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Three charged in Dhanens’ death

By Haley Lambert The Collegian Misdemeanor charges have been filed against three Fresno State undergraduate students. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer and Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth A. Egan announced the charges Tuesday morning.

Each student has been ch a r g e d w i t h t wo m i s d e meanors in connection to the death of Fresno State freshman Philip Dhanens on Aug. 31, 2012. Leonard Serrato, 28, Aaron Raymo, 24, and Daniel Baker, 22, have been charged with “hazing and providing alcohol to a person under 21 years of age proximately causing death.”

According to the indictment from the Fresno County S u p e r i o r C o u r t , S e r r a t o, Raymo and Baker took part in

“unlawful hazing.” The document also states the three men purchased and gave alcohol to a minor.

At the Tuesday mor ning press conference, Dyer said the Fresno Police Department

conducted 67 interviews and worked 700 investigative hours to come to its conclusion on the charges.

Paul Oliaro, vice president of student affairs at Fresno State, said the university

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The Theta Chi fraternity house, pictured here in September of 2012, has since had its name removed. The Fresno State chapter lost its charter after the death of freshman Philip Dhanens, who died after a party at the house.

w a s i n fo r m e d could vary Monday evening depending on of the charges the internal filed against the i nve s t i g at i o n . three men.

Oliaro said conOliaro said sequences are the student’s dependent upon degree-complethe university’s tion eligibility discipline prois yet to be deterce ss. Possibl e mined. consequences “ We w e r e range from acaasked to not demic probation take any action to suspension or until they had even expulsion. completed their “At this point i nv e s t i g a t i o n Philip Dhanens, a Theta in time there’s and had decided Chi pledge, died in August no effort to try what the district of alcohol poisoning. to project what attor ney office would happen,” would do,” Oliaro said. “Now Oliaro said. “The process has that they’ve made their deci- to unfold. Students have rights. sion, we will take their report Those rights will be respected, and determine what kind of and we just need to let the proactions will be taken based on cess unfold over the next few our own code of conduct.”

The universities actions See CHARGED, Page 3

ASI candidates debate safety, involvement

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian As Fresno State Associated Student Inc. (ASI) elections draw closer, there are two main areas of concern that two potential successors to current ASI president Arthur Montejano expressed: campus safety and student participation.

Both claimed they aim to increase both.

Two candidates – Moses Menchaca, a third-year senior studying political science, and Jose Luis Nava, a junior political science student – participated in a debate organized by The Collegian on Monday and discussed their platforms heading into the ASI elections.

Lucas Lundy, a two-year senior majoring in recreation administration who is participating in the Disney College Program in Florida this semester, is also on the ballot.

Both candidates made suggestions on increasing campus safety, with Menchaca proposing an increase in the University Police Department’s presence on campus, “Whether it is students as interns or actual staff power throughout campus to deter crime,” he said.

Nava’s argument for student par-

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Jose Luis Nava (left) and Moses Menchaca gave express their positions on issues facing the student body during The Collegian’s Associated Students, Inc. presidential debate.

ticipation largely centered on expanding the operation hours of the Henry Madden Library – which is open until 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and has abridged hours Friday through Saturday.

One of his main goals, he said, was “to extend it every day of the semester at least until midnight. … Other campuses have their libraries open 24/7.

“I hope that with that, we have more students in there studying. I know students are studying everyday. If you stay there until 11, you’ll see most of the students go to the (University Student Union) to study. … I’m looking for resources that go back to the students.

That’s one great resource that could See DEBATE, Page 3

Israeli consul general connects with campus

By Haley Lambert The Collegian Israeli Consul General of the Pacific Northwest, Andy David, visited Fresno State Monday evening.

An 18-year veteran of the Israeli diplomatic corps, David was at Fresno State speaking at a forum and answering questions from students, faculty and community members.

Audience questions varied from issues of Israel’s water reclamation technology to Israel’s portrayal in the Western media.

After the event David spoke about his office’s duty as a facilitator of information about Israel, its policies, people and culture.

David said he has encountered students who tell him they are glad to see

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an Israeli representative on campus.

Such students, he said, usually disagree with the portrayal of Israel as often presented by professors. He, in turn, offers a different point of view.

