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ENROLLMENT

Admission is getting competitive

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By Christian Mattos | @ChrisssyMattos

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ith its growing population, getting into Fresno State has become more competitive in some areas. The university recently raised its eligibility index, according

to Phong Yang, director of admissions and recruitment.

“We used to be an ‘open enrollment campus,’ meaning that as long as you met the minimum [California State University] requirement, which is very low, we used to take everybody,” Yang said.

The index number is calculated with the student’s GPA and SAT or ACT score, according to Yang. Admission for first-time freshmen is based on a student’s index as well as course requirements met.

A higher GPA made admission easier.

“If you had a 3.0, no questions asked. You didn’t have to have the test

scores. As a freshman, you came in, you were in,” he said.

But the increased enrollment has made admission into the university more competitive. Last year, the required index (calculated using an SAT score) for local students living in the four neighboring service counties – Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare – was 3,100, and the index for non-local students was 3,900. This year, the required index for local students is set at 3,200 while the index for non-local students is set at 4,100.

“The bar is slightly higher, so you have higher, better, well-prepared students applying to campus to get in,” Yang said. He added that competitive

admissions is a normal process.

As students await their college acceptance letters this month, many may hope for a “yes” from Fresno State.

Yang said that the growing campus population and its higher eligibility indexes have made Fresno State more desirable.

“There’s definitely a value in Fresno State for sure that drives the community to want to come here,” Yang said.

Fresno State has set higher standards compared with other CSUs. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona has a similar number of students but a lower eligibility index.

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BASKETBALL

Goodbye Terry Coach takes job in Texas

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

Fresno State men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry’s time as a Bulldog is over.

He has accepted an offer from University of

Texas at El Paso’s (UTEP) to become head coach there.

The El Paso Times reported last week that Terry was one of nine candidates to interview for the position. The UTEP athletics department confirmed his hiring via Twitter Monday afternoon.

“I’m super excited about an unbelievable opportunity at the University of Texas at El Paso,” Terry said. “It’s a program that has experienced a very high level of success and has a great basketball tradition that I’m looking forward to building upon.”

See BASKETBALL, Page 12

Fresno State Athletics

The Fresno State men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry is leaving the ‘Dogs for a head coach position at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The announcement was made on March 12, 2018. Assistant coach Byron Jones will take over as interim head coach.

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Questions about campus safety are longstanding The key to

happiness is not drinking Keurig coffee

By Dan Waterhouse @WaterhouseDan

T

he other day, I was browsing some of the Associated Students Inc. candidate statements and noticed campus safety is one of the big issues this election. No surprise, given the recent shooting across Shaw Avenue from the Student Recreation Center and the motorcycle chase through the center of campus last week.

Current students might be surprised to learn campus safety has been a perennial issue, sparking rallies and pressure on administrators, as well as endless discussions all over campus and plenty of ink in The Collegian. Today’s students might be shocked that a Fresno State student was found murdered across the street from campus in December 1980.

That murder prompted rallies in the Free Speech Area and plenty of pressure on campus administrators to improve personal safety. Better lighting was installed, vegetation was cut down or removed, and an improved emergency phone system was installed.

But, here’s the backstory. Around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1980, Fresno State student Krista Hambrock was found unconscious in a doorway at Shakey’s Pizza at Shaw and Chestnut avenues, where Dog House Grill is presently. She had been stabbed once.

Paramedics took her to Saint Agnes Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

Hambrock left the Baker Hall room she shared with her sister to take a walk in the wet and fog around 10:30 p.m. She was last seen alive walking along Shaw Avenue near where the Kremen Education Building is now 10 minutes later. About 15 minutes later (at 10:55 p.m.) several people working on a broken-down car in one of the nearby parking

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By Angelica Hernandez @avh1992

Years ago, a mentor of mine told me that your college years are a time to be selfish.

Similar to the instructions given to every plane passenger before take off, in the event of an emergency you must put the oxygen mask on yourself before helping other passengers secure theirs.

At the time, I found it a little disturbing that my life was being compared to a plane crash, but after recent events sent my grades and health into a nosedive, the bleak metaphor took on a whole new meaning.

As one of Fresno State’s numerous transfer students, college has always felt like a part-time job. I attend my classes and study in the library, but at the end of the day, I return to an apartment on the other side of town, and a weekend job waiting tables to afford rent and bills.

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lots heard screams coming from behind the Joyal Administration Building.

A witness later told police he saw someone with long hair walk away from a car in front of the pizza parlor five minutes after the screams were heard. He said the person was staggering and disappeared around the side of the building. A Shakey’s employee found Hambrock as he was closing for the night.

The autopsy showed Hambrock died from a stab wound in the abdomen. Homicide investigators concluded she had been stabbed somewhere else and then left at Shakeys. She was fully clothed, and there were no signs of sexual assault. Although no evidence was ever found to support the theory, many people believed Hambrock was kidnaped and possibly killed on campus.

At the time, there were persistent reports of rapes on campus and in student housing in the campus area. Police repeatedly said there were no reports to support the claims of campus feminists. In the aftermath of Hambrock’s murder, then-campus housing director John Wetzel told The Collegian that he was satisfied with the security measures already in place to protect students and he had no plans to “reinforce security measures in the housing complex.”

Then-campus police chief Bill Anderson wound up having to defend the number of

officers on campus. He said the size of the department was constrained by its budget, and he did what he could with the money at hand.

Three days after Hambrock was killed, students led by Jim Watson (who’s currently a lieutenant with Fresno State University Police) and Scott Tait rallied in the Free Speech Area. A petition also circulated, pressing administrators to increase police patrols and improve the lighting in the parking lots and along the perimeter of campus.

