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HMONG CULTURE

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

(From left to right) Keng Vang, Mai Vee Vang, and John Vue wear traditional Hmong clothing near the fountain, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Enrollment rate for Hmong students at Fresno State has doubled since 2011.

TUBERCULOSIS

Students exposed to TB at Fresno City College

The Old Administration Building at Fresno City College.

By Troy Pope @troycpope

Hundreds of students and/or faculty were potentially exposed to tuberculosis at Fresno City College, and the school’s health center has sent out alerts to people who may at risk. Initial reports put the number of exposures at some 300, but the total still isn’t clear. Fresno State officials said there

were no cases of TB reported at Fresno State. “The Student Health and Counseling Center will continue to monitor this situation closely,” said Director Wendy A. Oliver, a registered nurse. “I can tell you that there were less than 300 students affected,” said Kathy Bonilla, public information officer at Fresno City College. “When this kind of situation occurs, it is our practice to notify the students and offer free testing. We were initially

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notified by the Public Health Department of the situation…” Students that may have been affected were sent an email regarding the exposure and the free testing. “You may have been exposed to Tuberculosis (TB) when you attended specific classes at Fresno City College in Sp2016,” the email read. TB is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs, and it can be fatal if untreated. “Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a

See TB, Page 3

By Chueyee Yang @TheCollegian

The enrollment rate for Hmong students at Fresno State has doubled since 2011, making the ethnic group one of the few to have a dramatic enrollment increase. In fall 2011, there were 790 Hmong students enrolled, and as of fall 2015, there are 1,534 Hmong students attending Fresno State. “When we look at school data – K-12, high school data and even community colleges – there is a growing pipeline of Hmong and Southeast Asians in public schools and graduating from community college and transferring,” said Dr. Angel Sanchez, associate vice president of the office of institutional effectiveness (OIE). According to OIE statistics, there were 322 freshmen Hmong students in fall 2011 and 301 in fall 2015. Additionally, in fall 2011, there were 32 Hmong transfer and 57 in fall 2015. A reason for the increase of Hmong students is because of the large Southeast Asian community. “There’s not only population growth,” Sanchez said, “[Within] the demographics of the San Joaquin Valley, there’s a large Southeast Asian community that is growing in this region.” He said since most of the Hmong population in the San Joaquin Valley are young children, birth replacement rate impacts the population rate. “In order for a group or a population to

See HMONG, Page 3

OPINION

GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them. COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

MALIA OBAMA

AMERICA’S UNHEALTHY WORK ETHIC By Megan Bronson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR By Dr. Frank Lamas

Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management This letter to the editor is in reference to the letter that Kelly Caplan wrote on April 25 in regards to the possible building of a new USU.

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Why do people care so much that Malia Obama is taking a gap year before she attends Harvard next year? The biggest reason – America has an unhealthy obsession with work. Malia has every right to take a gap year before she starts the biggest move of her career to date. Her father is still in office, she is going through major transitions with her family, and she has the time to take a gap year. But we shouldn’t have to defend Malia’s choice. She should be able to make these decisions (which hurt no one) without the nation’s censure. American media outlets pounced on her decision as national news, speculating over her reasons while the comment sections were riddled with censure slinging racist remarks at her and calling her lazy. The truth is that Malia’s decision is not lazy. But the nation has such an unhealthy view of “work” and productivity, that it has leached into our social ideals. Americans expect other Americans to constantly move forward in a socially acceptable productive way. It was expected that Malia go right to work on her career goals, and the fact that she is taking a year off is bothering people because Americans don’t understand the concept of leisure – unlike in Europe. The American work week is 40 hours. That is just an average. Many Americans work

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Malia Obama attends a state dinner at the White House on March 10, 2016, in Washington.

much longer than that and take their work home with them at the end of the day as we enter the realm of technology and email. We never really escape work. It is not like that in other places in the world. Germany has an average work week of 26 hours, and Sweden’s average work day is only 6 hours. Our society has put a high premium on our time, and time is obviously best spent working toward something. This is not a healthy view whatsoever. Americans work themselves into graves. In a study conducted by the American Psychological Association in 2010 cited that most Americans recognize that they are stressed from trying to balance work and home life. Often

health falls to the wayside when we are stressed, so we are suffering from this work ethic on multiple levels. We should not be judging those who take the time to care for themselves. We should all be trying to take care of ourselves. So stop holding it against Malia. People take gap years so that they can gain work experience, research and define the field they want to go into, or just to give themselves a break from the pressures of academia. There is nothing wrong with this. We shouldn’t be expecting every senior in high school to invest themselves immediately into school when they may not be prepared either financially or mentally for the huge commitment that college is. Leave Malia alone. Let peo-

ple decide when they are ready to go to college. Taking care of yourself is not lazy.

