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Garden to honor local artist

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Image courtesy of Angelica Carpenter

With construction already underway, the Leo Politi Garden can be found between the north and south wings of the Henry Madden Library.

This artist rendering is of the planned garden in its completed form. It’s expected to be completed before the National Oz Conference in May.

By Joe Bailey The Collegian Fresno’s most-celebrated children’s author and illustrator Leo Politi is being honored with a garden, which broke ground March 8, outside the Henry Madden Library.

Politi was born in Fresno in 1908, he spent his first seven years in the area until his family moved to Italy. Politi then moved back to the United S t at e s i n 1 9 3 1 , s p e n d i n g most of his adult life in Los Angeles.

Politi authored and illus-

trated more than 20 children’s books. His most renowned book being “Song of the Swallows,� which won the 1950 Caldecott Medal, distinguished itself as the top children’s picture book of the year. Politi’s books were known for showcasing different ethnicities, which was unheard of during his era.

Politi became close friends with Fresno State professor Ar ne Nixon, whose name graces the center for the study of children’s literature in the library, and would return to Fresno to join Nixon in some of his children’s book work-

shops. Funding for the Leo Politi garden was provided by the Ar ne Nixon Center Advocates (ANCA).

Angelica Carpenter, the curator of the Arne Nixon Center, said the plans to build the garden started five years ago. “The g arden honors the friendship of these two old friends,� Carpenter said. “The Arne Nixon Center Advocates are funding all of it. They have raised just over $75,000 and wanted to tribute this friendship.�

Carpenter said donations and the annual Secret Garden

Party thrown by ANCA provided the funds for the planned garden. This year’s Secret Garden Party will take place on April 11.

Robert Boro, the consulting landscaping director for Fresno State, has designed much of the scenery on campus. Boro studied Politi’s artwork and incorporated Politi’s style into the design of the garden. “He was what I would call a primitive artist,� Boro said. “He painted his subjects in a See GARDEN, Page 6

Grads’ options extend abroad

While many graduates are looking for employment or internships after college, they may be unaware of one overseas option

By Nu Vang The Collegian When one door of job opportunity is closed, alternative windows may be opened, and for graduating Fresno State seniors that could be the case.

A c c o r d i n g t o a p o l l by the National Association of Colleges and Employers ( NAC E ) , e m p l o ye r s h ave increased hiring activity to 96.4 percent from January’s activity of 86.4 percent.

Along with the increase in hiring, there was also a slight increase of recruiting activity by employers. “One reason for that appears

to be their commitment to recruit for their internship programs this year, even if they forgo or reduce their full-time college hiring,� said Marilyn Mackes, the NACE executive director.

Although the poll suggested a high potential for students to be hired, the poll reported the potential to receive an internship is more promising.

Monica Baisdon, a 2007 Fresno State graduate, felt that effect.

Baisdon walked away with her bachelor’s degree in criminology, in the area of victimology, along with also holding an internship at the Marjaree

Mason Center.

An opportunity to work for the city of Fresno as a crime scene technician arose, and Baisdon took the opportunity to apply for it. Along with her were 200 other applicants.

There were three openings and Baisdon passed the test for the job with a high score, but she was not chosen. “I haven’t really tried anything else because, like I said, the demands for a lot of the stuff in my field isn’t there,�

Baisdon said.

Rita Bocchinfuso-Cohen, the Career Services director, said for graduating seniors, there are other job options that may

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Bocchinfuso-Cohen said internships could benefit in several ways. “That’s a way to get some e x p e r i e n c e, m a n y t i m e s r e l a t e d t o yo u r m a j o r, �

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By Chelsea Harkness The Collegian

A record number of students checked out laptops at the Henry Madden Library in February almost doubling the previous monthly averages.

According to the library’s computer system, last month 11,033 laptops were checked out at the Laptop Circulation area. On average, students check out 6-7,000 laptops per month.

David Tyckoson, associate dean of library services, said 11,000 in one month was amazing, but was unsure of what accounted for the increase. “I can’t think of a good reason that it would go up by that much, but it did.�

The Laptop Circulation area has 204 laptops available for students. “Nobody has hundreds like we do,� Tyckoson said. “We have more than any other campus that I know of. Not just [California State Universities], but anywhere. Most libraries don’t check out as many laptops as we do.�

Tyckoson said the library is set to start a new laptop prog ram by spring break.