In response to the petition and rallies, administrators beefed up patrols, extended the time lights were left on in campus buildings to between dusk and dawn, set up a ‘rumor control’ phone line and established a citizens-on-patrol style and campus escort program using criminology students. However, money remained a stumbling block.

The murder remains unsolved nearly 38 years later. Equally unresolved are the concerns about personal safety on campus.

Surviving the unexpected turbulence of life

around me, I needed to focus on helping myself.

This is where I tell you about the beauty of letting go. About the immense burden that lifted as soon as I reached for my oxygen mask, and the clarity that comes with finally being able to breathe.

As a person who battles a bad habit of self-sacrifice, the feeling of selfishness is strange and challenging.

Yet for me, the most difficult part of walking away from a toxic living situation was realizing that you can be a good person with a kind heart and still say no.

I decided to prioritize my education and my sanity because self-care is not a form of self-indulgence but instead a form of self-respect.

Living with family has been an amazing change. My nephews are a constant source of joy and laughter. And although they wake up at 5 a.m. and begin their day playing loudly with toy trucks and practicing their ninja moves, their energy is infectious.

My brother and sister-in-law are incredi-

My experience is not unusual and although I wish I could live on campus and worry only about school, the struggle to support myself while earning my degree has also been a source of pride for me.

Which is why, a few weeks ago when I found myself moving out of my apartment and in with my brother and sister-in-law and their three boys, I was terrified that I had somehow failed.

I’ll spare you the details of why my living situation fell apart, only that I had begun to focus on the person I was living with while neglecting my own well-being in the process.

So I decided that in order to help those

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Before I became a coffee snob, I used to use a Keurig. Switching to French press coffee was essentially the end of a toxic relationship.

First, it’s such poor-quality coffee. I’m still convinced that it’s actually just flat soda with a hint of coffee flavor. It’s not very delicious.

When I drank Keurig coffee in the morning, the best part was knowing my day could only become better from there.

Also, Keurigs are wasteful. Keurigs coffee cups are often individualized plastic cups of coffee grounds. So, you’re wasting a piece of plastic every time you brew coffee. Conversely, one larger bag of coffee grounds is less likely to create another pile of garbage in some ocean. (Unless you use a reusable Keurig cup. But even then, you’re using a Keurig. Tsk tsk tsk.)

Often, the argument is that using a Keurig is easier and takes less time than alternative coffee brewing methods. However, I don’t agree. As a Keurig survivor (very dramatic, I know), I have many horror stories. I’d always make sure the water container was filled, but for some reason - it would produce a different amount of coffee every time. Sometimes, it was too much, and the coffee overflowed.

Sometimes, it was not enough, and I didn’t have the time to wait for the machine to reheat, so I had to ration my sips. Roulette is for Las Vegas, not coffee. I think my Keurig had a mind of its own.

To complete my argument, I decided to consider the cost of making Keurig coffee.

On Amazon, some Keurig machines cost around $70, but can be more than $100.

French presses on Amazon also vary in cost, but many are less than $30. Why would someone pay more money for something that’s not as good? That’s like choosing to get kicked in the head instead of choosing to not get kicked in the head.

Overall, I don’t see many redeemable qualities in Keurig machines. However, the word “Keurig” is fun to say.

bly supportive and caring, turning their music room into a bedroom for me on such short notice.

My grades have improved. I no longer feel like my life resembles a plane crash. The changes in my life have given new meaning to the phrase “Sometimes things fall apart, so that better things can fall together.”

And as an added bonus, each morning I am sent off to school with a chorus of hugs and cheers from my sweet nephews, and greeted each night with the same.

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SECURITY

Why Fresno State waited to report missing hard drive

By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr

Fresno State officials are assessing their security policies after the campus community was notified last week that a hard drive containing personal information of nearly 15,000 individuals was stolen in December.

“We are looking at all policies and how we treat our devices,” said Orlando Leon, Fresno State chief information officer.

The stolen hard drive contained Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and driver’s license numbers from university affiliates, including students, from the years 2003-2014.

“One immediate step that we’re taking is that we’re making sure if we have a hard drive or we have a flash drive, that we’re using [it] to store work information,” Leon said. “We should not be storing Social Security numbers on it unless we really need it.”

According to the ongoing in-

ENROLLMENT from Page 1

According to the university website, there are 25,326 students at the college. But the local area admission minimum index of 2,950 with the SAT reasoning test is lower.

CSU Chico, with 17,789 students, follows the same minimum index for local applicants — 2,950, according to its website.

CSU Chico requires non-local students to meet an index of 3,570.

There were only about 15,000 students when Yang began working at Fresno State in 2000.

Now there are roughly 25,000, he said. Yang said every year the university admits about 3,500 new freshmen with about 1,900 transfer students.

vestigation, laptop computers, among other items, were taken from the North Gym over winter break. A police report was filed Jan. 3. Leon said the electronics were stored in faculty, staff and coach offices behind locked doors in the building.

The North Gym is open to the public during the day but the exterior of the building is locked when classes are not in session.

The police report was amended from just stolen laptops to a missing hard drive on Jan. 12.

The university released a statement regarding the breach on March 6, two months after the investigation began.

“We noticed within that first week, after Jan. 12, that we started to see this type of information,” Leon said. “At the time, we had a discussion – this included the president and other people like our CSU legal council – and decided we would actually wait [to share information about the breach].”

Leon said the university waited to disclose the breach in order to

Yang said several programs at Fresno State use the stricter admissions to their advantage.