Read letter to editor today and information could not be further from truth. We have had forums posted for great deal of time and been speaking to a variety of student, faculty, staff and administrators for quite some time. In addition, we published the entire Stantec report with Fresno State information giving everyone an opportunity to review and comment on web site if unable to attend one of two forums. Last fall we asked for everyone input in a number of scheduled meeting and prior year conducted a study with many students weighing in. We welcome everyone’s input and have been transparent throughout the last couple of years. Appreciate everyone’s voice on this topic and had packed house at last forum. Ps below are just selected group of times we have marketed forums to campus.....we truly welcome everyone’s input, questions, concerns and kudos....

April 4 - Initial email invitation sent to entire campus community (students, staff, faculty); containing flyer with generic building April 4 - sent an email to campus colleagues who engage in communications/marketing to ask for their help to market the two forums April 5 - Email containing flyer sent to students via Orgsync April 5 - Posted flyer of campus forums on SM April 11 - Second email invitation sent to entire campus community (students, staff, faculty) reminding of forums on April 12 & 27; containing flyer with Stantec rendering of Welcome Center

April 12 - Posted reminder in the morning of forum happening that day April 12 - Posted a #HappeningNow post regarding forum on SM April 13 - Dr. Lamas met with Media (ABC30) to speak about new union feasibility study and forums April 22 - sent an email to Univ Communications to cover bases for forum on April 27 April 25 - Email invitation sent to entire campus community (students, staff, faculty) reminding of forum on April 27 April 26 - Email sent containing flyer via Orgsync

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Hmong student enrollment EDUCATION Students mourn free higher education statewide rate doubles within five years

Khone Saysamongdy • The Collegian

Members of the Students for Quality Education, (left to right) Vanessa Gomez, Cecilia Knadler, Kelly Caplan, Sam Retton and Andrea Wilson. protest against the rise of education fees in front of the Kennel Bookstore on May 2, 2016.

By Justin Johnson @TheCollegian

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

John Vue (right) shows Mai Vee Vang (middle) and Keng Vang (left) how to sew a traditional pleated Hmong skirt, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Enrollment rate for Hmong students at Fresno State has doubled since 2011.

HMONG from Page 1 replenish itself, demographers tell us the group needs a replacement rate of about 2.1 births for females,” he said. “And what that means is, is at that rate, births then replace those who die off, so it kind of stays even.” Among Asians, the replacement rate is approximately 2.6, resulting in the number of Asian groups to increase, Sanchez said. Fresno State students now have the opportunity to learn more about the Hmong heritage. “I think that the enrollment is increasing because Hmong students want to learn their language as well as their culture,” said Zao Vang, a liberal studies major. On April 22, Fresno State approved having Hmong as a minor, making Fresno State the first institution in the western U.S. to offer Hmong as a minor. “In total, we have 20 units,” said Dr. Kao-Ly Yang, Hmong minor coordinator and adviser. “You have six courses to take in order to have the Hmong minor – five

language courses and one cultural course.” Yang said although the minor will be available starting fall 2016, there are 69 students who are already interested in minoring in Hmong and 20 students who will be ready to graduate with the minor by spring 2017. “They took all the courses already. They just need to take the cultural course,” Yang said. “[And] they just need to fill the application form for a minor, and that’s it.” By minoring in Hmong, students will have the opportunity to potentially use their Hmong language skills to teach Hmong in middle school or high school and to use it as a communication tool for careers such as nursing and business, Yang said. “Students can benefit by using the minor to apply for jobs in Fresno because Fresno has a large population of Hmongs,” said Lisa Lee, a kinesiology major. “Students can also use it as a tool to understand why the Hmong [community] came to the U.S.”

TB is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs, and it can be fatal if untreated TB from Page 1 bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis,” the Fresno County Public Health Department’s website said. “The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine and brain. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal.” Oliver said catching TB isn’t as easy as a hand shake. “TB is spread through the air

from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings” Oliver said. “People with TB disease are most likely to spread it to people they spend time with every day. This includes family members, friends and coworkers or schoolmates. TB is not spread by shaking someone's hand, sharing food or drink, touching bed linens or toilet seats, sharing toothbrushes or kissing.

