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Budget could get worse if initiative isn’t passed

By Alexandra Norton The Collegian

Budget Cut Target for Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 $12,581,160

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Fresno State President John Welty said if there is a $200 million cut in CSU budget, Fresno State will be forced to make permanent reductions for the 2013-14 academic year. Roughly $12.5 million will be cut from the seven divisions shown above.

After the recent news of a possible $200 million cut in the CSU budget, Fresno State President John Welty stood before university staff and faculty at Thursday’s Budget Update to discuss the changes Fresno State will face in the coming months.

“Over the past four years, California has been in a prolonged period of difficult budget downtur ns that have completely changed the fiscal landscape,” Welty said. “The new normal for Fresno State has resulted in a markedly different funding model.”

Although there may be fur ther changes, Welty said that there will be several that will take place as soon as fall 2012.

Along with not admitting students for the 2013 spring semester and waitlisting all applicants for the fall 2013 semester, students registering for fall 2012 courses will only be allowed to enroll for 16 units.

Welty said that Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed there be no further reductions in budget assuming that his tax initiative passes.

“We know its basic provisions are increased revenues through a combination of sales and income tax increases,” Welty said.

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Gas, distance burden commuter students 25 percent of Fresno State students commute from other Valley cities

By Samuel Cosby The Collegian Rising gas prices and a limited number parking spaces are just two of the obstacles that commuter students encounter every day.

For the last two years, Alan Wileman, a senior at Fresno State, has been commuting back and forth from Visalia.

“I have to come up to class five days a week,” Wileman said. “I spend about an hour each way. About 10 hours a week on the road.”

Wileman’s biggest problem with commuting is often forgetting things at home.

“I’ve forgotten my wallet before,” Wileman said. “ It was bad because I was running out of gas and I had to have my brother come down and help me out.”

The other conflict Wileman has with commuting is making it to class on time.

“I’m definitely the guy who shows up five minutes late,” Wileman said. “The first class of the day usually gets a five-minute cushion. It really depends on traffic. Sometimes an accident will slow me down, but I really try to time it perfect because I don’t want to sit around and do nothing on campus.”

Sociology professor Timothy Kubal said some of the most common truancies he gets are from his student commuters.

“You always get a couple people whose truck died, or something hap-

pened to their car,” Kubal said. “ I had someone this semester who had their car stolen and they couldn’t get to campus.”

With close to 1,000 students living in the dorms, everyone else is technically a commuter. Roughly 75 percent of students live in the city of Fresno, meaning that 25 percent of students are commuting in and out of Central Valley cities, according to data from a study done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at Fresno State.

Fresno State offers a commuter services program for students looking for help with the daily drives. Its website provides information on ridesharing for students and staff.

The website also offers a carpool matching service online to help students find the perfect carpool partners.

Students who are a part of this program are also offered preferred carpool parking.

Faculty and staff are also asked to cut down on their daily driving by walking or biking to campus. The commuter services program offers faculty and staff “scrip” cash for every day they use an alternative means of transportation.

With rising gas prices, commuter students have just another thing to worry about.

“Sometimes people complain about the cost of gas, and that’s another big problem with commuter students,” Wileman said.

Wileman admitted that he is finan-

cially better off than most students, but the price of gas was still on his mind.

“I use about a quarter tank every day,” he said. “It costs me about $60 or $70 dollars to fill up, so I’m spending

close to $15 a day for gas. I have a pretty good car too. I can only imagine how bad it is for some of those people drivSee COMMUTE, Page 3

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Fresno State junior Edith Marin drives to campus from Firebaugh twice a week with her sister.

She is part of the 25 percent of students who make the commute to campus from cities outside of Fresno.

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jape (noun) Something designed to arouse amusement or laughter.

Source: The Lexicon by William F. Buckley Jr.

OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU

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Candidates discuss fees, parking WEB-SPE@K

By Tony Petersen The Collegian

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n Wednesday, The Collegian hosted Associated Students, Inc. presidential interviews, interviewing two of the candidates for president, Arthur Montejano and Daniel Harrison. The following is an excerpt of the questions asked to the candidates and the answers given.