“I think it helps them feel more secure in their position,” David said.

“And I cannot change the minds of people who are totally anti-Israel or even those who are totally for Israel. The question is what happens to those in the middle? Who don’t know much, who don’t care much.”

David said planting seeds of understanding is key to helping these undecided people determine their stance on Israel. For David, this kind of understanding comes in the form of questioning the sources of information.

“Doubt what you hear. Doubt what you learn. Think for yourself. Try to

find the logic. Does it make sense?” he said.

Speaking of the perception of Israel, David said many Americans seem to view his country in an overall favorable light.

“In my experience, the basic sentiment Americans have is very favorable toward Israel” he said. “Sometimes they don’t know exactly how to put words behind it, but I think Americans are pretty good at making an opinion based on instinct. They trust it.”

Jill Fields, a professor of history at Fresno State and coordinator of the Jewish Studies certificate program, responded to questions regarding the contentious relationship between Israel See ISRAEL, Page 3

This spring semester there are hundreds of undergraduates eagerly awaiting graduation, but Monday marked a graduation of sorts for a smaller group of students. These are the graduate scholars who turned in their master’s theses.

Contrary to what the name might suggest, completing postgraduate work is not necessarily about mastering a subject. In the opinion of Tim Skeen, a Fresno State professor and coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, the goal is more realistic.

“It’s an acknowledgement that you’ve taken a cer tain path and embraced the work to pursue it,” Skeen said.

That commitment varies in length of time to complete a project and the See THESIS, Page 3

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Published history theses of previous years are kept in the office of the graduate adviser.

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f I had a nickel for every day that I feel uncontrollably stressed, I wouldn’t need a Opinion Editor Liana Whitehead college degree.

I cannot be the only student who feels drained due to constant stress, and I’m not referring to the “normal," healthy stress that releases positive chemicals into our brains, thus making us more productive.

I’m talkin’ out-of-control, unbearable, unchanging stress caused by series after series of misfortunate events. I want to connect with those affected by the “snowball effect” — those who constantly wonder, “Why is this happening to me? And why now?”

I am letting you know that you are not alone.

My unmanageable stress began when I moved to the Valley three years ago to attend Fresno State. I have always been an anxious person — always worrying about yesterday and tomorrow all at once, so stress was nothing new.

Or so I had thought.

Since 2010, the beginning of my college journey, I have moved to and from four different homes between Visalia and Fresno for reasons that always seemed out of my control.

I was, however, in control of where I wanted to live during school, and I built my path on a bad decision — living in Visalia instead of Fresno. The only reason I settled for Visalia was because I had friends already living there. n Stress lesson number one: Never compromise your own path to success for the sake of convenience and comfort.

My first Visalia apartment became too expensive over time, so I moved out and lived with a friend’s family while job hunting.

Luckily, jobs were in season, and I I almost forgot to mention that two landed a gig at a small franchise, work- weeks later, after finally landing anothing for a boss who treated me like fam- er house, I pulled up to a gas pump to ily. find that my gas tank was packed with “This is it,” I thought. I was finally a fine, white substance. Sugar. I guess part of a rare, stress-free work environ- she had to have the last word. ment and lived nearly rent-free with my n Stress lesson number two: Never friend’s family. look for anything but furniture on A few months down the road, my Craigslist. eyes were forced open and I realized the Because I didn’t have the money to type of people with whom I was living de-sugar my car, I was forced to with– abusers of drugs, money and people. draw from the 2011 semester – one When that abuse spread to my side of month before it ended. I had no way to the house, I had to leave for the sake of get to Fresno and back, and I eventumy own morals and sanity. ally accepted the fact that I was going to After flipping be 50 by the time I through newspapers graduated with my and (re g rettably) bachelor’s. tress lesson number searching Craigslist, With that accepI found a potential tance, I ventured one: Never compromise roommate in Visalia five minutes away your own path to success for with an open room. to my new threethe sake of convenience and I met her at a bedroom home Starbucks where she which I shared comfort.” gave me an odd list of with three close rules and introduced friends. It was an me to her dogs. She unsightly old house was more than open to the fact that I with a front yard large enough for my had a pit bull. Everything seemed to fall 70-pound dog. into place.

