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Center opens again for fitness swim

By Haley Lambert The Collegian It was a routine senate meeting for Associated Students Inc. (ASI), with the president, vice presidents—executive, external affairs and finance—overseeing the proceedings. Yet, something was astir. More than 15 students sat in the audience, filling half the seats in Student Union, Room 312-314.

Proceeding through the agenda, the officers reached item 8.2, “Resolution Condemning Surveillance Drones.”

The item required the senators to either approve a resolution by which ASI would be making known its contempt for security drones, or table the matter to an indefinite time or postpone the issue to the next meeting, March 20.

They passed the resolution, with 10 senators having approved.

The resolution, drafted by parking and safety senator at-large Neil O’Brien, was a reaction to two occurrences. For O’Brien, who is also vice president of the Fresno State chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, the occurrences

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Engineering professor Gregory Kriehn fixes a unmanned aerial vehicle being used for research by students of the Lyles College.

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unmanned system research program, and the intended application never has been, never will be, for infringing on the rights of students, faculty, administration, etc.,” Kriehn said.

O’Brien found out about the COA from a Huffington Post article listing 81 organizations that had applied for the certificate from the FAA. Fresno State was one of these. O’Brien cites the Lyles College’s work with Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), as a reason for his questioning the motives of the university.

According to Kriehn’s cur riculum vitae — something pointed out

by O’Brien during the ASI resolution proceeding — the graduate work he advises using UAS is being developed for Edwards AFB. Kriehn has defended this position saying the funding by the Air Force is not for surveillance rea-

After a very successful fall semester, the Aquatic Center is once again open to students, faculty and staff for the spring semester’s fitness swim season.

March 1 kicked off the first open day of the program, which will run until May 31. The hours for this season are Monday through Thursday 4:30-7:30 p.m. and Fridays 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Students are granted free access with a valid Fresno State ID card, and faculty have the option of purchasing either a $15 monthly pool membership or a $35 monthly recreation center and pool membership. Fitness swim is not open to the public.

“I love it because I swam in high school, so coming here and knowing that I can swim for free by showing my ID card was great,” said Laura Donovan, a third-year agriculture communications major from Salinas. “I live right across the street from campus, so it’s really convenient.”

Fitness swim gives students and faculty use of the state-of-the-art competition pool for lap swimming. The pool is set to either 25 or 50 meter lanes, depending on swim team needs. Lap patterns are determined based on lane availability and the number of swim-

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Neil O’Brien, ASI senator at-large for parking and safety and vice president of Fresno State’s Young Americans for Liberty, speaks to fellow officers regarding the resolution on drones.

relate to each other in terms of students’ rights, though the events do not reflect any premeditated relationship.

In creating this resolution, O’Brien insists the terms would not limit campus researchers from using unmanned aerial systems as long as such research does not include campus security.

In 2010, Gregory Kriehn, professor of electrical and computer engineering, applied for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration. Kriehn said the COA was filed because the FAA restructured its requirements for unmanned aircraft. In order to be in accordance with this—in case they fly drones within the heights of the National Air Space — the FAA requires the certificate. Since then the Lyles College of Engineering has been doing academic research on the aircraft. “ We d o n ’ t h ave a d r o n e p r o gram here in the college. We have an

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Wade Gilbert on the mindset needed for success

By Careen Wong The Collegian Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is one of the iconic cartoon characters with whom many college students of today grew up.

But Buzz is not just any cartoon. He can be thought of as the embodiment of the three main principles of talent and development – “need, mastery and setting.”

Wade Gilbert, a sport psychology option coordinator in the kinesiology department, ended the Fresno State Talks lecture series with his presentation Tuesday night. His lecture title was inspired by Buzz’s famous line, “To Infinity… and Beyond! The Principles of Talent and Development.” “[Buzz]’s character is that he’s constantly trying to solve problems and help the other toys,” Gilbert said. “So he’s very driven to figure things out and to solve problems.”

Buzz was also in the right setting that allowed him to be the best he could be.

“He’s surrounded by other toys that support him, and believe in him and trust him.” he said. “So it is an environment that allows him to pursue those needs.”

His first principle, ‘need’ implies that whatever we do, we have to find a reason to do it. Gilbert’s lecture focused

on the idea that when you find a need, the necessary motivation, competence and autonomy will come into place.

“The basis of motivation is meeting needs – things we need to do,” Gilbert said.

In the Self-Determination Theory, there are three basic needs. These are feeling competent, having a choice (autonomy) and the need to be related or connected to other people.

Gilbert’s second principle is “mastery.” He said it takes the principle of ‘need’ to higher levels.

“It’s going beyond needs, kind of a passion in a sense,” Gilbert said.

“Mastery” allow people to drive themselves to their optimum ability in order to achieve what they require.

“Unless you’re really driven and you have the persistence and the passion for learning and doing the hard work, you probably won’t need that ‘need.’ So the need is important but you also need to have a drive.”

In order to have that drive and achieve mastery, Gilbert urged his audience to have the right mindset. He talked about the importance of cultivating the “growth mindset” instead of the “fixed mindset.”

