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CRIME

Two arrested after shooting

By Razmik Cañas

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ing to have to pay everything out of pocket for the first time ever, which has been detrimental to our popularity among the active members wanting to compete.”

Benavides said a new rule by the university’s administration, which requires all club sports to obtain an ASI bank account, was another challenge the wrestling club faced this semester. Claiming that delayed access to funds resulted in out-of-pocket expenses, Benavides hoped to reimburse those expenses with a sponsored activity grant, but the club’s application was recently denied.

“I know one of the things stated in The Collegian article is that we don’t make a big impact,” Benavides said.

“But the members of club sports say otherwise.”

Moriah Halteman, president of the women’s rugby club, also spoke out against the proposed grant limit for club sports.

“We have over 50 active members, not 12 to 15,” Halteman said, addressing a comment by Patterson, previously reported in The Collegian.

“We affect many, many girls on this campus,” Halteman said. “We appreciate the funding we get, but still it’s not always enough.”

The women’s rugby team asks individual athletes to pay $200 in membership dues, and the club relies on

resno police arrested two men connected to a shooting that took place at University Inn across from Fresno State. An officer who also fired his weapon was put on administrative leave, according to Lt. Mark Hudson, which is protocol for situations like these.

The two men – 34-year-old Jimmy Martinez and his cousin, Erik Martinez, 25 – allegedly were part of a group of men who opened fire at an officer at the Inn on Feb. 27. Hudson said the shooting appears to be gang-related.

The officer involved in the shooting is a 20-year veteran with the department, Hudson said. He arrived to the Inn around 10 p.m. to investigate reports of a suspicious person knocking on doors of the inn.

When the officer arrived, a “gun battle” between the group of men on the east side of the inn erupted. The officer began going toward the suspects, armed, Hudson said, as he exited the vehicle with his body camera on. Police are reviewing the footage.

At that time, Fresno State police said they contacted some campus building personnel and informed them of the shooting.

Those buildings include the dorms, University Student Union and the Henry Madden Library. A police car was also stationed in between the walkway of the Rec Center and Save Mart Center, which was feet away from the crime scene.

The university tweeted last Wednesday morning that the shooting did not affect the campus, stating that university police had set up a perimeter for safety.

During the incident, Hudson said, the officer witnessed a man getting shot and he then ordered everyone to drop their weapons. Two suspects immediately ran east and hid in nearby bushes and then reappeared and fired at the officer, according to a statement by police following the shooting. Police helicopters searching for the suspects circled the area after the shooting.

Hudson said the officer fired several bullets at the men as they fled to a nearby apartment complex. As additional officers arrived at the scene, the officer was found treating the wounded man.

That victim was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and underwent surgery for gunshot wounds to his upper torso and arm. As of last Wednesday, he was in stable condition. No other shooting victims were discovered at the scene.

Hudson said the injured man’s

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Photo Illustration by Juan Alvarez

Fresno police and first responders along Woodrow Avenue near University Inn as police investigate a shooting on Feb. 28, 2018. Jimmy Fidel Martinez (left) Erik Martinez (right) were both arrested with charges related to the shooting across from Fresno State.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

ASI executive takes heat for altering activity grant funding

By Angelica Hernandez @avh1992

Associated Students Inc. Vice President of Finance Cam Patterson took heat during the student government’s Feb. 28 meeting for pushing to alter funding for club sports on campus.

Omar Benavides, president of the men’s wrestling club, showed up to the Wednesday meeting to appeal the denial of his sport club’s sponsored activity grant application. According to Patterson, the activity grant budget was reaching a limit.

Benavides argued against limiting the ASI-sponsored grants – specifically restrictions to ASI travel grants.

The senate-approved changes to the grant approval procedures were proposed by the ASI Finance Committee.

Patterson at the last ASI meeting, argued that club sports don’t attract as many students.

“Club sports, as a whole, has already been impacted greatly by other cuts,” Benavides said.

He said that in the past, restrictions in funding have resulted in members of the wrestling club opting out of national competitions, like in Texas, due to travel costs.

“I know for ourselves in the men’s wrestling club, we went from a $10,000 grant to about $3,000,” Benavides said. “We are going to nationals in a week. We’re go-

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DACA

A quick political guide to what’s next for the ‘Dreamers’

By Sarah D. Wire

Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON – Congress and the White House haven't been able to agree on a plan to give legal status to millions of people brought to the country illegally as children, and the clock is ticking. Under DACA, more than 700,000 people had temporary deportation relief and permission to legally work in the country.

