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“S” is for service-learning Service learning: Academic year 2008-09

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By Angelica Cano The Collegian As the number of service-learning courses increase on campus and across the California State University system, students enroll in them for a variety of reasons.

For many students, the “S” that follows a course number is a mystery.

That was the case for sociology student Maggie Simms when she enrolled in Sociology 130WS and Gerontology 10S her sophomore year at Fresno State.

“At that point I didn’t even know what the ‘S’ meant,” said Simms, who found out the “S” indicated a servicelearning course when she was required to complete 35 hours of community service for her classes that semester.

Academics in action, is how Chris Fiorentino, director of the Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning, defines service-learning.

“It’s taking the theory you’re learning in a class and allowing students an opportunity to apply that theory to real community need through service,” Fiorentino said. “That service, then, is going to help students understand the academic content better.”

I n a s e r v i c e - l e a r n i n g c o u r s e, Fiorentino explained, students are required to complete a number of service hours or service projects.

Throughout the semester, students

participate in reflection activities such as class discussions or writing assignments. This helps students relate the theories and content they’re learning in the classroom to their service, Fiorentino said.

The emphasis on service-learning is seen throughout the California State University (CSU) system as evidenced by the “Cornerstones Implementation Plan,” adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees. Principle three in the document states that “the CSU system and each campus will provide opportunities and arrangements for students to engage in community-service learning experiences.”

In the 2008-09 academic year at Fresno State, 77 service-learning courses and a total of 191 sections were offered, Fiorentino said.

After completing the gerontology and sociology classes for her major and minor, Simms enrolled in American Humanics, a certificate prog ram for specialized training in nonprofit management. Simms completed the required 300 hours of field work with Animal Rescue of Fresno, while maintaining a full-time school schedule and working at least two jobs.

“It was important to me so I made it work,” Simms said.

One common misconception about service-learning, Fiorentino said, is that it only applies to classes that end in an “S.”

“There are lots of classes on campus that meet minimum service-lear ning requirements and have not gone through the formal ‘S’ designation process,” Fiorentino said.

For a course to receive the “S” designation it must meet five standards as outlined in the Service-Learning Course Approval Process and Criteria, approved by the Service-Lear ning Committee. “Justification that the service-learning component is integral to and supportive of the academic focus of the course,” is the one of those qualifications.

“It has to make sense with the course and it has to be really tied to that curriculum,” Betsy Hays, a member of the service-learning subcommittee, said.

As an assistant professor in the mass communication and journalism department, Hays is in the process of converting several public relations courses to the “S” designation. Hays said her decision to convert the classes is a result of feedback she’s received from students who wished they had known the classes were service-learning ahead of time.

“If it’s an ‘S,’ in my opinion, it should be labeled as such, so the student has more disclosure on what they’re getting into,” Hays said. “Because obviously it’s more work outside for the student.”

A total of 5,125 students enrolled in service-learning courses last year and provided 161,281 hours, Fiorentino reported. He said service-learning has virtually spread across all eight colleges. Fiorentino added there were 31 different academic departments that had service-learning classes during the 2008-09 academic year.

One such course is CFS 133S, Child and Family Crisis, taught by lecturer Barbara Christl. Students in the class are required to complete 10 hours of service, as well as write a research paper on a crisis topic.

Many students who take the class are planning to teach, said Christl, who encourages future teachers to volunteer at local schools. Due to alcoholism and the high concentration of methamphetamine use and poverty in surSee SERVICE, Page 6

Fresno State honors Fresno’s mayor Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin joined others last week during Fresno State’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society’s ceremony.

Other initiates included 211 graduate and undergraduate students.

Swearengin, a Fresno State alumna, received an Honorary Alumni Initiate.

Mayor since 2008, Swearengin received her bachelor’s and master’s of business administration from Fresno State. She graduated with honors.

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi has more than 300 chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Philipines.