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Fresno State sports psychologist Wade Gilbert presents a Fresno State Talks lecture titled, “To Infinity... and Beyond! The Principles of Talent and Development.” Gilbert’s was the last lecture in the three-week series.

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By Liana Whitehead Opinion Editor If you were presented with a life-ordeath situation, would you drop everything to save the life of another?

Would you break any rules necessary to save that life, even if your job or professional reputation were at stake?

I want to believe that most people would sacrifice themselves for the sake of another, but a recent breaking news story in the Valley has dampened that hope.

Last week, 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless died at the feet of fellow residents and registered nurses at the Glenwood Gardens retirement home and assisted living center in Bakersfield.

After Bayless collapsed in the dining room, someone called 911 and asked for an ambulance.

Soon after, a woman who identified herself as a nurse (this was later confirmed) spoke to dispatcher Tracey Halvorson, who had responded to the emergency call.

For those who have not heard the recorded 911 call, the “assisting” nurse’s attitude seemed disturbingly apathetic.

People from all cor ners of the United States are listening to the call on YouTube and news sites and have expressed frustration and disbelief at the nurse’s actions – or lack thereof.

Upon the dispatcher’s request to start CPR, the nurse refused to help the collapsed woman, fearing she would violate her employer’s policies.

Halvorson continued pleading, begging the nurse to start CPR. “I understand if your facility is not

willing to do that," Halvorson said.

"Give the phone to a passerby. This woman is not breathing enough. She is going to die if we don't get this started, do you understand?"

The nurse refused, again, to perform CPR on the dying woman.

"I understand if your boss is telling you, you can't do it," the dispatcher said. "But . . . as a human being . . . you know, is there anybody that's willing to help this lady and not let her die?”

“Not at this time,” the nurse replied.

Halvorson continued: “Is there a gardener? Any staff, anyone who doesn't work for you?

Anywhere? Can we flag someone down in the street and get them to help this lady? Can we flag a stranger down? I bet a stranger would help her."

Still, nobody came to the woman’s rescue.

By the time the paramedics reached Glenwood Gardens, Bayless had no pulse and was not breathing. She was dead.

This news story is now a national controversy and begs the question, “Are policies and rules more important than acting humanely in life-anddeath situations?”

The answer to this question should be simple – no. Never should company rules and policy determine whether or not a human being lives.

What would that nurse have wanted for herself if put in Bayless’ situation?

Here’s an even better question: How could a registered nurse, who sought a career in the medical field, stare at a dying woman and not help or sound the least bit concerned?

Some people are actually defending the nurse, stating that she was merely following the rules when, in

fact, the center’s policy did not prevent the nurse – or anybody else – from performing CPR on Bayless, according to Greg Crist, a senior vice president at the American Health Care Association.

Staff members are "required to perform and provide CPR" unless the resident specifically filed a “do-not-resuscitate” (DNR) order, Crist said.

So what excuse will the nurse hide behind, now? There is no defense for such actions.

No matter the circumstances, somebody should have jumped in before the 911 call and later at the request of the dispatcher.

Supporters of the nurse’s decision to refuse CPR are defending their stance by pointing out that Bayless’ daughter later told NBC that she was satisfied with the way the facility handled the situation.

Supporters are also saying that Bayless had indeed signed a DNR – this is not the case. Even if she had told her family she did not want to be resuscitated, it was not documented.

Glenwood Gardens’ only response to the incident suggested that the nurse was simply following company protocol. That is, not performing CPR on a resident.

So what we have here is an entire building full of useless degrees and wasted expertise.

You would think that those who specialize in the health and well-being of other people would have a little more compassion.

I am aware of the potential lawsuits and complications that can arise from such a case, but all of that should be considered irrelevant when the life of another human is at stake.

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Response: ‘Chukchansi dispute reviewed’ ‘Original Pechanga’: “The scourge of disenrollment has developed since the advent of tribal gaming. Chukchansi is the most egregious in the state. Pechanga, down here in Temecula, has eliminated 25 percent of its people. Pala has also exterminated 15 percent. Is it about the money? The total stolen from all terminated tribal members in California is over $500 million. Please look at http://www.originalpechanga.com/2010/09/ does-mark-macarros-tribal-council.html to read about apartheid here in California. There are plenty more articles about Chukchansi.

Thank you to Professor Hansen for getting the factions together. You can help by tweeting this article to the Department of Interior @interior and the BIA @USIndianAffairs. A twitter storm will help them notice.”

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The real score is our president loves doling out pain on the American people and enjoys leading by instilling fear. Keep in mind, sequestration was his idea and this is what he said about his idea: “These cuts are not smart, they will hurt our economy and cost us jobs. And Congress can turn them off at any time – as soon as both sides are willing to compromise.” So here we have a president that proposed a really bad idea and is now seeing how bad it really is. Dumb way to lead a nation through a crisis. Republicans have already compromised in giving the president tax hikes and the only ones not compromising are the president and House Democrats.”

