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A march and a rally, reminiscent of last semester’s walkout, to take place Thursday

By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian

Some students, faculty, staff and members of the community will be participating in a planned march and rally on Thursday.

The march and rally, on March 4, are part of a statewide day of action planned by students, unions and educators from all levels of higher education – community colleges, California State Universities (CSU) and Universities of California.

The day’s events are a response to the state’s cuts from educational budgets.

Fresno State saw a cut of $44.6 million at the beginning of the 2009-10 scholastic year.

Senior sociology major Matt Ford, one of the event’s organizers, said the demonstration has garnered support from labor unions, student groups and community members such as the United Farm Workers, Journey for Justice, Students for Quality Education and the local chapters of the California State University Employees Union and the California Faculty association (CFA).

Ford said, unlike last October’s walkout, this event would not come with demands for the administration. “That’s kind of a dead-end road,�

Ford said.

However, the event will be the unveiling of an academic constitution. Ford said the document is in its early stages, and still needs input from as many students as possible.

ASI senator Jamie San Andres, another organizer for the March 4 events, said students and community members have been meeting at least weekly since December to plan Thursday’s demonstration.

San Andres said her group reached out to community colleges and high schools in an effort to drum up support.

She also said the university should be a place for social change. “We believe that the university is a public asset,� San Andres said.

San Andres said the budget issues are threefold. She said the country spends too much money on the war in Iraq, the state does not allocate enough money for education and what she sees as the See MARCH, Page 6

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Two law enforcement officers with ties to Fresno State were fatally wounded on Thursday, Feb. 25 while attempting to serve a search warrant in Minkler. Flags at Fresno State have flown at half-staff since Friday. Reedley Police Officer Javier Bejar, 28, and Fresno County Sheriff’s Detective Joel Wahlenmaier, 49, were shot while entering the mobile home. President John Welty ordered the flags to remain at half-staff for a week. “This is a tragedy we share with our entire community,� Welty said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these brave men, and we are reminded again of the price all law enforcement personnel are willing to pay in service to the safety of all members of our community.�

Wahlenmaier’s funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday March 3, while Bejar’s is scheduled for Monday March 8.

Kremen engages teachers

By Joe Bailey The Collegian

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The Kremen School of Education and Human Development building is the headquarters of future teachers and counselors. It’s located on the corner of Shaw and Maple avenues.

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The Kremen School of Education and Human Development has been fully accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education since 1953.

Paul Beare, the dean of the Kremen School of Education and Human Development since 2003, said California’s success is important to the country as a whole. “If we can’t turn around education in the Central Valley and start graduating more kids from high school and send more kids to college we are never going to catch up with the rest of the world,� Beare said.

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That’s What the People Are Saying On the campaigns for Gov. of California o wonder we are in a perpetual state of budget chaos in California. How can voters judge the candidates if they remain behind protective shields?”

— Jim Boren, fresnobee.com

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Opinion Editor, Tony Petersen • collegian-opinion@csufresno.edu • Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Driving to the ballot box Fight to save ed Op-ed

We all drive. Granted, this is an assumption, but I feel it’s safe to say that at least the vast majority of us know how to drive and/or drive a car often. We all know good drivers and bad drivers (if you don’t know which one you are, you’re a bad driver). Good drivers we have no qualms with; these are the fellows we instinctively follow on road trips because they know the ins and outs of the highway, and tearfully wave goodbye to when they take an exit that isn’t ours.

It’s bad drivers we have problems with. These are the people that drive 20 mph over the the speed limit and change lanes incessantly. They drive 20 mph below the speed limit in the fast lane. They are indecisive and don’t turn their blinker on when they make a turn into your neighborhood and you are trying to turn onto the main street amid heavy traffic. They run stop signs (which I was guilty of earlier this week, showing that local columnists are not above the law).

“This guy should not be driving,” is a sentence we have all uttered at least once during our travels.

Democracy works a lot like this, too.

