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Robertito’s Taco Shop coming to Fresno State

By Tomas Kassahun @TomasKassahun

The popular local Mexican restaurant, Robertitos, will replace Chick-fil-A on the Fresno State campus this spring.

After Chick-Fil-A stopped operating at Fresno State last spring, the school conducted several studies to see what restaurant students wanted to see on campus.

“We brought in a consultant a year and a half ago,” said Deborah Adishian-Astone, administrator of Auxiliary Services. “We heard two concepts. One concept was MeN-eds Pizza and the second was a local authentic Mexican concept.”

The Me-N-Eds Pizza now operates in The Bucket at Fresno State.

To identify which was the right Mexican restaurant, Fresno State conducted a survey throughout the fall and shared that

information with the food service advisory committee.

“The rankings showed the top five of what students want to see on campus,” Astone said. “Robertitos was ranked in the top three that students want to see on campus.

We got close to a thousand responses.”

After looking at the survey, Fresno State consulted with the top ranked restaurants to see if they are interested in operating on campus.

“Through that process, Robertitos emerged as the restaurateur we chose to operate in the Chick-Fil-A location,” Astone said.

“They will operate it themselves like Panda Express does. It’s not dining services that will operate it.”

Although there is no specific date, Astone expects Robertitos to start operating at Fresno State after the spring break.

A look inside Fresno’s high airfare

By Rory Appleton @RoryDoesPhonics

Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian

Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor, professor emeritus of social work education at Fresno State, and Mary Castro place a garland over the statue of civil rights and farmworker rights leader Cesar Chavez during a celebration of his life on Tuesday at the Peace Garden.

Celebrating Cesar Chavez

By Paul Schlesinger @PaulSch_Photog

Cesar Chavez’s legacy and impact on the Valley were celebrated Tuesday in front of his statue in Fresno State’s Peace Garden.

Hundreds gathered to listen to former Fresno State

professor Dr. Lea Ybarra, the keynote speaker for the event.

She quoted a letter written

by Martin Luther King, Jr. to Chavez, reminding students of the importance of community solidarity.

“Our separate struggles are really one. A struggle for freedom, for dignity and for humanity,” she said.

Ybarra said that the letter encapsulated the farm workers movement, the Chicano movement, the civil rights movement and “everything that we have and we are still fighting for.”

The event also included presentations of the American, Mexican and UFW flags. Danzantes de Aztlan and the Fres-

no State mariachi band also participated in the ceremony.

Kapoor and Fresno State first lady Mary Castro participated in the garlanding ceremony that recognized the achievements done by the former UFW leader. Students and community members were invited to place flowers beside the foot of Chavez’s statue.

For Marc Singh, a Fresno State student from Malaysia, high travel costs can sometimes lead to extremely difficult decisions.

“I wanted to return home because my grandfather is sick, but expensive air tickets were too much of a factor,” Singh said. “He’s been in the hospital for three weeks, and I’m worried sick.”

A roundtrip ticket would cost around $1,500, Singh said.

Fresno’s above-average airfare prices are part of a growing trend. Airlines are reducing the total number of available seats, which fills up planes and increases the value of tickets. Local travel experts blame Fresno’s prices on this trend, but the airlines blame increased government regulation for the uptick in flight costs. Fresno airport management hopes that increasing convenience and finding alternative funding will offset the high airfare.

“Airlines have been reducing the number of seats available nationwide for the last five years,” said Kevin Meikle, Director of Aviation at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. “Reducing the volume drives up costs. National flight costs are up 3 percent, but we are well below that.”

A record travel year More people are flying from Fresno Yosemite International Airport than ever before.

See AIRFARE, Page 3

Symposium discusses gender gap

By Belen Gomez @XsiempreuniK

The first Fresno State’s Women’s Success Symposium hosted by the Women’s Resource Center took place Tuesday at the second floor of the Henry Madden Library in Room 2206.

“The purpose of the panel was to help prepare students to be successful in their career and to give students, especially women, tools to advocate for themselves when they are entering the workforce,” said Jessica

Addams, coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center.