Phi Kappa Phi chapter 62, Fresno State’s chapter, has existed on campus since 1953.

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Creating jobs, creates own headache

By Jessica Irwin The Collegian In an economy rendering few jobs, some Fresno State alumni have turned to starting their own businesses. In some instances, however, a new business brings problems of its own.

Chris Callison, Fresno State student and CEO of A1 Ski Rentals, found out from personal experience how many marketing challenges come with a start-up business.

“My company is a rental business, we offer jet skis, boats and quads,” he said. “And I believe what was hard for us was getting the word out about our business.”

Callison developed a website, posted on Craigslist and handed out brochures around popular water attraction to generate business. He utilized the Internet and it proved to be the best tool in his strategy.

“We advertised in the major directories and tried different medias,” he said. “It seems like there are many ways to advertise but figuring out what works for you is trial and error. Trying to get business with a little budget is tough.”

While Callison’s business has been established many student’s are still in the beginning phases of starting a company.

Khan Shadid continues to have a positive outlook for the future despite funds not being readily available in his start up.

“In the beginning you usually have a budget so you are forced to learn as much as you can from planning ahead,” he said. “You need to know exactly who you are trying to help with your services.”

Shadid is working on an Internet social networking website for college students. He believes that understanding his customers is an important asset in the beginning stages of his company.

Shadid said he uses blogs and online advertising as a way to create an interest in his company.

“Marketing has been the easiest thing to implement due to the Internet,” he said. “We launch in July but our goal is to have a preliminary client list before so take off won’t be so unforeseen.”

Despite the state of the economy students still seek to open new businesses but it is easy to see the challenge they face is building a public presence.

“Grass roots marketing and underground marketing has proven to be a great success,” said Pashant Joshi, technology development project director for the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

“One huge problem I see with students is they are so focused on getting a job that they forget there is other options,” he said. “When there’s no jobs, you create your own.”

“The students here are always hungry for more,” says Joshi. “You have to great creative if you want attention.”

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‘Big Brother’ at it again Most parents of young children keep a close eye on them when feeding time comes around. It’s human nature. However, sometimes children end up choking, and unfortunately for some, it was their last bite.

Associated Press writer Lindsey Tanner wrote a story on Feb. 21 about a new urge from American Academy of Pediatrics to put more choking warning labels on packaged food.

“Federal law requires choking warning labels on certain toys including small balls, balloons and games with small parts,” Tanner wrote.

“Unless food makers voluntarily put more warning labels on high-risk foods, there should be a similar mandate for food, the pediatrics academy says.”

For some reason, the pediatrics academy never mentioned that parents of young children should monitor what their children play with, or what they feed them.

So, what’s a high-risk food? Tanner listed: Hot dogs, whole grapes, raw carrots and apples.

According to Tanner’s article, doctors say that these high-risk foods should “be cut into pea-sized pieces for small children to reduce chances of choking.”

Perhaps cutting these “high-risk” foods into pea-sized pieces isn’t enough. Why would you just want to reduce the risk of your child choking on solid food when blenders can turn

Setting it Straight Denton Dubbels anything into a liquid?

Feeding tubes may serve as an adequate vehicle to deliver nutrition.

Tanner wrote, “When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids’ food could be so dangerous.”

If you watch your child eat a hot dog, you should be sure they chew it thoroughly, and to make sure they don’t swallow huge chunks of semichewed bolus.

Hot dogs come wrapped in plastic air-tight packages, with written descriptions (in near-microscopic print size) of the ingredients and nutritional value. (As if we want to know what’s in them anyway.) There might be a tiny space for the chokewarning label to be displayed on the packaging.

Carrots also come in plastic packages, where a label could be displayed.

But, what’s to be done about raw carrots that are placed in bulk bins in gro-

cery stores? Will the Academy push for grocers to place choke-warning signs above carrot bins? It’s almost insulting.