When President Donald Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, he gave Congress until March 5 to find a solution for the so-called Dreamers before the program completely shutters. Here is what we know about what's to come.

Q: What happens March 5?

A: Not much. Federal judges in New York and California ordered the Justice Department to resume accepting DACA renewal applications while challenges to the program's end are appealed. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a Justice Department request to expedite an appeal, and the issue probably won't be back at the Supreme Court until fall at the earliest.

Q: So where do things stand in Con-

gress?

A: Last month, the Senate brought up and failed to advance four proposals that would have given the Dreamers some kind of legal status in exchange for border security funding or changes to the overall immigration system.

That proposal came within six votes of the 60 needed to move forward, failing in part because the president said on Twitter he would veto it. There is little doubt it could have passed with his support.

Q: Will the House try to pass its own bill?

A: The House waited for the Senate to make the first move, but Speaker Paul D. Ryan suggested the Republicans who control the chamber would move on their own.

"We clearly need to address this issue in March; I'll just leave it at that," the Wisconsin Republican told reporters last week.

Q: What are California’s lawmakers doing?

A: An estimated 222,000 DACA recipients live in the state.

Pete Aguilar, D-Calif, is not the only Californian working behind the scenes to craft legislation. Central Valley Republican Reps. David Valadao and Jeff Denham

are part of a bipartisan group seeking to come up with a plan both parties will accept. Their districts are heavily Latino.

Denham called on Ryan to promise to allow a vote on "all serious and substantive proposals, particularly those offered on a bipartisan basis."

Q: Is a short-term fix possible?

A: It's unclear.

The president's rhetoric about a legislative fix, especially over the last few weeks, signals he is not open to a temporary solution.

Q: Where does debate go from here?

A: Congress tends to accelerate its work when facing a deadline, and delicate topics often get thrown into must-pass bills in an attempt to force a vote. That's one reason the government has shut down twice this year.

The next must-pass spending bill has to be approved by March 24 in order to avoid a government shutdown, so that's what's being viewed as the new deadline to get something done for Dreamers.

It's also one of the last major pieces of legislation Congress expects to pass this year before lawmakers' attention shifts to the midterm election.

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For the past 2 years the Fresno State Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion camps out the night before Kid’s day to secure their corner on Blackstone and Herndon, ensuring they are the first ones to claim the corner.

Cadets wearing the Red Army ROTC t-shirts come up with a myriad of creative, and professional ways to get people's attention, such as doing push-ups to sell newspapers. The Program has over 85 cadets in our program rotating throughout the day selling newspapers to make this possible.

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PEACE GARDEN

Is Nelson Mandela statue coming to campus?

By Angelica Hernandez @avh1992

Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro addressed the Associated Students Inc. (ASI) last week to propose that the student government help fund a memorial statue of Nelson Mandela in the Peace Garden.

According to Castro, a fundraising subcommittee, which includes former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and other notable community members, is seeking funds for the project. The cost is estimated at $150,000 – about $25,000 was requested from ASI at its Feb. 28 meeting. If funded, the statue of Mandela, a historic peacemaker and South African president in the 1990s, is estimated to be completed by summer 2019.

Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor, a co-founder of the Peace Garden and professor emeritus of peace studies, also attended the meeting.

“Dr. Kapoor and I and others will join that effort,” Castro said.

“There will be significant contributions made by individuals, community members and the university. We would invite ASI as an organization, and students across the campus to consider participating in this.”

The proposal met resistance from ASI Executive Vice President of Finance Cam Patterson, who expressed concerns over the

Hayley Salazar • The Collegian

Professor Emeritus Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor speaks during public comment at the Feb. 28th Associated Students, Inc. senate meeting on the addition of the Nelson Mandela statue that will be placed in the Peace Garden.

COMMENT: to comment on this story visit our website collegian.csufresno.edu inclusion of Mandela. He viewed the addition to the Peace Garden as controversial.

Castro, responded that there was widespread support for Mandela and said he had only received one email against the selection of the icon.

“None of the people in the Peace Garden are perfect people,” Castro said. “None of us are perfect. But as I think about heroic figures, Mandela is certainly a historic figure, who represented peace and progressive thinking and is a great role model for all of us here at the university.”