Watch the full interviews at http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2012/03/22/2012associated-students-inc-presidentialinterviews/.

If elected president, what could you do to help alleviate students’ financial troubles?

Arthur Montejano: A crucial role that ASI needs to play a bigger part in is in introducing students to those resources and putting them into their hands, saying, this is where you can go. ASI needs to be a bigger resource in that sense... Student assistantships or graduate assistantships might not be as well advertised as they should, and by embracing students, faculty and staff as partners in identifying those solutions, we can identify them and make them [more] well known.

Daniel Harrison: I’m the only candidate proposing a decrease in the ASI fee... If ASI’s able to say, you know what, we have decreased the fee and we have made our organization and our level of government on campus more efficient — follow our example. I think that argument has [a lot of] merit.

Mr. Harrison, as you’ve said tonight, if elected, you would decrease the ASI fee, which is $34.50 for each student, by 25 percent. You say you would com-

pensate for the revenue loss to the ASI budget by cutting the portion of the revenue that goes into ASI reserves. Why do you think this is a good plan for ASI? DH: In the current economic crisis, and with the amount of money ASI has in reserve, I think it’s a little unnecessary to continue to take more than is necessary from students.

Mr. Montejano, to encourage students to become involved in public advocacy, you have proposed “a Student General Assembly to be held once a semester that would provide a forum for students to learn about issues relevant to them and discuss solutions.” How would you go about getting this program started, and is it realistic to expect many students to take advantage of such a program?

AM: The General Assembly would, essentially, start like this: You would assign each senator an area or topic that is of interest to them ... They would then ... help develop a workshop that would address that issue as it pertains to students... When you give students an opportunity to voice their opinion and to feel like they are meaningful participants in the dialogue, they will jump [at the chance to participate in such a program].

What would you do about the proposed $34 parking permit increase? What, realistically, can the ASI president do about it?

AM: I do not support a parking fee increase that does not have student input, plain and simple. We need to have a voice in that, and we need — because we are the ones who will ultimately share the burden of funding

this new project — we need to determine now is that fee appropriate. If it’s not, then how can we address the need for more parking by working with faculty and staff and with student input.

DH: It’s a very unfortunate event.

ASI can’t do much directly. However ... we can make a recommendation to the university auxiliary, the university board, and say, you know what, for spring semester, this would be better...

We need to make a recommendation to the university so that they can alleviate that, and make it more gradual.

If elected, what would be the first thing you would want to accomplish?

AM: The first thing on my agenda would be to establish relationships with the Senate. When you embrace people and bring them in, you make it easier for us to all function more effectively... By establishing that relationship, we’ve set ourselves up for success.

DH: The first thing to do would be to restructure the Senate so that they can function more efficiently.

Currently, senators are asked to do just a few hours a month. I think they need to be doing the same amount that they’re doing per month per week...

If they’re working more often, we can get these kind of things done where we can write these comprehensive recommendations for the university board regarding the parking permit fee increase.

You can vote for either of these candidates from Tuesday, March 27 through Thursday, March 29 in your Fresno State email.

Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian’s website.

Response:

‘Election update: It’s Rick vs.

Mitt, but Romney still inevitable’ ‘Michael’: “Santorum is the more authentic and sincere conservative Republican, but he is the less likely Republican to win the general election. I think Republicans, even those who despise Romney, have voted for him as a strategy to nominate the best candidate vs. Barack. But I think both Santorum and Romney have very low approval ratings among moderates and independents. But so does Barack, I think.”

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‘Religious preachers cause a scene in Free Speech Area’ ‘joshua4234’: “People like this thrive off attention, good or bad. The correct response is to ignore them. It saddens me to see people fall prey to obvious tactics of continuing to grow a ministry by being an attention whore.’

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‘The ‘B’ word is possible’ ‘Dan’: “Tony, your piece is idiotic. The employee groups have agreed to give back after give back, amounting to reportedly 25 percent of compensation over the past few years. Perhaps the fault lies with a city council incapable of making rational decisions, and mayors more interested in making Fresno a Christian community than in governing.”

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‘The ‘B’ word is possible’ ‘Joel Ede’: “Nice piece, Tony. Dan, there is really nothing idiotic about the story itself. Informative and useful. The only idiotic thing here are some of the choices Fresno’s city council has made.”