We have informed voters, the ones who read the newspaper, know the issues and read the pamphlet we get in the mail before every election explaining the items on the ballot.

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et’s be honest with ourselves, young people make up the vast majority of ‘bad drivers’ in our democracy.”

These are the good drivers.

We also have not so informed voters. These are the people who voted for Obama solely because it was the cool thing to do. These are the people who voted for George Bush simply because he was their “homeboy.” These are the bad drivers.

And let’s be honest with ourselves, young people make up the vast majority of the “bad drivers” in our democracy.

A front-page article from Monday’s The Collegian, entitled, “Some students lack knowledge when voting,” highlighted this very problem.

The fact is, not everyone should

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vote. I don’t want any of my friends my age voting. They simply don’t know much about politics. And that’s OK. But the right to vote shouldn’t be something that can be exercised by one and all. It should be restricted.

For instance, what would be wrong with making all citizens older than 18 take a test to vote? Something like the citizenship test that immigrants who come into the country must take; if you don’t pass the test, you cannot vote. Would there be anything wrong with that?

And if you want to get really radical, let’s talk about repealing the 17th Amendment. That would be the one that removed the right of state legislatures to vote senators into office, giving that right to the sheeple, ahem, people. Our founders made it this way for a reason; it wasn’t without cause that Madison declared democracy to be “the most vile form of government.”

This isn’t to say that voting is a bad thing; nay, it breeds good citizenship and love of country. We’ve all heard it said that you have no right to complain if you abstain from voting.

Nevertheless, a vote made without justification is one that should have never been cast.

In this way, voters are a lot like drivers. Except in our democracy, if someone cuts in front of you, it means a $1.6 trillion deficit.

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By Alberto Torrico

For the first time in California’s history, our state government spent more money on prisons than higher education.

It’s a shocking figure, but not a surprising one when you consider how much education is being cut: close to $800 million from the University of California and more than $1 billion from the budgets of Cal State University and California Community College systems combined.

As a result, tuition at our public universities has skyrocketed by more than 30 percent as you and thousands of other students are forced to endure budget cuts, slashed enrollment, impossible waitlists and reduced course offerings.

My own parents worked as janitors so that I could be the first in my family to go to college. I know firsthand that the true spirit of California opportunity and optimism is nurtured in great schools.

That is why I am fighting to fund California colleges and universities by requiring Big Oil to pay their fair share for the oil they pump out of our state’s land and water.

My bill, AB 656, would raise up to $2 billion a year for the UC, CSU and community colleges with a 12.5 percent tax on oil extracted within California. That’s considerably less than the 25-percent tax levied in Sarah Palin’s Alaska.

The fight to save higher education won’t be easy. The oil companies will tell you that they already pay enough taxes and that this bill will result in jobs lost. Yet oil companies have experienced record breaking profits for the past several years. Exxon Mobile, for instance, raked in a $45.2 billion profit in 2008, the most ever by a publicly-traded U.S. company.

Momentum continues to build for AB 656. We are more than halfway to reaching our goal of organizing over 100,000 supporters, which will make it one of the most significant grassroots efforts in California’s legislative history.

And, you’ve made your voices heard by organizing some of the largest and most impassioned oncampus protests in memory. Keep putting the pressure on Sacramento by participating in one of many events taking place across the state on March 4. Get involved—AB 656 is a simple and fair solution to funding our universities and colleges in California and it needs your support.

Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, is the Democratic Majority Leader and a candidate for California Attorney General. You can sign his petition at www.AlbertoTorrico.com/Fair-ShareFor-A-Fair-Tuition.

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By John Esquivel The Collegian The annual Rogue Performance Festival celebrates its ninth year with more than 100 performances in less than two weeks. The festival will take place from March 4 through March 13, 2010 at more than a dozen Fresno venues.

Ashtree Gallery, The Starline and Severance Fresno Ballet School will serve as hosts to some of the performances. This year’s festivities feature performances from new and returning acts as well as acts from Fresno State.