I had it made. I was thankful. I Four months down the road, my saved up and paid for the repairs to my roommate admitted to signing an car and was ready for the spring 2012 agreement with her landlord (I say semester to begin. “her” landlord because I found out The bliss lasted as long as it had at later that she was illegally subleasing every other place. to me) which stated that she would not T hree months flew by, and by complain or report the fact that black February 2012, I was homeless once mold was growing inside of our apart- again. Two of my three roommates got ment’s walls. homesick and wanted to flee the Valley.

I gave her my 30-day notice the next One headed to Los Angeles, the other to day, which she responded to by mak- Washington. ing several illegal attempts to make My remaining roommate and I were my life hell. She changed the locks, left with more than $1,000 in bills and threw $2,000 worth of my furniture $900 in rent as we frantically searched on the lawn and taped lined paper to for another place to live. my former window which read “Liana By this time, I had silently given up Whitehead no longer lives here.” on everything. I’d finally came to terms All because I refused to live in a with having to withdraw from the premoldy home. vious semester, and frankly, I started to

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not care if I had to do the same in 2012.

I was mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually stressed. I was beyond discouraged and often asked God, “Why am I still trying?”

And he answered.

I moved into one last house in Visalia before realizing that I should have lived in Fresno all along. How could I have not seen this sooner? The biggest stressor in my life — where I lived — was caused by the one and only me.

This is not to say that I would’ve never experienced any stress if I had initially made the right choice, but I would have dodged all of the unnecessary stress I endured for the sake of feeling comfortable.

In June, I made the move to Fresno, found a beautiful studio apartment owned by a loving older couple who now treat me as one of their own.

I started the fall 2012 semester with a bang. My stress was nearly nonexistent, and I felt at home for the first time in three years.

Today — before putting my entire life story on paper — I felt that old, familiar stress trying to dig its way back into my life. And for once, I stood up for myself. I looked that stress in the face, smiled and said, “Not today.”

We all have different ways of relating to each other, and for me, writing works.

I hope that in sharing these discouraging and almost comical events of my college experience, I will encourage fellow stressed-out students to continue forward.

Do not allow this trendy, unhealthy worldwide stress phenomenon to consume your spirit. nStress lesson number three: When life packs sugar into your gas tank, make some lemonade.

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benefit them.”

Nava added: “If ASI doesn’t have money, I’m calling for executive salary cuts to fund the library.”

Menchaca emphasized continuing programs already in place, such as Fresno State 101 and “I Love Fresno State Week” to reach out to the student body.

“I feel that once we do get more students involved, everything will fall in place. We’re currently at 9 percent student turnout. If we can get to 20 percent, then administration would have to take us more seriously, which would increase degree orientation.

“If we get more students involved, then they will have more accessibility and require more jobs, which would be the occupation reform. Lastly, getting more students involved and taking

advantage of our programs and internships through UPD would increase.”

Added Menchaca: “For that, I think we need to turn to the Greek community. They’ve perfected the art of recruiting and involvement. I think we can take a lot of their leaders and hold programs and conferences where they’re teaching other organizations how to get out there and tell students the different opportunities that are afforded to them.”

Nava said ASI student involvement efforts need improvement, and that he plans to personally “have discussions with our students and inform them.”

“ASI hasn’t worked hard enough to go out and talk to students. Sure, putting on little events is important, but we need to go talk directly to our students.

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ISRAEL: David addresses diplomacy and perceptions CONTINUED from page 1 and its Arab neighbors.

“The long history of anti-Semitism plays a part in this,” Fields said. “There are long-held stereotypes. Sadly those stereotypes are taught on a regular basis in the Middle East. In Western Europe and the United State those attitudes are not valued whatsoever, but they still exist among pockets of people.

Unfortunately, in the Middle East its very widespread.”

David’s visit to Fresno State comes at a time when Israel is often vilified by

its neighbors and the diplomats and politicians of other nations. Much of this is aimed at Israel because of its military actions against Palestinian quasimilitary organizations.