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‘Dilemma for crim students after college’

‘See Xiong’: “Getting a job in the law enforcement field is difficult with a degree from any undergraduate criminology/ criminal justice program, not just from Fresno State. It may be helpful and would advance oneself as a better candidate in the police academy, but it is not necessary.

Crim degree is not required for law school or non-profit work either. Students need to take into account that because of the theory-based structure of this degree, they will have to work more at making themselves marketable in the work force. Passing classes and a 120-hour internship doesn’t shine anymore in this economy.

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Associated Students, Inc. presidential candidate Daniel Harrison, (left) sits down with The Collegian’s Opinion Editor Tony Petersen, (right) to talk about policies. Arthur Montejano, below, also talked with Petersen about what he could offer students as ASI President.

ing trucks.”

Kubal explained that hearing student complaints doesn’t bother him, except when the students ask for special treatment.

“I hear them complain, and it’s fine,” Kubal said. “I don’t really care except for when they want some special deal on their grades. ‘My car broke down, can I make up the quiz?’ No. You can’t do that.”

While Kubal voiced some of the problems with having such a large commuter-based campus, he said he likes those who do.

“They tend to be older and more mature,” Kubal said. “Commuter stu-

dents are our bread and butter. They are everywhere so it’s hard to be critical of them.”

It isn’t all bad for Wileman, though, who explained that the extra time spent driving in the morning can help him function better in class.

“It gives me a chance to get going every morning,” Wileman said. “I have an extra hour to get started.”

Even with all his struggles commuting, Wileman said he would only move into Fresno if it offered him a stable job.

“It’s convenient and nice living close to home,” Wileman said. “If there’s a job in Fresno, though, I’d have to move.

I can’t afford to be doing this five days a week forever.”

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Welty told faculty members to plan for next year with the assumption they would have the same amount of funding as this year and also asked faculty for a favor: “If you haven’t registered to vote, please do so and urge students in your classes to vote,” Welty said.

“November’s election will be extremely important for our future.”

If Brown’s proposed tax initiative isn’t passed in November, Fresno State could be out $12.6 million for the 201314 academic year and have to turn down 800 or more applicants.

Funding would be cut from different divisions within Academic Affairs, Student Af f airs, Administrative Services, Plant Operations, Technology, the President’s Office and Athletics.

Welty said that decisions will have to be made next spring, which could also lead to employment actions.

“It is premature to provide exact information,” Welty said.

Welty was also critical of the ongoing discussion regarding university officials receiving pay raises.

“First of all I think the media should get it right,” Welty said. “The board adopted a policy over a month ago in which they essentially said that they would compensate a president more than 10 percent above the incumbent president.”

Welty said that amount is still well below the averages compared to across the country.

“Our board is facing a difficult task of trying to recruit presidents, and unfortunately the timing is not good.”

Welty is hopeful that if students, faculty and staff collaborate together and share the workload, fiscal challenges will be met.

“I hope we can continue to foster the sense of community that our campus is known for,” Welty said. “Working together and caring for each other is what has carried Fresno State through good times and challenges throughout our history.”

BRIEFS Chávez Education Conference is Friday-Saturday The annual César Chávez Education Conference on Literacy and Educational Policy is scheduled 4-7 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, at Fresno State’s Satellite Student Union. Workshops will be held in the Peters Business Building.

On-site registration is available at http://chavezconference.org/. Free parking available in Lots K, L and M. The conference kicks off university National Farmworker Awareness Week observances that culminate with the annual César E. Chávez Celebration and Garlanding Ceremony Tuesday, March 27. INFO: Dr. Glenn DeVoogd, 559.278.0279.

Former Fresno State prof Herrera named California poet laureate For mer Fresno State professor Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed California poet laureate by Gov. Brown.

The state Senate must confirm the governor’s appointment before Herrera can begin a two-year term.

He is the second former Fresno State professor to earn a high literary honor in the past year. Phillip Levine, professor emeritus of English, is poet laureate of the United States, appointed by

the Library of Congress in August.