Before the panel started, attendees were encouraged to participate in a network activity for thirty minutes where the goal was to introduce themselves to at least three individuals present at the symposium.

After networking, the discussion panel started at 5 p.m. The panel consisted of five professional guest speakers: Dr. Kathryn Forbes, Dr. De Anna Reese, Sandy Cha Mumper, Nora Marmolejo and Ana de Alba.

Each speaker was assigned a different topic to discuss during the

panel.

Dr. Kathryn Forbes, a Fresno State women’s studies professor, talked about the importance of women negotiating in the workforce.

She said that she was not interested in the topic of women and work until she was on maternity leave after she had her first baby.

“I realized I was doing everything wrong,” Forbes said. “So as I sat on my rocking chair, I was crying.”

She did not know how to ask for things or negotiate for wages to avoid

See SYMPOSIUM, Page 3

Photo courtesy of Joshua Helm

A Yosemite hike with a heck of a view A hiker overlooks Lower Jackass Lake in Yosemite National Park.

This trail is higlighted in this week’s Take A Hike column. P4

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THE NERDIEST ARTICLE EVER

TIME-DELAYED VIDEO GAME CONTENT

PANDERS TO THE WRONG PEOPLE

By Troy Pope @darktroy

When a new game or add-on game content is announced, it is a joyous day. You text your friends to see if they’ve heard the news already; you speculate on price if one wasn’t given; and you plan for getting time off on the release day.

However, an all-too-common trend has been for companies to sign exclusive deals with either Sony or Microsoft to release the downloadable content (DLC) on a specific system first.

DLC is an add-on to a game that comes out after the original game disc is released.

The idea is that it adds an expansion to the original game release.

For example, Bioware’s “Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker” was an extensive mission added onto the original game that allowed you to partner up with one of the characters from the first “Mass Effect” game for a one-time, awesome adventure.

DLC generally costs money – sometimes it’s free.

What billion-dollar companies like Microsoft have been doing is paying game developers to allow DLC to come to its game console first.

On Monday, Bioware announced that it would release the first expansion pack for “Dragon Age: Inquisition” titled “Jaws of Hakkon.”

The problem is, Microsoft paid Bioware,

First on XBOX ONE and PC Courtesy of Electronic Arts

“Jaws of Hakkon” is downloadable content for Bioware’s “Dragon Age: Inqusition,” a role-playing game that was released in 2014. The DLC came out for Xbox One and PC on March 24, 2015, but there is no release date announced for other systems.

or rather its parent company Electronic Arts, so that the DLC pack would land on Xbox One and PC first.

That’s become the nature of the business. Companies are paid to make their content time-delayed on competing platforms.

Good ol’ American capitalism.

Why is this bad? Well, the console maker, Microsoft in this case, uses timed DLC to pander to the wrong group of people.

The only segment that timed releases help is the group that doesn’t already have the game.

Microsoft doesn’t really care about the

people that already have the game; they’ve already got their money.

They really want to entice people that haven’t already shelled out $60 for the original game. They get to say, “We have exclusive content!”

It’s one of the few ways that they can get their console owners new content and say that they don’t really care about them in the same breath.

If the content wasn’t exclusive, the people that buy the DLC were going to do so anyway. The fact that it’s exclusive means very little to them.

The people it does matter a great deal to

are the ones that haven’t chosen which console to buy “Dragon Age: Inquisition” for, or in some cases, which console to buy all together.

Yes, Microsoft is just trying to make money, but the game developers shouldn’t take their bribes to put content on a specific console first.

They’re helping Microsoft say “f--- you” to other fans of the game they’ve made, and in principle they shouldn’t.

Unfortunately, the business world doesn’t see it that way. We are just means to an end. And that end is money, money, money.

More than once, EA has been voted the worst company in America, beating out Bank of America, Ticketmaster and Comcast. Who can be worse for consumers than Comcast?

EA’s mission is clearly: “Step one: get the most money possible.”