Fields spoke of this perception of Israel and the conflict between Israel and Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

“It’s used as a political football,” she said. “Having a problem in your country? Let’s focus on Palestine and Israel, and not deal with the problems in our own country. I think that goes on in Iran and other places.”

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CHARGED: Three fraternity members could face fines, up to one year in jail CONTINUED from page 1 weeks.”

ABC 30 News reported Dhanens died in what was known as the “drunk room” of the Theta Chi frater nity house. A pledge of Theta Chi, Dhanens as well as other pledges were told by Serrato, Raymo and Baker to finish bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum and brandy before they could join the fraternity’s party in another room, reported ABC 30.

Its charter having been revoked, Fresno State’s Theta Chi chapter has dissolved. The Theta Chi fraternity house where Dhanens died has since removed the Greek letter signifying affiliation. Theta Chi’s alumni association owns the house.

Egan stated in a press release that no other fraternity brothers were charged in the case. In the same press release, it was stated the charges against the three men carry jail time between six month and one year, and a $5,000 fine.

THESIS: Time management is key to graduate success CONTINUED from page 1 mental and physical skills required.

After three and a half years, William “Billy” Mask II completed his 91-page thesis in the history master’s program about what’s called the “Chilean Miracle,” a series of reforms that contributed to an economic recovery in the country in the 1980’s.

Mask reflected on a process that took years of researching Chilean history to reach a point where he could submit his work for approval.

“Illuminating,” Mask said. “Eye opening. Chile is a proud nation.

They’re proud of their history. They’re proud of their system. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. In fact, I’ve enjoyed it so much that my next great adventure is to go to Chile and stay there for quite some time. I wouldn’t mind teaching there.”

Vanessa Tucker, a student finishing a master degree in biology, did research that took place from June 2011 to May 2012. Tucker studied the ecology of the area around Naval Air Station, Lemoore. This included setting traps for small mammals as part of a biodiversity survey. The task took Tucker and her fellow researchers into freezing temperatures and sweltering conditions on summer days.

“The project itself was physically very intensive,” Tucker said. “You have to go out once a month and spend a whole weekend, Friday to Sunday. It was intense, but fun. Now it’s relief that it’s pretty much done. It felt good I did something out there, and I made a difference in some way.”

Intensity can come in different forms, like a novel of about 240 pages that Brian Dunlap of the creative writing program started in 2011 as his thesis project. He still considers it a fluid product.

“I feel good about my thesis in terms of being accepted for graduation,” Dunlap said. “As a novel for publication, I still need to do a lot more work.

The final stretch was stressful since I had not gone through my thesis to correct any spelling or grammar mistakes.

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Ironically, I stink at grammar, and I had close to 240 pages to edit in about a month’s time.”

The professors who advise postgraduate students and sit on committees evaluating their work try help with time management.

“What we ask them to do, we have done ourselves,” Skeen said. “We understand it’s difficult. We save them time. Every student in our program could do everything on their own without the faculty but it would take them 20 years.”

Brad Jones, a professor with the history department and graduate coordinator, said students who have to turn in their completed work carry a burden their professors share to a certain degree. These professors critically review 50-page theses from multiple students.

“I basically spend February and the first couple weeks of March reading draft after draft after draft of chapters, commenting and meeting with students,” Jones said. “It’s a pretty exhausting time, even for us. It’s really exhausting for the student. I remember those days as a student staying up all night writing. This isn’t casual reading.”

For the students who successfully navigate the path of postgraduate work, few of them consider a Masters degree the end.

“I knew I wanted to teach, but I wanted to teach at the community-college or university level,” Mask said. “Not that I don’t like kids, just that I’ve raised my kids already, and I know how difficult it is to teach high school students.”

Tucker shares the desire to teach but doesn’t want to abandon the other work she enjoys.

“I plan on using my master’s to teach high school or maybe college,” Tucker said. “I am hoping to get a research internship this summer. I always want to stay connected to research.”

Dunlap said the next step is to continue working on his current novel.

“Keep writing and hopefully become a published author,” Dunlap said.

The author of the story “The silent fall of the Fresno State Amphitheater” in the March 11 issue of The Collegian was incorrect. The author is Jacob Rayburn.