While some programs require a higher index due to limited space and resources, others accept a lower index in order to bring more students into the department.

To major in computer engineering, for example, incoming freshmen need an eligibility index of 3,500 if they are local, or 4,100 if they are non-local. However, a student interested in geomatic engineering needs a local index of 3,200 or a non-local index of 3,300, allowing more students into the program, Yang said.

It’s clear that for some programs, “instead of reducing the number of students coming in, they actually are opening the gate using impaction”, Yang said.

The lower index for students

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Fresno State officials filed a report with University Police on Jan. 3, 2018 about missing laptops from the North Gym building. On Jan. 12, 2018 a hard drive was reported missing. The university notified students on March 6, 2018.

identify all known, at-risk persons. This process took them up to March 6.

“At the end, we said we want to make sure we answer confidently if someone were to ask us, ‘Am I affected?’ We wouldn’t want to tell them we’re not sure and you’ll have to wait to find out,” he said.

Mailed notices were sent out on the evening of March 6 to all who were affected. Leon advised that

living in the area allows for priority admission to serve local students first, many of whom live at home or stay in the community after graduation, Yang said. But even as the index rises, more and more students have been applying to the university.

“In order for us to maintain [the number of students admitted] based on more applicants – more qualified applicants on top of that – we have to adjust a little bit on our end so that we could still fall within the class size that we can accommodate,” Yang said.

This year, Fresno State received more than 18,000 undergraduate applications – 1,000 more than last year.

“I know that we’re not getting any less popular. I’ve been here 18 years, and every year we’ve grown,” Yang said.

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notifications may take up to one week to arrive. A call center was also set up for people to confirm the status of their information in case it was compromised.

“We’re just trying to make sure we’re being as transparent as possible so that people can call if they’re not sure,” Leon said.

He said Fresno State has had various types of incidents similar to this theft, but not to this mag-

nitude, over the past 15 years. The last one occurred in 2011.

“I would say less than five, where there were 100 or 200 records that have been compromised in a similar fashion,” he said.

The police investigation is ongoing. The Fresno State Police Department did not respond to questions from The Collegian by deadline.

NEWS BRIEF

Survey says activism high among students

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More than 50 percent of high school students plan to walk out for the “National School Walkout,” according to a survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep.

“We are witnessing a time of student activism not seen in decades, amplified by the power of grassroots social media,” said Yariv Alpher, executive director of market research at Kaplan Test Prep, in a news release.

The rise in student activism comes after the recent high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Nearly half of the students surveyed said they would participate even if they would penalize their college admission. Other students said disciplinary action from the high school administration and their parents are preventing them

from participating in the walkout.

“The percentage of high school students who plan to walk out would potentially be higher if students were not concerned that their actions would result in penalization from their parents, high schools or the colleges to which they plan on applying,” Alpher added.

Many universities, including the California State University chancellor, have announced that admission decisions will not be penalized if one chooses to walkout.

Other universities include Harvard, Yale and UCLA. The survey was distributed to more than 400 high school students and the walkout is set for Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at several high school campuses in the U.S.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

AGRICULTURE

Alumna now oversees campus vineyard

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Leah Groves, Fresno State’s newest vineyard technician examines grape vines at the campus field on March 12, 2018.

By Bineet Kaur @hellobineet

Fresno State’s vineyard technician, Leah Groves, oversees over 100 acres of vineyards across campus.

Her job is to provide grapes and raisins for Fresno State products as well as other stores and wineries in the Central Valley.

“She doesn’t like sitting around,” said Pierce Hanning, a student who works for Groves. “She’s very go-getter. She’s very happy and motivated.”

Groves, 23, grew up in Trinity County, in Northern California. She said she became familiar with grape-growing early in her life, as her parents owned a winery and a vineyard.

“It was a neat experience to see how things work,” Groves said. “I got to deal with both sides – being able to work in the field with the pruning and picking the grapes as well as helping my dad in the winemaking process.”

In high school, Groves was a member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). She also served as president during her time in the organization. FFA is a national organization that focuses on students who envision themselves embarking on careers in agriculture.

Groves said she appreciated FFA because it provided her with an opportunity to meet others as well as gain insight on other facets of agriculture.

“Not only are you meeting other students, but you’re also able to understand more about agriculture,” Groves said. “I had more experience in viticulture and forestry.

I got to meet people that had experience in livestock or got to do floral projects.”

In addition, Groves said that her involvement with FFA helped spark a deeper interest in the agriculture industry.

“FFA is the reason why I wanted to continue into ag,” Groves said.

After high school, Groves attended Shasta College, a community college in Redding, and earned an associate degree in sustainable agriculture and agriculture business.

From there, she transferred to Fresno State. Groves was already familiar with the

She doesn’t like sitting around. She’s very go-getter. She’s very happy and motivated.

— Pierce Hanning, Fresno State student university because it’s where her father studied viticulture and enology.

“Fresno [State] is a very hands-on learning school, and that’s what I wanted,” Groves said.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science and livestock business management in May 2017.

After graduating, Groves said, she initially sought careers involving animals. She later decided that a career with orchards was better.

“Every season is different. We’re constantly changing. We’re constantly doing different stuff,” Groves said. “I like that it’s constantly moving.”

Groves began working as a vineyard technician at Fresno State in January 2018. She produces raisins as well as table grapes for consumption and grapes used specifically for producing wine.

Mark Salwasser, the vineyard manager for Fresno State, said Groves works well with the students she oversees.

“She’s easy to get along with,” Salwasser said. “She’s detail-oriented. She follows up on everything.”