Kapoor said he helped create the Peace Garden due to a “love affair” with Fresno State that “grows stronger and stronger each day.” He said the Peace Garden was created to inspire students on

campus and pay tribute to historic icons of human rights, social justice and nonviolence.

“There are people who believe in violence and confrontation,” Kapoor said. “Then there are people who believe in dialogue and conversation. These are the people who taught us how to resolve conflict in a peaceful and nonviolent way.”

Kapoor said the addition of Mandela to the Peace Garden will honor him as someone who helped end the apartheid system

MEDIA

Collegian gets 10 journalism awards at annual conference

By Cresencio Rodriguez Delgado @Cres_Guez

Fresno State’s student newspaper, The Collegian won nearly a dozen awards over the weekend during the Associated Collegiate Press Midwinter Journalism Convention and subsequent California College Media Association awards banquet.

The conference was held in Long Beach from March 1-3.

Hundreds of student journalists from across the U.S. and California joined for daily journalism

workshops and to hear from professional speakers who gave tips and advice on operating student press. The conference culminated in an awards show for the competing schools.

The Collegian submitted its news website and print product for evaluation by judges and went against over 20 schools across the U.S. in the ACP’s “Best of Show” awards. Editors from The Collegian submitted the printed copy of the Feb. 28 issue, in which a breaking news story on a shooting across from campus was covered.

In the awards given at the

CCMA banquet, The Collegian received recognition for work pro-

duced in 2017 at the university.

Eight students from The Collegian attended the conference, including four representatives from the advertising department and four representatives from the editorial department.

Below are the categories for which The Collegian was honored.

in Africa without bloodshed. He added that ASI was instrumental in the creation of the Gandhi memorial statue in 1990 and asked for the current senate to invest again.

“You need to reclaim that ownership,” Kapoor said. “I would like to see the Peace Garden by the students, of the students, for the students.”

To illustrate his point, Kapoor held up a copy of The Collegian’s Jan. 31 issue in which a story was published noting ASI’s extensive reserves.

“I saw this newspaper,” Kapoor said. “It says ‘Where did all this money come from?’”

In the end, Kapoor left the decision of whether or not to help fund the statue of Mandela to the student government. Whether ASI’s funds are critical for the project is unclear. ASI will take the matter up again at its next meeting.

CRIME from Page 1

brother, Jimmy Martinez, was at the scene and was arrested on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Erik Martinez was arrested following the shooting on charges of resisting arrest and interfering in the investigation.

Two guns were found at the scene of the shooting and are being examined by police to see if they played a role in the shooting.

Hudson said at least two other men who were involved in the shooting are still considered “at large.”

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 559-621-7000. Fresno State students who need a police escort from campus can call the university police at 559-278-8400.

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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

MUSIC

Tribute concert honors professor

By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr

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he President’s Quintet, a scholarship ensemble that performs on behalf of Fresno State, was featured Sunday at a concert remembering music professor Dr. Brad Hufft. Hufft died nearly a year ago.

The quintet played “The Traveler’s Tale,” which was first performed by the 2007 President’s Quintet, and is one of the wind quintets written by Hufft.

Flute player and member of the quintet Katrina Bissett said the ensemble approached Hufft about playing the piece before he died. He sat in on their rehearsals and provided feedback for the group, she said. The performance was rehearsed frequently.

“We were preparing it more and more and we actually played it at a recital last year,” Bissett said. Hufft’s Gathered inside the Concert Hall of the Music Building, the memorial concert featured Fresno State musicians paying tribute to Hufft, whose selfless, gracious and humble character is forever memorialized through his students, said Bissett.

“He said something to me that honestly stuck with me,” she said. “He said, ‘Sweat the small stuff because the big stuff will work itself out.’”

She said Hufft made an effort to work with his students, and to teach them to try their best and enjoy life. He showed her what she was capable of doing, she said.

Ellie Choate, Hufft’s wife,

Alejandro Soto • The Collegian

The President’s Quintet performs “The Traveler’s Tale” on March 4, 2018 at the music department Concert Hall for a memorial tribute to Dr. Brad Hufft.

Hufft wrote “The Traveler’s Tale” specifically for the quintet in 2007 after an inspiring research trip to New Mexico. He died last spring.

kicked off the performances on the harp performing “Heaven,” (1979) a sweet, wistful melody that is reminiscent of roaming through the clouds.

Donations were collected for a scholarship to be presented in Hufft’s name.