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“The research money that was given was never intended to be super-long-term or anything other than to just get our feet off the ground, and that if we wanted to make this sustainable research program we need to find alternate sources of funding,” he said. “So once we learned how to just do basic UAS research, that contract was fulfilled and ever since then we’ve been getting internal sources of funding.”

Kriehn cited the many Air Force personnel who have graduated from Fresno State, saying that this prompted Edwards AFB to invest research time and money into the Lyles College of Engineering. He said the money is for academic research, and annual visits to Edwards AFB are required in order for Air Force officials to note the progress on research they have funded.

Alongside the concer ns of the Lyles College’s relationship with the Air Force, O’Brien includes the remarks of Fresno State’s police chief, David Huerta, at a Fresno State 101 presentation.

O’Brien says that at that presentation, Huerta mentioned the eventual use of drones.

“What started this resolution initially was comments made at Fresno State 101, where the police chief made off-base comments that within 10 years he anticipates his department will implement the use of surveillance drones,” O’Brien said. “And whether it was serious comment or just identifying the growing use of military equipment, that’s an issue.”

Though it concer ns the engineering department and speculation regarding surveillance, the resolution has sparked concerns over campus safety and privacy rights.

Kristin Cartier, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, sees the resolution

as a hindrance to professor Kriehn’s research and student opportunities. For Cartier, work with UAVs, provides students with skills valuable to employers.

“It opens the door for students to get job opportunities with Edwards AFB. They can get their hands dirty with aeronautics,” she said. “We don’t have that sort of opportunity here. For engineers, it’s really crucial.”

Though Kriehn’s research does not reflect immediate use of UAVs for campus security purposes, Cartier sees potential use of UAVs for surveillance as a positive.

“Fresno State had a lot of safety concerns . . . I’m here until 10 o’ clock at night. I have to walk out to the car, all the way to the parking lot. Two years ago, there was a girl who got stabbed,” Cartier said.

Justin Thomason, execut ive d i r e c t o r f o r C o l l e g e Republicans, takes a different stance regarding UAVs. “It’s a step into Orwellian society,” he said.

For Thomason, the use of UAVs as a campus security measure would not be an effective step in curbing campus crime.

“This idea that a drone will protect students from say, a person coming on campus and shooting at the school or kids walking home at night over

by Bulldog village, the drone is not going to be able to stop them,” he said. “The police are still going to have to get there.

And we have enough security cameras on campus already.”

During the ASI meeting, vice president for exter nal affairs Sean Kiernan reiterated the limits of ASI resolutions of this nature.

“This is a resolution condemning the use of surveillance drones. We don’t have the power to flat out ban them.

This is just taking a position saying that ASI is against that,” he said.

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The Fresno State Recreation Center staffs and operates a fitness swim time each weekday at the Aquatics Center.

SWIM: Students Affairs responds to requests CONTINUED from page 1 mers.

The kinesiology pool, starting blocks and diving boards are not available for use.

However, the locker rooms and showers are open and available for use. Balls, horseplay and lessons are prohibited during the fitness swim hours. The center provides trained lifeguards and pool attendants to maintain safety and assist as needed.

“I have gone to the pool a couple of times for lap swim.

It was a good experience,” said Elizabeth Brown, a third-year mathematics student from Merced. “I think that opening up the aquatics center for stu-

dents is quite necessary. They have a beautiful facility and should use it for the good of all of the students and faculty.”

The facility, which was dedicated in October 2011, opened up to students and faculty for the first time in August of 2012. Prior to this, the Aquatic Center had been reserved for the Bulldog swimming and diving team as well as kinesiology courses.

“The idea was students were asking about being able to swim over there,” said Derek Walters, recreation sports and fitness director. “Fortunately, Dr. Oliaro said that student affairs would go ahead and financially support that program to open it up and have it

going at least for this year.”

Walters said they accounted for 393 unique users with a total of 1,352 overall uses, during the fall semester’s fitness swim season of August to November. They considered the debut of the program to be a great success.

Walters also noted that the administration involved in the opening of fitness swim wants to continue the program as long as funding is available. They hope to expand it to include water aerobics and intramural water sports.

“It’s a good complement to what we offer here at the rec center. I think students need to come out and try it and see if they like it,” said Walters.

TALKS: Gilbert discusses failure and achievement in final lecture CONTINUED from page 1 better even when you fail,” Gilbert explained of the “growth mindset.”

“So you make the connection that failure isn’t fatal. So if I fail, it’s not because I can’t do.

It’s because I didn’t prepare well enough; whereas with the fixed mindset, when you fail, it’s more in your mind. It’s more permanent. ‘I fail because I’m not good in that.’”

Gilbert stressed that his last principle, “settings,” is the most important out of the three.

Settings, he said, is creating a conducive and fitting environment to allow people to achieve the best of their abilities.

Gilbert said research has shown teenagers who are successful and realize their full potential grew up in a family that shows a complex setting.

“In their family environment, they were given a lot of freedom or autonomy to explore and create and try things and take risks, but within boundaries so there is structure.”