The library purchased 50 laptops with a Linux operating system. He said library officials are deciding whether the check out duration will be three days, seven days or a month. “Right now [laptops] go out for four hours and you can’t check them out over night, which is not because we don’t want to, but the campus Microsoft license restricts how it can be used,� Tyckoson said. “Linux is an open source competitor to Microsoft.�

Library student assistant Josh Justin, said they run out of laptops nearly every day. Most students are patient when this happens he said. “Sometimes there are a small percentage of students that get angry, especially when we are out of them or when something breaks on a printer,� Justin said.

Adriana Salmoran, a fashion merchandising major, said she checks out a laptop about four times a week so she can get work done.

During finals she said she waited for an hour for one.

Tyckoson said the laptop program takes hard work, but is appreciated by students. “It’s clearly popular if 11,000 of them went out last month,�

Tyckoson said.

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That’s What the People Are Saying On efforts to improve California ow about this modest proposal: Why not approve good infrastructure projects and clean up the wasteful Caltrans bureaucracy before asking taxpayers for more money to pay for new roads and bridges?”

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Furloughed? Work OT O

ver the last year, state employees have been forced to take days off every month, without pay. By implementing this plan, Gov. Schwarzenegger intended to save our state $1.2 billion, or so he thought.

LA Times writer Patrick McGreevy’s March 6 article entitled, “Overtime pay may be putting a dent in state’s furlough savings,” introduced some stunning facts about state employees raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay.

McGreevy mentioned prison nurse Nellie Larot, as an example. Because of the furlough days, $10,000 was cut out of her salary last year, bringing her wage down to $92,000.

McGreevy went on to say that Larot worked extra shifts, resulting in $177,512 worth of overtime pay, thus bringing her total income for 2009 to $270,000. Now that’s overtime!

Larot tripled her salary by working more shifts and still had three unpaid days off each month last year. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a private sector business that operates like that, especially with salary figures that high.

One might ask what Larot does as a prison nurse. According to the McGreevy’s piece, Larot works for the Department of Corrections Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif.

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Denton Dubbels McGreevy wrote, in a quotation from a spokesman for the California Prison Healthcare Receivership, “She ‘legitimately earned’ her overtime with much of it spent overseeing newly admitted prison inmates on suicide watch.”

The state of California just paid a prison nurse $270,000 last year to watch prisoners, in an attempt to prevent them from killing themselves.

That’s disturbing. What’s worse is that Larot is not the only employee soaking up this much overtime.

McGreevy also said in his article, “The top 50 overtime recipients each received over $100,000 in extra compensation.” Who knows how many more state employees make close to $100,000 in overtime and are not in the top 50.

Obviously, for some positions, furloughs mean absolutely nothing. If some state employees are subject to furlough days, but allowed to work extra shifts, what’s the point of the fur-

The Silicone Valley

have always been fascinated with breasts. You could say they provide me a sense of comfort.

Though some may not share my enthusiasm, it is important to evaluate how we feel about them. Since I arrived in the valley two years ago, I have noticed so many fake breasts I don’t know whether I should feel perplexed or extremely grateful.

Dr. June Reinisch did research in sexual development and found that men liking large breasts is a myth.

Just 50 percent of men polled thought breast size is important when it comes to sexual attraction, and only half of those men preferred large breasts.

Men are not only bad liars, but they are not embracing their nature.

Sigmund Freud provided insight as to why men find breasts so appealing. He argued an infant’s desire for oral sensation spurs an obsession with breasts. It is supposed to end by the phallic stage (3 to 6 years old) when the fixation shifts to the boy’s own penis. I am still waiting to be freed from these two complexes.

Some evolutionary biologists argue humans (with the exception of the bonobo) are the only primates who have sex face to face; all other primates choose the front-to-back position and breasts, which non-humans do not have, can resemble a buttocks.

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Setting it Straight

loughs in the first place?

McGreevy said in the article that some occupations require someone to be on duty 24 hours a day, seven days per week.