The concert concluded with “Songs for the Living,” the com-

position by Hufft completed days before his death. The piece, which was inspired by poems from his late father-in-law, illuminated the conversational tone of each poem through soprano and baritone soloists.

Brooke Ferdinandsen, music education major and member of the President’s Quintet, connect-

ed with Hufft over their similar interest in audio engineering and recording. She had chosen him to be her adviser for the honors music program.

“He was super-talented with not only that,” she said. “He was a composer. He was a performer, and he was a great teacher.”

She said Hufft was well-loved

by students and faculty in the department.

Ferdinandsen said the thing she would remember most about Hufft is his ability to connect with his students.

“He would always talk to us outside of our classes because he really cared about his students,” she said.

CINECULTURE

Film shows realities of Japanese internment

By Christian Mattos @ChrisssyMattos

Last Friday night’s CineCulture screening of the film “And Then They Came For Us” detailed the harsh realities of Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. “And Then They Came For Us,” directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider, told the history of Japanese American citizens forced into internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan military fighters in 1941.

With pictures from govern-

ment-employed photojournalist Dorothea Lange and testimonies from former internees, audience members learned of the loss of freedom of Japanese-Americans on the basis of “national security.”

“What started as a race-based curfew ended within a couple months as a race-based detention and incarceration,” said film discussant Don Tamaki.

Tamaki spoke of his time as an attorney serving on Fred Korematsu’s legal team to overturn his criminal conviction for refusing to be interned. He emphasized its relevance to President Donald Trump’s proposed executive or-

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ACADEMY AWARDS

Why Jennifer Lawrence, Jodie Foster presenting an Oscar was a big deal

By Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times

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Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.

CINECULTURE from Page 4

der banning travel from Muslim-majority countries.

“I think what the film [underscores] is, ‘Are we as a nation about to repeat history all over again?’” Tamaki said.

Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster's appearance at Sunday's Oscars bucked tradition, but was not totally unexpected.

The Oscar-winning actresses presented the award for lead actress to "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" star Frances McDormand. They ribbed Meryl Streep during their presentation and praised the trailblazing actresses who share the honor with them.

But something was different this time.

Lawrence and Foster stepped in when Casey Affleck withdrew from the show in January in the wake of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements coursing through Hollywood and beyond.

Historically, the lead actress prize is presented by the previous year's lead actor winner.

"We appreciate the decision to keep the

Despite federal district courts finding the travel ban in violation of the Immigration and Naturalization Act as well as the First Amendment establishment clause on the basis of religious discrimination, the courts are deferring to the executive due to a protected homeland security memorandum, Tamaki said.

The court has the right to review the president’s actions before a civil liberties

JEWISH STUDIES

SPRING 2018 EVENTS

Wednesday, January 31st - 2 PM: Jewish New Year of the Trees

Monday, March 5th - 7 PM: James Russell (Armenian Studies, Harvard and Jewish Studies, Fresno State), “The Illustrated Script of the First Drama of Liberation: The Jewish Passover Haggadah.” Library 2206.

Thursday, April 12th - 5 PM: Steve Ross (History, University of Southern California), will speak about his new book, Hit-

ler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America. Library 2206.

Friday, April 13th - 5:30 PM:

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017, 88

min). The film recounts her beginnings as an Austrian Jewish emigre and her ground-breaking, but uncredited inventions. Peters Education Center Auditorium.

Jewish Studies Program www.FresnoState.edu/jewishstudies

focus on the show and on the great work of this year," an academy spokesperson said when Affleck bowed out.

Allegations of past misconduct dogged the "Manchester by the Sea" star last awards season as he swept the lead actor honor. In 2010 he settled with two female crew members who sued him after accusing him of sexual misconduct on the set of his directorial effort "I'm Still Here," which filmed in 2009.

Affleck was also the subject of 2016 lead actress Brie Larson's silent protest at the 2017 Oscars when she refused to clap for him upon presenting him with his prize.

Foster won lead actress Oscars for "The Accused" (1988) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and was nominated for two other films. Lawrence won her lead actress Oscar for "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) and was nominated three other times.

disaster occurs, Tamaki said.

“This idea that the actions of the president are not reviewable by a court, there’s no control, no one asks questions – that’s a scary proposition,” Tamaki said.

When an audience member asked if America had learned anything from the Japanese internment, Tamaki said the conversation of the evening was proof of change.