The shocker is, step two most definitely isn’t to care about its fanbase. Steps two through 10 most likely have the word “money” in them as well.

So while EA deals with Microsoft in a backroom with suitcases full of cash, EA is proving its renowned loathing of its own customers.

Console-specific content is silly. You automatically alienate a large segment of your paying customers.

If a game is on both consoles, there should be no deals made to add content to only one console at a specific time.

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Fresno’s airfare are higher than bigger cities AIRFARE from Page 1 According to airport statistics, 1,442,026 passengers boarded Fresno planes in 2014, breaking the record of 1,401,582 set in 2013.

Meikle believes this growth is a result of Fresno’s competitive international flight options.

“We offer 316 international destinations on five continents with only one stop,” he said.

“That’s unheard of for an airport of our size.”

Although the airport saw a record year, Fresno residents on average travel far less than other city inhabitants.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Fresno ranked 93rd out of the top 100 in airport traffic. The latest U.S. census estimates for 2013 ranks Fresno as the 34th largest city in the country with an estimated population of 509,924.

More seats equal cheaper rates?

Fresno’s lack of travelers may be keeping flight costs down, Meikle said.

“Airlines have been reducing the number of available seats nationwide,” Meikle said. “Aircraft are full, so they can charge more.”

“But here in Fresno, we’ve had an increase in available seats, which keeps costs down,” he said.

However, overall flight costs are not down.

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that Fresno’s average domestic fare -- including connecting flights -was about $433 for July through September of last year. This ranks as the 31st most expensive aver-

age of the top 100 airlines, which collectively averaged $391 per trip. It is also an increase of about $20 from the average Fresno fare during the same period in 2013.

And according to this federal report, planes are more full than they have ever been. The Fresno airport’s load factor -- essentially how full each plane is -- was more than 84 percent in 2014.

This number has increased every year since 2007, when the average flight was about 72 percent full.

Meikle said that the available seats increase is actually because more and more airlines are moving their planes to Fresno, not because people are flying less.

So why the increase?

Maureen Wagner, vice-president of operations for ALTOUR travel agency in Fresno, explained that quite a few things factor into local airfare -- not just load factor.

Potential travelers can often save by purchasing a non-refundable flight, Wagner said, as opposed to a typical refundable fare. Rates also change drastically during the summer, holiday weekend and special promotional periods unique to each airline.

One of the major factors, Wagner said, is fuel costs.

“The Regional jets used by most of the airlines servicing Fresno are not fuel-efficient,” Wagner said. “That is why the prices are more from Fresno compared to the cities where the airlines use 737 and 757 type jets that are more fuel-efficient.”

SkyWest announced in February that it would retire the 30-seat prop planes that ferry travelers from Fresno to Los Angeles and San Francisco in favor of new 50-

seat jets.

The airline -- partnered with larger United Airlines for these Fresno flights -- will schedule fewer flights out of Fresno once the transition to the new aircraft finishes in May. However, the jets will carry more passengers on these flights, making the total number of available seats about the same as before. And the jet flights will take 10 minutes less.

Both Wagner and Meikle said this type of transition is a growing trend in airlines. Companies are using small fleets of large planes that make fewer flights.

Demand-based vs. profit-based Meikle said that all airfare rates were “100 percent set by the airlines.”

“Over the past five years, the airlines have shifted their business models from a demand-based model to a profit-based model,” he said. “They’re thinking: ‘We only have so many airplanes we can place, and we will place them where we can make the most profit.’”

This has actually helped Fresno Yosemite International Airport over the last few years, Meikle said, because airlines can make more money flying out of Fresno than out of smaller cities.

That’s also why our rates are the second-highest among the California airports represented in the top 100 busiest airports (only San Francisco has a higher average).

“They [airlines] are there to make money,” Meikle said. “At the end of the day, they will charge what they can charge.”

If the rates are too high, people

won’t fly, Meikle added.

By Meikle’s logic, increased airport traffic is actually increasing flight costs in Fresno. Because more and more people are willing to pay the above-average rates, airlines are raising them slightly each year.