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By Mikey Sanchez Special to The Collegian

Amalia Bannhar t has a face and a voice that every freshman who has lived in the dorms recognizes.

Bannhart, Molly to those who know her, conveys a lovingness and war mth that only a g randmother can show. Sometimes called the “Mija Lady,” Bannhart, who has worked in the Residence Dining Hall for more than 13 years, said the students who come in are like her children.

“The students are my favorite part of my job,” she said.

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“They are respectful. They make me happy, and they make me laugh. They make me look forward to going to work.”

Deborah Guill, senior manager of the Residence Dining Hall, said Bannhar t helps change a common perception that campus dining facilities across the nation face.

Some students are wary going up to the dining hall for the first time, but Bannhart greets them with a warm and friendly welcome.

“Molly has a very important job because she is the first direct contact for the students,”

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Amalia Bannhart, the 'Mija Lady,' has greeted hungry students at the Student Dining Hall for more than a dozen years.

Guill said. “Molly makes a personal connection with those students and it’s genuine.”

Bannhar t said that she enjoys asking the students about their day and motivating them to do well in school.

Many of the residents are freshmen, so she eases their transition to college life by acting as a part of their family.

“If they need any advice, I give it to them,” she said. “I do not ask, but if they tell me about their problems, I hear them like a mother would.”

A lot of the students agree that over time Bannhart has become part of the family.

Chelsea Gue, a senior at Fresno State who lived in the dor ms as a freshman, said Bannhart was one of the most influential figures of her life as a new student.

“She (Bannhart) made me feel at home during my first semester at Fresno State,” Gue said. “She always makes me feel loved with her big smile and warm voice.”

Even students who already have graduated will come back to the dining hall when they are on campus and get a hug.

While her students are graduating and moving on to the next chapters of their lives, Bannhart sometimes wonders about what she will do for the next segment of her own life.

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Bannhart grew up in Ciudad Juare z, Mexico, and then moved to El Paso before coming to California. She said that although she does not plan on retiring soon, when that day

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Helium shortage floats into spotlight image,” Maitra said. “It’s that same fundamental concept, but used a little differently. Over there, they are basically A helium shortage has struck the mapping your brain. Here, we map our world, and it isn’t just birthday par- molecules. That’s the difference.” ties suffering from the lack of gas that These instruments determine the makes your voice squeaky. physical and chemical properties of Helium is used for any low-temper- atoms and molecules. Spectrometers ature experiments that researchers do are very high-field magnets that work such as nanosciences, scanning, elec- with a coil with a constant electric curtronic microscopes and any time you rent, one that only happens when the want to slow down an electronic pro- coil is at extremely low temperatures. cess to study.

Helium is used to keep the magnet in The situation is direr than expected. the NMR instrument super-cooled.

Santanu Maitra, an assistant proNitrogen forms into a liquid at 70 kelfessor of organic chemistry at Fresno vins. Helium liquefies at 4.2 kelvins or, State, is currently working on devel- 269 degrees Celsius. oping a safe pesticide with fewer side Fresno State uses about 40-80 liters of effects than those on the market right liquid helium each month on their specnow. One of the biggest tools he uses to trometers alone. analyze compounds is called a nuclear “NMR is like the ultimate spectrum magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrosco- we rely on,” Maitra said. “It really py instrument. gives a lot of information about the “It’s very much like an MRI that the different hydrogen and carbons presphysicians use – magnetic resonance ent in the molecule. So without NMR, I’ll be crippled.

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Science labs struggle with the rising demand

and faculty for research in the medical fields.

B e i n g able to use the NMR instruments is important for many of the scientific fields.

“NMRs are pretty much like a saw for a carpenter,” Maitra said.

“So if the NMR is not working, then I think that all the synthetic organic chemists or eve r y b o dy w h o i s making compounds will be in big jeopardy. It’s going to be like all hell breaking loose. It will be a disaster, so it’ll have a profound effect on synthetic chemists, inorganic, o r g a n i c, b i o o r g a n i c, medicinal chemists – whoever mixes compounds.”

Krish Krishnan, a p r o f e s s o r a n d Re s e a r c h Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) research director spends much of his time with the spectrometers.