Tanner also wrote, “of the 141 choking deaths in kids in 2006, 61 were food related.” For a country of this size, although it’s a tragic notion, 61 is not a very high number.

The reality is that even if there are choke-warning labels on food, unless the child is monitored, the child could still choke.

On alcoholic beverage and tobacco product labels, a Surgeon General’s Warning is printed to warn that consumption of those products is harmful to your health. Despite the warning, people still continue to purchase the products and complain that the taxes levied on them are ridiculous.

Tanner’s article also mentioned some commentary by Grocery Manufacturers Association spokesman Scott Openshaw, who said, “making parents aware of choking dangers is key to keeping kids safe.”

If you’re a parent and you are unaware that feeding anything to your child that isn’t mush could make them choke, you should not be a parent.

Also, if this “duh” of an idea becomes a reality, as a parent, you should make sure your child doesn’t choke on the food packaging material that the choke-warning label is printed on.

Girls just wanna go run

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian I am a girly girl. I like purple, rhinestoning things and Taylor Swift.

I freak out if I see a spider. I also still get a little envious when I see my high school friends’ prom pictures on Facebook. (Oh, the dresses!)

Like most girly girls, I’m not a huge fan of broken nails, dirt or smelly things. But, at some point in every girly girl’s life, there comes a time where she has to break out of her comfort zone and come face to face with dirt, stench and, unfortunately, broken nails.

For some, it’s going to spin class at six in the morning. For others, it’s skydiving. For me, it’s running a marathon. Yes, the girl who freaks out when her hair gets messed up is running a marathon.

Why run this marathon, you ask?

For one, I’ve noticed that too many of my friends have created boundaries for themselves—boundaries that keep them closed off to putting themselves out there and trying something new.

It’s easy to fall into an uninterrupted routine, and do the same thing every

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day. I found myself falling into the exact same trap.

“Running such a long distance is really challenging, not just to your body, but it’s also a mental challenge,” Jolene Millar, a triathlon club member, said. “It’s rewarding to see just how much you can push yourself mentally, because your mind won’t want to do it.”

Enter the Two Cities Marathon.

Like most of you, I’ve tried driving down Shepherd around the beginning of November and found that it’s closed. Until now, I’ve always thought, “Those dang runners. Of all the days to close down Cedar and Shepherd.

Why does it have to be this intersection?” This year, I will be one of those annoying runners.

For those of you who know what it’s like to run a marathon, you know the training is probably one of the hardest things you’ll ever do. The dark, cold, early mornings and the running itself is much less preferable to sleeping in until half an hour before class starts.

(Unless you’re a girly girl. Then you get up an hour before to do your hair.)

To those who aren’t into the marathon thing, I feel you. Until quite

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recently, I wasn’t either. Running for hours at a time? No thanks. But at the same time, is it something that I can grow by? Absolutely.

Friends of mine who have run marathons, half marathons, 10ks and the sort have described it as something that made them change. In addition to all the hundreds of good reasons to run a marathon, various causes included, growing as a person is something that all of them mentioned as a reason to run anywhere between six and 26 miles.

So, for this girly girl, going through months of training for my first marathon is sure to be an experience that involves messy hair, broken nails, stinky clothes and early mornings. But if there’s a sense of accomplishment waiting for me at the finish line, then maybe it’ll justify all the beauty sleep I’ll lose.

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The month of May We’ve experienced the April showers. It’s time for May flowers.

Besides having great weather, it happens to be a certain editor’s birthday in May. And I heard he enjoys Reese’s, Dr. Pepper and Barnes & Noble gift cards.

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Oil spill on Gulf Coast The Coast Guard estimates that 1.6 million gallons have spilled into the ocean, killing 11 workers in the process. While one tragedy cannot, by itself, change U.S. energy policy, it should give pause to the “Drill Baby, Drill” crowd.