The airline perspective Airlines.org, the U.S. airline industry’s official website, lists six reasons for increased flight costs -- chief among these are high tax rates on the industry.

“Taxes on passengers and airlines have skyrocketed by 400 percent over the past two decades,” the section reads. “Since 1990, the number of aviation taxes has increased from six to 17 and the amount paid went from $3.7 billion in 1990 to over $20 billion in 2014.”

The website also lists global competition as a reason for high domestic flight costs. Because airlines in the U.S. are so heavily taxed and regulated compared to other countries, it’s difficult to compete in the lucrative international travel market. Airlines must use more resources to keep up, leaving less resources for smaller domestic areas like Fresno.

The expense list also included outdated equipment used by U.S. air traffic control causing unnecessary delays and cancellations, increased government regulation, converting to more energy-friendly planes and maintaining a high level of safety.

Keeping costs down For Fresno’s airport, keeping costs down is a simple way to attract both airlines and travelers.

“Every airport charges airlines

to operate,” Meikle said. “The average cost is $7.54 per passenger, but we charge $6.35. That means only about $6 of your $400 dollar flight is going to us.”

Meikle said that Fresno Yosemite International Airport is extremely protective of this cost structure, as it is one of the airport’s only options to keep prices low for consumers.

“We also haven’t raised parking prices in 15 years,” he added.

The airport, despite its affiliation with the city of Fresno, operates much like a private business does, Meikle said. It owns the land adjacent to the airport and charges rent. It also collects rent from the shops and eateries that operate inside the airport.

“Our goal is to create as much revenue outside the airport as possible so that we can keep costs down,” Meikle said.

‘Constantly evolving and changing’ It’s difficult to explain exactly why Fresno’s airfare rates are more expensive than most large cities.

Airport management places the blame squarely on airlines, which place the blame squarely on the federal government. A local travel agency is somewhere in the middle -- noting that many factors contribute to fluctuating air costs.

The travel agency and the airport do agree on one point: the trick to saving on airfare is to shop around.

“The airline industry is constantly evolving and changing,” Meikle said. “They used to be stable for years, but now change is almost a weekly event.”

Experts share tips on job hunting, networking SYMPOSIUM from Page 1 maternal bias. She mentioned that it was her own experience that inspired her to be interested in the topics of gender and work.

The second panelist, history professor Dr. De Ann Reese, talked about intersections of identity and the wage gap between men and women.

“Race and gender divides people in the workforce world,” Reese said.

She also gave advice to attendees on how they can stay true to themselves when deciding to work for a certain company.

“You have to do your homework, research on the companies you want to work for and find out if they have certain policies,” Reese said. “Do they have a policy about hair styles?

That’s something you need to find out.”

Sandy Cha Mumper, a Fresno State alumni who holds a MBA from the Craig School of Business, is currently the community affairs officer for the Wells Fargo Foundation in Central California. She talked about the importance of networking.

“Take advantage of LinkedIn and build relationships with people there,” Mumper said.

“You will be surprised how many professionals are willing to mentor you,” she said.

Mumper also shared tips on how to effectively network with people.

Nora Marmolejo’s topic, a Career Counselor Specialist at Fresno State, was about setting yourself up for success as a student. She talked about the steps students can take in order to become marketable.

“Develop your personal brand,

network on campus, do internships, build a professional portfolio and take advantage of all resources, programs and opportunities available for students,” Marmolejo said.

“Most importantly, don’t be afraid to apply for jobs even if you do not meet all the requirements,” Marmolejo said. “Surround yourself with people that believe in you and go for it.”

Ana de Alba, the final panelist, was a law attorney who graduated from UC Berkley. She talked about sexism in the workplace.

“Sexism in workplace still exists,” Alba said.

She shared multiple personal experiences and some of her clients’ experiences as examples to show how women still face this issue.

When asked what advice she would give to women interested in getting involved in a male-dominated job, she said that women should not feel intimidated by men.