To alleviate the furlough days and potential fatigue from working so many hours, why wouldn’t the state look into hiring an additional nurse for Larot’s occupation, so she wouldn’t have a need to work so many more hours.

If there was an additional nurse in that position, the state would pay both Larot and the other nurse their original salaries of about $100,000 per year.

This would save the state roughly $70,000 and create another job, thus putting food on another table.

When Larot was accused of taking advantage of the system by working so many more hours, she said, “I don’t know why people are complaining about the overtime. We work for the overtime. I don’t think it’s anybody’s business.”

What Nurse Larot fails to understand is that people are complaining about the overtime because our state’s bank accounts are overdrawn and what little money is left is almost always spent incorrectly and inefficiently.

And yes, Nurse Larot, it most certainly is our business.

With All Due Respect Mike Boylan The fascination with fuller breasts has seeped into the female psyche.

Three weeks ago, 3,000 women in Britain were surveyed and 63 percent confessed to suffer from “breast envy” and wanted bigger breasts.

More women are opting for surgery to accomplish this.

In America, according to Cosmetic Plastic Surgery’s research Web site, 355,671 women underwent breast augmentation in 2008, compared to 101, 176 in 1997.

This has spawned a demand for evaluating how the sexes feel about this trendy development.

The Orange County Register polled the question: “Do men find the results of breast implants attractive?” Forty percent of men answered “no,” and 33 percent answered “yes” to the question. According to the same poll, 35 percent of women believe men are

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March Madness Expect something NCAA Tournament related to occupy this spot in “One-finger salute” for the next few weeks. It’s hard to not get excited filling out brackets and waiting for those brackets to get utterly destroyed. It will be a pleasure to get to watch the most exciting postseason tournament in all of sports for the next few weeks. One quibble: Duke is the third No. 1 seed ahead of Syracuse? Really, selection committee?

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Topeka changing name to “Google” Yes, Topeka, Kan. changed its name to Google, at least for the month of March.

This ploy is one of the dumber things we at The Collegian have heard in awhile.

Think of those born in March; they have to say they were born in Google, Kan. Facebook information must be changed. Postcards reprinted. And worst of all—for this month, the scene in “Almost Famous” where guitarist Russell Hammond parties in Topeka does not make sense. The horror!

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Man shows up to DUI sentencing inebriated

attracted to fake breasts.

I have found some men that view women who “artificially” enhance their body image as an indication of being superficial, lacking self-esteem, or being intellectually and emotionally hollow. I have been guilty of this contradiction in the past, which has impelled me to seek reconciliation.

Men who play the “I don’t like artificial women” card need to wake up and acknowledge their hypocrisy.

All women wear makeup; their faces don’t naturally look like that. Lots of women dye their hair; their hair isn’t that color. Some women wear padded bras; their breasts aren’t that big. We do not criticize these women for misrepresenting themselves. It is an accepted societal norm for women to alter their aesthetic appeal in these ways.

A man’s delicate ego and sensibility may lend itself to making snap judgments in vain at fake breasted women that reflect the inconsistencies we all tend to hold regarding the idea of natural beauty. Upon deeper inspection, men should find no good reason to do so.

I still prefer them large and natural, but I cannot in good conscious claim to be appalled by the exaggerated cleavage I see on campus and all over the valley; neither should you.

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A man in Omaha, Neb. showed up at his DUI hearing drunk. Yes, this actually happened. Besides this man being incredibly stupid and providing us with comedy to last us a long while, thank goodness this didn’t happen in Fresno.

Lord knows we don’t need any more “drunk” press.

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Cocaine users make global warming worse “We were horrified to learn for every few lines of cocaine snorted in a London club, four square meters of rainforest is destroyed,” said Keith Vaz, chairman of the UK’s home affairs select committee. Add that to the list of reasons not to try cocaine, along with it kills you. One question: does the fact that this winter was demonstrably colder than most recent ones, does that mean less people are using the drug? I’m confused.

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Fresno State women lose The ‘Dogs suffered a heartbreaking 68-66 loss to La. Tech on Saturday in the WAC Tournament final.

Now our NCAA Tournament hopes lie with the selection committee. Regardless of what happens, it’s been a phenomenal season. Great job, ladies!