Dressed in all black, Students for a Quality Education marched through the Fresno State campus Monday chanting its demands from a loudspeaker. Their message was “free higher education is possible.” The demostraters met at the Free Speech Area and proceeded to march around campus, which eventually led to the Kennel Bookstore, where they gathered around a black casket. “The California Master Plan for higher education, passed in 1960, stipulated that education in the public university system should be tuition free in order to make degrees accessible regardless of socio-economic background,” Kelly Caplan, a women’s studies major at Fresno State, shouted through the loud speaker as students passed by.

The “funeral service” was held to mourn the death of free higher education, push the focus of hiring high-paid administrators instead of prioritizing student learning, and to educate students on campus. “Today we are doing a funeral procession, also in conjunction with May Day events that are happening around the country and around the state,” Caplan said. “Students for Quality Education state wide are doing different types of events on their campuses, pretty similar to ours, this is our version of the same thing. We’re here in solidarity. In an attempt to educate the public the organization relentlessly informed students on campus well into the afternoon.” Chico State, San Francisco State, CSU Stanislaus, Cal Poly, CSULA and Fresno State all participated in the event to raise awareness of the tuition increases in higher education over the

past generations and those to come. “I want people to know that higher education was one day free, fully funded by the state for 18 years and throughout the years it has been privatized,” said Cecilia Knadler, a women’s studies and criminology major at Fresno State. Students for Quality Education (SQE) seeks to motivate students to join them in their fight to end what they call illegal student tuition. Flyers with facts and statistics were also handed out at the event, which point out that the CSU basic tuition fees since 2000-01 to 2016 have increased 283 percent. “We want free education for our students because they keep increasing tuition and I hope people learn that education can be free,” said Vanessa Gomez, a psychology major at Fresno State.

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NEWS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

VALLEY YOUTH

Lecture shines light on children’s health issues By Jasmine Castrellon @TheCollegian

The Central California Children’s Institute presented a “Call to Action” on campus Monday, discussing issues facing the youth of the Valley. More than 175 people attended the forum, which included government leaders, faith-based leaders organizations, social services, educators and over six counties in the Valley. Dr. Cassandra Joubert, Director of the Central California’s Institute and professor in the department of Public Health, said Monday’s event is important to the Fresno State community. “We often forget how important it is to keep the issues facing children front and center,” Joubert said. Tim Curley, the director and community and government relations spokesperson at Valley Children’s Hospital, said the biggest challenge for children in relation to their health is directing influences by their social statues. “A lot of kids in the Valley live in families that are below the fed-

eral poverty level or just above it and still struggle,” Curley said. “There is a clear link demonstrated through data – a clear link between poverty and health statutes and the poorer the income, the worse the health status is of the population.” Joubert said that health does affect how well a child performs. “Like one of our participants said today, ‘You can teach a child how to read, but if they don’t have good vision or they don’t have access to vision care and eye glasses, then teaching them to read is going to be pretty challenging’ so good heath is absolutely essential for becoming educationally prepared.” Dr. Cassie Hartzog, postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Regional Change and leader of Monday’s event, said she’s always been interested in why some people have better health than others. “The Center of Regional Change and Sierra Health Foundation – which sponsored this work are deeply committed to reducing social inequities and addressing some of the root causes for health disparities,” Hartzog

said. “So understanding why some children aren’t doing well in school and aren’t graduating from high school, or why some children have higher rates of asthma than others, or why some children are more likely to be overweight and obese than others. A lot of it goes back to underline kind of social inequalities around race, ethnicity.” Hartzog said she believes there should be universal health care. “Yes,” Hartzog said. “Personally, this is my personal belief – I won’t speak for the Sierra Health Foundation – although I suspect they feel they same way. I think of health care as of kind of a fundamental right, and that that everyone should have access to high quality healthcare regardless if they can pay for it.” Hartzog said it’s not the fault of children who lack the resources of good health insurance. “It makes me very sad,” Hartzog said. “Through no fault of their own, some children are severely disadvantaged and they’re born into families or communities or situations that don’t set them up for success.”