He gave an example of students not doing well in their major in college. Instead of letting them lose confidence and drop out, parents can urge them to switch majors that are better suited for them and their potential.

As the final installment of Fresno State Talks, Gilbert created a very special lecture environment for his audiences. To be as interactive as possible, he made audiences stretch and do small exercises in between sections of his lecture.

“Movement and exercise is very important for learning and developing talent,” he said.

“Given that’s such an important concept in our field, that we really should try and live that. So it doesn’t really make sense to have an hour lecture where you’re sitting there stationary and all the blood’s pooling in your leg and after 15 minutes you start getting drowsy.

“We know it’s not optimum. If you really want to learn things, ideally you want to be active and fit because that will help your brain work.”

Gilbert hopes that after his lecture, the audi-

ence would always remember the three basic principles.

“Help people meet their needs, have a positive outlook and a growth mindset, and make sure you surround yourself with the right environment and people.”

Gilbert is in his 13th year teaching at Fresno State and felt honored to be nominated by Kris Westcott, a student he taught long ago.

“It’s really a special opportunity because he took the time and energy to try and recognize me, and he didn’t have to do that, so it’s really special in that sense,” Gilbert said. “That it’s genuine, it’s from the heart and obviously there’s something I did in one of my class that really stuck with him, and that’s the best you can ask for. I mean, this is kind of like my Academy Award, my Nobel Prize all together. It’s kind of like the People’s Choice Awards.”

Westcott, an exercise science major in the department, was the student who nominated Gilbert. As the chairpersn on the University Student Union Board of Directors, he instantly thought of Gilbert when he heard about Fresno State Talks.

He originally came to Fresno State with the idea of studying biology and anatomy. When he took one of Gilbert’s class three years ago, Gilbert changed his life forever. Within the first two weeks of the semester, he changed his major to kinesiology.

“He was building leaders and all of the students in the department of kinesiology are very close knit,” Westcott said. “They’re positive, and they’re active and it’s just a great environment especially if you have a professor like Dr. Gilbert there. It just feels good.”

With Fresno State Talk coming to its close, organizers Breanne Scogin, Tamar Karkazian and Andrew Esguerra were relieved that their hectic days were over. Nevertheless, they were proud and content with their achievements.

They plan for the Fresno State Talk lecture series to come back in Spring of 2014.

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Advantage Egan: Living the dream

By Cameron Woolsey and Jeff Smith The Collegian Most would not expect a 54-year-old woman to lead a college tennis team as anything other than a coach.

H o w e ve r, F r e s n o S t a t e instructor Candace Egan is the No. 1 player for the Fresno City College women’s tennis team.

Egan knew that her schedule at Fresno State meant she couldn’t afford the time to go play, let alone take classes.

After all, to be in the sports program, she needed to be a full-time student.

H e r s ch e d u l e re m a i n e d unchanged, until she discovered last semester that she would be given a free day on Fridays.

When Fresno City College (FCC) opened for students coming in for spring semester, Egan had joined them.

“Once I realized, ‘Wow, I can do this,’” she said. “It was like, ‘Oh, I always wanted to do this.

I want to do it! It might kill me, scheduling-wise, but I want to try!’”

Her tennis career began at Hamilton Junior High when she would play with a friend at Roeding Park. The balls would whiz and zoom over the fence, but they liked it.

In high school, she made the junior varsity team along with her friends and hoped, after graduating, to play for Fresno State.

She said during her years at the university, she was offered an opportunity to practice and work out with the team as a redshirt to possibly earn a spot on the team.

“It was either I played for the team or I don’t at all. I totally blew it back then,” she said.

Education was the most important thing for Egan, and with a relationship blossoming with her future husband, tennis fell out of the daily routine.

“So I started down that path, or at least had hopes for that path, and, as things happen in life, while in the midst of doing that, … I met my (future) husband,” Egan said. They were married, and she concentrated on getting her degree. “Tennis just fell off to the wayside,” she said.

After she graduated, Egan joined Channel 26 as a videographer. With her busy schedule, she kept putting tennis aside for her job. Two years into her career, tennis simply

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She has proven herself capable, earning the No 1. position on the Fresno City College women's tennis team.

vanished from her life, and it never played, you still had elistayed that way for 17 years. gibility. It doesn’t matter how “Well, of course, I blew that old you are. I thought, ‘Wow! opportunity, right? I didn’t How cool is that? Wouldn’t that even really appreciate what I be neat to do someday?’” was doing until later when I She is taking a photography got back to tennis,” she said. “I class and one for recreational get to make up for it now play- work experience at FCC to ing for FCC, ironically, as the remain eligible for the tennis No. 1 for the team. team – waiting Egan joined 30 years and the team, but n about six months, coming in at told the coach I was able to get my a higher level she could only game to about where than I would participate in h ave r i g h t home games, it was right after high out of high which fall on school. Since then, it has Fridays. school.” just been progressing.”