“Don’t hold back, even if you do not know everything you need to know,” Alba said. “Once you get the job, work hard for it.”

She also encouraged students to be aware of what they post online, especially in Facebook, since that is the first place where employers get to know their employees.

“Be aware of what you post and who tags you,” Alba said.

Senior recreation administration major Danielle Oglesby said that her favorite part of the event was that each panelist shared their personal experiences along with real life facts about women in the workforce.

“I felt they cared about where my future was going,” Oglesby said.

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TAKE A HIKE:

By Jordan Nicholson Special to The Collegian

The Sierra Nevada Mountains are the ultimate playground for mountaineers, climbers and hikers. The jagged mountain peaks, rushing rivers and rocky terrain call for vast exploration and at times, technical skill. It’s also the perfect setting to learn how to be the ultimate adventurer. Spring break is almost here and I say go big next week and take a hike. I hope you’re excited.

An overnight hike can be the perfect way to relax and unwind. I recommend unearthing your camping gear, grabbing a fun group of friends and heading up to Jackass Lakes, located at the end of a long ridge of the Sierra Nevada that forms the Yosemite National Park’s boundary. This area overall is fairly remote and resides in the Ansel Adams Wilderness and is my favorite place to camp.

There are three different lakes you’ll encounter along the hike: Lower Jackass, Middle Jackass and Upper Jackass Lake, all resting below the looming Madera Peak at 10,509 ft.

The hike from the trailhead to Upper Jackass Lake is roughly five miles, gradually rising in elevation along the way, but

there is plenty of shade coverage throughout the area. The sun exposure occurs once you are past Upper Jackass Lake and going towards the peak.

There are times when you’re hiking when the trail may seem hidden. Make sure that you are keeping an eye out for trail markers, which are stacked or piled rock formations placed along the trail, also called cairns. Otherwise, the trail is very accessible and I’d estimate the hike in would take about three to four hours.

The great thing about this hike is that once you reach Upper Jackass Lake at about 9,000 ft., camping spots are everywhere so feel free to unpack and set up camp for the day or the night. If you decide to camp out, I recommend rising early in the morning and making your way up the trail to Madera Peak.

The hike to the peak from Upper Jackass Lake is roughly three miles round trip and is about an hour and a half each way. The terrain is rocky and exposed a lot of the way but as you climb in elevation you begin to see a 360-degree view of distant mountains and valleys – a major plus. I’d recommend taking lunch to the top and enjoying the views for a while.

If you’re planning to camp out, I recommend bringing a couple extra layers of

JACKASS LAKES AND MADERA PEAK

The bottom of Lower Jackass Lake in Yosemite National Park.

clothing, since the high altitude atmosphere is accustomed to sharp temperature changes, especially during the night. Be sure to bring plenty of water, food and sunscreen if you’re going to hike to the summit. I like to take my portable stove on these excursions, which you can pick up at any outdoor store.

The parking is also open and free.

Photo courtesy of Joshua Helm • Alltrails.com

Cell reception is pretty nonexistent up there so don’t expect to upload any Instagram worthy photos at any point. Although, I did get a phone call at the summit one time, for which I could never explain. Regardless, this is an amazing hike and a great place to spend part of your well-earned spring break.

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WHAT TO WATCH WEDNESDAY The top picks for tonight’s primetime television (yes, actual live TV) and scenarios in Hollywood.

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

“The Middle” (ABC) 8 p.m.

ABC’s comedy block is back in full force tonight with new episodes from Wednesday family comedies “Modern Family,” “Blackish” and more. First up, is the equally funny Heck family with “The Middle.”

In this episode, Frankie (Patricia Heaton) is restless to find out if Sue (Eden Sher) was accepted into college, while Sue herself results to making sachets in order to relax before the important news.

Tonight is Episode 2 that revolves around Sara attempting to mentor a new person who hopes to make it in the city.

“Nashville: On The Record 2” (ABC) 10 p.m.

In this episode, cast members sing songs from “Nashville” and participate in special backstage interviews.