Graphic by Julie Waite / The Collegian Helium is in short supply due to the fact that it can’t be developed or made because of its inert nature. Helium used in laboratories is extracted from the earth by mining, Krishnan said.

“With the increase in use of helium in electronic processes, the demand is growing much, much faster,” he said. the tank, due to the presThe chemistry department doesn’t sure differences inside and know what to do about the shortage of out, helium escapes slowly. the gas.

One should be able to capture the “It is a big problem for us and I gas and reliquefy to use again.” don’t know how bad it is going to be,” Equipment technician Douglas Krishnan said. “Right now, we are looking OK, but if the company supplying Kliewer said the campus purchases both gas and liquid the helium goes variants of helium, back on its deal, but it takes a lot of it will affect all of the gas to make liqthe classes, all of t is a big problem for us, uid because they the research and have to compress basically everyand I don't know how bad it and cool it. thing we do with is going to be.”

There is not a the spectromepractical solution ters.”

— Krish Krishnan, to the helium crisis One alternative yet, and labs everyChemistry professor to using helium is where are worried. to use hydrogen.

“If we realize It is abundant in and if we wake n at u re a n d c a n up tomorrow and be tur ned into a liquid, but it is highly flammable and there is no helium, oh my God, it’s going to be terrible,” Maitra said. “I’ll explosive.

“It is literally like a bomb,” Krishnan basically – I won’t know what to do. I’ll probably have to find a different job. said. “It can be used, but it isn’t safe.”

There are other ways scientists are Seriously, it’s that bad. It can be that bad – until we have an alternative.” solving this problem.

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this season,” Yoho said. “I came back this year in much better shape and ready to finish my last year with a bang.”

Yoho is set to compete in the NCAA Championships at the end of March. This will be Yoho’s first time competing in the NCAA individuals, where she will swim in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

Yoho is also in the midst of preparing for her last swim meet as a senior.

“I’m going back up in my yardage and working on the small things to just maintain what I’ve trained for all yearl,” Yoho said.

Yoho will graduate in May and plans to start working right away.

“I plan on working in pharmaceutical sales when I graduate,” Yoho said. “After NCAA I plan on retiring from swimming. I’ve achieved everything I have strived for in swimming and plan on moving forward after college.”

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Fresno State lost to the Huskies on Monday, but freshman Felipe Fritz has won four straight singles matches. The Bulldogs host Purdue today at the Wathen Tennis Center.

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The Fresno State men’s tennis team hosted the University of Washington, ranked No. 25 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, on Monday at the Wathen Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs fell to the highpowered Huskies 4-1, but the match was much tighter than the final score shows.

Wa s h i n g t o n ’ s H u d s o n Barnhart and Max Manthou h a n d l e d Fe l i p e F r i t z a n d Sai Kar tik Nakireddi 8-3, while Marton Bots and Kyle McMorrow made quick work of Reid deLaubenfels and Sam McNeil 8-4 on Court 1.

The Huskies drew first blood and scored the first point of the match.

“I definitely thought we had a shot,” Fresno State coach Evan Austin said. “When we didn’t win the doubles point, I knew it would be really tough to get to four points from there.

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Fresno State found itself in a hole quickly during the singles rounds. Nicholas Kamisar defeated Jeremy Quiroz swiftly 6-2, 6-1. deLaubenfels faired no better on court No. 1 falling to McMorrow 6-3, 6-1.

Down in the overall score 3-0, the Bulldogs needed to win the final four matches to come away with a win.

Fresno State’s lone point came from the victory on court No. 4 where Fritz finished a tight match ending in a tiebreak in the second set 6-1, 7-6 (8-6).

Fritz is on a four-match winstreak in singles competition.

“He’s getting a lot of confidence going,” Austin said.

“More than anything, it’s just a comfort level and his tennis speaks for itself. When he’s out there loose, there aren’t many guys who can dictate the game to him. It’s more him dictating the game to them.”

MacNeil was locked in a bat-

tle on court No. 5 with Viktor Farkas. Farkas proved to be too much after a second set surge winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The match was called with two courts still seeing action due to travel obligations.

“One thing about experienced teams that have been around before — they don’t let up and they don’t make it easy on you,” Austin said.