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By Sarah Kain The Collegian Back in the 1850’s, people were quick to label someone as a heathen, using subtle clues of blasphemy, fighting or adultery as proof for conviction.

The newest play at Fresno State, “Heathen Valley,” began this past weekend. In the play, written by Romulus Linney and directed by Bradley Myers, a Bishop and his newly appointed missionary take on the challenge of saving the heathens of a small town in the Appalachian Mountains.

The play is set in a poor village, which is reflected by the sparse setting elements and props. The stage is made of wood, with five wood towers and one small wood podium.

The bare stage allows the audience to solely focus on each of the six actors.

The leading characters— Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina, ex-convict William Starns and the story’s troubled narrator Billy were sent to save the heathens. The other three characters were the townsfolk in Heathen Valley: Juba the midwife, Harlan (a man who marries his sister and is a little crazy) and Cora (who is Harlan’s other sister and would-be wife).

Starns was born near the mountain town, and was delivered by Juba, so the bishop saw fit to put him in charge of the monastery. He knows that “the poor have poor ways,” but he is determined to turn the town around. Justin Ringhofer portrays Starns in a way that the audience can relate to him. After Starns gets through a tough situation the audience breaths a sigh of relief and when he triumphs, the audience grows in excitement. When he dances— well, you have to see that one for yourselves.

You would not think that it would be the bishop that would leave a sour taste in your mouth at the end of the play but it is. Mark Halverson portrays the bishop perfectly.

Halverson does not miss a beat in his arguments with people. The bishop claims “I save souls, that is what I do.”

Keep your ears open when he talks. Listen to Bryce Earp, who plays Billy, speak of the

Photo by Randy Vaughn-Dotta / Fresno State

Winner of the American Theatre Critics Association Award for Distinguished Playwriting, “Heathen Valley” is an intense portrayal of a 19th century “Valley That Forgot God.” Matthew Schiltz (left) and Justin Ringhofer (right.)

bishop and then the truth will be heard.

Other then Starns, the Heathen Valley residents steal the show.

Emily Rose McLeod does a fine job at being the levelheaded representative of her town. She is the glue that holds everyone in the play together.

Matthew Rudolf Schiltz, who plays Harlan, shows his acting range by playing a character that goes from crazy to relatively sane in a short span of time. He is also a great stage fighter.

Cora, portrayed by Kelsey Deroian, is the person

who makes the audience laugh the most. She knows “preachers are all talk and no comprehension.” She is able to make people think that life in the Appalachians is not that bad.

Though the script is interesting and gives the audience members a glimpse into the 19th century, the acting is the thing to see in this play.

Additional performances will be held in the Dennis and Cheryl Woods Theatre at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Student tickets are $10.

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The Collegian • Features Features Editor, Michelle Furnier • collegian-features@csufresno.edu

Student Q&A with Megan

Patino

By Sarah Kain The Collegian

When people take a stroll through the music department they are bound to hear music. One of the musicians contributing to this sound is freshman cellist Megan Patino, 18.

Patino is a Modesto, Calif. native who is working on her music education degree here at Fresno State. On top of working for her degree, Patino is rushing Tau Beta Sigma this semester.

Patino picked her major because music has always been her interest. She was always in the band or orchestra in high school.

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Q:Why did you choose Fresno State A: It was a good price for the education I am getting. It is far enough away from home so that I can feel independent, but it is close enough that I can be home in a couple of hours.

Q: What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?

A: Escargot. It really is not that bad. It tastes like chicken.

Q: What has been your favorite class here?

A: I like my music theory class. I have a really good teacher. It is fun getting to know the fundamentals of music.

A: I like going to Teazers in the Tower District. It is a cool place to hang out with friends and they always have really good tea.

Q: If you were a candy, what flavor would you be?

A: I like Snickers, because of all the variety of flavors: chocolate, caramel and nuts.

Q: Who is your hero?

A: My daddy.

Q: How close have you come to a squirrel on campus?

A: I came within five inches of one. I got the stupid idea to scare it and it ran up a tree. Then it proceeded to chew me out because it was angry. Then when I was laughing at the squirrel, I got the hiccups and had to be scared myself.

Q: W hat is your life motto?