T wo F r e s n o S t a t e a l u m n i a r e past state poets laureate – Gre g Pape (Montana) and Lawson Iwada (Oregon).

Herrera, 63, was chair of Fresno State’s Chicano and Latin American Department from 1990 to 2004 before going to the University of California, Riverside where he is the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Creative Writing.

He has published more than twodozen volumes of poetry, prose, plays, children’s books and young-adult novels. Herrera has won more than 50 awards, fellowships and honorable mentions. His most recent books, “Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box” (Harper Collins-Joanna Colter Books) and “Downtown Boy” (Scholastic Press) won major national awards.

Fresno State President John D. Welty said, “Professor Herrera’s appointment as poet laureate of California and his distinction as the first Latino in that post is both recognition of his accomplishments and inspiration for Latino writers everywhere.”

“We’re proud that professors of the quality of Juan Felipe Herrera and Phil Levine have taught and inspired so many thousands of Fresno State students about the importance of literary expression,” added Welty

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Tattoos becoming more accepted

By Stephen Keleher The Collegian

Public relations and art double major Roe Borunda got a panda tattoo as body art. Borunda's first tattoo was a memorial to her grandfather. She now has five including the panda.

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Tattoos have been around for centuries. Once used primarily for cultural and religious purposes, tattoos are now becoming a prevalent part of society.

Once considered taboo, tattoos have become more accepted by the general public. Tattoos have slowly gone from something that was stereotyped as something sailors, dancing girls, convicts and Maori New Zealanders had, to something that many people old and young of every race are getting. Initially criticized as a fad, tattoo culture has only grown stronger “I just really wanted one when I turned 18,” history major Bailey Ward said. “Mine is a lion and they mean strength, so it’s a little symbolic for me.”

“Women are somewhat scared, worried, but they do go through with it,” Rudy Acosta of Clovis Ink said.

“They have a variety of reasons, from a memorial tattoo for someone they’ve lost to something as simple as Hello Kitty.”

Roe Borunda, a third-year transfer student from Virginia, waited until she was 23 to get her first tattoo, a memorial to her grandfather.

“It’s my side piece,” Borunda said.

But once she started as an apprentice at a tattoo gallery, she decided to make her body a canvas for some of the artists she was working with. “[Just] being able to experience for example, Ryan 'Baby' Collins tattooing me, [and have] that interaction and that memory,” Borunda, who now has five tattoos said. “It’s body art, somebody’s art [is] on your body. I mean,

when I raise my hand and you see a panda in my armpit, the other students are like, ‘Wait a minute, what is that?’”

Other students get tattoos to express their spiritual side.

“I have one of my grandma, may she rest in peace, and I have another one of a Buddha,” third-year business major Johnny Pov said. “It’s my culture.

Today everybody’s converting to a different religion. I like to keep mine with me.”

A quarter-mile down Cedar from campus, Nightwitch Body Art offers 10- percent discounts to Fresno State students.

“We’re seeing now that people are really thinking about the kind of tattoos,” owner Valerie Costa said.

“They’re getting tattoos that mean something that they’re going to want to have in 20 years.”

In addition to tattoo services, Nightwitch offers two methods of nonlaser tattoo removal.

Tattoo culture runs in the family for accounting major Cameron Shipman, who has remarkable “sleeves,” meaning both arms completely tattooed from wrist to shoulder.

“My grandfather was a biker dude.

My mom has a lot of tattoos as well,” Shipman said. “I’m fortunate to have met all great tattoo artists at the conventions. And I travel. I plan on going to Japan and doing a piece there in the traditional Japanese style, and I want to go down and do the old Maori style.”

While tattoo culture has become ever more popular, students who sport body art still find it wise to conceal their tattoos when looking for work.

“I can come in in a suit and a tie. You won’t see a tattoo on my entire body, and you won’t see a piercing on my entire body,” Shipman said. “But I still have them. Does that change my personality? Does that change my references? My qualifications?”

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Tattoo artist Big Mike of Clovis Ink works on tattooing a client. Clients get tattoos for a variety of different reasons, such as religion, culture, art and fun.