For local musician Blake Jones, the festival is a great way to see Fresno in a

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whole new light.

“The Rogue Festival shows Fresno what could be,” Jones said. “It’s an amazing show of optimism. This may sound schmaltzy or overstated, but for those two weeks it makes the world a wonderful place to be. That’s how highly I rate the experience.”

Jones, who fronts the band Blake Jones and The Trike Shop, said his music has been described as “whipsmart art-pop.” For the last few years, they have played all over the state. For a previous Rogue Festival performance, they held a benefit show, which led to a tour of Northern England.

This year, Jones will team up with Tom Magill for a show called “The Underground Garden: Scenesters, Talltales and Fresno Rock ‘n’ Roll.” They are inviting musicians, DJs, writers, and club owners to speak on Fresno’s music history.

“They range from band members of groups from the 1960s all the way to folks still playing around today,” Jones said.

This year, the festival will also feature those who are not as familiar with the “Rogue” experience.

Tommy Nugent, of Detroit, will be making his first trip to the Fresno Rogue Festival. His performance, entitled “Burning Man and the Reverend Nuge,” is one of the new out of town acts to be featured this year.

The show focuses on what Nugent calls a “preacher turned bartender turned motivational speaker turned comedic

storyteller.”

Nugent, who has been performing his show since 2002, has found that his unusual story relates to more than he would have imagined.

“I was surprised by how many people told me how much they related to it since I always thought my story was so unusual,” Nugent said. “But I guess it touches on a lot of stuff that is universal to everyone even if the specific narrative is unique.”

While Nugent has performed in cities from Cincinnati to Orlando, his job as a campus speaker has taken him to more than 31 states in the last decade.

“I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much college students have taken to this incarnation of the show since the last third of it deals with mid-life issues,” Nugent said. “That response has been so strong that I started touring colleges with a version of the show called ‘The Journey.’ Here’s hoping some student-activities-type folk will check out the Rogue show and give me a call.”

Many students will also get the opportunity to see Fresno State staff perform; such as, music theory and composition professor Benjamin Boone who will play saxophone alongside Grammy award-winning drummer Steve Mitchell —who produced music for "Charlie Brown," "Garfield the Cat" and "Sesame Street" TV specials for 25 years.

The Rogue Festival was the perfect opportunity for him to perform with Mitchell.

“I never really thought he was a real drummer,” Boone said. “I asked ‘does he ever play professionally?’ He also won a special Grammy for his work in the studio.”

Boone described The Rogue Festival as the perfect place to play because no

will be joined by Eva Scow, David Aus, and Mike Dana. On the final night, which will be the CD release of his last Rogue performance, he will be joined by local violinist Patrick Contrares.

All performance schedules can be found online at roguefestival.org. With many performances playing simultaneously, Boone says it’s a great opportunity to check out all different types of performances.

“I think it’s one of the best offerings from Fresno,” Boone said. “It’s a very hip festival and everyone has been glad that they checked it out.”

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he Rogue Festival is the perfect place to play because no one is ever turned away.”

— Benjamin Boone, Music theory professor

one is ever turned away.

“The whole idea behind the festival is there is not a jury that says this group can do it and this group can’t,” Boone said. “It’s a really neat festival because it’s a great opportunity for people to try things out.”

Boone was chosen by The Fresno Bee as a Rogue Festival “Best Bet” three years in a row, will be joined by different performers on each night. He

Photo courtesy of www.RogueFestival.com

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saw Goofy and his friends and I saw Chip and Dale. I liked them taking pictures and riding rides with me.”

— Miguel Gil, 6 years old

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Honors college grants wish

By Tara Albert The Collegian

Photo Courtesy of the Gil family

Pluto was one of the many characters Miguel Gil, 6, met on his Make-A-Wish trip to Disneyland. The Smittcamp Family Honors College raised enough money to send Miguel and his family to the Disneyland Resort for five days and four nights.