A: Do it or do not do it.

There is no try.

Q: What is your favorite activity to do in Fresno?

Q: What would happen if you took over Welty’s job for a day?

A: I would ask the students on campus what they would like to see done. I would fix the lights in the practice rooms of the music building.

Q: What would people find sur prising about you?

A: My musical tastes can go from classical to metal to rap to rock. It is all over the place. Also I really hate Jell-O. Q: What is your plan after college?

A: I plan on getting a teaching job at a high school, hopefully in Modesto. I want to teach high school orchestra and maybe play with t h e M o d e s t o S y m p h o ny Orchestra.

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OPTIONS: There are options other than employment or internships for graduating seniors CONTINUED from page 1 student loans.”

There are many internship opportunities out there for students, along with fellowships and even the possibility of attending graduate school for a higher degree.

But, are there even more options other than that?

Kristin Starkweather, a theater arts major with a minor in Japanese, planned on taking a slightly different approach on her career path after graduation.

“Originally I thought about getting my credentials, and teaching high school theater,” Starkweather said. “But since going to Japan, I’ve kind of changed my route. I want to teach English in Japan.”

Starkweather had applied to Amity, a Japanese company

that operated private English schools. She applied online at the company’s Web site for a position as an English teacher for one of the schools.

She was invited to an interview in Los Angeles, one of three cities where Amity held interviews.

I f S t a rk we a t h e r ’ s p l a n worked out, she would be transported pass the U.S. border, across the Pacific Ocean and to a foreign country.

Although being in a foreign country and interacting with the people there may seem intimidating, this was not the case for Starkweather. “ I f e e l re a l ly c o n f i d e n t with my choice of action,” Starkweather said. “It is scary because you don’t want to offend them, and you don’t

know something that they do that might offend you, but it is something that just has to happen.”

Teaching English is one of several job options that students have when considering what career paths they want to pursue. There are also many other types of jobs available in foreign countries.

As for students who found themselves with job offers following graduation, Bocchinfuso-Cohen said, “You definitely want to keep your enthusiasm and what you project out to be positive and be enthusiastic. They want to hire people who are excited about the opportunities they have to offer.”

GARDEN: The design is inspired by the artist’s children’s literature CONTINUED from page 1 very familiar way and not too sophisticated. He didn’t sugarcoat anything. So we created a Leo Politi garden that reflected some of the elements in his paintings.”

Boro said the garden will feature a fountain based on the art from “Song of the Swallows.”

He said he hopes the garden will have several statues from Politi’s books and tiles decorated with reproductions of some of his book covers.

President of ANCA Denise Sciandra was one of the first to develop the idea for the garden.

“It was actually my idea to build a garden,” Sciandra said.

“As they were building the new library, an opportunity came up to build a garden and

the idea was just perfect.”

Sciandra knew both Nixon and Politi, and said she is pleased to have the chance to honor Politi.

“He was a very gentle man,” Sciandra said. “A very humble man. It wasn’t about him.

It was about the artwork. He was a preservationist – he preserved things through his art.”

Sciandra also said that Politi was an innovator when it came to the subjects in his books.

“He was ahead of his time when it came to the multicultural aspect of his books,” Sciandra said. “He knew and loved the children he wrote about. You just didn’t see that in the 1950s. In the ‘80s and ‘90s it became sort of mandated.”

Sciandra said she was also excited about the design of the garden, and said she feels Politi would have enjoyed it as well.

“I think it will be a quiet and beautiful place to be, and that would be in tune with what Leo would like,” Sciandra said. “It will commemorate the friendship between these two wonderful men. It will be a lovely place to be.”

Sciandra said the garden should be completed in early May. There is a dedication planned for June 2 at 9 a.m. and Politi’s family will be invited.

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Ladd leaves tourney, Seay says goodbye Sylvester Seay bounced back from the flu to play hard in his last game in a Bulldog uniform

By Mike Wandzell The Collegian The men’s basketball team was down a player Thursday afternoon in its game against Louisiana Tech in the opener of the WAC Tournament.

Sophomore guard Mike Ladd was sent home from Reno, Nev. after violating athletic department policy.