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Is anybody else interested in this, or is it just me? The three main parties, Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat, are all fighting for the majority of Parliament’s seats. And Labour leader and current Prime Minister Gordon Brown just had one of the bigger gaffes in recent memory: He called a woman Labour voter “bigoted.” Don’t know what your advisors have been telling you, Gordy, but that ain’t the way to win an election.

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National Enquirer reporting Obama cheating scandal National Enquirer, just because you were right about John Edwards, do you really think we’re going to believe you about President Obama? Do you think we’re going to forget about all of the other trash that’s in your magazine? Please, for all of us, just shut up!

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By Danielle Gilbert The Collegian A total of 75 students spooned on Saturday in an attempt to break a world record and support the Bulldog Pantry.

The event coordinators fell more than 400 bodies shy of breaking the Guinness World Record for mass spooning by college students.

Germany continues to hold the record at 432.

However, participants managed to collect an estimated 100 nonperishable and canned food items.

Business administration major and event coordinator Jennifer Reda said that the event was great but it just didn’t work out.

“The spring scrimmage, track meet and tennis match were each going on at the same time,” Reda said. “We didn’t get a lot of traffic.”

Determined to break a record, the participants came up with a “cleaner” idea—the most amount of people to polish a car simultaneously.

Approximately 74 students polished a car for one minute, which makes Fresno State the new Guinness World Record holder. Sorry Milton Keynes, England.

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Students compete for label design and a chance to win $10,000

By John Esquivel The Collegian Twenty Fresno State students entered the Lipton Brisk Emerging Artist Contest for a chance to design an iced tea label.

Three winners will be chosen to win a $10,000 scholarship.

Out of the 30 nationwide universities participating only 303 students submitted artwork.

Marketing major Marie Davis, the Fresno State campus representative for Brisk Tea, organized a free bowling event to motivate students to get involved in the contest.

The company also used the event to showcase six new Lipton Brisk iced tea flavors.

Students who attended had the chance to sample such flavors.

At the event, students were asked to give their name and e-mail address if they were interested in participating

in the contest. Students were allowed to submit any art they created.

“It could be absolutely anything,” Davis said. “We want to know what type of artist they are.”

Before the contest ended last Thursday, Davis was very pleased with the numbers being in favor of Fresno State students.

“I would like for more Fresno State students to get involved,” Davis said. “We have a very high chance of getting them the money.”

Now that the submission deadline has passed, Davis said it is up to the student body to vote. Davis said she is currently organizing an art show in the Phebe Conley Gallery in which students will show off the art they submitted.

Graphic design major Cory Jackson first heard about the contest when Davis spoke to one of her classes. Jackson

chose a piece she did for one of her art classes.

For the assignment, students were to pick something that could be turned into something manmade. She chose to create a piece that had a piece of fruit that turned into a tin of a fruit-based product.

Jackson said the cash prize would help finance some of her necessities for the upcoming semester, including a new computer.

“It would definitely help pay for school for my last year,” Jackson said. “The computer that I have is ancient.”

Interior design major Lesley Bosch is another student who heard about the contest through Davis.

“I thought, what do I have to lose?” Bosch said.

The art piece she submitted was a self-portrait she made in junior college.

“I used bright colors that are not ‘real life’ colors,” Bosch said.

“It reminds me a lot of an Andy Warhol painting with harsh lines of color depicting different shadows.”

Bosch said the cash prize would allow her to concentrate more on school and help her pay for her expenses. “Interior design classes aren’t cheap,” she said.

After attending the free bowling event, Bosch has a great feeling about her chances because of the feedback she received from fellow students.

“Granted I did not know a majority of the people there, but it made me feel good to have all those eyes on my artwork in hopes that it will stick in there minds when the voting process begins this next week,” Bosch said. “I was excited to see some of my fellow interior design classmates there for support, and I do want them to know that it was greatly appreciated.”

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Emeritus professor to do research in Latin America

By Michelle Furnier The Collegian During the fall 2010 through the fall 2011 semesters, emeritus economics professor James Cypher will study to see if Mexico can learn from Brazil economically and technologically.