“I optimistically think that if the country had not learned anything, they would have rounded up Arab Americans following 9/11,” he said.

The evening was sponsored by the Central California District Council of the Japanese Americans Citizens League (JACL) and the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno (ICCF). Members of both organizations spoke about how the events of the past have influenced the future.

Hajj Reza Nekumanesh, executive director of ICCF, explained that Japanese Americans were among the first to stand in solidarity with Muslim Americans following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

“Foremost, they understood that the reality of liberty is that my and your liberty are but imaginary and worthless, unless it’s for all of us,” Nekumanesh said.

Speaking on behalf of JACL was Dale Ikeda, a former judge of the Fresno County Superior Court. He said it was the civil rights communities and Jewish organizations who helped bring about the presidential apology and monetary payments to former internees. Now, Japanese Americans stand with Muslim Americans, as they have been in that position in the past, he said.

Fresno residents Saburo and Marion Masada recounted their transition back to everyday life after leaving the internment camps.

“We tell our story because so many of my generation, their voices were silenced by the trauma that we experienced,” Saburo Masada said.

Marion Masada said that the psychological effects of holding the pain inside is the greatest damage. Talking through her experiences can bring up old memories, but it also heals the pain, she said.

“I was molested in camp, and for years and years and years, I saw that man’s face,” Marion Masada said. “But all of a sudden one day, while at the Tule Lake Pilgrimage,

I didn’t see that man’s face anymore.”

Saburo Masada, who was also featured in the film, explained that many Japanese families had lost everything upon returning home. He said 75 percent of Japanese American farms were lost, though his family was fortunate to have friends look over the farm while they were gone.

“Marion’s family lost everything. Even their car was just a shell. No tires, no engine, nothing in the car, just the shell.

Many of us who came back had to start from scratch,” Saburo Masada said.

Fresno State junior Nancy Deanda attended the film screening and discussion as a requirement for the CineCulture class, but she said she learned from Tamaki’s emphasis of the relevance of this topic.

“I think with people who are a part of the [JACL] and standing up against [the ban], I think that it’s really cool they’re here to say, ‘Don’t even let it get that far,’” Deanda said.

She said she left with the message to be an activist and not to stay silent.

“Be proactive about things even if they’re not directly related to you, or your religion or your direct beliefs,” Deanda said. “It’s important to stand up for other people, too.”

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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

NEWS BRIEF

‘March Match Up’ continues fight against hunger

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FRESNO STATE NEWS – Fresno State’s March Match Up campaign that benefits the Student Cupboard kicked off March 1 with a community partner teaming up to help battle student hunger issues.

The project is supported by accounting firm Moss Adams LLP, which has promised to match, dollar-for-dollar, every monetary gift given during the campaign up to $25,000 through March 31. The campaign goal is to raise $100,000 for the Student Cupboard.

The public is encouraged to help by donating any amount at bit.ly/MarchMatchup and then challenging others to also help fight student hunger.

The Student Cupboard provides all Fresno State students who are challenged by food insecurity with free perishable and non perishable food items and hygiene products five days a week. It is one of the initiatives under the Food Security Project that aims to increase student access to affordable, nutritious food.

“Considering roughly 44 percent of Fresno State students do not know where their next meal is coming from, there’s clearly a need to support them,” said Mary Castro, wife of University President Dr. Joseph Castro who is volunteering to spearhead the campaign.

“We invite the community to join our team and help feed student success by making a contribution during March Match Up. By removing barriers and pro-

NEWS BRIEF

Fresno State student wins national agriculture competition FRESNO STATE NEWS – Fresno State junior Tim Truax of Turlock was honored as the national champion of the American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet on Feb. 17 and 18 at its annual conference in Reno.

A Fresno State agricultural education major, Truax earned a $2,250 scholarship for his ability to analyze industry issues and create solutions. The competition had 58 entrants from across the nation. The other three finalists included Elli Isbell from Alabama, Lauren Heberling from Michigan and Annie Schwartz from Florida.

“The competition was a great way for college students to critically examine issues from conflicting perspectives, and being able to bridge the differences is something that benefits everybody in the industry,” Truax said.

Truax is a first-year Fresno State student who graduated from Modesto Junior College in the spring of 2017. He is also a member of the university’s livestock judging team and the newest cohort of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology honors program that was announced in December.

Truax credits Dr. Steven Rocca, Fresno State agricultural education faculty and discussion team adviser, as being the person who drew him to Fresno State.