Next up on the schedule is 66th-ranked Purdue.

“This is the eighth or ninth nationally ranked team already, so it’s not something new to us,” Austin said. “We’re getting more comfortable in these situations.”

The match against Purdue marks the third event in a fivematch home stint.

Said Austin: “We’ve played well at home, so I think it’s a big opportunity for us and I’m looking forward to it.”

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“To think that most football stadiums at an amateur level are bigger than premier soccer stadiums – crazy!” he said.

For Mor row, playing in front of big crowds was something she never experienced until she came to Fresno State.

“Volleyball isn’t the biggest sport here, but compared to where I used to play, there was 20 people max,” she said. “Now there’s thousands at our games so I think it’s pretty cool.”

But aside from the sports, foreign athletes are often dealing with culture shock for the first time when moving to the U.S. Lisa James, an international admissions specialist at Fresno State, says this type of cultural experience “makes you pull your own resources.”

“You draw on your innate talents and innate ability to provide for you in a way, because it totally takes you out of your comfort zone,” James said.

“I think that’s a good thing, because it kind of gives you a challenge,” she continued. “It encourages you to change if you need to or make positive adjustments.”

Reflecting on his four years spent away from home, Mulroy said the independence has bought him a new sense of freedom and forced him to grow up.

And also, Mulroy had to wait for until he left England to have his first PB&J sandwich.

“I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the first

time,” Mulroy laughed. “I really liked it!”

For Morrow, the funniest experience is listening to the American national anthem every game, admitting she just thinks of the Australian version the whole time.

“It’s so weird!” she laughs.

“I just stand there. I don’t sing along.”

While this cultural shock introduces international students to new foods, new traditions and new systems, the interaction between foreign nationalities is a two-way street, with American students often having their own horizons widened.

Athletic trainer Sarah Tackett frequently works with international athletes, highlighting that they often help their American teammates gain a more worldly view.

“I think often American kids are only familiar with the world that’s right in front of them,” Tackett said. “So sometimes it kind of opens their eyes to different things and different cultures.”

James also shares this view, emphasizing that having international students is an important dynamic for any university, not only for the individual studying but also for the local students and community.

“They may not be able to go somewhere else to study, but at least they’re getting that interaction with students from a place that they’ve never been before,” James said.

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’Dogs take on Rams Bulldogs and Broncos square off No. 7 Fresno State (11-18, 5-11 MWC) vs. No.2 Colorado State (24-7, 11-5 MWC) Today at 2:30 p.m. at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: KMJ 580 FM The lowdown Fresno State – which evaded having to play in Tuesday’s play-in game by winning its final two Mountain West Conference games of the season – still faces an upward climb to the conference crown and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Bulldogs play No. 2 Colorado State today in the quarterfinals as the seventh-seed, and will be without freshman Robert Upshaw, who was suspended from the team indefinitely on Monday for violation of team rules and the university’s athletics department policy.

Upshaw played a total of 28 minutes against Fresno State’s two losses to the Rams this season (74-63 in the teams’ first meeting at the Save Mart Center and 74-67 on the road in the second meeting).

Fresno State’s guards were able to get going against the Rams, though.

Tyler Johnson scored 23 points off 7-of16 shooting, and Kevin Olekaibe netted 18 off a perfect 6-of-6 from behind the 3-point arc.

Finding a viable solution to Rams senior center Colton Iverson – who literally broke the backboard at the Save Mart Center after a dunk – is something many teams haven’t found this season.

Iverson is shooting 59.2 percent from the field (seventh among Division I players) and has had 13 double-doubles this season.

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No. 7 Fresno State goes head to head against Colton Iverson and Colorado State in today’s conference championship quarterfinals.

The second-seeded Bulldogs will face No.7 Boise State in the Mountain West quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 p.m.

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Bulldo gs guard Tyler Johnson earned All-Mountain West honorable mention selection on Monday.

Johnson leads Fresno State in scoring with 12 points per game and finished the season shooting 45.9 percent from the field.

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Dani Yoho, who was the first Fresno State swimmer to take gold in the Mountain West Conference Championship

During the championships Yoho also broke the Fresno State school record three times in 50 and her personal record in the 100 free.