Cypher is able to do this because he received a grant through the Fulbright prog ram, a gover nment supported program intended to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries,” according to the Fulbright website.

The grant he received is a new award called the serial award which is given to those interested in doing short-term research. This money will pay for housing, trips, a book allowance and his salary.

He will teach full time in Mexico at the University of Zacatecas, a public state school. There, Cypher will work in the development studies doctoral program.

Cypher started teaching at Fresno State in 1967, and is currently finishing his last year in the early retirement program after starting it five years ago.

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majority of his time working at Fresno state because he has had several appointments abroad and in Washington, D.C. While at Fresno State, his specialty has been economic development.

Q: What qualified you for the Fulbright Award and what does it mean?

A: The Fulbright program is the oldest and most prestigious program sponsored by the U.S. government to provide for an exchange of scholars.

That means that every year a certain number of people from all over the world get to come to the United States to teach or do research. A certain number of people in the United States are permitted to go abroad and either teach or do research. In my case, I won a scholarship award, which is a lot more competitive than teaching, because you have to compete against everybody in every field. There are just a few of these awards. I recently saw a list of people who will be going to Brazil next year, and almost all of them come from very prestigious universities like Harvard. I wouldn’t have gotten this award if I hadn’t been publishing extensively since I got my doctorate.

Q: When will you be heading to Mexico, and how long will you be there?

A: In the fall, I will be in the south of Brazil for about two months. Then I will be going back to Mexico and then in fall 2011 I will be in Brazil.

This is perfect for me because I’m not a Brazilian specialist; I’m a Latin American specialist. So, being able to be there in residence during two separate periods will give me time to develop what I learned on the first trip and do a much better job with the rest of my supported research. I’m very pleased to get the award. I didn’t think I would. It’s not usually awarded to people who are at the end of their career.

I’m doing more work than I ever have. Not having much to teach constantly has opened a lot more doors.

Q: What kind of research will you be doing in Mexico and Brazil?

A: Poor countries are constantly asking themselves “why are we poor?” For example, why is Mexico poor? We’ve seen many Asian nations move from depravation to relative prosperity. How did they See LATIN, Page 6

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CONTINUED from page 5 do it? Brazil is the only place in Latin America that is developing technology for the government and private sector. I will be looking at what Brazil has done and how they have done it in the last 30 years, and how this can be an indicator for Mexico.

Q: Have you researched other countries or done anything like this before?

A: Yes, I’ve done it before. I’m currently finishing a book on Mexico and it has a lot to do with these themes and Mexico’s economic dilemma. It’s nothing identical though.

Q: What are you looking forward to?

A: I’m very pleased that Fulbright considered me, and that I am worthy of starting over. I’ll be working in new areas, but they still have links with areas I’ve worked with in the past. It’ll probably turn out to be exciting. [I look forward to] interacting with new people and being in new places, and also coming up with new ideas.

Q: Are you expecting to find anything in particular?

A: The basic outlines of what I’m doing are generally [not expected]. I need to get into the details of something. In terms of what’s in Brazil and what will happen in Brazil, [Latin America] isn’t taking that and applying it. Any good researcher won’t know what you’re going to include. It’s a creative process. People usually think artists and writers are the only people involved in the creative process, they think that economists only sit by their computers and that’s not right.

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Overall, Christl said, many students enroll in the “S” class because they need it for their major and are not always happy about the outside work.

“They do service-learning because it’s required,” Christl said. “They see it as a stretch of time – it seems like it’s going to be too much. By the end of the semester, I hear the complete opposite.

I hear how much they loved it.”

Senior and psychology major Melissa Watkins’ first service-learning class, though, was not for her major, but to find a place to belong at a new school.

“Going from high school, where I was pretty involved, to a campus with 20,000 plus students, I was trying to find somewhere that I fit in,” Watkins said. “Community service was something that I knew very well.”