When 6-year-old Miguel Gil was asked what he wished for, he didn’t say he wanted his cancer to be cured—he wanted to go to Disneyland to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

The Smittcamp Family Honors College at Fresno State helped make his wish come true by raising enough money to send Miguel and his family to the Disneyland Resort for five days and four nights with all expenses paid. They visited both Disneyland and Califor nia Adventure Park this January.

Miguel said he enjoyed meeting the many characters from Disneyland, including Cinderella, who joined Miguel on one of the rides.

“I saw Goofy and his friends and I saw Chip and Dale,” he said. “I liked them taking pictures and riding rides with me.”

He said his sister also enjoyed meeting Goofy.

“My sister gave four kisses to Goofy,” he said. “She kissed him a long time.”

The Honors College’s leadership g roup, Council of President’s Scholars (COPS), partnered with the Make-AWish Foundation to fulfill Miguel’s wish.

COPS president Michelle Smith said the honors college chose to work with the MakeA-Wish Foundation for a longterm community service event that would involve many of

the honors students.

“COPS made it our goal this year to get the honors students to serve the community as a more united group, rather than individuals performing community service on their own,” Smith said.

Each wish costs a certain amount of money, depending on what it involves. Because Disneyland is close to the Central Valley, it is one of the least expensive wishes.

Smith said the Honors Colle g e chose to sponsor Miguel, because his wish was a good way to ease into a semester-long community service project.

Miguel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the fall of 2009 on the same day his baby brother, whom he named Julian, was born.

According to the WebMD Web site, ALL is a form of leukemia in the bone marrow, which produces excess lymphoblasts, or immature white blood cells, that crowd out the normal cells and spread to the blood and other organs.

Diana Rambo, the executive director of the Central Califor nia Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, said she enjoyed working with the Honors College.

“I was just delighted to work with the Smittcamp Family Honors College,” Rambo said.

“It was wonderful. They were absolutely the best bunch of young people.”

Rambo said the Central Califor nia Chapter serves eight counties in the Central Valley and fulfills 90 wishes a year solely through private donations from organizations in the area.

“We’re committed to serving every medically eligible child,” she said.

She said the Make-A-Wish Foundation would be excited to work with the Honors College again.

“We are hoping that this will become a yearly event,” Rambo said.

Rambo said she would like to have more groups from Fresno State get involved with sponsoring wishes.

“I wish some of the sororities and fraternities would look into doing this,” she said.

Miguel’s wish cost $2,500, but the Honors College raised about $3,870 through several fundraising events between September 2009 and December 2009.

The Honors College held a car wash in September, raising about half of the money needed to send Miguel and his family to Disneyland. They See WISH, Page 6

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KREMEN: The large building is home to future teachers and counselors for the first half of the day at Hidalgo Elementary in downtown Fresno.”

Penerian said that her education at the Kremen School has put her on the right track to becoming a teacher that can make a positive impact on students.

“They offer wonderful professors with doctorates and field experience who help guide and train us to do whatever we have to do in the classroom,” Penerian said.

I n 2 0 0 8 , F re s n o S t at e wo n t h e Presidential Award for higher education and community service. The award recognizes universities for their commitment to, and achievement in, community service. Beare said the Kremen School has played a very influential role in the Fresno area.

“Our school right now has 29 different projects and partnerships that are trying to improve life in the Valley,” Beare said. “There are 180 kids from McLane High School taking classes here at our building. Those kids have much higher graduation rates than those at McLane [High School] that don’t take classes here.”

Improving education at the earlier grade levels, Beare said, will help rebuild the entire education system in the state.

“If you’re a seventh-g rader in California you have a seven or eight percent chance, when you graduate from high school, to be eligible to attend a [California State University] or [University of California] without taking a remediation class,” Beare said. “That is terrible.”

“All of our classes are open,” Beare said. “We could have taken another 100 or 150 more students because we graduate so many.”