She be g an She says playing again that it is livin 2003, after — Candace Egan, ing up to her she met anothFresno State professor expectations. er Fresno She enjoys the State instructraveling, the tor who also uniforms and used to play tennis. They being part of a competitive tenplayed a few rounds on the nis team. courts at Roeding Park, where “I think it’s kind of cool to she had spent years playing get to do that, because it’s difwith her friend before. ferent than playing as an indiEgan was bitten by the ten- vidual adult,” Egan said. “And nis bug once again and decided I’ve played on adult teams, but to return to the sport in full it’s not quite the same thing. force.

You got your coach there in “In about six months, I was the middle of your match. You able to get my game to about have trainers. You have all where it was right after high those things that come with school. Since then, it has just being on a college team. It realbeen progressing,” she said. ly feels fun, and I’m improv“Then I met some gals who ing.” were my age who had played for Playing with the Rams gives [Fresno] City College,” Egan the sport a more competitive said. “[They] actually went edge; Egan said she is playing back and realized that if you better than she ever had as a

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youth.

She plays nearly every day.

When she can, she will play for two hours every day of the week.

Being No. 1 means she has to face off against the best on opposing teams.

“So I’m getting challenginglevel tennis, and that actually means even more conditioning, and what I have to do physically is more to it, more challenging,” she said. “Everyone I’ve played has been a challenging match.”

Egan admits that during the preseason, she was humbled in matches with some players.

One, a woman of Brazilian descent from Santa Barbara, defeated Egan handily.

“It was quite an experience,” she said.

Egan was put into the back draw and beat the rest of her competition.

With every match, Egan feels her technique getting better tuned and much sharper.

Will she be able to beat that Brazilian girl some day? Who really knows?

One thing that is known, however, is that Eg an has become unstoppable in the regular season. For two games, she has defeated No. 1 players in singles from two colleges.

Both of her opponents were younger by around 30 years.

“I feel like it’s pushing me, and I have to really execute well, and I’m learning from it,”

she said. “It’s pushing me to a higher level. That’s the benefit of challenge.”

During the regular season, Egan is undefeated in singles and is playing with a variety of doubles partners to find the right groove.

“I’m trying to put pressure on my opponent and not think about the pressure on me, but that everything I’m doing pressures them,” she said.

In fast games, Egan keeps things in play that make her opponents move to all corners of the court.

She puts them in positions where one mistake would cost them the play, which, in turn, frustrates them, leading to more mistakes and an inevitable victory for Egan.

“I’m staying really aggressive and not letting up on them.

And if I make a mistake, then I just have to come back and keep pressuring them, and it’s paying off because then they’re double faulting, and they’re not getting their first serves in. They can’t let up.”

Egan said that many of the players she goes against are much younger than her, usually around the ages of 18-21.

Many of them, she believes, underestimate her, which Egan uses to her advantage by showing off the skills learned over many years of playing tennis to win.

“But now it’s all going around, because coaches scout, and I’m undefeated,” she said.

In a match last Friday, Egan used her experience to constantly change attacks against a girl who was leading 4-1, causing her opponent to get frustrated and lose.

“Probably a lot of the other girls she plays [that are] her own age, you do that changeup stuff and they don’t know what to do with it,” she said.

“They don’t have an alternative approach. Well, I have a whole bunch of approaches because I’ve been playing men, old ladies, hackers, power players. I mean, I’ve been playing a bunch of styles for a lot of years.”

Egan is crossing a lifetime goal off of her bucket list by playing with the Rams.

“Never say never,” she said.

“You may always get an opportunity.”

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'In Our Own Voice' addresses mental health, recovery

By Dalton Runberg The Collegian There is an illness that affects about 6 percent of all Americans, yet there are often no visible symptoms. It is not contagious, and there is still much we do not understand about it.

These millions of Americans suffer from various forms of mental illness, a disability that is just as real and severe as physical ailments, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

To illustrate to students the reality of mental-health problems, the Fresno affiliate of NAMI brought its “In Our Own Voice” presentation to Fresno State on Wednesday.

The event featured three local people – identified as David, Sergio and Nancy – living with mental illness who shared their stories of dealing with their disabilities and the road to recovery.

Chuck Diddy, the In Our Own Voice coordinator for NAMI Fresno, introduced the organization.

“In Our Own Voice is a recovery-education program presented by trained, consumer preventers to other consumers, families, students and health-care professionals,” Diddy said.

NAMI offers education and training for people living with mental illness, their families and the general community, giving help and hope to those who need it. It provides advocacy, research and support for the mental-health community.

The presentation was broken up into five parts: dark days, acceptance, treatment, coping skills, and ending with success, hopes and dreams. The three presenters shared their own experiences of living with mental illness and offered advice based on how they took the steps to overcome it.

In the first section, “dark days,” the presenters recalled the struggles of their lives before they became fully aware of their illnesses or sought treatment.

“My dark days began at the age of 3 to 4 years of age,” David said. “I’m the only child; I felt different even going to school. I started to feel afflicted and depressed as time went on.”

As the pressure of life mounted, David began to feel the effects of the mental illness take hold.

“I had night terrors that shook my whole body in my sleep. I felt like I was sinking into my bed, and I rose up out of hell. I heard millions of people screaming, and I was convulsing and even vomiting.”