History Major Bailey Ward got her first tattoo when she turned 18. Ward said her lion represents strength.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

‘Feminine Meditations’ exhibit shows off artist Ronda Kelley’s creativity

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A guest at Ronda Kelley’s exhibit last week appreciated the artist’s use of textiles and bold colors. Kelley, a craft and design graduate student, had her first show at the Conley Art Gallery last week, where many attendees praised her unique use of the showroom.

By Taylor Gonzalez and Esteban Cortez The Collegian Artist Ronda Kelley displayed her creativity last we e k i n h e r C o n l e y A r t Gallery exhibit “Feminine Meditations,” which is a theme she explored in her first Fresno installation.

Kelley’s storyline came alive as viewers traveled from one piece of artwork to the next in the dark halls of her exhibit, which focused on feminine themes such as healing, meditation and giving birth.

“I felt the need to acknowledge what is usually thought of as feminine,” Kelley said.

“I’d like for people to take how important it is to be introspective while going through life on a daily basis.”

Her exhibit featured pieces that highlight her creativity, a trait she says comes naturally.

Kelley always wanted to study something she enjoyed, which led her to create a unique major within the Department of Art and Design at Fresno State. Today, Kelley is the only craft and design student in the program, and many of her professors appreciate her work ethic.

Julia Bradshaw, assistant art professor at Fresno State and Kelley’s former teacher, said that Kelley usually does

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historical research of fabrics and incorporates her findings in her work.

Bradshaw also appreciated Kelley’s use of the Conley Art Gallery space.

“I’m most impressed with how she changed the shape and feeling of the [Conley Art Gallery],” Bradshaw said at Kelley’s opening reception last week.

She added that many students don’t realize they can transform the space to their liking, as Kelley did.

Kelley’s colorful, ear thtoned pieces were individually lit up in a labyrinth-like setting last week. Theater curtains measuring 30 feet wide

by 18 feet high served as the backdrop for Kelley’s work, which allowed the viewer to focus on one piece at a time with little distractions.

Conley Art Gallery technician Edward Lund said Kelley’s exhibit was much more demanding than others he usually installs. He said her intent was to transform the space from a white box to a dark, intimate place.

Kelley was born and raised in the Fresno area, but spent 14 years of her life in southern California. When she was 22 years old, she attended California State University, Long Beach, where she received her Bachelor’s degree

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After spending more than a decade of her life in southern California, she made the decision to return to the Central Valley to raise her daughter.

When she returned, she decided to expand on her artistic education, which led her to pursue her Master’s degree at Fresno State. Kelley plans to become a college art professor.

Kelley’s work has made appearances throughout campus last year. One of her “Feminine Meditation” pieces was featured as a backdrop in the Fresno State production of “The Vagina Monologues.”

Kelley also was one of three students who helped renowned contemporary fiber artist Consuelo Jiménez Underwood with her Conley Art exhibit back in August 2011.

Kelley said that the assistance of Fresno State staff, f aculty, friends and f am ily inspired her to put on last week’s exhibit. However, Kelley has always had the drive to create art.

“I think people should do what they love,” Kelley said.

“It makes them more productive.”

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The climate change hoax, scientists in disagreement

By Andrew J. Gunther and James J. McCarthy McClatchy-Tribune We are scientists who agree with critics such as Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., that there is a climate change “hoax” being perpetrated on the American people.

We just don’t agree on what the hoax is and who is being fooled.

Sen. Inhofe and his associates want us to believe that the science of climate change is the contrived “hoax.” Their claims cannot withstand even the most cursory scrutiny.

Does this “hoax” date back to 1896, when Nobel Laureate Svante Arrhenius presented his findings that human activities releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could change Earth’s climate? Did it start when scientists Charles Keeling and Roger Revelle demonstrated in the 1950s that a large part of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of coal, oil and gas was remaining in the atmosphere because the oceans couldn’t absorb it fast enough? Did an evil cabal of “warmists” trick a science advisory panel into war ning President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 of the dangers of adding greenhouses gases to the atmosphere?