“I was really happy to break my record in the 100 free,” Yoho said. “I wasn’t able to last year, and it was a really big goal of mine to be able to break it my senior year and also break 50

Bulldogs cash in conference honors Four Bulldogs earned conference honors on Monday. Moore, who earned first-team All-Mountain West honors, also was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Rosie Moult was a second-team allconference selection, and junior Taylor Thompson and sophomore Alex Sheedy each earned All-Mountain West thirdteam honors.

In Bulldogs coach Raegan Pebley’s first year, Fresno State is sitting

Yoho makes school history Senior swimmer Dani Yoho became Fresno State’s first ever individual Mountain West Conference champion on Feb. 21 by taking first place in the 50-yard freestyle.

Yoho, a native of Sug ar Land, Texas, began swimming at the age of 15. Growing up Yoho also played basketball, soccer and did track and field.

She has always been competitive but chose swimming because she knew it was her forte, she said.

“I chose swimming because it was my best shot at a scholarship, and I really enjoyed competing,” Yoho said.

During the Mountain West Championships, Yoho became the first swimmer in Fresno State’s school history to win an individual title. Yoho did this in style by capturing the crown with her fastest time ever: 22.32 seconds.

“I was also incredibly happy to be able to get my goal time in the the 50,” Yoho said. “22.32 has been my goal time for the past couple of years, so being able to shatter my previous record was something I had really been working towards all year.”

among the top of the Mountain West Conference’s top teams in the tournament. The Bulldogs, top-seeded San Diego State and No. 3 Wyoming are the only schools that concluded the regular with winning records.

Fresno State faces a Broncos team it easily handled in the regular season.

In the teams’ first meeting at the Save Mart Center, Fresno State forced 18 steals en route to a 70-57 win.

Four Bulldogs scored in double figures (Rosie Moult finished with 21 points and Ki-Ki Moore scored 22) against the Broncos at Taco Bell Arena.

But the Bulldogs’ road to the conference title will presumably get tougher in the semifinals – where they are likely to play third-seeded Wyoming (it faces Colorado State in the quarterfinals).

Fresno State split its regular-season series with the Cowgirls.

Fresno State -- which won its final four games, a streak that included its second win over the Broncos -- enters the Mountain West tournament with momentum.

The Bulldogs finished the season possibly grabbing one of its most decisive conference win with its 90-64 victory over UNLV in their regular-season finale.

seconds.”

Yoho attributes some of her success this season to the experience she gained this summer while at the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb. “Training for trials this summer definitely helped me to stay in shape and prep for See YOHO, Page 7

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Behind the life of an international student-athlete Scattered amongst the different sports at F r e s n o S t a t e, a small g roup of athletes are l iv i n g a l o n g way from home.

Not from the Midwest or the East Coast, but instead people Nadia from other sides o f t h e wo rl d , Pearl representing the likes of Chile, Germany, India, the UK and Egypt.

There are currently 29 international student-athletes on Fresno State’s different rosters, each individual choosing to take the plunge and move countries to pursue the aspiration of playing collegiate sports in America.

“There are so many opportunities in the U.S. at the university level,” said Jack Mulroy, a senior golfer from England.

Ja m i e e - L e e M o r row, a n Australian sophomore on the volleyball team, also expressed the same opinion, explaining there was no way for her to study and play competitively if she had remained at home.

The U.S. is rare in its combi-

nation of academics and sports in college, as more often than not, the idea is unheard of in other nations. With academics being the primary focus at universities, an excelling athlete abroad has limited options to play competitive sport once leaving high school.

Consequently, some eager athletes consider the prospect of chasing a stint in America.

However, once they arrive, these international students are often overwhelmed by just how big college sports really are. The high level of organization, funding and facilities is often unimaginable in comparison to sport of the same level in their home countries.

“It’s crazy,” Morrow said. “I can’t believe how much money gets put into sports just for us to experience to play.”

Both Morrow and Mulroy agree the support from fans took them by sur prise the most.

“It was amazing to see that amateur sports are televised and how the community is very supportive,” Mulroy said.

The size of college stadiums was a particular surprise for See LIFE, Page 7