From the show, Clare Bowen, Chris Caramack, Will Chase and more will perform along with special guest Reba McEntire.

“Chicago P.D.” (NBC) 10 p.m.

“Barely Famous” (VH1) 9:30 p.m.

This new VH1 series follows two of Grammy winning David Foster’s daughters, Erin and Sara, as they mock reality TV in the faux reality comedy series.

Erin is a screenwriter who has recently written on the now canceled comedy, “The New Normal.” In “Barely Famous,” Erin and Sara play egotistical versions of themselves while going through different antics

Tonight’s episode follows the series’ usual procedural format when an Argentine official seemingly murders a protestor at a world trade event.

The new episode also features Halstead’s (Jesse Lee Soffer) brother who shows up to visit the detective, but seems to do nothing but stir up trouble.

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‘DOGS DROP FIFTH STRAIGHT

By Conrad Kimball @Conrad_Kimball

Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian

Fresno State freshman midfielder Abigail Bergevin (44) attempts to evade an Oregon defender.

The Fresno State women’s lacrosse team fell to the Oregon Ducks 14-7 Monday afternoon at the Soccer and Lacrosse Field.

Freshman Nicole Ortlieb led the way for the ‘Dogs with four goals and one assist in the game, while sophomore goalkeeper Meganne Weissenfels recorded 12 saves in the game.

The Ducks came out firing to begin the game, with Oregon forward Carly O’Connell scoring two minutes in. The ‘Dogs responded a minute later with Ortlieb putting one in the back of the net off an assist by junior Anjelica Fuccillo. The Ducks would go on a 6-0 run throughout the next 20 minutes of play until Fresno State managed to get on the

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board again with another Orlieb goal with four minutes remaining in the half.

The first 15 minutes of the second half saw more of the same, as the Ducks outpaced the ‘Dogs with a 7-2 run in that span to put them ahead 14-4. The ‘Dogs refused to quit and rattled off three goals in the last five minutes of the game, ending the game with a 14-7 score.

“I think our attack executed much more like a unit in the second half,” Fresno State head coach Jessica Giglio said. “Nicole really led the attack for us in her off ball movement. Caroline [Dineen-Carlson] did a really great job on the draw again and a really great job running the attack. She didn’t have her usual scoring role because she was guarded stronger this game so she moved the ball around.”

Despite the loss, Giglio is content that

the number of fouls her players are committing is going down. She also notes that good chemistry between her players have let to more efficient ball movement up the field.

The ‘Dogs will be on the road for their next game against Saint Mary’s Thursday for a 4 p.m. match.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

‘DOGS DROPPED IN SECOND ROUND Photo courtesy of Saint Mary’s Athletics

Fresno State senior forward Alex Sheedy attempts to drive past a wave of defenders during the Bulldogs’ 83-64 loss to Saint Mary’s in the second round of the WNIT Monday.

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

MORAGA -- It wasn't the way the Fresno State women's basketball team wanted to end its season.

A 83-64 loss in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) second round to the Saint Mary's Gaels at the McKeon Pavilion is one thing, but the direction the game went from the beginning was frustrating for Fresno State head coach Jaime White.

With Saint Mary’s prior game at home -- the WNIT First Round against the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine -- ending with 57 fouls, all eyes were on the penalty total heading into Monday night's matchup.

By the end of the contest, 42 fouls were called (27 of which belonged to the

Bulldogs), two ‘Dogs fouled out (Alex Furr and Raven Fox), and every Fresno State player who logged more than five minutes had at least one penalty.

“We got in foul trouble early, and we knew we would,” White said. “But we didn’t realize it would make as big a difference as it did.”

Things started off hot for Saint Mary’s, as the Gaels scored the first six points, forcing White to call a timeout and regroup her team. The ‘Dogs were able to come together afterward, and worked their way up to a tie at 17.

Down 21-17, the a potential Bulldogs rally was cut short, when Saint Mary’s guard Alia McCoy was injured after colliding with Fresno State guard Moriah Faulk. Play stopped as McCoy was attended to, and when it resumed, the Gaels never looked back.