Groves said that she often reminds herself that she works in an industry typically dominated by men.

“In general, they think that you don’t know what you’re talking about a lot of the time,” Groves said. “[You have] to show someone that you can drive the tractor. You can hook up different equipment or understand the operations.”

Regardless, Groves said, it doesn’t matter who fills the job. It only matters that the job gets done.

She said everyone can play a part in agriculture.

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DOCUMENTARY

Raped and beaten during the Bosnian War Decades later, she’s fighting back

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

Screams, pain, anger, injustice.

Those are only a few of the innumerable costs the women of Bosnia and Herzegovina had to pay during the Third Balkan War and the Bosnian conflict.

The Bosnian conflict lasted from 1992 to 1995. It involved three Bosnian groups and was used by soldiers as an excuse to rape and abuse 25,000-40,000 women.

The soldiers used it to perform “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia, in other words to get rid of a certain group.

Bakira Hasečić was one of the women. On Tuesday, she described being beaten and raped, and then having to witness soldiers rape her daughter. It was

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President of the Association of Women Victims of War Bakira Hasečić answers a question during ‘Women and War: Wartime Rape and Post-War Activism’ panel in the Peters Business Building on March 13, 2018.

harrowing, she said.

“My screams could be heard a mile away,” Hasečić said. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she spoke in the Peters Business Building in an event hosted by the German studies department.

As time passed and the conflict ended, anger boiled within Hasečić. She began to realize that

many of the soldiers who performed the atrocious acts were allowed to walk free.

Today, she is doing everything in her power to find abused women like her. Through her nonprofit organization, Association of Women Victims of War, she hopes to provide a safe space to tell stories of women and use the

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stories to convict the men who hurt them.

“We fight for justice and truth to avoid any repetition in the world of what happened to us,” Hasečić said.

Hasečić shared her story through a documentary titled, “Mission Rape – A Tool of War” which was released in 2014 and directed by Katia Forbert Petersen and Annette Mari Olsen.

The documentary revolves around Hasečić and her organization, as well as some of the women who have been helped by the organization. The women were identified only by their first names.

One woman, Zlatka, provides the most detailed and gruesome description of her experience.

She was raped repeatedly for five months, beginning in November 1994. Zlatka is still in pain today – both physically and mentally.

She pointed to her shoulder to show where it hurts. She followed that motion with a verbal description of a recurring dream she has.

“I feel as I’m raped again, and then I scream,” Zlatka said.

Zlatka’s memories, along with any others whom Hasečić’s organization are able to get, is handed to the the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosla-

via (ICTY) so that prosecutors can record them. The hope is that the stories can be used to prosecute the war criminals.

Getting the soldiers prosecuted is not always easy, Hasečić’s said. Rape is not considered as a serious war crime in her country.

Many times, the former soldiers are prosecuted for every other offense, except rape.

“All politicians exploit us.

They talk more about the weather here!” Hasečić said. Anger was sensed in her voice.

After the film, Hasečić allowed a few moments for questions.

During that time, she told the audience of what progress she has made since the documentary. She is now trying to prosecute some of the perpetrators who have migrated to the U.S. There are 321, she said.

Hasečić has been able to locate three of the men since she arrived in the U.S. She closed her session by asking for a promise: that the audience to never hurt others like the soldiers hurt the women in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“Make sure in your lifetimes, that you do not hurt anybody, because that kind of hurt will come back to haunt you one way or another,” Hasečić said. “I’m asking for all of us to be the best possible inspiration to others.”

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BLOG

Recap of ‘The Bachelor’ finale – what a nightmare

And I thought Juan Pablo was bad

By Christian Mattos @ChrisssyMattos

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know I was not alone when I was mindblown watching the two-day finale of the latest season of “The Bachelor.”

It was cringy. It was heartbreaking.

It was unexpected and also disappointing.

But maybe not in the ways you’d think.

Before I go any further, please know there will absolutely be spoilers of this last season as well as a reveal of the next Bachelorette.

You probably already know, since it’s been a while since this trainwreck went down, but you’ve been warned.

I was surprised and confused when Arie Luyendyk Jr. was named as this year’s Bachelor. My first thought was, “Who the heck is he?” Then I see this salt-and-pepper-haired guy and still have no idea who he is.

Luyendyk, 36, is a former race car driver and past contestant in Emily Maynard’s 2012 season of “The Bachelorette.”

Perhaps his time had finally come. Knowing that one of the contestants in his group of women was from Fresno and her young age would cause some controversy, I was excited to watch Luyendyk’s search for love.

However, that search turned out to be incredibly boring. The women were the best part of the show, which isn’t too surprising.

Former contestants who go on to become the Bachelor usually turn out to be less interesting than they were in their group of guys on “The Bachelorette.”

Chris Soules, for instance, was kind of dull. And Ben Higgins, though I had a huge crush on him, was less captivating than I thought he’d be – though he did earn some points at the end when he told both of the final two women he loved them. This was unprecedented in all of the seasons I’d seen.

The Bachelors or Bachelorettes of the past hardly ever said “I love you” until they had gotten engaged. What Higgens did was wild!

But evidently not that wild for Luyendyk, who told multiple girls he was “falling” for them and who told his final two women, repeatedly, that he loved them.

And finally, on that fateful Monday night, we saw him propose to Becca Kufrin. It was sweet, joyous and truly a happy occasion for all!

But when the screen cuts to host Chris Harrison at the live viewing and we see the clips of what’s coming up, former Bachelor Jason Mesnick appears, and we know all hell is about to break loose.