“The only thing I could tell you is that it was a violation of our athletic department policy,” Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh said. “Subsequently, this is the appropriate punitive action in that case.”

Ladd made the trip with the team early Wednesday morning and even practiced that day. Head coach Steve Cleveland and his staff did not decide that Ladd would be suspended until later that evening when they went back to the hotel.

“We had not processed it, and when we came back to the hotel and we went through this thing, once all the facts were there, it was very clear what we needed to do,” Cleveland said.

After the decision was made, Ladd was sent back to Fresno to attend classes on Thursday and the ‘Dogs had a few hours to adjust to being a man down for

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Sophomore forward Paul George finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, in the what could possibly be his last game for Fresno State it he declares entry into the NBA draft.

the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament.

With the absence of Ladd, only eight ‘Dogs played in their 74-66 loss to

Baseball @ Aztec Invitational The baseball team went 3-1 in the Aztec Invitational in San Diego this past weekend.

The diamond ‘Dogs beat Cal State Fullerton 5-0, U n ive r s i t y o f S a n Francisco 5-2 and San Diego State 10-3. The team finished the invitational by losing to the University of San Diego 10-7.

The pitching performance improved d r a s t i c a l ly a s s o p h o m o re s Jo s h Poytress and Cody Kendall both won games for the ‘Dogs.

Senior Matt Morse pitched a complete game, shutting out Cal State Fullerton.

He picked up his second win of the season. Morse pitched nine innings allowing four hits while striking out three batters.

Sophomore Dusty Robinson and juniors Jordan Ribera and Bobby Coyle each had a home run during the weekend. The ‘Dogs improved their record to 9-7 and will come home to host Loyola Marymount on March 19 at Pete Beiden Field.

Softball @ Bayer CropScience Classic The softball team hosted its annual home tour nament this week going undefeated in tournament play. The team finished the Classic going 4-0. The ‘Dogs beat Eastern Tennessee State University 7-2, Cal State Northridge 10-1, Georgetown 3-0 and Mississippi State 11-3.

S o p h o m o re p i t ch e r M a cke n z i e Oakes threw a perfect game against Georgetown, the first one since 2005.

Oakes pitched a complete seven innings while striking out five.

Pitchers Morgan Melloh and Michelle Moses also collected wins for the ‘Dogs.

Louisiana Tech. Turnovers, foul trouble and the absence of Ladd led to their defeat.

“Had Mike played, might he have contributed in the game? Certainly,” Cleveland said. “I think, sometimes, when those things happen it unifies guys and puts people together.”

Even though the ‘Dogs lost Mike Ladd for the tournament, he will be back next season according to Athletics Director Thomas Boeh. But they will be losing their one and only senior, Sylvester Seay.

Seay was sick for four days prior to playing Louisiana Tech and managed to only practice once; however, he still finished with 11 points and eight rebounds in 37 minutes, playing in his final game wearing a Bulldog uniform.

“I wish I could have contributed a little bit more and that we could have ended up on the other side of the stick,” Seay said. “I look back, and I had a great time with these guys.”

In his two years at Fresno State, he compiled 980 points, 388 rebounds and 87 assists in 66 games.

“He has grown a great deal in a lot of different ways on and off the court,” Cleveland said.

Cleveland said Seay will complete his degree. He also added that Seay spent the last month competing at a higher level of play.

Minutes after the final buzzer sounded Thursday, the Bulldogs’ lone senior reflected on his career with advice for his teammates.

“It goes by fast. One minute you are here, and the next you are sitting in the situation that I am in,” Seay said. “I was here for five years and you think it is a long time, but it goes by fast.”

The team will go on the road this week as it participates in the Judi Gar man Classic in Fullerton, Calif.

Equestrian vs. Auburn The No. 10 Fresno State Equestrian team beat No. 2 Auburn 8-7 on Saturday.

Freshman Lauren Carr and seniors Lisa Wells and Madison Silver each collected MVP honors in their respective event: Wells in equitation over fences, Carr in equitation on the flat and Silver in horsemanship. vs. Kansas State The equestrian team finished its regular season losing to No. 6 Kansas State 9-6.

Junior Holly Elsbernd was the only ‘Dog to receive MVP honors. Elsbernd was named MVP in equitation over fences.