“Defensively, we kind of missed our call,” White said. “I felt like we couldn’t do anything early that we had planned.

That’s not always a good sign. … We tried to shuffle defenses, and it seemed like every time we changed defenses, they changed offenses.”

Frustration continued to mount for the ‘Dogs as the first half ended. With 3:12 to go in the frame, Fresno State center Toni Smith fought Saint Mary’s physical defense in the paint, but the play ended with the Gaels getting possession of the ball. White, upset at the no-call, was visibly upset with one of the referees, earning a technical foul.

“The technical fouls were out of frustration,” she said. “In the first half, I could feel us slipping away. So I thought if we could get our kids fired up and get back on top of things, that would change

the wind a little bit. That didn’t work.

“We just didn’t respond the way we needed to some of the physicality. If you don’t respond to it, you usually get frustrated. And that’s when the fouls come.”

Fox, a native of nearby Walnut Creek, California, was the only Bulldog starter in double digits with 22 points. She shot 9-of-11 from the field and 2-of-3 from behind the arc. Faulk came off the bench and added 13 points while making the most 3-pointers in the entire game (3).

“I think that the energy I got from my family helped me today,” Fox said. “I just wanted to go out there and give it my all.”

The Gaels had four players in double digits. Sydney, Australia, native Lauren Nicholson tallied 21 points, Hannah Kaser had 15, and Carli Rosenthal and Stella Beck had 12. Beck added 10 rebounds to earn a double-double.

FOOTBALL

Peck, wideouts look to step up in Josh Harper’s absence

By Conrad Kimball @Conrad_Kimball

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Fresno State senior receiver Aaron Peck (7) will be counted on to step up as the No. 1 target in the passing game this upcoming season.

Fresno State’s wideout corps has a huge question mark coming into the season, as the former No. 1 option at the position, Josh Harper, will be entering the NFL Draft next month.

Senior Aaron Peck looks to fill that void.

The 6-foot-3, 213-pound athletic wide receiver played in all 14 games last season, finishing the year with 419 receiving yards (second most on the team) and three touchdowns.

After their 13th practice of the spring on Tuesday, head coach Tim DeRuyter said he likes what he is seeing out of Peck and the wide receiver position, but says Peck needs to be more consistent as both a player and a leader.

“He’s showing flashes of getting better,” DeRuyter said. “He’s made some great catches out here; making those tough, contested catches out here is what you are expected to do as a senior.

“You need to have a guy with his physical tools play like it, and although he’s done it at times he needs to get more consistent with it.”

Peck will be looking to have a big year this season, and he also realized he needs to become more reliable as a receiver to take that next step.

“I’ve been playing pretty good throughout (spring) practices,” Peck said. “I know there are plays I should have made, but I like where I’m at right now.”

Peck, one of just two senior wide receivers, has liked what he has seen out of the young wideout group so far throughout spring. He sees those same flashes DeRuyter has wanted to see throughout these last 13 practices.

“I think we’re looking good at the wide receiver position,” Peck said. “ There are a lot of young explosive guys in here. These guys are really quick and fast, and they have brought a whole new dimension to our bubble screens. If we get these guys screened right these guys could take it 50 or 60 (yards) anytime.”

Since this is Peck’s last season, leadership and consistency are main goals for him going into his final year. Although Harper’s absence will be missed this year, Peck is only worried about the tangibles he brings to the table this season.

“I’m not performing to the ability that I know I can,” Peck said. “That’s my main focus going into the season. Especially with the wideout corps, being a senior, I’m just trying to talk to those guys and lead by example -- try to get them right before the season.”

This young wideout group will also be looking to the only other senior receiver on the team, Justin Johnson, to help lead them through this next season.

“He’s doing a good job,” DeRuyter said on Johnson’s play. “He’s a guy who’s been dependable and physical for us, and doing a good job senior leadership wise.”

The ‘Dogs have one more practice until their Spring Showcase this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Bulldog Stadium.