In 2009, the National Academies of Science of the world’s major industrialized nations (including China, India and Brazil) issued an unprecedented joint statement on the reality of climate change and the need for immediate action. Do those who claim climate change is a hoax expect us to believe this

was a put on by an international bunch of con men with doctoral degrees? The U.S. Evangelical Environmental Network tells us that global warming is one of the major challenges of our time, and Pope Benedict XVI has called for coordinated global action to address dangers of climate change _ have they too joined the conspiracy?

Of course not.

The real hoax is the claim that a scientific debate exists about the reality of climate change. It is promoted by organizations that benefit from our current energy choices and groups that are opposed to any regulation whatsoever, even the most sensible safeguards that help protect our children’s health.

The hoaxers claim climate scientists are “in it for the money,” a ludicrous proposition as pointed out by Jon Koomey. Dr. Koomey used his expertise in mathematical modeling to study the economic impacts of climate change for two decades at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. If Koomey and his colleagues were in it for the money they would have taken their analytic expertise to Wall Street long ago, where their salaries would have been five to 10 times what they can make working for the government.

The hyped rhetoric around this issue is an attempt to convince Americans that accepting the scientific evidence will require taking actions inimical to our shared values of liberty, freedom, community and entrepreneurship.

But one need look no further

than the studies of America’s military and intelligence officials who understand how disr uptive human-caused climate change could be to our nation’s interests both at home and abroad (in 2009 the CIA established a Center on Climate Change and National Security). Putting our head in the sand about climate change is a sure way to undermine American liberty, economic prosperity and national security. Of all the alterative paths before us to address this problem, doing nothing to reduce the threat of serious climate change is a dangerous and expensive option.

There’s a climate change hoax all right, but it is Sen. Inhofe and his science-denying associates who are trying to do the fooling. We are all going to pay a price if we don’t call-out their campaign of misinfor mation and get down to the real work before us. The question now is what will be the cost of inaction to our health and our pocket-

books? The longer the hoaxers can prevent serious action,

the higher the price we will all pay.

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BASEBALL

Fresno State hopes to extend streak

By Tim Salazar The Collegian

Fresno State will put its five-game winning streak on the line against the UC Riverside Highlanders (6-9) today at 6:05 p.m. The threegame series will continue Saturday, also set for 6:05 p.m., and Sunday’s game will be at 2:05 p.m.

The Bulldog offense has been on the rise in recent games, scoring more than five runs in three straight games, a feat it was only able to accomplish twice in the nine games prior.

The ‘Dogs (12-9) have demonstrated that they have threats along the base paths with Aaron Judge, Patrick Hutcheson and Jordan Luplow all stealing at least fives bases. Judge leads the team with seven. They have also shown patience behind the plate, amassing walks with Hutcheson collecting 17 and Judge adding 14.

Kenny Wise, Chris Mariscal, Austin Wynns and Judge all have double-digit RBI totals on the year with Hutcheson close behind with nine. As a team the Bulldogs have totaled 40 extra base hits, six of those being home runs.

An early lead will bode well for the Bulldogs.

The Highlanders have not had a comeback win this season. They have also not won a game when they have given up more than five runs.

They are a perfect 5-0 when they give up three or fewer runs. They have also outscored opponents 25-14 in the first two innings.

The Highlanders’ offensive players that the Bulldogs will need to watch out for are juniors Eddie Young and Phil Holinsworth. Currently Young leads the team with a .373 batting average. Holinsworth holds a .536 slugging percentage and his two home runs are the only

Highlander home runs this season. Both players are tied for the team lead in RBIs with 10.

As a team the Highlanders have a combined 24 extra-base hits.

The pitching staff has been a strength for the Bulldogs, holding a 3.37 ERA. Starters Tyler Linehan and Tom Harlan both have sub-2 ERAs while closer Taylor Garrison and starter/ reliever Justin Haley have sub-3 ERAs. As a team they have held opponents to a .261 batting average.

Highlander pitcher Eddie Orozco has already been named one of the Louisville Slugger’s National Players Week, a Big West Baseball Pitcher of the Week and College Baseball Insider West Region Pitcher of the Week. He also made the College Baseball Hall of Fame and Diamond Sports weekly National AllStar Lineup for his performance on March 10.