Mesnick infamously broke up with the woman he originally proposed to, Melissa Rycroft, during the live “After the Final Rose” special of the 13th season of “The Bachelor” in 2009. He then rekindled the flame with runner-up Molly Malaney, and the couple is still together to this day.

So we know already that Luyendyk is about to pull a Mesnick.

Before the show even aired in January, Luyendyk said he was having doubts about choosing Kufron. He contacted his runner-up, Lauren Burnham, via an Instagram

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“The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison speaks to Becca Kufrin and Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. on “After the Final Rose,” the finale after show for “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”

The whole situation is messy. private message (classy) and upon receiving some sort of confirmation that she would take him back, according to contestant Seinne Fleming, Luyendyk then proceeded to break up with Kufrin. On film.

The breakup was highly advertised as the first, unedited scene aired on the show. We watch Kufrin as she learns what was supposed to be a romantic couples getaway is actually the time for Luyendyk to break off their engagement.

Um. What?

Me, too, Becca. Me too.

It was the most awkward thing to watch.

Kufrin kept telling Luyendyk to leave, and he just stared at her. He kept saying he wanted to talk about it, but, like, what else is there to say? He’s leaving, Kufrin knows she can’t stop him. It’s a short conversation, really.

Then Kufrin went to cry in the bathroom – the one place the cameras won’t follow her – and he knocks on the door and asks if she’s OK. No. No, She is not OK. What a dumb question.

Apparently, Luyendyk decided to take some lessons from another one of the worst Bachelors ever, Juan Pablo Galavis, who famously said, “It’s OK,” probably a trillion times during his season.

No. It’s not OK. I don’t know what’s worse: breaking up with your fiancé on live television à la Mesnick, or filming the whole thing to be viewed and scrutinized later like Luyendyk did. The whole situation is messy.

Some say filming the breakup was too invasive – why show it to the whole world when it could have been done in private?

Well, it’s reality TV. And as Kufrin said during the live show, she knew what she signed up for.

I probably would have been a little more defiant than that, but Kufrin is ready to get over the whole ordeal because she was announced as the next Bachelorette!

Sweet redemption.

Kufrin was honestly one of the most interesting girls this season, and I don’t think

we even got to see half of her lovely personality due to the show’s time constraint and editing. But we did see when Luyendyk asked, “Will you accept this rose?” and she responded, “Duh!” She was so cute.

So, I’m ecstatic to watch her find real love this time. She met five men in her group of potential suitors so far during the second night of the finale, and it looks like she’s off

to a great start.

But I’m still mad at Luyendyk. As if watching the breakup wasn’t enough, we also got to see his reunion with Burnham.

He paced outside of her house and said he was having a panic attack in anticipation of the conversation, but as soon as he got to the door, Burnham opened it and quite literally ran into his arms.

What’s he acting all nervous for? Of course, she’s taking him back. She even asked when he was planning to propose (again).

The answer is soon, apparently, since Luyendyk got down on one knee (for the second time in less than six months) and proposed to Burnham during the “After the Final Rose” episode.

I just... There are no words.

Like Chris Harrison said, there has been a 100 percent success rate for the Bachelor who goes back to his runner-up – Mesnick is the only other person to do it.

But I’d still be scared for Burnham, considering Luyendyk has been outed for sliding into contestant Bekah Martinez’s DMs since the show ended. Maybe it’s just friendly, but I’d be more than annoyed if that was my fiancé talking to any of his exes right after leaving a fiancé for me.

So. Hopefully it works out for them. And for Kufrin, of course.

But the whole thing was a roller coaster of emotions, and I am so glad it’s over. On to “The Bachelorette!”

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

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MUSIC

Fresno State choir performs love ballads

By Bineet Kaur @hellobineet

Fresno State’s Chamber Singers and Concert Choir honored different forms of love during their concert on Monday.

Cari Earnhart, Fresno State director of choral activities, said she chose the theme “Love Is…,” as a way to combat “evils” in the world.

“There’s so much ugly in the world,” Earnhart said. “Love is the only thing that will overcome.”

Earnhart said she wanted to utilize music’s ability to “sing a little bit of peace out into the world.”

Kenneshae Murray, who performed during the concert, also feels that music can serve a greater purpose.

“Music has the ability to embody so many different emotions,” Murray said.

“We should take advantage of those voices.”

Murray said she appreciated that the concert embodied a well-rounded view of the concept of love.

“I think it was great because it embodied all the facets of love,” Murray said.

“Whether you’re in a relationship or have never had a relationship or you’re not really close with your family, there’s one piece in there that I’m sure you can relate to.”

The concert opened with “Five Hebrew Love Songs” by Eric Whitacre, a series of five brief songs. This was followed by “A Red, Red Rose” by James Mulholland.

Next was “O Love.” Then, the choir per-

Fresno State Chamber Singers and Concert Choir presents “Love is…” on March 12, 2018 at the Concert Hall.

formed “I Love You/What a Wonderful World” by Craig Hella Johnson. After that was “Please Stay,” a song that serves as a call to action to raise suicide awareness.

Murray performed as a soloist during “Please Stay.” She feels it is crucial to destigmatize mental illness and to seek help.

“Mental illness shouldn’t be considered a taboo because many people have

[them],” Murray said. “Instead of joking around that ‘I’m sad’ or ‘I’m upset,’ really try to talk about it.”

Samuel Montgomery, a Fresno State student who also performed in the concert, said he felt “Please Stay” is crucial to advancing increased dialogue about mental illnesses.

“It’s very empowering and necessary to be able to sing about this openly,” Mont-

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gomery said.