“Being a Central Valley kid, born and raised, I wouldn’t trade the chance to at-

tend college anywhere else,” said Truax. “I have gained much insight from very talented professors here who know the industry.”

“Tim’s presentation and ability to facilitate the discussion was very impressive,” said Rocca. “He showed great leadership skills and kept his cool in times that were stressful.”

Truax qualified for the national final after winning the state discussion competition in 2017. Last spring, he was also selected as Modesto Junior College’s outstanding agriculture student and gave the college’s commencement address. He is a former FFA state officer and was active in 4-H as a youth raised on his family’s horse-boarding facility. ​​Truax is the fifth Jordan College student to represent California in the national competition under the guidance of Rocca, who has served as the discussion team adviser since joining the Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education Department faculty full-time in 2005. Recent alumnus Hunter Berry was one of four national finalists in 2017, while three other Fresno State students have won national titles: Levy Randolph (2015), Tino Rossi (2011) and Molly Fagundes (2004).

After he receives his bachelor’s degree, Truax hopes to earn a master’s degree, and then teach high school agricultural education.

$100K

This year’s ‘March Match Up’ campaign goal for the Student Cupboard viding these essential needs, students can focus on their academic goals,” she said.

The fundraising drive will continue this year by playing off the March Madness college basketball theme with students, faculty and staff playing in a basketball tournament on March 14.

“We are grateful that university partner Moss Adams LLP continues to step up for Fresno State students,” Castro said.

“This program could not exist without everyone rallying together to have the biggest impact.”

For more information about the campaign, contact David Hembree at 559278-5052 or dhembree@csufresno.edu.

For the Student Cupboard, which is located in the Grosse Industrial Technology Building, Room 144 (Barstow Avenue and Jackson Drive), contact Jessica Medina at 559-278-6621.

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sponsored activity grant funds to pay for other requirements such as referee fees, Halteman said.

“This would affect our athletes individually,” Halteman said. “We would have to ask them to pay more. Which, as [the wrestling team representative] mentioned, would make us less popular. We represent Fresno State, we want to keep representing Fresno State. But things like funding affect that.”

Patterson thanked members of club sports for attending the meeting and sharing their thoughts. Then he said that “the finance committee has rescinded our recommendation to limit allocation for club sports.”

“I really do appreciate your input and dedication towards your organization,” Patterson said.

Later in the meeting, the senate heard from the wrestling club, which was appealing the denial of its sponsored activity grant application. After minimal deliberation by senators, the club’s appeal was granted, and its application was approved.

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THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

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BASKETBALL

White passes 1,000 career points in overtime loss

Fresno State Athletics

Junior Candice White logs her fourth double-double as she surpasses 1,000 career points in the 93-89 loss against the New Mexico Lobos at the Save Mart Center on March 9, 2018.

By Jorge Rodriguez @jrod2763

The Fresno State women’s basketball team lost its final home game of the season 93-89 on Friday against the New Mexico Lobos in overtime.

The ‘Dogs now head to Las Vegas for the Mountain West Conference tournament with records of 16-13 overall and 11-7 in conference play.

Junior guard Candice White started the

game two points shy of hitting 1,000 career points with the ‘Dogs. Within the first few minutes of the game, White quickly surpassed that milestone.

“This just kind of comes with playing after a while,” White said. “It’s nice to have [1,000 points], but I’m just focusing on the [Mountain West] tournament,” White said.

Fresno State maintained control of the game when it took a commanding eightpoint lead in the first period. By the end of

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the period, the Lobos trailed 28-23.

The second quarter began how the first ended, with the Bulldogs in control and the Lobos playing catch up. The ‘Dogs had an amazing performance from the 3-point arc in the second period, and with four minutes left in the half Fresno State had a 17-point lead.

New Mexico kept its composure and closed in on the ‘Dogs’ lead to get within 10 points by the end of the half.

White along with fellow guard Aly Ga-

mez and forward Maddi Utti had a great first half, scoring 19, nine and eight points, respectively.

In the third quarter, the Lobos came out with more energy as they gave up the ball less than in the first half. By the middle of the third period, New Mexico had cut its deficit to five points.

Fresno State was outscored by five points in the third period, but still maintained the lead 67-62 going into the fourth quarter.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, the Bulldogs’ lead was cut down drastically to a one-point game. Fresno State caught a second wind halfway through the period and regained a 10-point lead.