Curley said poverty does influence how well a family is able to care for the health of their children. “They are dealing with issues and health problems that they otherwise wouldn’t have to deal with, whether it is an illness that could have been prevented, illnesses that aren’t being managed. So the kids aren’t feeling as well as they could be, and further they’re not as productive as they could be,” Curley said. “And they’re missing days in school, they’re falling behind in school, they have behavior problem, and in the end they’re not going to be able to realize their full potential.” Curley said there are many organizations that are involved in the wellbeing of the children at the hospital. “The Children’s Institute here at Fresno State is one of the most important incentives or efforts that Valley Children’s is involved with when it comes to supporting the needs of children and families of the Valley,” Curley said. “But there are others as well, there are a lot of county based organizations like the First Five organi-

zations. Each county has a First Five agency, the County Offices of Education and other healthcare providers.” Curley said the First Five organizations were created by voters who passed a tax addition on cigarettes about 15 years ago and that revenue is used by those agencies to support newborns to the age of 5 who get a head start on their first few years of life. Joubert said that the institute is the only organization that is supported by more than one college on campus. “Our institute is supported by five colleges,” Joubert said. “The college of Health and Human Services, the College of Science and Math, Social Sciences, Jordan School of Ag, and the Kerman School of Education.” Joubert said she loves working with other colleges who all have the same mission. “In order to turn that around, we have to invest in children. We can’t simply say that things will change on their own, we have to actively invest in children,” Joubert said. “The children are our future.”

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POLITICS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

NEWS ANALYSIS

Ted Cruz was right: GOP voters wanted an anti-establishment candidate, just not him By Lisa Mascaro

Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Ted Cruz was never expected to advance this far in the Republican presidential nominating contest. The Texas senator was seen as too extreme for most Republicans; too despised by the establishment; too unknown by the rest of the country. It turned out Cruz was right all along about what Republican voters really wanted in 2016: an anti-establishment rabble-rouser who would not apologize. He was just wrong about the outsider. Tuesday, overshadowed like the other presidential aspirants by Donald Trump, Cruz suspended his campaign, saying he no longer saw a viable path forward. “Tonight, I’m sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed,” he told supporters, many who shouted “no” at the news. “Together, we left it all on the field in Indiana. We gave it everything we’ve got, but the voters chose another path. And so, with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign.”

The defeat was one of contrast: While Trump’s bombastic style and controversial ideas only enhanced his support, Cruz’s preacher-like delivery often rubbed voters the wrong way. He outlasted establishment favorites like Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, just as he predicted he would. Yet with his intense unpopularity among GOP leaders, Cruz could not rally the party behind him, even as part of a last-ditch effort to block Trump. Cruz’s candidacy in this unusual election year showed the staying power still possible with a strong grass-roots organization, but also the limits of an old-school campaign based on conservative economic and social issues as the Republican Party struggles to attract a broader swath of voters. For weeks, Cruz’s only hope had been to stop Trump from securing the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination outright. He spent considerable time and money preparing for a floor fight among delegates at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. But after losses mounted, most recently in Indiana, that route closed. Even a last-minute alliance with rival John Kasich to

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Republican presidential hope Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns at the Antique Auto Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania., on April 20, 2016.

divvy up remaining states backfired with voters. By suspending his campaign, Cruz continues to control many of his delegates, making him a potential power broker at this summer’s convention, if Trump fails to reach 1,237. “Ted Cruz ran the absolute best campaign he could run,” said Josh Holmes, a GOP strategist, but still could not provide voters a viable alternative to Trump. Cruz was the first Republican candidate to launch his campaign, appearing in March 2015 before students at the Liberty University, an evangelical college in Virginia. He lambasted the “Washington cartel” and made sure no other candidate could get to his right as Rubio and Bush focused on winning over the establishment. Trump’s steady rise brought discomfort to the other candidates, but not to Cruz initially. He drew the businessman closer, calling him “terrific.” Rather than battle Trump, Cruz treated him as a friendly rival. The hope was Cruz would scoop up Trump supporters once the businessman’s campaign came to an end. The strategy brought early success as Cruz easily secured