“Please Stay” was followed by “True Colors” by Matthew Brown. After musician Cyndi Lauper heard this song, she formed the True Colors Fund. It is an organization that works to aid homeless LGBTQ youth.

The concert ended with “All of Us (From Considering Matthew Shepard)” by Johnson.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Fresno State to showcase Valley’s soccer history Fresno State’s Valley Public History Initiative will showcase the history of soccer within the Valley through an exhibit titled, “The Other Football: Tracing the Game’s Roots and Routes in the San Joa-

quin Valley.”

The exhibit will be displayed in the Social Sciences quad on Thursday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

The project will document the history

of amateur, collegiate and professional soccer within the Valley through interviews, photographs and local research.

“We want to learn about the efforts by migrant people in places like Visalia and Madera to found adult leagues, the rise of the game in white suburbs, and the inclusion of this sport on high school and junior college campuses,” said Dr. Romeo Guzmán, a Fresno State history professor and founder of the initiative, in a news release.

The research was gathered by graduate and undergraduate students throughout the spring semester. Guzmán hopes the exhibit connects the San Joaquin Valley

PAGE 9 and other parts of the world.

“A history of the sport can tell us as much about the game as it can about the migrant experience. Whether in the 1940s Chicago or today’s Sunday Leagues, the game was/is vital to migrants’ arrival, settlement and adaptation,” Guzmán said.

Fresno Football Club will attend and a number of prizes will be given away. Prizes include Fresno FC tickets, Kennel Bookstore gift cards and soccer merchandise.

For more information on the exhibit, contact Guzmán at romeog@csufresno. edu or 559-278-6622.​

Speaker to address Trump’s impact on U.S. relations with Mexico Dr. Carlos Bravo Regidor, director of the journalism program at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico, is coming to Fresno State on Thursday to speak on the impact President Donald Trump has had on relations between the U.S. and Mexico.

“Mexico and the United States before and after Trump” will take place in Room 118 of the North Gym on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

“In light of the current negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (involving Canada, Mexico and the U.S.) and the debate over immigration, particularly as it affects the livelihood of citizens in the U.S. and Mexico, this event will provide

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a much-needed overview of the historical relations between Mexico and the U.S. with a focus on current affairs,” said Dr. Maria-Aparecida Lopes, history professor and event organizer, in a news release.

Regidor currently is working on a book tentatively titled, “La revancha del pasado.

Ensayo histórico sobre el Trumpismo,” or “The Revenge of the Past. A Historical Essay on Trumpism” in English.

The book is being co-authored by Sergio Silva-Castañeda and is set to be released later this year.

The event is part of the Latin American Film Festival and Speaker Series put together by the Chicano and Latin American studies department.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

BASEBALL

Bulldogs’ star catcher on way to greatness

By Michael Ford @MFordCollegian

From T-ball on up, Carter Bins has always played catcher. Now a Bulldog, Bins’ work might pay off in one of college baseball’s most coveted prizes – the Johnny Bench Award.

In just his sophomore season as a Bulldog, Bins was added last Tuesday to the watch list for the award given to the top Division 1 catcher from among about 100 catchers from across the country.

Bins expressed his appreciation to his coaches for the assistance they have provided during his development into one of the premier backstops in the country.

“I take it as an honor. I give a lot of credit to the coaching staff for giving me all of the tools that I need,” Bins said. They have supported me throughout last year and the beginning of this season. They’re the ones that really should be credited because, without them, none of this would be possible.”

Bins is already bolstering his case to receive the award by having quite a strong start to the season.

As of Tuesday, Bins had 22 hits in 69 atbats, good for a .319 batting average with three home runs and 14 runs batted in. He said that he is feeling very comfortable at the plate.

“I am seeing the ball pretty well,” Bins said. “I am just taking every at-bat like it’s

my last. I’m not trying to do too much in any situation, and I am just trying to produce and do my part so that the guys in front of me and behind me can do their part. It’s a team effort, and I am just one of the nine in the order.”

But as anyone who follows baseball will tell you, a catcher’s main responsibility is playing good defense. Bins excels in this area as well, according to his sophomore teammate and pitcher Davis Moore.

Moore said that having a great catcher behind the plate has helped him on the mound in his career as a Bulldog.

“It’s just having the confidence to be able to bury that spot knowing that he is going to frame it well, or if it’s a curveball in the dirt, knowing that he is going to block it and control it and get that dropped third strike over to first,” Moore said.

Bins said that he knows that playing catcher is mostly about defense, noting that the position is the only one that can see everything in the game in front of him.

“All eyes are on the pitcher and catcher,” Bins said. “I am the only one that can see everything, so I have to keep my eyes open and just make sure that everyone is doing what they need to do and be where they need to be.”

No matter what happens with his game individually, Bins said that the team not achieving the goals of winning the Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles will discount any person-

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Catcher Carter Bins was added to the watch list for the Johnny Bench Award on March 6, 2018.

al success he may achieve, including winning the Johnny Bench Award.

“I would say that it wouldn’t mean a whole lot because we didn’t really go anywhere. Our team goal is to get to the tour-

nament. At the end of the day, my stats don’t mean anything if we don’t make the team goals that we set for the year,” Bins said.

SOFTBALL

Freshman pitcher wants to leave legacy at Fresno State ment each other, and that she has found that her catcher knows how to calm her down when she is pitching.

Garza enjoys having East on the team because she is a competitive person who works hard to get better every day. Garza mentioned that even though East had to face many adversities in her last two years of high school. She still managed to do everything she needed to do to get to Fresno State.

