendencies.”

She cites the extra practice time the team has had as a possible reason for the recent strong perfor mances from the staff. With no mid-week games, the young pitchers have had more time to work out the kinks in the bullpen.

Due to inclement weather, Friday saw the cancelation of two games against members of the Pac-12 Conference -- Oregon and Oregon State.

The Bulldogs came back on Saturday with Compton in the circle to do battle against Cal. It was a close affair throughout,

but the Golden Bears squeaked out a 1-0 win.

Despite the loss, Compton had one of the best outings of her young career, striking out a career-high 10 batters.

“It was nice for our team to come out and show what they’re capable of doing,” Ford said.

“Compton pitched really well last night (Saturday).

Offensively, we had some good at-bats. We had a couple balls that didn’t really fall our way.

It was important, I think, more so for them to kind of see what they’re capable of doing and build upon that.”

On Sunday, Fresno State wrapped up the weekend with a game against Saint Mary’s and this time it was Harris’ turn in the spotlight. She received

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“Again, the No. 1 goal was to support her in the decision, and she’s got a great family to help her with that choice, that’s to have peace about it so that she doesn’t have regret later.”

Fresno State will enter the March 13-16 Mountain West tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face No. 7 Boise State (11-17, 4-11 MWC) in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 p.m.

What’s next for Moore after the conference tournament?

“The NCAA tournament,” she said.

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“I just told them to build upon the Cal game from last night,” Ford said. “They came out full of energy, really executed some things last night and kind of took their game to that next level.”

Ford said that the young team is starting to mature. The pitching staff has improved and now all of their hard work is paying off.

“That’s the name of the game,” Ford said. “I tell them if you throw shutouts we’re going to be OK.” Next weekend, Fresno State (15-11) travels to Sacramento to play in the Capital City Classic, where they will again face the Gaels, as well as Kansas, Texas State and host Sacramento State.

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MOORE: Ended with 19 points against Rebels

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plenty of run support from her offense, but she did not need it.

Harris threw her first career complete-game shutout in a 8-0 win over the Gaels.

“She was hitting her spots much more,” Ford said. “Her ball was a little bit more down, which is a key for our game. We want to keep the ball down at the knees. She was able to command both the inside and outside part of the plate and keep the ball down.”

From their first at-bat on Sunday, the Bulldogs crushed the Gael’s pitching. The bottom of the first began with a triple from sophomore centerfielder Brenna Moss. That was the catalyst for a four-run first inning, which led to the eventual sixinning mercy rule when the eighth run scored.

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Senior Rosie Moult finished with 18 points off six 3-pointers on Saturday.

scored 102 in their exhibition win over Fresno Pacific).

Moore guarded Kelli T hompson, who leads the Mountain West Conference in scoring with 18.8 points per game, for most of the matchup.

She finished with 11 points.

Thompson and Farley each contributed 14 points.

Fresno State, which finished the season 21-8 and 13-3 in Mountain West Conference play, will enter the March 13-16 conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

The Bulldogs face No. 7 Boise State on Thursday 6 p.m. in the quarterfinals in Las

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San Diego State (24-5, 15-1 MWC), whose only conference loss came against Fresno State, enters the tournament as the top seed.

“This is March; it’s the grind-it-out time,” Pebley said.

“Injuries have befallen every team in our conference. I think what’s good is our team’s persevered through a lot. I trust where our mental toughness is at.”

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’Dogs secure 7th seed in tournament Collegian Staff The Fresno State men’s basketball team finished the regular season with a decisive victory over UNLV on the road -- a crucial win that locked the Bulldogs the No. 7 seed in this week’s conference tour nament.

The Bulldogs’ victory on Saturday was their first road win over UNLV in school history and snapped UNLV’s 16-game home conference win streak.

Fresno State -- winner of its past two Mountain West Conference games -- hopes to continue its momentum on Wednesday, when it returns to the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas for the conference tournament.

The Bulldogs (11-18, 5-11 MWC) face No. 2 Colorado State (24-7, 11-5 MWC) in the quarterfinals.

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Women’s Basketball

’Dogs, seniors rout Rebels

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian

Call it a case of early accuracy. Call it the storybook start to an ideal regular-season finale.

But, really, what else can you call it?

Rosie Moult hit a 3-pointer, Ki-Ki Moore slashed through traffic for a layup, Bree Farley h i t a n o t h e r 3 a n d Tay l o r Thompson knocked down one more in what might’ve been the Fresno State’s women’s basketball team’s quickest start at the Save Mart Center this season: making seven of its first eight shooting attempts en route to a 90-64 win over UNLV. “It’s always nice when you can hit the 3s early in a game because teams then adjust how they’re playing. And we had different players hitting those 3s,” Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley said.