Orozco pitched the Highlanders to a 1-0 shutout and tied a UC Riverside Division I record with 15 strikeouts. He also didn’t allow a single walk in the game. His perfect game was broken up in the seventh inning. He has a 0.78 ERA over his last three games.

The series projected starters for the Bulldogs are Linehan (3-1, 1.51 ERA) on Friday, Haley (2-1, 2.57 ERA) on Saturday and Harlan (3-3, 1.89 ERA) on Sunday. The Highlanders are likely to start Dylan Stuart (2-2, 4.85 ERA) on Friday, Orozco (3-1, 1.65 ERA) Saturday and Trevor Frank (0-3, 4.50) on Sunday.

Today’s game will be number 1,001 of Batesole’s career. The Bulldogs earned a win in his 1,000th game Wednesday with a 5-2 victory over Kent State.

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Second-half surge leads ‘Dogs past Blue Devils

Esteban Cortez / The Collegian

Bulldog junior Taylor Fiehler drives past Central Connecticut’s Ashley Mara during Fresno State’s 18-8 win Thursday.

Fiehler finished with two goals on four shots in the team’s second win in program history.

By Angel Moreno The Collegian Fresno State earned its second win in program history after a strong second-half outing, thrashing the Central Connecticut Blue Devils, 18-8,Thursday afternoon.

The Bulldogs (2-3) came out on top early, climbing out to a 5-0 lead. But the Blue Devils responded with five straight goals spanning eight minutes to tie the game at 5-all. Central Connecticut eventually went ahead and was up 7-6 at halftime.

From there the Bulldogs

knew they had to adjust their game plan to regain the lead and come out with the win.

“When we were talking at halftime, they kept saying ‘we’re a better team, we’re a better team,’” head coach Jessica Pausewang said.

“So I just gave them the challenge at halftime and I said ‘prove it. Look at the scoreboard right now. You’re down by a goal. Come out and prove on the field you’re a better team.’”

Fresno State did prove it, outscoring the Blue Devils 12-1 in the second half to come out with the double-digit victory.

The comeback was spurred by sophomore Briana Hetherington, who scored the first two goals of the half.

“We came out and said we wanted to play Fresno State Lacrosse today, and that’s what we did,” Hetherington said.

Hetherington led all Bulldog scorers with four goals, and Natalie Harrington followed with three.

Fresno State will travel to the Sunshine State for games against Jacksonville and Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.

Shannon Murphy (right) performs exercises with a student-athlete Tuesday.

Murphy works around 35 hours a week as a student athletic trainer, 15 more than required by the sports medicine program.

HELP: Learning never stops for student athletic trainers CONTINUED from page 8 *** In the afternoons, the traffic that inhabits the athletic training room is quite different from the morning’s tranquility.

As the day progresses, student-athletes stop by both the Duncan Building and North Gym facilities sporadically or in groups, after a class or before a practice or workout, as part of an offseason regimen or in the aftermath of a home game. For them, the athletic training facilities offer a safe haven of rehabilitation and pre-practice preparation.

But for aspiring certified athletic trainers like Murphy a n d f e l l ow s e n i o r M i n d a McCullough, the facilities have an equally pivotal, yet different, significance. For them, the facilities are utilized as their own unique practice field where they log in as many as 35 hours a week into a sports medicine program that only requires 20.

McCullough views the athletic training rooms as the one place where she can bridge the gap between classroom learning and professional experience.

“I think I lear n the most when I’m able to apply what I’ve already lear ned in the classroom and actually apply it to this setting – into rehabs or evaluations with my student-athletes,” McCullough said.

“That’s when I actually learn the most because it clicks into your brain that that’s actually what you learned in the classroom and now you’re able to witness it firsthand.”

For Murphy and McCullough, balancing school and their commitment to the spor ts medicine pro g ram carry similar challenges to that of a full-time student juggling a full-time job, but with added twists.

“I’m probably starting school at 7 or 8 every morning and going until 8 at night, and on game days, more like 10 … And I’ve had class conflicts both semesters with football and baseball during practice times where I’ll leave pre-practice, go to class for an hour, and then come straight back to practice,” McCullough said. *** Despite the demanding schedule, the different methods of learning and all the

other intricacies related with being an athletic trainer, the profession falls is often confused with personal training.