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CSU’s lack of a democratic structure leads to poor fiscal planning. “[The CSU] has demonstrated their inability to respond proactively to the budget cuts,” San Andres said.

Statewide coordinator Eric Benjamin, a history major at San Francisco City College, held educational meetings on Feb. 24 to spread the word on the day of action. He said every year California spends $7,500 per student and $47,000 per prisoner.

“The money and resources exist,” Benjamin said. “They’re just not being used for education.”

The march will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw avenues. A bus will pick students up outside of the Science II building to escort them to the starting point.

The rally will take place in the Peace Garden at 11 a.m., and the marchers

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students were not allowed to join the program. According to Fresno State’s Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning (IRAP) reports the school awarded 377 undergraduate degrees in the 2008-09 school year compared to 593 in the 2004-05.

Beare said the mission of the school is to develop students’ educational skills creating teachers that have the tools to proficiently shape the young minds of the future.

“We’re more engaged than any other school or college at Fresno State,” Beare said. “We are more engaged in making a difference in the community than any school or college of education that I have ever seen,” Beare said.

The associate dean of the Kremen School, James Marshall, said he is proud of the preparation the school of education gives its students.

“We have a very hands-on approach,” Marshall said. “Our students will be able to hit the ground running [as teachers].”

Marshall also said well-qualified professors and affiliations with local school districts assist students to become superb teachers.

“We have numerous award-winning faculty members,” Marshall said. “Our system is very contemporary. We have developed numerous partnerships with local school districts so our students have a venue with field experience.”

Melissa Penerian has been attending Fresno State for four years and is a blended, dual credential candidate.

She already has her degree in liberal studies and is working toward her credentials to become a special education teacher.

“I spend 20 hours a week in a first grade class at an elementary school,” Penerian said. “I teach the students

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will join the rally at noon.

Lisa Weston, president of the local chapter of the CFA, is one of many speakers planned for Thursday. She said representatives for K-12 education will also participate.

“We are doing this to make very public the necessity of increased support for education in California,” Weston said.

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partnered with Me-N-Ed’s Victory Grill in November, getting a portion of the proceeds for each large pizza ordered with the proper flier.

The final fundraising event was an auction in December. Students from the Honors College were auctioned off individually or in groups, offering some kind of activity to their buyer.

Twelve auction items with a total of 21 people were bid upon.

The Honors College Director Honora Chapman and the director emeritus, Stephen Rodemeyer, also got involved with the auction. Each director auctioned off dinners for eight people in their homes. Rodemeyer’s dinner went for $400 – twice.

Chapman, who is also the associate professor of classics and humanities, said she was impressed with the Honors College students’ fundraising efforts.

“I was amazed to see how quickly the students raised the money for Miguel’s wish through a variety of well-planned events,” Chapman said.

English major Andrea Smith is the COPS secretary and was the main coordinator of the auction.

“It was a wonderful opportunity for the students being auctioned to share their talents or interests with fellow scholars,” Andrea Smith said. “It was also a chance to connect all the students in the program with our cause, and really get them actively involved

with sending Miguel to Disneyland.”

She said the auction and other fundraising events were successful because of the students in the Honors College.

“All of the honors students really came together to make this event and fundraiser a huge success,” Andrea Smith said. “The generosity and enthusiasm of the students were the driving force behind the Make-A-Wish project.”

The auction raised about $1,300, sending the total over the amount needed to send Miguel to Disneyland.

Some of the extra funds were used to throw Miguel and his family a welcome home party at Me-N-Ed’s Victory Grill after their return from Disneyland.

Miguel said his favorite part of the party was the food.

“I liked eating pizza,” he said.

Smith said she was excited to meet Miguel.

“When I first met him he came up to me and gave me a hug,” she said. “It was incredible to finally meet him after spending so much time raising money to send him on his special trip.”

Chapman said she enjoyed talking with Miguel and his family.

“It was so wonderful to see how healthy and happy Miguel looked at the party that night,” Chapman said.