David was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 20, after he had a complete breakdown, he said. He also had a stroke 2½ years ago, which was a “piece

MENTAL ILLNESS FACTS - Mental illnesses are serious medical illnesses. They cannot be overcome through "will power" and are not related to a person's "character" or intelligence.

- Mental illness usually strikes individuals in the prime of their lives, often during adolescence and young adulthood.

- The best treatments for serious mental illnesses today are highly effective; between 70 and 90 percent of individuals have significant reduction of symptoms and improved quality of life.

- Early identification and treatment is of vital importance; recovery is accelerated and the further harm related to the course of illness is minimized.

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learned that I will have a good day one day, and I may have not have as good of a day tomorrow, but I have more patience with myself... I know that the not-so-good days will pass.”

— Nancy, NAMI volunteer, speaker

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Nancy, a volunteer from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), shares her story of recovery from depression, seated next to fellow speakers Sergio and David during "In Our Own Voice."

of cake” compared to having a nervous unknown that was sweeping over me,” breakdown. she said.

“To describe the experience, it was She consulted a doctor and was offilike putting fear, condemnation, shame cially diagnosed with depression and and anxiety on super-steroids. I felt my began taking medications, but soon mind separate from my body, and I lost went off of them again and fell back 25 pounds from not eating and being so into the grasp of her illness. upset,” he said. “I felt as though, meta“I just want to say that depression phorically, I had missed out on the sec- does hurt,” Nancy said. “I mean, it ond coming of Christ, and I was left physically hurts. It emotionally hurts. behind because I saw friends and family It spiritually and physically drains you moving ahead and on with their lives.” of energy. So when I went back on my Sergio also spoke of childhood expe- meds, I stayed on my meds.” riences that foreshadowed his later With her life starting to look like it diagnosis of schizowas turning around, phrenia and bipolar Nancy was involved had a therapist who disorder. in a head-on collision, “I noticed I was severely injuring her brought the good out different when I was shoulder and spine. in me, not to judge me or about 5 years old,” This caused her to jump to conclusions.” he said. “I rememrelapse to the point of ber looking outside considering suicide. my window one day, “I was thinking, — David, and I saw an Easter NAMI volunteer, speaker you know, all I have to bunny that looked do is take a few extra like a ghost jump of those pills, and I from a telephone pole and jump around wouldn’t wake up the next morning, the backyard and ran back up the tele- and I wouldn’t be a burden. I wouldn’t phone pole and disappeared.” feel the shame that depression can take Sergio got worse as he grew older and you to,” she said. entered middle school. He described the With the dark days in the past, the feeling of having an “aura” and that speakers revealed how they came to people were talking about him. His con- accept their illnesses and seek treatdition continued to deteriorate in high ment. school, when it started to affect his jobs, For some, it came in the form of the he said. right combination of medication and “I was talking to my coworker one therapy. Often times, it takes those with day, and his face was normal and then mental illness a long time to find the all of a sudden, his face contorted to right cocktail of medications for their demonic. To me, I could see it with my specific diagnosis and the right fit for own eyes,” Sergio said. “And then also, a therapist they feel understands and his voice changed. He told me, ‘I’m cares about them. going to see you in hell.’ He told me that “I had a therapist who brought the three times, and his voice was demonic. good out in me,” David said, “not to After the third time, his face changed judge me harshly or jump to concluback to normal.” sions.”

After a number of other incidents For Sergio, it was not an easy transiand a run-in with the police, Sergio was tion coming to terms with his illness, committed to a mental hospital against recognizing he was in denial for a long his will. period.

Nancy, who has major depression, “I remember trying the medications had a more gradual and subtle emer- one at a time, and when I would get gence of her disorder. She said she did better, I thought it was myself getting not socialize much in high school or better. I didn’t think it was the medicacollege, minding her own business and tion,” he said. “So it took me a long time doing her own work. to realize that I did have an illness. And “As you get a little bit older, and you when I accepted it, it was a process of see where other peers your age are me getting better with my diagnosis.” going in life and you notice that you’re All three presenters spoke of how not doing the same things as they are, their faith and having a close church you know, you just sort of wonder, ‘Well, community helped them work through what’s wrong? What’s wrong with me?’ their problems and gave them the “And I just noticed I was pulling strength of will to continue on. myself away and isolating myself,” Other tips they suggested for treatNancy said. “And I knew intellectually ment and coping skills included exerthat that was depression, but I didn’t cise, proper diet, good sleep and a solid tie the whole psychosocial aspect of support system. it together like you do when you have The presenters then shared their sucsome knowledge about it.” cesses in overcoming the challenges of Nancy said she had a hard time find- their mental illnesses and their hopes ing joy in even the smallest of activi- and dreams for the future. They all take ties, even when she knew it was some- pride in being NAMI volunteers and thing that she should be excited about. helping spread the word that recovery “There was a lot of fear – fear of the is possible, even in the worst of situa-

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tions.