“We’re constantly trying to explain to people what we do,” Tackett said. “We’re not water girls. We’re not personal trainers. We’re not horse trainers [or], dog trainers. We’re athletic trainers and we don’t really do much training at all, but we fix the broken.”

The misperception can come from athletic training being a fairly young profession. It has only been an organized effort since 1950, when the National Athletic Trainers’ Association was founded. According to Tackett, the career is currently battling for licensure to increase recognition in the profession and ensure a standard of care.

Regardless of the misperceptions, Tackett said that it does not take away from one of the sports medicine program’s major goal: helping student athletic trainers obtain a quality, sufficient amount of hands-on experience that is necessary for graduate school and certification.

“I think we’re really fortunate that students are getting real-world experience and an education out of this because not every major gets that,” Tackett said. “Sometimes the first time you’ve ever done your job is your first day on it.”

McCullough, who will graduate this semester, is going to attend the University of Kentucky and serve as a graduate assistant.

However, she advises that the journey through the field of sports medicine is not for the faint of heart.

“You have to have a real passion for it to put in the hours this program requires and you have to really like what you are doing, otherwise it’s going to take a toll on you and you’re not going to want to do it anymore,” McCullough said.

And while student athletic trainers like Murphy, who fight through the everlasting grind of school and sports medicine, find the experience tough, she would not have it any other way.

“It’s been an interesting two years,” Murphy said. “It’s a lot of work but it’s been a lot fun. I’ve learned a tremendous amount of experience and I would not trade it for the world.”

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Student athletic trainer Shannon Murphy (center) and athletic trainer Sarah Tackett (right) carefully watch a student-athlete performs rehabilitation exercises Tuesday.

Student training demands time, focus

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian On an early March morning, the Duncan Athletic Training Room remains desolate except for a few drop-bys from a student-athlete or two and members of the lacrosse team. Empty rows of tables and the faint whirring of an ice machine in the background contribute to the relaxed ambience of the room.

As part of a standard procedure, athletic trainer Sarah Tackett and senior Shannon Murphy arrive at 6 a.m. to prepare for an offseason soccer practice slated to start in an hour and a half. For Murphy, assisting Tackett with morning practices is a rigid schedule to follow, but never disappoints.

“Every time we’re out at practice it’s always a good time – always something different to look for-

ward to,” Murphy said.

“Every day may follow a schedule, but no two days are the same because every day something hurts someone new,” added Tackett.

For athletic trainers, a lot of the learning takes place on a team’s practice field. During soccer practice, as the team engages in an assortment of drills, Tackett and Murphy keep a watchful eye on players’ knees and ankles, along with how they plant their feet after kicking the ball.

“All it takes is one funny ligament,” Tackett said. “It may sound a bit morbid, but as an athletic trainer you’re waiting around for people to get hurt.”

And the “hurry-up-and-wait” approach (as Tackett puts it) means that oftentimes, lengthy periods of constant alertness are in preparation for incidents that take a frac-

tion of a second.

It can mean an offensive lineman executing a down block and jamming his fingers inside the shoulder pads of another lineman. It can be an inconspicuous, surmounting soreness in a pitcher’s throwing shoulder as he exhausts a pitch count.

“Although it may seem calm that we’re just standing around, the things you have to think about and be prepared for are really kind of astonishing,” Tackett said.

For a student athletic trainer whose assigned team is in season, the learning environment sometimes transitions to other facilities and venues well outside the Fresno city limits.

Murphy is a senior sports medicine major in her final year in the sports medicine program. She was assigned to the volleyball team last

semester and recounts the day she traveled with the team for an exhibition match at CSU Bakersfield.

“You start early in the morning, go to class, come out of class and you pretty much get everything ready that you need on the road in the visiting training room,” she said. “Sometimes you’ll have stuff that they give you. Sometimes you have a table and a chair. It’s definitely a busy day but it’s a really great experience.”

On this morning, however, the pace seems a lot less hectic than Murphy’s game day recollection.

The destination was not a 120-mile bus ride to Kern County, but rather a short golf cart trip through a dirt road circling the fences of Bulldog Stadium.

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