The Honors College donated the remaining money to the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s general fund.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, AT 7 PM, SAVE MART CENTER

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By Megan Morales The Collegian

Breakdown: Bulldogs The Fresno State women’s basketball team will look to continue its quest for perfection as they host their final game of the regular season against the San Jose State Spartans Wednesday night.

Seniors LaShay Fears, Joh-Teena Filipe and Brittny Jones will play their last game at the Save Mart Center, and will be honored in a ceremony that will take place just before tip-off.

Junior Jaleesa Ross continues her dominance as she became the Fresno State all-time leader for

San Jose State Spartans (6-21, 2-12 WAC) Breakdown: Spartans

The lady Spartans are 6-21 and 2-12 in c o n f e r e n c e p l ay, ranking ninth place in the WAC. The Spartans are led by senior Chasity Shavers who averages 15.6 points and is the only player on the team to consistently score over 10 points a game.

Sophomore Shaunna Ridge will be a player to look out for under the basket. Ridge leads the team with 166 rebounds and 31 blocked shots.

The Spartans managed to hang

3-pointers in her game against Boise State Saturday night. Ross now has 274 for her career.

If head coach Adrian Wiggins is able to lead his team to another victory against the Spartans, the ‘Dogs will make history by being the first Bulldog basketball team to go undefeated in WAC play.

Fresno State leads the series 45-17 winning the last 16 against the Spartans.

tight in their game against Idaho last week, keeping the score within 10 points with 1:21 to go, but fell short 74-59 to the Vandals.

San Jose State hasn’t f aced the ‘Dogs since Jan. 30 where they were defeated 68-31.

Head Coach Pam DeCosta and her team are 0-6 in conference road games this season.

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should matter more to the student body as well.

The trend spills over onto the baseball and softball diamonds as well. Although it’s hard to argue against the loyal attendance at Bulldog baseball games, as they are only a few years removed from a national championship. It’s easy to argue for the softball squad, who is in no way a slouch to the men.

On baseball’s opening night, it was nearly a standing room only crowd as 3,280 Bulldog faithfully packed Beiden Field to witness Fresno State’s ninth-inning comeback.

On softball’s opening night, I was able to point out more than one completely empty row and as the host ‘Dogs smashed Santa Clara 10-1.

The problem was only family members or a smattering of die-hard Bulldog alums could be found inside the gates of a game that you couldn’t give away tickets to.

Despite the numerous accolades the ‘Dogs boast, including 30 consecutive winning seasons, 27 NCAA postseason appearances, and a .817 alltime home winning percentage, it’s nearly impossible to arouse any interest in one of Fresno State’s most dominant sports.

Maybe men’s sports are simply more entertaining to watch, despite how bad or often the ‘Dogs may fall short.

But my question for you is, when it’s all said and done at the end of a game, what is more entertaining for you, as a Fresno State Bulldog fan?

Obviously, it’s not winning, or else Bulldog Diamond and the Save Mart Center wouldn’t look like a graveyard.

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This coming week...

Women’s Basketball: Wednesday, at Save Mart Center vs. San Jose Spartans at 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: Thursday, at Save Mart Center vs. Louisianna Tech at 7 p.m.

Sports Editor, Brianna Campbell • collegian-sports@csufresno.edu • Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Bulldogs fight, despite the rain Ben there, done that Ben

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What kind of Bulldog fan are you?

The next time you are leaving the ballpark, stadium or arena at the conclusion of a Fresno State athletic event, ask yourself what mattered to you the most.

Was it that third quarter fast break dunk?

How about the fourth inning diving double play?

Personally, I take the most pride in leaving a Fresno State athletic event knowing the players that represent me and wear the Bulldog red were able to pull out a win.

That being said, my personal opinion probably doesn’t matter to you much, as the numbers speak for themselves.