“I have a meaningful purpose for my life at this time,” Nancy said, “and that’s to share my story with In Our Own Voice. It seems to give me more confidence to go out and share. And I can offer empathy and encourage others since I’ve been there.”

David continues to educate himself in a variety of topics. He has also achieved his dream of becoming a pilot.

He learned how to fly single-seat, ultralight aircraft.

“God made me unique, and I will embrace it,” David said. “Nevertheless, I have strength in my resolve and my good qualities. I will do my best to keep on recovering stronger and stronger and staying on the path to recovery.”

Nancy is a pediatric nurse and no longer worries as much about her illness affecting the overall quality of her life.

“I learned that I will have a good day one day, and I may have not have as good of a day tomorrow, but I have more patience with myself, and I forgive myself and use these coping skills.

I know that the not-so-good days will pass,” she said.

Re b e c c a R ay a - Fe r n a n d e z , t h e interim coordinator at Fresno State’s Psychological Services office, gave information to the audience about the services available for students on campus at the Student Health Center.

Raya-Fer nande z said that Psychological Services aims to destigmatize all types of illness, and that every person has his or her own struggles to deal with – but that is what makes us human.

“We’re all human and we have different emotions and different feelings and different life experiences,” she said.

The services offered at the health center are free and include walk-ins from 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. MondayFriday.

It offers individual counseling, relationship counseling for couples, personal-growth groups and psychiatry. There are also support groups available for a variety of topics, including relationships, eating disorders, stress-management, anxiety and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) groups.

Psychological Services brings a number of events to campus, like In Our Own Voice, to educate students by making these topics more tangible and to facilitate understanding.

“It’s about educating individuals on mental illness and giving them more information. I think a lot of the time, there’s not enough knowledge and there’s a lot of, perhaps, stigma attached and people may hesitate to seek services,” Raya-Fernandez said, “And this gives them an opportunity to have individuals from the community share their stories and to be able to acknowledge that this is very real and it can happen.”

The Student Health Center will hold Anxiety and Depression Screening Day on March 21 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. during which students can get a screening for mental illness and meet individually with a counselor, giving them information and help seek treatment, if necessary.

For more information on NAMI, visit www.nami.org or www.namifresno.org.

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Seniors Rosie Moult (left) and Jeanna Furst pose on the Air Force court in Colorado Spring, Colo., after their 100th win as Bulldogs.

leader in steals last Saturday during the Bulldogs’ 80-55 win at Air Force. Moult is currently ranked 11th in the nation with 3.04 3-pointers per game, helping the Bulldogs’team record of 7.2 3s per game.

Even though the Bulldogs have locked up the second seed in the Reese’s Mountain West Tournament, they will be focused on the task at hand tomorrow: beating UNLV. “We’re excited about finishing out the regular season with a win,” Furst said.

“I think we know it’s impor-

tant to finish up conference strong.” Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley said. “UNLV is a team that did have a second -half lead against us, we don’t think we can look past anyone.”

In the last outing against UNLV, the Bulldogs were down by five points in the second half after having the score tied up at 32 during halftime.

Furst and Moult are excited and believe it will be an emotional game for them.

“We will miss the fans, they are great. The band is great.

The whole atmosphere, it’s our home court. It’s our house and

we must protect that.” Said Furst.

“I will miss the atmosphere the most.” added Moult.

“Back in Australia we don’t get crowds like this, the fan support at Fresno State has been great, and I’m definitely going to miss it.

The Bulldogs tip-off tomorrow against the Lady Rebels at 2 p.m., marking the 24th meeting between the two teams.

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F reshman Jill Compton left the circle and caught a fly ball to end the third with two Iowa State runners on base – and pitched through the fifth inning. Taylor Langdon came in relief in the sixth.

The Bulldo gs held Iowa State to four runs in the final five innings, though a Tori Torrescano solo home run in

the fifth expanded Iowa State’s lead to 6-3.

“It’s a great learning opportunity for her,” Ford said of Compton.

“She’s going to be put into these tight situations and those are the types of situations that are going to build her character.

“I think as long we continue to get better, and move forward them, we’re going to be OK.” Right fielder Michelle Solomon led the Bulldogs with

three hits.

The Bulldogs got off to a winning start in the Fresno State Classic – and will face Oregon (6 p.m.) and Oregon State (8:15 p.m.) tonight in a doubleheader.

“I think it shows we have a lot of heart,” said Megee, who rung in the game-winning RBI. “We have a lot of fighters on this team. We didn’t want to go down losing, especially losing 5-0.”

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Chris Mariscal (left) finished with a run and two hits against Cal.

LOSS: Cal ties it in the ninth to force win

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Freshman Whitney Smith runs to first base during the Bulldogs’ 7-6 win over Iowa State in the Fresno State Classic.

the Bulldogs being let down by too many free runners and a shaky bullpen. Starter William Munro went 5 2/3 innings and gave up two hits, one run and three strikeouts, but he also gave up six walks. The five relievers on the day combined for 3 2/3 innings with six hits, two walks, two strikeouts and four earned runs.