The team will wrap up its season next month, when they participate in the Varsity Equestrian National Championsips in Waco, Texas.

Track and Field vs. Cal Poly The men and women’s track and field team lost to Cal Poly on Saturday. The men lost 122-75 and the women were defeated 103-92.

Junior Tiera Hilliard finished in first place in the women’s 400-meter run while junior Latrisha Jordan came in first in women’s 400-meter hurdles.

Senior Frank Sanders also finished in first place in the men’s 800-meter run.

Junior Kendrick Young edged out a Cal Poly runner by one second, finishing first in men’s 400-meter hurdles.

Sophomore Rosario Sanchez dominated her event, finishing first in the discus throw.

The track and field team will head to Los Angeles this week as it takes part in the Trojan Invitational.

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As loyal Bulldog fans, The Collegian staff and I decided to embark on a journey and travel to Reno, Nev. to cover the Western Athletic Conference Tournament in hopes of seeing the women’s team take home another WAC Championship trophy.

As I took my place at the press table I had no clue what to expect, this was the big times and I was going to enjoy every moment.

Directly across the court a sea of red stood on their feet prepared to cheer the Bulldogs on to victory. The Bulldog Beat directly to my left could be heard throughout the whole Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

While most fans prepared themselves for the expected hard-fought game ahead against Louisiana Tech, they had complete confidence that the Bulldogs would come out on top.

Fresno State alumnus Marvin Hughes, who graduated in 1956, has followed the ‘Dogs ever since. Hughes had high hopes for the women’s team. “I think it is going to be our victory.

The girls have played all year for this day.

So, I think they will be right and ready to go,� Hughes said.

Some familiar faces also sat behind the Bulldog bench to show their support for the women in the championship round. “It is a great atmosphere for the WAC, a great atmosphere for college basketball, good games all the way through,� said vice president for student affairs Paul Oliaro. “It is just nice to see our women continuing to win the way they have all year, this is where they wanted to be. I think they are going to win it today.�

As a journalist I am supposed to remain unbiased, but how could I resist with the intense exchange between the Lady Techsters and Bulldogs.

Despite the heartbreaking loss in the final seconds of close, hard-fought game, Coach Adrian Wiggins said, “I feel like we came here, we had a great run and we enjoyed our time off the court and on the floor. Today was a hard fought game; we just really didn’t win in the categories that produce winning. I feel like it was very similar [to previous years]. I thought we played three great tournaments in a row now.�

Louisiana Tech head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon had many accolades for the ‘Dogs. “The thing they do well is that they get in there and they get second chance opportunities,� Weatherspoon said. “That’s what makes it so difficult for other teams to defend a team like that for 30 seconds.�

Wiggins and his team will continue to look forward and hope to receive a bid into the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. “We needed this to remind us how physical the game could be,� Wiggins said.

With seconds to tie the ball game the Bulldogs come up two points short

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian The Fresno State women’s basketball squad hit the road to Reno, Nev. last weekend in search of adding a third straight Western Athletic Conference tournament championship trophy to its mantel.

WAC Defensive Player of the Year award winner Jaleesa Ross and company arrived in Reno with one goal and a big target on their backs, as many competitors saw them as the team to beat. “If you want to win the WAC, you’ve got to go through Fresno. They’re the class of the league,� Idaho coach Jon Newlee said.

With a battle-tested preseason and an undisputed conference record, the ‘Dogs looked poised to cruise through the four-day tournament and once again return to Fresno with an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.

Quarter-final round Vs. No. 8 Hawaii

The ‘Dogs wasted little time dismantling their conference foe from the Pacific realm, winning handedly 85-53 to advance to the semi-final round.

A slow start put Fresno State in a 12-4 hole just four minutes into play, but the Bulldogs rallied back to enter the locker room with a 49-28 halftime advantage. Fresno State’s red-hot shooting, hitting .621 from the field, aided the 21-point margin.

By game’s end, the ‘Dogs hit 31 of 58 shots headed by Jaleesa Ross’ 15 points. Four Bulldog starters scored in double figures.

Semi-final round Vs. No. 4 Idaho

The Bulldogs looked like a well-oiled

machine to start both halves during an 80-66 victory over the Vandals on Friday afternoon.