backing from top tea party and evangelical Christian leaders. He built an impressive grassroots organization and crisscrossed the country under a grueling, methodical schedule. Even detractors had begrudging admiration for his campaign operation. He won the first caucus in Iowa. But like the other candidates who have since receded, Cruz was no match for Trump. Once Trump began turning his sights on “Lyin’ Ted” – his preferred taunt – the senator could never quite recover. He stumbled in the conservative Southern states that should have been his to win and was wiped out by Trump in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Instead, Cruz focused his attention on stopping Trump in the delegate race, an obscure aspect of the nominating process that seemed tailor-made for his army of devoted activists. The unusual strategy showed initial promise. Cruz began building a corps of delegates in states Trump already had won, leaving the billionaire crying foul over a “rigged” system. Trump clearly felt the heat, attacking the appearance of Cruz’s wife, Heidi, and citing an unverified report in The National En-

quirer that Cruz’s father, Rafael, had known JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. But although Cruz won some victories, in Wisconsin’s primary and in state delegate contests, Trump’s team rebounded, slowing Cruz’s advance in delegate math while walloping him in primary voting. Cruz’s core constituency of tea party and evangelical voters splintered and many grass-roots leaders lost interest in the first-term senator in favor of Trump. At crucial moments, the GOP establishment only reluctantly came around to back Cruz as a last-ditch play to stop Trump. Their endorsements were usually offered late and halfheartedly. Cruz pinned his comeback on Indiana and the pragmatic sensibilities of Hoosier state voters. But Trump’s populism had already taken hold. And Cruz’s awkwardness betrayed him again when he referred to a basketball hoop as a “ring.” A day before Indiana voters went to the polls, Cruz declared: “I am in for the distance. As long as we have a viable path to victory, I am in to the end.” And then he was out.

THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

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15-year draft streak ends for Bulldogs but seven get picked up by NFL clubs By Collegian Staff @TheCollegian

Despite no former Bulldogs having their names called in last week’s NFL Draft – ending the program’s 15-year run of having at least one player drafted – seven signed with teams as undrafted free agents. Those picked up on Sunday immediately after the draft include outside linebacker Ejiro Ederaine, who signed with the Redskins followed by fellow linebacker Kyrie Wilson (Raiders), defensive back Charles Washington (Lions), punter Garrett Swanson (Cardinals) and long snapper Dylan Detwiler (Chiefs). The following day, offensive lineman Alex Fifita signed with the Falcons, defensive lineman Claudell Louis was picked up by the Bills and running back Marteze Waller earned invites to both the Browns and Packers minicamps. Up next for the former ‘Dogs is rookie minicamp, a three-day event that takes place May 6-9 for some clubs and May 1316 for others. Dylan Detwiler - Kansas City Chiefs • Served as the team's primary long

snapper for three and a half seasons. • Played in 45 games. • Elected team captain as a senior by his peers. Ejiro Ederaine - Washington Redskins • Two-time, second-team All-Mountain West selection (2013, 2015). • Finished collegiate career with 45.5 tackles for a loss, ranking No. 2 all-time in Mountain West history. • Recorded 21.0 sacks in his career, ranking in a tie for No. 6 all-time in school history. • At the time his career ended he ranked No. 3 among all active FBS players in career tackles for a loss and No. 10 in total sacks. • Started in 36 consecutive games to close out his career. • Posted 229 career tackles, 45.5 tackles for a loss, 21.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, five quarterback hurries and two interceptions. • Recorded 10 or more tackles in seven different games in his career. Alex Fiﬁta - Atlanta Falcons • 2015 second-team All-Mountain and 2013 All-MW honorable mention. • Made 32 starts (26 consecutive) and played in 47 games.

• Was not called for a holding penalty in 2015 and was flagged for a false start twice. Claudell Louis - Buﬀalo Bills • 2015 All-Mountain West honorable mention. • Started all 12 games at defensive end in 2015. • As a junior-transfer, played in 26 of 26 career games. • Owned the eighth-most sacks (5.0) by a defensive linemen in the Mountain West in 2015. • His 47 tackles in 2015 tied for the eighth-most among all defensive linemen in the MW. Garrett Swanson - Arizona Cardinals • Played in a 2016 senior class high, 52 games. • 2014 All-Mountain West honorable mention. • Owned a career average 41.8 yards per punt on 202 career attempts. • Single-season average high was in 2014 with 43.1 yards per punt - ranks No. 6 for best avg. in school history. • Three of his 67 punts in 2015 went for touchback and 18 were downed inside the 20. Marteze Waller - Two minicamp invites: Green Bay Packers, Cleveland