Among those relievers who took the mound were junior Tyler Linehan and sophomore Aaron Gillis, both of whom

have ERAs over 10 — Linehan at 12.38 and Gillis at 11.12.

The Bulldogs also continued to struggle with errors on defense, committing four on Thursday. This comes after a three-error game on Tuesday against San Jose State — a game that Fresno State also lost.

At the plate, Fresno State put up eight hits and produced four runs.

At this point in the season, the Bulldogs only have three regular starters who are batting above .250 — junior Aaron Judge (.367), sophomore Chris Mariscal (.341) and redshirt senior Trent Garrison (.333).

With this loss, Fresno State slides to a 3-9 record, while Cal improves to 6-7.

The Bulldogs have three more games at Berkeley before they retur n home to f ace San Diego State (7-5) to begin Mountain West Conference play.

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Senior duo leaves mark

By Allen Huddleston The Collegian The Fresno State women’s basketball team will enter its last home game tomorrow against the UNLV Rebels.

This meeting will be the second time the two have faced off this season. The first contest ended in a 72-66 road win for the Bulldogs.

This game will also mark the last time the Bulldogs take the floor at the Save Mart Center for the 2012-13 basketball season.

It will also be the last time seniors Rosie Moult and Jeanna Furst -- who have won three Wester n Athletic Conference Championships -- will play before the home crowd.

“It’s going to be very emotional. I’m going to be very sad because it’s the last time playing in front of everyone,” Moult said.

“We have to channel that emotion into playing hard and being focused on the court.”

Furst and Moult will be honored tomorrow for Senior Night for their hard work and dedication over the last four years.

That hard work has led the duo in becoming the most winning senior class in Fresno State women’s basketball history.

Over the four years Moult and Furst have been at Fresno State, they have won an impressive 100 games.

“It’s a good feeling to have won, but it’s not just us that has helped us win, we have had good teams that we’ve played on,” Moult said. “It’s a good feeling, and we have put in a lot of effort.”

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Baseball

’Dogs lose to Cal in extra innings

By Zack Edwards The Collegian

Photos by Dalton Runberg / The Collegian

Fresno State seniors Rosie Moult and Jeanna Furst will be honored before Saturday’s regularseason finale against UNLV at the Save Mart Center at 2 p.m.

Jeanna Furst

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Fresno State baseball opened its fourgame series against Cal on Thursday with a 5-4 loss in Berkeley.

The Bulldogs took a one-run lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, but some timely hitting by the Golden Bears off of reliever Jordan Brinks helped Cal tie the game up at four apiece. It took only two singles and a sacrifice fly for the Bulldogs to lose their grip on the lead. With the score tied, the game went into extra innings.

Catcher Austin Wynns led off the tenth inning with a single, but the Bulldogs were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. The game remained tied for Cal in the bottom of the tenth.

Fresno State coach Mike Batesole brought freshman pitcher Blake Quinn in to try to hold off the Golden Bears.

Things did not start well for Quinn, however, when he hit right fielder Jacob Wark -- the first batter he faced. That proved a costly error for Fresno State as Cal was able to capitalize on the free runner — the Golden Bears advanced Wark to third and he scored off of a sacrifice fly to centerfield.

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Softball

’Dogs kick off Classic with comeback win

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian Fresno State coach Trisha Ford called it “a statement inning” for the Bulldogs.

It also might’ve been a testament inning.

It was in the third inning of their prolonged first game of the Fresno State Classic on Thursday night in which the host Bulldogs found themselves quickly trailing by five runs.

It was also that very inning in which Fresno State broke off three runs to catalyze a leaping comeback over Iowa State in the seventh for the final, rallying cry – a 7-6 victory at Bulldog Diamond.

“They’re fighting, and that’s what good teams are made out of,” said Ford, whose team will also face three Pac-12 teams this weekend. “They don’t finish until the last out, so it was a good team effort tonight.”

Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the seventh, Fresno State loaded the bases off singles from Paige Gumz, Vonnie Martin and Capri Angotti.

The Cyclones walked Whitney Smith (filling in place of Brooke Ortiz, who will be out for the remainder of the

season) in the following at-bat to force the tie.

And with the game tied at 6 – though the Bulldogs’ one out provided some breathing room – Ford called upon sophomore Kelly Megee.

Megee belted a single to the outfield with enough speed and enough airtime to ring in Bria Kennedy (pinch running for Martin) for the walk-off winner.

“Kelly has gotten several opportunities in that situation to come through and be big for us,” Ford said.

“She hasn’t really gotten through on that one clutch hit.

So it was a great opportunity for her. I kind of had a good feeling. She’d been swinging the bat well. She hit the ball deep enough into center field to score that run.”

The Bulldogs outhit Iowa State – which had seven hitters batting more than .333 heading into Thursday night’s game – 12-9.

The game was delayed for one hour, 15 minutes due to rain just as the top of the third was about to get underway.

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Catcher Paige Gumz gets a hit off Iowa State pitcher Taylor Smith during the Bulldogs’ 7-6 win against the Cyclones Thursday night at Bulldog Diamond in their first game of the Fresno State Classic.