Moore, who announced via a university release on Friday that she would end her career after this season due to “lingering injuries and pain,” led the Bulldogs in scoring with 19 points off 8-of-15 shooting.

Moore also finished with a career-high 10 assists.

Moult scored 18 of f six 3-pointers. Jeanna Furst added four points.

Moore, Moult and Furst, playing their final game at the Save Mart Center on Saturday -- were each honored after the blowout win.

The three were met with loud cheers and standing ovations from the 2,923 fans in attendance as they each subbed

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(From left) Rosie Moult, Ki-Ki Moore and Jeanna Furst were honored after Fresno State’s 90-64 Mountain West Conference victory over UNLV on Saturday at the Save Mart Center.

out in the final minutes of the been fantastic. Knowing this game. is the last time you “ We p l aye d a are going to play in good game today,” front of them, it’s Moult said. very emotional.”

No. 2 Fresno State takes “We played well on No. 7 Boise State in the A d d e d M o o re : d e f e n s ive ly, a n d Mountain West Conference “We prepared very offensively a lot of tournament quarterfinals in well for this game. us were hitting our I just think that as Las Vegas. shots. So it was nice seniors, we looked to go out on a comat t h i s g a m e a s • Thursday at 6:05 p.m. fortable win like something special we did. Obviously, • Radio: ESPN2 790 AM that we’ll always it is very emotionremember.” al because being As the game prohere for four years, the support gressed, Fresno State found its we’ve had from the crowd has offensive rhythm, finishing the

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game shooting a sharp 55.4 percent from the field and making a season-high 15 3s.

T he 87.5 percent shooting percentage the Bulldogs started the game with, would deflate.

Their lead over UNLV (12-18, 8-8 MWC), however, wouldn’t.

Fresno State led 47-30 at the half, and by as much as 30 in a second half. The Bulldogs reached the 90-point threshold for the second time this season (the first coming when they See ROUT, Page 7

Moore on decision to end career: ‘I think it’s best for me’

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian

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Injuries and pain have forced Ki-Ki Moore to end her career after this season.

The junior guard finished with a team-high 19 points against UNLV.

Fresno State women’s basketball star Ki-Ki Moore – the team’s leader in points, rebounds and assists – played her final game at the Save Mart Center on Saturday along with seniors Rosie Moult and Jeanna Furst.

Moore, who transfer red f r o m Wa s h i n g t o n S t a t e after her freshman season, announced her decision to end her career due to lingering injuries and pain via a university release issued on Friday.

Moore notified the coaching staff of her decision on Wednesday, according to another university release.

“I’m happy with the decision I’ve made. I think it’s best for me,” said Moore after Saturday’s 90-64 win over Mountain West Conference opponent UNLV at the Save Mart Center.

“It was a hard decision to make,” she said.

Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley said the first time she and Moore talked about the possibility of Moore ending her career after this season was “about two months ago.”

“I didn’t try and talk her out of it,” Pebley said. “I didn’t feel like that was my role to talk

somebody out of such a huge decision. It was to support her in the process of making the decision.”

M o o re, wh o u n d e r we n t ankle surgery in the offseason, said she took into consideration the severity of the pain she said she had been feeling after games this season – along with whether or not she felt she would be able to tolerate the pain while playing another season – in making her decision.

“I mean, when you’ll never know anything’s wrong with me (during g ames), so as long as I keep that face I feel like I’m fine. No one knows what I go through behind the scenes,” said Moore, who was last season’s Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Moore will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in communications, though had another year of eligibility that she could have used to pursue a graduate degree after sitting out the 2010-11 season per NCAA transfer rules.

Kennita Chambers, Moore’s mother and her “biggest supporter and fan,” who makes a six-hour, 600-mile round trip from San Francisco to watch every Fresno State home game, reflected on her daughter’s

time as a Bulldog.

“Basically, seeing her play is a good thing because its something that she enjoys doing and she’s done for a long time,” Chambers said.

“However, I do see a difference in her play right now because she’s not totally happy with the style of game that they changed to. My biggest thing is for her to get her education first and then ball. So as long she gets her degree, I’m more than happy with that.”

Chambers added: “She was recruited here at Fresno State for a reason. When she got here, she felt really warm and welcome. And it’s kind of funny to be here today, knowing that this is the last time that she’ll actually play in the arena. It’s a sad occasion, but it’s a good occasion.”

Moore finished with a gamehigh 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds against UNLV. Moore, Moult and Furst were honored after Saturday’s win – Fresno State’s last game at home and of the season.

“The thing we just told her is that her career deserved to be honored. If she knew she was going to be done, we wanted to give her Senior Night,” Pebley said.

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