She’s taken four service-learning courses and completed the American Humanics program, while being a fulltime student and working two jobs.

Watkins also received the Community Service Scholarship, earning $1,500 for 150 community service hours, one of three service-oriented scholarships offered through Career Services.

In the end, Watkins said, the experience meant more than finding a place to belong.

“It was meeting new people; it was giving back to the community, seeing something grow,” Watkins said. “All of those things just kind of contributed to my continued involvement in it.”

HandsOn Central Califor nia is a partner organization with Fresno State that helps place students in volunteer opportunities. Executive direc-

tor Cathy Caples said she’s noticed an increase in volunteering from ages 16-24. Typically, Caples said, students prefer to work on day-service projects, or activities related to their classes.

“We get a lot of requests for positions requiring 15 hours,” said Caples, who added she wished students committed to longer projects to gain a better view of an organization or issue.

The 2008-09 annual report “Walking the Paths of Progress” from the CSU Center for Community Engagement found that more than 194,000 students performed community service totaling 32 million hours of service. Likewise, more than 2,575 service-learning courses, a record number, were offered.

In an effort to increase “S” course offerings, the Richter Center offers grants to convert existing general education or required courses to incorporate service-learning. When funds can be accessed from a service-learning grant or funding source, Fiorentino said, they’re used to train faculty, work on projects and to develop “S” courses.

Fiorentino added the Richter Center has about $15,000 available to provide to departments for converting classes for next fall.

Graduating at higher rates and achieving better grades are two of the characteristics that Fresno State’s Service-Lear ning website lists as benefits to students who participate.

According to the report “Does Service Learning Help Students Succeed?” by Fresno State’s Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning (IRAP) these assertions are partly correct.

Freshmen who took a service-learning class had higher four-year and fiveyear graduation rates than freshmen

who did not take a service-learning class, the report found. Comparing data for fall 2003, 19.3 percent of students graduated within four years of taking a service-learning class, and 37.7 percent graduated within five years of taking a service-learning class. While only 17.6 percent of students who did not take a service-learning class graduated in four years, and 30.9 percent did so in five years.

In determining if service-learning affected students’ grades, courses with service-learning and non-servicelearning sections offered in the same

semester were analyzed. Based on the IRAP report, this comparison showed no overall difference in the average grade earned by students in servicelearning and non-service-learning sections.

“Only over time, through what students do long after they graduate, can we know whether service-learning at Fresno State fosters career advantage or cultivates a lifelong civic and service ethic,” the report read. However, the report concluded, “service-learning helps students succeed.”

Monday, May 3, 2010

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‘Dogs shine in scrimmage Spring football came to a finish at Bulldog Stadium Saturday with Cincinnati in the future to start the fall 2010 season.

By Vongni Yang The Collegian With the season opener over four months away, the Fresno State football team did its best to emulate a game-day atmosphere.

“It felt good to have some people come out and have the band going,” sophomore running back Robbie Rouse said.

“I was a little fired up.”

The ‘Dogs held their final spring scrimmage at Bulldog Stadium on Saturday in front of an estimated 2,500 fans.

Many players took the field Saturday knowing it was time to cement their status as a significant role player.

“I wanted to come out and get a couple of big plays,” redshirt freshman L.J. Jones said.

Jones made the biggest play of the day, intercepting a Ryan Colburn pass and returning it 24 yards the other way for a touchdown. The young cornerback continued to impress during the scrimmage, making tough solo tackles and breaking up several passes against the receivers.

“I think he’s got some real talent,” head coach Pat Hill said of Jones. “Another one of our excellent young freshmen.”

Rouse created a few big plays of his own, taking a handoff near midfield, juking and weaving his way down the left sideline for a 48-yard run.