The ‘Dogs were unable to score a point in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter, letting the Lobos close the point-gap to eventually tie the game in the last minute.

The game went into overtime where the Bulldogs seemed to run out of energy.

They were never able to regain the lead.

Fresno State missed many opportunities late in overtime to get close to New Mexico’s five-point lead.

The final score favored New Mexico, 93-89, leaving a bad feeling for the Bulldogs who saw a win at home slip away in the end.

White was the top performer for Fresno State with 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, Gamez and Utti also had good games with 17 and 12 points respectively.

After the game, head coach Jaime White mentioned that she felt like the team didn’t defend as well as it should have and that it had a good opportunity to win the game.

“I thought we gave ourselves an opportunity to win...we’re just a little ways from being pretty good and being able to take the win,” White said. “We don’t have a lot of time. We have to prepare for the tournament. We have to refocus and get to work.”

VOLLEYBALL

Winder introduces assistant coach

By Vanessa Romo @VanesssaRomo

Fresno State’s head volleyball coach Jonathan Winder announced Thursday that Hardy Woolridge will join the program as an assistant coach.

“Hardy is an extremely talented and skilled teacher of the game,” Winder said.

“He did a ton of the scouting and teaching and match preparation at Washington, and we were immensely successful in large part because of his diligence and hard work. His ability to teach the game at a really high level is going to be a great thing for our program and the players.”

Woolridge also came from the University of Washington, where he helped former Huskies’ coach Winder lead the Huskies to a Pac-12 Championships and

an Elite Eight appearance.

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to come here and help build this program,” Woolridge said. “Jonathan and his family are from Fresno and he tells me great things about it, and ever since I walked in everybody at Fresno State has been really welcoming. I think we have a chance to be really good in this conference and do some great things. I think we can have a great season next year and keep building so I’m excited.”

While in Washington, Woolridge was a volunteer assistant coach for two seasons.

He helped with the serving, passing and defensive side of the team as well as coordinated video and scouting resources to help with match tactics.

He also served as a lead coach for the Sudden Impact Volleyball Club, the Huskies’ volleyball camps, Tesoro High school and an U15 boys team for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club in Newport Beach from 2008-11.

Before embarking on a coaching career, Woolridge began his collegiate career at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada before going overseas to play for Colombier Volley LNB in Switzerland.

SPORTS

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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

AJ Nevills and Josh Hokit place

By Vanessa Romo @VanesssaRomo

T

he Fresno State wrestling team competed in its first-ever Big 12 Championships this weekend at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two Bulldogs placed, but as of now only one will move on to the 2018 NCAA Championships in Cleveland on March 15-17.

Freshman heavyweight AJ Nevills is that one. On Saturday, he was able to punch Fresno State’s first ticket to the NCAA Championships since the program was revived after notching a fall in overtime over Iowa State’s Marcus Harrington.

“What a great moment for Fresno State wrestling and AJ to become the first Bulldog to break through to the NCAA Championships,” head coach Troy Steiner said Saturday. “We know he is the first in a long line of student-athletes who are going to achieve that feat, and we can’t wait to see him close the deal tomorrow with a Big 12 individual title.”

Unfortunately, Nevills was unable to close in on that title after a finals’ match against No. 1 seed Derek White of Oklahoma State.

Trailing 4-1 by the first period and 8-3 in the third period, Nevills eventually fell to a final score of 13-6 to finish runner-up in heavyweight.

Because the Big 12 has three automatic qualifiers to the NCAA Championships at heavyweight, Nevills’ season will continue.

He will go into the NCAA Championships with a 28-8 overall record and a 2-1 record from the Big 12 Championships after wins over No. 6 seed Alex Macki of North Dakota State and No. 2 seed Harrington.

Sophomore Josh Hokit also placed in the Big 12 Championships.

Although Hokit was unable to make it past the preliminaries on Saturday after

Fresno State Athletics

The Fresno State wrestling team finished its first-ever Big-12 Championships at Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend. AJ Nevills and Josh Hokit placed second and fifth, respectively. Nevills is the only ‘Dog to move on the NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.

falling to No. 6 seed Tanner Orndoff of Utah Valley by an 11-4 decision, he was able to fight forward in the Consolation Rounds.

He wrestled through Iowa State’s Sam Colbray and North Dakota State’s Cordell Eaton to make it to the Consolation Semifinals.