After a well-deserved day of rest on Thursday, Fresno State shot out of the gates to a 10-0 run to open the first half of play. Idaho scored its first basket at the 15:40 point in the first period via All-Tournament selection Yinka Olorunnife’s layup.

The quick start proved to be pivotal for the ‘Dogs as Idaho scrapped its way back into the contest from then on, once cutting the lead to four. The tenacity of the Vandals’ squad came as no surprise to Wiggins in the third matchup between the two teams in 2010. “From my perspective we just played a really good Idaho team,� Wiggins said. “They are very, very well coached and they just don’t quit.�

Three starters posted double-doubles, anchored by Jaleesa Ross’ 25 points.

Hayley Munro, a junior, was just one rebound shy of joining her teammates in the double-double party. “Every time I looked around they were sharing the ball and running the floor really hard,� Wiggins said.

The second-half start nearly mirrored the first as Fresno State exploded for a 9-0 run to widen the gap at 51-32 before Vandals’ point guard Natasha Helsham hit two free throws five minutes in. Fresno State managed to keep Idaho in a double-digit deficit the entire final 20 minutes.

Wiggins’ squad did, however, struggle from the field for nearly the entire game, missing 54 shots and shooting a subpar 33 percent from the floor. “We just had a phenomenal effort,�

Wiggins said. “I think when you miss 12 easy layups and still score 80 points, that’s a lot to be excited about.�

Championship game Vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech

T he Lady Techsters entered the game as arguably the only WA C t e a m t o give Fresno State trouble during the re g u l a r s e a s o n , narrowly losing on Feb. 24 in overtime 81-78. The Bulldogs entered the game as the WAC’s clear f avo r i t e w i t h a Matt Weir / The Collegian school record 19 game winning Junior Hayley Munro was one of the two Bulldogs who received a place streak under their on the all-tournament team. Munro scored the team-high 15 points belt and one of the against Louisianna Tech in the championship battle. conference’s best

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players in Ross.

Something had to give.

What gave for the second straight night was the Bulldogs’ shooting, and the Lady Techsters took advantage, winning the WAC Tournament championship in a 68-66 thriller.

After Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell, the tour nament MVP, missed the back end of a 1-and-1 with six seconds left, the ‘Dogs had one chance to either tie the game at 68 or win with a three pointer. Joh-Teena Filipe snagged the rebound, dished the ball to LaShay Fears who raced the length of the court but missed the contested game-tying layup as time expired.

Although Fresno State’s schoolrecord winning streak was halted at 19, the ‘Dogs cling to hope of an NCAA Tour nament at-large bid, which will be announced Monday evening.

Louisiana Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon believed that “Without a doubt,� the Bulldogs deserved a spot at the NCAA Tournament. “They have had a tough schedule all year long and they have played well all year long,� Weatherspoon said. “They went through the conference regular season no losses, this is a very good basketball team.� “We wanted to be the WAC champions and we are,� Wiggins said. “We wanted to win the tournament championship but we fell short on that. We still want to get to the NCAA tournament and we want to win games.�

Ross, an All-Tournament selection, and Filipe agreed that the biggest difference in the loss was under the glass. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Fresno State 49 to 35, thanks in large part to Louisana Tech’s twin towers in the paint, Adrienne Johnson and Dowdell.

The Bulldogs also missed numerous opportunities offensively, shooting just over 33 percent for the game. “I think if you look at the overall basketball game we didn’t win today, obviously,� Wiggins said. “Not only on the scoreboard but I don’t think we won in some of the important categories to us which is defending, rebounding and shot selection�

In the first half the ‘Dogs fought back from a 10-point deficit to take a 37-36 halftime lead. But shortly after half time, the Lady Techsters went on an 8-0 run to lead 46-37.

Down the stretch, Fresno State and Louisiana Tech went score-for-score in a two-point ball game, but the Lady Techsters were just too much in the end. Now the Bulldogs must sit and wait for Monday afternoon, which will ultimately decide their fate. “Everyone’s pretty down and upset, but we’ll bounce back,� Ross said. “We’ve got practice coming up and I’m sure we’ll find a way to pick each other up and think about what’s next.�

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