Rouse also had a big run to start the red zone drills. On

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With the spring football complete, sophomore Robbie Rouse (right) inched a step closer to the starting position against Michael Harris (left) right behind.

the first play, Rouse took the exchange and drilled his way to the one-yard line for a gain of 24 yards. Rouse followed it up with a one-yard plunge for his only touchdown of the scrimmage.

Rouse is expected to be the re placement for Ryan Mathews, who was drafted

12th overall by the San Diego Chargers in this year’s NFL draft.

Rouse said he has been working hard all spring to earn the starting nod.

“If I work hard and take every play as hard as possible then everything should work out fine,” Rouse said. “I just

got to keep running hard and keep doing what I’m capable of doing. Hopefully, everything will work out to the best.”

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team clinch the title for her final year.

“My character is not injured,” Petukhova said, “so I can use that when I play and that helped me.”

The ‘Dogs lost their automatic bid into the NCAA Tour nament. Hope for the team, however, is not lost with the talented roster.

“It’s definitely different.

This is the first time we are not going to the NCAA,” head coach Simon Thibodeau said.

“We will try to regroup and prepare for next year to see what we can do to improve things. But, we have to look at it in a positive way.”

The men’s tennis team followed in the women’s footsteps, as they were unable to win the WAC Championship trophy. The team lost in the final round against Hawaii.

The Bulldogs came away with three single-match wins.

Rikus de Villiers defeated Andreas Weber of Hawaii in two sets to gain a point for the ‘Dogs. As well as sophomore David Ayoun defeating Phillipp Eberhard, 6-2, 6-3.

It came down to the final match Tejesvi Veerepalli and the Warriors Jeremy Tweedt.

I n a n e x c h a n g e o f s e t s, Veerepalli was up 4-1 in the final set before cramping up and taking a medical time-out.

The Warriors took it from there as Veerepalli was unable to fight to the finish, limping and unable to return the ball over the net.

Head coach Jay Udwadia said the match was a battle.

“It started off slow in doubles, but we fought back in singles,” He said. “Obviously, the way it ended was very unfortunate. It is a tough one to swallow.”

Baseball

Softball

vs. Dallas Baptist Final: 2-1 (9-13, 14-7, 15-7)

vs. Hawaii Final: 1-2 (0-5, 9-7, 4-5)

After losing to Dallas Baptist on Thursday in extra innings (9-13) and falling behind early on Friday (6-5), the Fresno State baseball team finally showed life in the top of the fifth inning.

With the bases loaded, senior reliever Matt Morse pitched his way out of the fifth inning by striking out two hitters, forcing a batter to fly out.

The dominance soon began from there. The ‘Dogs racked up seven runs there after and won 14-7. Senior outfielder Steve Detwiler went 1-for2 with a home run and four RBIs. Morse pitched four scoreless innings to pick up his third win of the year.

The dominance rolled over onto Saturday, where the ‘Dogs picked up their 26th victory of the season, winning 15-7.

Sophomore outfielder Dusty Robinson led the way, batting 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs. The pitching staff allowed four earned runs on nine hits on Saturday.

The ‘Dogs will try to extend their winning streak to three when they host Cal Poly at Beiden Field on May 4.

The Fresno State softball team snapped Hawaii’s 18-game winning streak to give Hawaii its only Western Athletic Conference loss of the year, winning 9-7.

In game one of the doubleheader on Saturday, Morgan Melloh led the way, pitching a complete game. She allowed six earned runs on 13 hits and struck out eight batters in seven innings of service.

The ‘Dogs recorded eight hits and four home runs to put an end to Hawaii’s perfect record in conference play.

Catcher Caitlin Stiglich dominated at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBIs, including a grand slam.

However, Hawaii won the series 2-1, winning the first and last contests of the threegame series.

The softball team dropped to 34-16 on the season.

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Fresno State crumbles in final match

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The men’s and women’s tennis team come up short Sunday. Tejesvi Veerepalli (left) lost in the WAC Championship final due to cramping. Laura Pola (right) lost in the final set against Boise State.