Hokit was a win away from an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, but unfortunately for him, a video review determined his fate by disregarding his “takedown.” He eventually lost to Northern Iowa’s Jacob Holschlag, 1-0.

In the end, the two-sport athlete was able to take fifth place in his 197-pound weight class after a 3-1 decision over Oklahoma’s Andrew Dixon in the fifth-place match.

“This was definitely the hardest thing I have ever done, coming back into wrestling in January due to a successful football sea-

son, but I knew what I was getting myself into,” Hokit said via Twitter. He continued, “I just want to thank all the fan support and everyone that still believed in me when things weren’t going my way, but one thing you never do is count me out of anything I do.”

Although Fresno State’s Khristian Olivas lost to Oklahoma University’s Davion Jeffries on Friday in the quarterfinals and Air Force’s Robbins in 2nd Round Consolation, he still has a chance to secure one of the six wild card spots available.

They will be announced Tuesday afternoon.

Redshirt senior Sean Williams was also a win away from punching his ticket to the NCAA Championships.

After Williams knocked off North Dakota State’s Paul Bianchi in a 10-6 decision in

the preliminaries, he fell to the Consolation Rounds after Utah Valley’s Taylor La Mont forced a 10-4 decision.

Still fighting for a chance, the senior made it to the seventh-place match against North Dakota State’s Bianchi. The winner would automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships.

Having defeated Bianchi 6-1 the previous day, Williams was unable to do it again as he fell by a 9-6 decision.

In the end, the Bulldogs collected a total of 26.5 points in the Big 12 Championships to give them 11th place.

“What a great experience to get this opportunity to compete in a championship-level environment,” Steiner said. “It will be a great learning experience for the future and will be something we can build off of.”

WATER POLO

Young roster falls to LMU in conference-opener

By Michael Ford @MFordCollegian

Sometimes in sports when you lose games, you win valuable lessons. That is what head coach Natalie Benson hopes will happen for the Fresno State water polo team after losing their first conference match, 9-3, to No. 12 Loyola Marymount University on Saturday at the Aquatic Center.

The Bulldogs fell behind early on a goal with 4:48 left in the first quarter by LMU’s Hana Vilanova. Less than a minute later, Daniela Hernandez made an additional goal with a power play. The Lions added two more goals in the first period and took a 4-0 lead into the second.

The Bulldogs were able to net their first goal of the match with just over six minutes left in the second quarter by freshman attacker Maddie Loggins.

LMU responded with a second goal from Vilanova about 30 seconds later, making the score 5-1. Two Fresno State goals were quickly met by the Lions to quell any momentum the ‘Dogs hoped to build, and that is something that Benson attributed to lack

Fresno State Athletics

Fresno State’s water polo team fell 9-3 in its conference-opener against No. 12 Loyola Marymount University on March 3, 2018 at the Aquatic Center.

of experience. The Bulldogs feature a roster of 19 with 12 freshmen.

“That’s an experience thing,” Benson said. “We score a goal and then we let down for a minute, and they don’t focus on defense, they focus on the goal they just scored and how they are happy that they scored that goal instead of buckle down on defense and don’t trade.”

The Bulldogs failed to capitalize on two

penalty shots of their own, but Benson said she felt that the team handled the missed opportunities with composure.

“Penalty shots are tough when you have a really good goalie in there, and we’re young and not used to taking those types of shots, and we are trying different shooters in there, giving different people different looks,” Benson said. “I am actually very happy with how they responded. Nobody

backed down from that second shot, and they shook it off and took care of it. We just have to keep plugging away.”

The Lions outscored Fresno State 3-0 in the third period and took a 8-1 lead going into the fourth.

The ‘Dogs did regroup to begin the final period, scoring the first goal on a screamer

by Natalie Espinoza off of an assist from Claire Schade.

The Lions responded with another goal to finish the scoring in the game for both teams.

In the end, Loggins said that the match was a good experience builder against a team that has been a great water polo program.

“I think that it is a great learning experience playing against a high-level team like that. It’s great for our first years to start out and be competitive with a team like that,” Loggins said.

Benson agreed.

“I look at the positives that they are getting that experience and getting a ton of it this year,” Benson said. “This year may be full of a lot of growing pains. They are going to build a lot of confidence and get a lot of reps,” Benson said.

The Bulldogs will head out to their longest road trip of the season. They will play in the Arizona State Invitational in Tempe, March 10-11.