Garza said that East has a bright future at Fresno State because she is willing to learn and has a great work ethic. Garza also said that because she is a left-handed pitcher who can hit her spots and throws at a decent velocity, she can be really successful.

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Freshman pitcher Danielle East. East threw a five-inning shutout against Cleveland State at Margie Wright Diamond on March 9, 2018.

By Jorge Rodriguez @jrod2763

Southern California left-handed pitcher Danielle East has come a long way from being recruited by top schools to being a staple for the Fresno State softball team’s pitching lineup.

As a freshman pitcher for the Bulldogs, East has had impressive outings against Stanford where she pitched eight innings without allowing a single run.

After starting her freshman and sophomore years at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, she became Athlete of the Year, Most Valuable Pitcher among other awards.

After two years in high school, East left school due to a disability.

East had committed to UC Santa Barbara at age 14 before she knew about her disability, and after her diagnosis, she decided along with her parents that UCSB wasn’t the right fit for her – academically.

After receiving a text message from Fresno State softball head coach Linda Garza, she became interested in the softball program. She visited Fresno State in November 2016 where she discovered campus programs and assistance provided to students with disabilities. She felt that the university was the right place for her both for academics and athletics.

East said she enjoys being with the friends she made on the team. She said she is constantly goofing off with her teammates and that with her bubbly personality sometimes she might get into trouble.

She added that her teammates comple-

ing here, she likes the crowd and enjoys being part of the community,” Garza said.

“She knows how to get to the next pitch, and that will be huge in her career here.”

East said that she mostly works with assistant coach Jodie Cox on her pitching every day. She said that because of Cox she is constantly getting better not just in her pitching but also as a person.

In the future, East wants to win a conference championship and become an All-American.

“We’re a family. At the end of the day, we all work for the same goal which is to win conference and make it to regionals,” East said. “I want to be something at Fresno State, I want to leave here with a lot.”

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WRESTLING

Khristian Olivas turns plans into realities

By Vanessa Romo @VanesssaRomo

The redshirt sophomore is one of the two Bulldog wrestlers representing Fresno State in the NCAA Championships this weekend, and it’s safe to say it was always part of his plan.

He has been wrestling since he was in first grade. His father, Kelvin (former Clovis High wrestler) and uncle, Ralph (former Clovis state champion) got him started.

“They just took me to one of the local clubs, and I just kind of rolled around and it was more like a playground for me, wrestling around. But I quickly just got interested in it,” Olivas said.

In elementary school, Olivas also participated in football, track and volleyball before narrowing it down to football and wrestling in junior high and then “strictly wrestling in high school.”

“Probably because I’m too small for football. My goal as a kid was to go into the NFL, but I’m way too small,” Olivas laughed. “So ever since that, the goal was to get a scholarship to wrestling.”

Specifically, Fresno State wrestling.

“Graduating [high school] I wanted to come to Fresno State. That was always the plan, but they dropped the program. So as soon as I heard it was coming back, there was no way I wasn’t going to be back [with it],” Olivas said.

Before Fresno State, Olivas was a fouryear letter winner at Clovis High and during

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Redshirt sophomore Khristian Olivas will compete in his first NCAA Championships on March 15-17, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio alongside heavyweight AJ Nevills.

his stint earned CIF State Medalist honors twice to finish third at 138 pounds in his senior year in 2015.

After graduating, Olivas attended Utah Valley. He competed unattached and redshirted while posting a 5-1 record in the season.

Under head coach Troy Steiner, 149-pound Olivas impressed in his first season at Fresno State with a 25-5 overall record, boasting a No. 22 rank by Coaches Panel Ranking and defeating three ranked wrestlers, securing him the No. 3 seed and a bye in the Big 12 Championships’ preliminaries.

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Olivas faced off against Oklahoma University’s Davion Jeffries in the quarterfinals.

Having defeated him before, 5-4, Olivas just couldn’t do it again.

Fortunately for Olivas, his “solid season” at Fresno State earned him one of six atlarge bids to the NCAA Championships.

“I was nervous. After the Big 12, it could’ve been over for me. I would’ve been eating and getting all big, but I had a good idea that I would make it. I stayed strict on my diet still and just planned on making it.

I’m going to go the NCAA, and thankfully it worked out,” Olivas said.

Olivas will be joining heavyweight team-

mate AJ Nevills in Cleveland, Ohio in their first NCAA Championships.

“It is a great start for the program to be sending two wrestlers to the national championships,” Steiner said. “They have both been very consistent all season in competition and that is why they are here.”

Olivas, ready since he was a child.

“I have watched this tournament for so long growing up so it’s very exciting to be apart of it,” Olivas said.

Nevills will go against Duke’s No. 4 ranked Jacob Kasper while Olivas will compete against University of Northern Iowa’s No. 9 ranked Max Thompsen on March 15.

“I’ve been watching him, a lot of film on him,” Olivas said. “And both [assistant coach] Joe Colon and Blaize Cabell are alums from UNI, so they’ve kind of seen him and wrestled with him so they kind of have the inside scoop. They’ve just been working with me every day, and I’m just going to go take it to him.”

If Olivas can get through Thompsen, he may have a rematch with Jeffries, if Jeffries can also get past his first match.

“We’re both 1-1 against each other. We both bring it to the table. It’s a dogfight. It’s an exciting match, and I just look forward to that dogfight every time. But this time I’m gonna come out on top. That’s just the plan,” Olivas said.

Sounds like Olivas has had a plan all along. From wrestling, coming to Fresno State and then to the NCAA Championships, the redshirt sophomore will have more plans to come after this weekend in Cleveland.