By Brianna Campbell The Collegian The competition was high on Saturday after noon at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center where the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships were taking place for men’s and women’s tennis.

The women were in a championship battle against Boise State, defending

their WAC title. However, they came up short after losing in the final match, 4-3.

The doubles duo, Anastasia Petukhova and Julia Gragera-Cano defeated the Broncos duo Bianca Jochimsen and Elyse Edwards 8-4.

The title came down to three matches.

Boise State would have to win all three to claim the title, while Fresno had to win just one.

A hard fight to the finish, sophomore Laura Pola and Broncos opponent Jochimsen were the last match for women’s play. Fighting the heat and her opponent, Pola was unable to win the title for her team two years in a row, falling to Jochimsen in the final set, (57, 6-4, 6-4).

“It is unfortunate that we have come so close and made it to finals with only a couple points away from winning the

title again,” Pola said. “We just have to recover from this and keep fighting.

Coming back next year stronger.”

Teammate Anastasia Petukhova finished early against her opponent Laura Megale with a two-set sweep, (6-4, 6-3).

Anastasia missed most of the season due to injury, but insisted on competing in the WAC tournament to help her See TENNIS, Page 7

A race to the finish

In the team’s only home track meet this season, the Bulldogs gave the crowd something to cheer about by breaking multiple records.

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian In the only opportunity for Bulldog fans to witness the track and field team in 2010, the Fresno State men and women did not disappoint.

During Saturday’s “Last Chance” meet, numerous personal records were set in front of a crowded Warmerdam Field. The meet served as the only home meet of the season and opportunity for the athletes to showcase their talent.

“It’s just a great thing,” head coach Scott Winsor said. “You can see how much they enjoy it. You can see we get a lot of people, we get a lot of fans and a lot of parents. It kind of gets them pumped up and they enjoy it a lot. I think that’s why we had a lot of personal records at this meet.”

Twelve seniors in competition were also honored Saturday afternoon during a Senior Day ceremony near the conclusion of the meet. Through all the personal records and exciting com-

petition, Winsor said honoring seniors who have survived the program is the rewarding aspect of his job.

“It’s the name of the game,” Winsor said. “I mean honestly, what we tell our student-athletes is you’re not going to make a living doing track and field. So, we are obligated to graduate our students and prepare them the best we can for the real world.”

A few seniors used the big stage to its fullest. Val-Pierre Dai’Re ran a seasonbest 400 hurdles race in 50.88, as well as anchoring victorious 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams. Dai’Re’s 400 hurdle time puts him in the top-10 among the NCAA West.

Senior Tim Greene also notched a season-best mark in the hammer throw, the day’s opening event. Greene launched a throw of 199-07, over 25 feet farther than the second-place finisher.

The men’s big success has Winsor excited for next week’s Western Athletic Conference outdoor championships in Rustin, La. “Our men have a little bit more depth than our women do,” Winsor said. “La

Tech and Utah State are going to be hard to get over. Can we do it? Yeah.

But it’s going to have to be one of those days where we are hitting on all cylinders.”

While the men offer plenty of depth, the women gave fans plenty to cheer for on Saturday as well.

I n t h e f i n a l eve n t o f t h e d ay, Jacqueline Vasequez put in what Winsor described as “the performance of the meet” with her personal record throw of 148-5.

Joining her in the personal best category was Breeauna Thompson, who clocked in at 11.91 in the 100 and 24.27 in the 200.

Freshman Jordan Smith caught Winsor’s eye in particular with his three-personal record performance.

“Jordan Smith had a good day,” Winsor said. “He had a yearly personal-record in all three jumps, high jump, long jump, and triple jump. He’s getting there. He’s a freshman, he’s young, he’s raw, but he’s getting there.”

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Senior Val-Pierre Dai’Re clocked in his seasonbest in the 400 hurdles as well as the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.