The average attendance inside the Save Mart Center for a men’s home game is more than 7,584. Although the ‘Dogs sport a respectable 5-2 Western Athletic Conference home record this season, they also can’t seem to buy a win on the road these days and have slumped to an under .500 record for the third straight season.

Compare those numbers to the Fresno State women on the hardwood. The ‘Dogs basketball have lost just one home game this season at the hands of the Associated Press Top 25 second-ranked Stanford Cardinals. The women have also won the WAC Tournament two years in a row and are poised to pull a three-peat as they currently ride a school record 16-game win streak. But again, the numbers don’t lie, as head coach Adrian Wiggins’ squad only sees an average of 2,791 fans fill the Save Mart Center seats.

Then again, there isn’t a woman on the Fresno State basketball team that can hit her head on the backboard like Paul George can, is there?

No, there won’t be any alleyoop dunks by junior phenom Jaleesa Ross, but chances are at the end of the game the women will put a W in the “Win-Loss” column.

Now, don’t get me wrong.

Nothing excites me more during the game than a good baseline jam or an angry 6-foot-10-inch center on the block. However, the fact of the matter is a win matters more to Fresno State athletics, and See Attendance, Page 7

The women’s golf team finished third in their home tournament the FS Lexus Invitational

By Megan Morales The Collegian Despite the scattered rain and gloomy weather conditions, the Fresno State women’s golf team clinched third in their only home tournament of the season on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs hosted their sixth annual Fresno Lexus C l a s s i c a t C o p p e r R ive r Country Club March 1-2. The tournament’s field consisted of 13 teams, Fresno State, Boise State, Cal Poly, Nevada, Eastern Washington, Cal State Fullerton, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Seattle, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Portland State and Gonzaga.

The Dogs finished a three round total of 34-over par (301296-301--898).

Senior Hali Coppin led the team, shooting a career best 3-under par for a 69 in Monday’s second round before heading into Tuesday.

“When I first started, the nerves kind of hit me, but then I started to calm down and get back into the swing of things,” Coppin said. “At some points, it got really windy and rainy, but I just didn’t let it affect me.

I was too busy thinking about other things on the course.”

Coppin made seven birdies Monday, five of which were in the second round, followed by two birdies and a par over her final three holes on Tuesday.

The senior Bulldog finished sixth overall.

Teammates Louisa Lies (74-75-72—221) and Lindi

Covarrubias (75-75-79-229) also led the boards throughout the tournament. Lies shot 5-under par tying for 15th after the first two rounds before making her way up to an 11th place finish on Tuesday at 5-over par. Covarrubias finished one shot behind and tied for 17th Monday but finished 23rd in the final round.

Senior Marion Pia Escandon (76-78-78-232) finished 38th, while teammate Shaylee Yano came from behind and finished 48th after finishing Monday in 54th.

Coppin and her teammates will spend their upcoming week of practice focusing on the basic mechanics that helped them prepare for their home tour nament, Coppin said.

“We’ll be concentrating a lot on our short game during practice,” Coppin said. “We’ll focus a lot on our chipping, pitching and putting.”

Coppin said she is excited for the upcoming event in San Jose, but enjoyed the excitement of hosting a tournament at home.

“I always love playing at home, but at the same time it puts a little pressure on you,” Coppin said. “It’s fun though, I always like having a home crowd rooting for me.”

Up next, the Bulldogs will head north to play in the Juli Inkster Invitational hosted by San Jose State March 8-9.

Photos by Matt Weir / The Collegian

(Top) Hali Coppin led the Bulldogs in its home tournament placing sixth overall. After being six-over-par at the beginning of competition on Tuesday, Coppin fought back with seven pars and two birdies on the back nine. (Bottom) Teammate Louisa Lies posted a score of 221 for the tournament as a whole.

Lies placed fifteenth on Monday and fought her way up the charts to finish eleventh. (Above) Lindi Covarrubias was right behind teammate Lies on Monday placing seventeenth but fell behind on the course Tuesday to rank 23rd in the final round.