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FALL SPORTS

Football springs into action

By William Ramirez @willoveslakers2

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The Fresno State football team began Spring practice on March 12, 2018. The Bulldogs come off a 10-4 campaign, Mountain West Championships appearance and Hawaii Bowl Championship.

pring football has arrived, and Fresno State’s team welcomed it with open arms.

Laughter echoed through an empty Bulldog Stadium on March 13; jokes flew between teammates; and, per usual, head coach Jeff Tedford looked stern and focused in the face of the media.

“Practice was great. It’s nice to get out here for the first day, always in spring ball.

Guys came out with a lot of energy, and we had a really good offseason as far as training is concerned,” Tedford said.

Monday’s session marked the first of 15 spring practices for the Bulldogs.

Spring football brings new experiences for the offense, especially quarterback Marcus McMaryion. This is his first spring practice with Fresno State after transferring from Oregon State last season.

Tedford said having McMaryion for a full offseason this time around will only benefit him. “[McMaryion] will get a chance to do it from the foundation up. Last year, he kind of hit the ground running midstream and

Bert Watts named defensive coordinator

By Vanessa Romo @VanesssaRomo

Fresno State’s head football coach Jeff Tedford announced that linebackers coach Bert Watts was promoted to defensive coordinator on Tuesday.

The position was left vacant by Orlando Steinauer on Feb. 22 after one season with the ‘Dogs. He returned to the Canadian Football League earlier in the semester, where he used to coach.

“I have a lot of trust and confidence in Coach Watts as a member of our defensive staff and he will be the right person for the position,” Tedford said. “I was really excited about the progress of the defense last season, and the familiarity with what we are doing and the players’ familiarity with Bert will be great for our team’s overall success.”

In 2017, the Bulldog defense held its opponents to 17 points, 113 yards rushing and 320 total yards per game.

Prior to joining Fresno State football in December 2016, Watts served as UC Davis’ defensive coordinator for four seasons.

Tedford and Watts go way back.

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Terry is joining a UTEP program coming off a disappointing season, finishing 11-20.

But the school is more financially invested in basketball than Fresno State, he says.

UTEP spends about $850,000 more on its basketball program than Fresno State.

In his seven years as a Bulldog, Terry finished with a 126-108 record. He led the team to a Mountain West Conference championship and NCAA Tournament ap-

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Head football coach Jeff Tedford promoted former linebackers coach Bert Watkins to defensive coordinator on March 13, 2018.

Watts was the leading tackler on Tedford’s first UC Berkeley team in 2002 as well as his starting safety. After his collegiate career as a football player, he became Tedford’s graduate assistant coach for two

pearance in 2016 and then an NIT appearance the following year.

This season, the ‘Dogs finished 21-11 and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament by San Diego State. Their performance did not earn them an invitation to a postseason tournament.

“Coach Terry did a wonderful job building our men’s basketball program into a Mountain West champion and a regular contender in our conference,” said Fresno State interim athletic director Steve Robertello. “We appreciate his service to our university for the past seven years.”

seasons and contributed to the team’s 10-2 season and berth in the Holiday Bowl.

A search is now underway to fill Watts’ former position as linebackers coach.

Terry took over a program that was riddled with NCAA violations prior to his tenure. The team has been investigation-and-controversy-free since his arrival.

“Coach Terry has led our men’s basketball team with integrity and a passion for excellence. He leaves a strong foundation upon which we will aggressively build in the coming years,” said Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro. “I thank him and wish him the best at UTEP.” Fresno State announced via its athletics’ page that a national search for Terry’s replacement is already underway.

We fell short a little bit last year, so we have to get better in order to achieve those goals.

— Jeff Tedford, Fresno State Head Coach

was just kind of game planning all the way through. Now he gets the foundation of the meetings and progression of practice,” Tedford said.

McMaryion threw for 2,726 yards and 14 touchdowns last season.

McMaryion said he enjoyed his first spring practice with the team. He added that he is excited to be able to focus on himself and the team during this time rather than an opponent. “[Spring football] is definitely a critical time for us,” McMaryion said.

Critical time, indeed, especially when it comes to some of the younger players on the team. Tedford said this is a perfect time for scout team players and players coming off of a redshirt season to “step up and compete.”

As for players who were on the team last season, some of the biggest contributors are using this time to rest up and nurse injuries.

Running back Josh Hokit just finished up his wrestling season, and Tedford said there is no rush to get him back into football shape.

“We want to do it the right way. Right now, we’re just breaking [Hokit] in real slow. We’re going to get him in football shape,” Tedford said.

Linebacker Jeffrey Allison will be taking it even slower due to a shoulder surgery.

Tedford said he will not be participating in any spring practices, but should be back to full health by fall camp.

Allison was the team’s leading tackler last season with 79 solo tackles and 126 total tackles.

Tedford made it clear that this is a new season and a new team, and the Bulldogs are not paying much mind to the Hawaii Bowl victory or their 10-4 season.

“We don’t really talk so much about last season. It’s a new team. It’s a new group.

Goals are the same. We fell short a little bit last year, so we have to get better in order to achieve those goals,” Tedford said.

For now, Byron Jones will lead the basketball team as interim head coach.

Jones has served as the ‘Dogs assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the last seven seasons.

“The future is bright for Fresno State basketball as the foundation is in place to be a Top 25 program, compete for conference championships and advance in postseason play,” Robertello said. “Our administration, coaches, staff and student-athletes have demonstrated a daily commitment to excellence on the court and in the classroom.”