Browns • Recorded 3,108 career yards - fourthmost in school history. • 2014 second-team All-Mountain West. • Ranked No. 15 in FBS football for single-season yardage in 2014 with 1,368 yards. • Single-game high for yards was 164, at Boise State in 2014. • Started 26 games and played in 47. Charles Washington - Detroit Lions • Made 38 starts and played in 50 games. • Recorded 202 career tackles and 14.0 for a loss. • Owned three career interceptions. • Used as a multi-purpose defensive back - starting 24 games at safety, 13 at cornerback and one at nickelback. Kyrie Wilson - Oakland Raiders • Made 38 starts and played in 51 games. • Posted 278 career tackles - No. 11 in school history. • Registered 17.0 career tackles for a loss and 4.5 career sacks. • Single-game high for tackles was 13, set at the 2014 season opener at USC.

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THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Dan Honda • Bay Area News Group/TNS

Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) joins his teammates during the second quarter on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

By Diamond Leung The Mercury News/TNS

OAKLAND, Calif. – Warriors general manager Bob Myers expects Stephen Curry to return from a sprained knee "somewhere around" the team's two-week timetable, but said Tuesday doesn't know for sure. “I don't know that it'll be before,” Myers told 95.7 The Game. “It might be after.” "I know everybody wants to know is it going to be Saturday, is it going to be Monday? It's in that range, but it's hard to say. But those games (3 and 4) are so close together. Myers laughed about Curry telling ABC he felt his chances of playing in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday were "pretty good" because the reigning MVP usually says he can play. “I don't know if he's coming back (ahead of the two-week timetable),” Myers said. “Nobody knows. He doesn't know.

He thinks he is, but that's good.” Myers said other than some light shooting drills that Curry has yet to return to basketball activities nine days after suffering a Grade 1 MCL sprain of his right knee. “He's got to play a little bit of 3-on-3 or 5-on-5,” Myers said. “He hasn't done any of that stuff yet, and I just think until you are actually trending towards playing basketball, it's hard to speculate as to what the date will be. If he's able to do that before Saturday, then you see where you're at. “But you don't really know until you start pushing the envelope as far as basketball activities, and he's not doing that stuff yet. Can that stuff be done in the next few days? I suppose.” Myers said there are multiple factors related to the decision-making on Curry's return. “Guy wants to play,” Myers said. “He's doing everything he can to play. We've got good medical people. We're going to have to be smart. This guy is so important, you don't throw him out there and risk anything.”

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

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Walk-off homer propels ‘Dogs to victory

By Cox Odia | @coxthaone

Ricky Gutierrez • The Collegian

Fresno State junior outfielder Jake Stone runs to first base after recording a base hit during Tuesday’s nonconference matchup against Saint Mary’s.

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Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Former Fresno State linebackers Kyrie Wilson (17) and Ejiro Ederaine (31) were among the seven Bulldogs that signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents.

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The Fresno State Bulldogs defeated Saint Mary’s in walk-off fashion Tuesday night at Pete Beiden Field. With the game tied two runs apiece in the bottom of the ninth, junior infielder Scott Silva came through in the clutch with a solo blast to left field to end the game with a walkoff home run. Silva credited the team’s resilience and gritty approach to winning the hard fought match. “As a team we were working really hard,” Silva said. “We came off a long travel weekend and Air Force. We had a lot of stuff we had to get through and we came back, battled and had a good approach. [Coach] Bates[ole] has been really pounding our brains to just stay through the ball and be confident with every pitch and that’s what we did tonight.” The ‘Dogs put the first run on the board after a Gaels error which allowed Silva to put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0. Later in the bottom of the second inning, Gaels infielder Brett Rasso doubled down the right field, allowing teammates Nate Nolan and Anthony Villa to score and take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the third inning, the Bulldogs tied the game when sophomore outfielder Aaron Arruda singled to score infielder Jesse Medrano to even the match at 2-2. The game got tight in the middle innings but the ‘Dogs stayed composed and loose in the dugout. “Seemed like we were playing kind of flat,” Silva said. “Bates[ole] said ‘Hey we got a couple more innings left just give it your all,’ and that’s what we did – we put it all out there on the line and ended up winning.” The magic happened in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the bases empty, Silva locked in and crushed his third home run of the season to left field to send the Bulldogs home with a win. “[In the] last at-bat, I was just up there hoping for the best. I just got a plus count and got my pitch and it ended up working out,” he said. “Winning the game was a great experience especially walking off. We’ve only walked off once this year so to do it again was a fun time.”