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Food drive a competition for clubs on campus

By Jesse Franz The Collegian Fresno State’s November Food Drive was organized to put a little more on the plate for people in local communities this holiday season The charity event, which is being managed by Associated Students Inc., was started to encourage student clubs and organizations to donate canned foods to benefit those in need in the El Dorado Park neighborhood near campus.

ASI has set a goal of collecting at least 300 pounds of food in the drive by Friday and will distribute the food to the community on Saturday.

The food drive is also doubling as a club and organization competition.

Whichever club or organization donates the most food will win a free pizza party from ASI and be honored at a Fresno State men’s basketball game.

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Fresno State students and alumni were among Sunday morning’s Color Me Rad 5K participants through Woodward Park.

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Campus hosts ‘TeamSmile’ nonprofit

By Megan Rupe The Collegian On Saturday, Fresno State’s South Gymnasium was transformed into a top-notch dental facility to play host to “TeamSmile,” a nonprofit that partners with larger organizations—like the National Football League—to bring free dental care to impoverished youth.

Dr. Scott Sailor, Fresno State’s kinesiology chair and co-director of Fresno State’s “TeamSmile” initiative, said 30 to 40 dental professionals, along with assistants and student volunteers, worked to provide dental services—screenings, cleanings, even fillings and

extractions—for more than 200 kids. Some of which, Sailor said, aren’t in good shape when they walk through his doors.

“I remember a kid that needed at least two teeth extracted,” Sailor said. “I think he probably, if I remember right, needed more, but they felt like that was enough to put him through for one day.”

Marking its seventh year at Fresno State, Sailor said the event has provided three-quarters of a million dollars worth of free dental care in its first six years of operation.

He said the “TeamSmile” connection formed through Fresno State’s athletic teams’ dentist, Xavier Gutierrez, who was

involved with the organization.

Today, Gutierrez works in conjunction with the Fresno Madera Dental Society to raise money for the event and find dentists willing to volunteer their time.

“Dental care is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease today, even ahead of asthma, and considering the Valley and our asthma issue, it really puts things into perspective,” Gutierrez said.

“So these kids, having free dental care, access to care, getting kids out of pain, I mean that keeps kids in school, keeps them healthy, and that’s the bottom line: we want to keep our kids See SMILE, Page 4

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An estimate of 270 children, as young as a year-old to 17 years-old, get dental work done at the seventh annual “TeamSmile” event held in the South Gym.

Effects of typhoon in Phillipines felt on campus

By Careen Wong The Collegian

After Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines more than a week ago, aid organizations from around the world scrambled to respond to save lives.

The death toll has risen to nearly 4,000 people and another 3 million people have

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been displaced from their homes. Many of those homes in communities in the path of the typhoon were flattened.

Lex Martin, president of the Magkaisa Filipino Club at Fresno State, said he was devastated and found it terrifying to see the destruction on the news.

“Just going on the news and knowing that I have family there, meeting other peo-

ple who are Filipinos in the community or in our club who have families there is a terrifying thought,” Martin said.

Martin felt lucky that his family back in the Philippines is far from the location of the typhoon.

However, he had a few family friends who felt the effects of the typhoon, although not as severely.

Men’s basketball grabs win before huge home crowd [Page 8]

Nicholai Dionisio, a member of Magkaisa, was afraid when the typhoon hit because he has family in the Philippines and could not contact them.

“I can’t even contact my own family, so I’m not even sure if my own family is even safe right now,” Dionisio said. “I’m just See TYPHOON, Page 6

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Sexual assault: Our military's clear and present danger

By Haley Lambert Opinion Editor When I was born, my father was a first lieutenant in the United States Army. He served in an army burn center for more than five years. He worked as a critical care and flight nurse.

I am so proud of his service to this country. He helped both military personnel and civilians — often responsible for saving their lives. For this (and other reasons), I idolized my dad, and I guess I still do.

As I little girl, I dreamed of being in the Army and fighting bad guys.

As I got older, I realized my role in the military would be less field oriented and focused more on intelligence or human resources. Despite this, I was excited at the prospects of either enlisting in the National Guard at some point in college or applying for Officer Candidate School (OCS) after graduation.

Last summer, I went to the Air Force recruiter’s office and spoke about applying for officer training. I was told that my experience in classical languages and strong grade-point average would make me a shoo-in for officer training.

I was excited, until I began reading about what is arguably the military’s biggest problem at this point in time.

Brutality toward prisoners? Torture or unkept promises about wars’ end? All those are real, but the problem I’m going to discuss is domestic. It’s personal, very personal.

The problem responsible for my aboutface regarding military service is military sexual assault.

Roughly 207,308 women serve on active duty. That can also be translated as 14.5 percent of active-duty military personnel. The Department of Defense has estimated that one in three women in the military are sexually assaulted as opposed to one in six civilian women.

It’s been estimated that 19,000 female military members have been sexually assaulted between Oct. 1, 2010 and Sept.

31, 2011. However, only 3,192 cases were reported. Even fewer were tried.

Granted, sexual abuse is committed against both females and males. A 2011 report from the Department of Defense found that about 12 percent of those abused were male while the other 88 percent were female.

For women, however, the threat is proportionally greater and thus a bigger deterrent to enlistment.

The problem is the military's inherent top-down hierarchy. Often, the military’s sexual predators are of higher rank than their victims.

Should women be sexually assaulted, they are supposed to report the incident to their commanding officer. It could be the very person who caused the abuse, or it may be someone who does not want his or her record of leadership tarnished by admitting that sexual misconduct happened on his or her watch.

New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand is collaborating with other Democrats as well as Tea Party Republicans Ted Cruz and Rand Paul to restructure how military sexual assault charges are handled.

Currently, all sexual assault cases are investigated and tried only by military personnel.

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That means the cases often end up either not tried and brushed under the rug or tried but with the abuser often being acquitted and allowed to stay in the military.

Gillibrand and her supporters want sexual assault cases taken out of the hands of the military chain of command, thus, allowing victims reassurance that their allegations will not be ignored.

The Huffington Post reported Gillibrand said that supporting her legislation is a matter of believing the victims’ claims that they don’t report sexual abuse because they don’t trust the chain of command.

Her words were said in reference to the senators who do not support her reform.

Those most vehemently opposed to her are Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

McCain has accused Gillibrand of lacking military experience and not fully understanding the system. His supporters seem to agree.

Yet how can he say this when the problem is obviously with the military structure?

It doesn't take a seasoned veteran to see that unresolved sexual abuse allegations mean there is a problem, whether that's with actual abuse (likely) or lying on the part of more than 19,000 people.

The issue should be resolved, and if it takes a civilian court to do so, then so be it.

After all, our military is supposed to be controlled by our civilian representative government.

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Valley air district says key ozone standard met

By Collegian Staff The governing board of the San Joaquin Valley Air District voted Thursday to ask federal officials to formally acknowledge that the region met the one-hour ozone standard.

In 1979, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised the national ambient air quality standard for ozone to a concentration of 0.12 parts per million averaged over one hour.

To adhere to the standard, a district can have no more than three days exceeding that standard over a consecutive three-year period at any monitoring site in the district.

Valley air-quality leaders held their breath all October while watching ozone monitors throughout the state. October marked the end of the official ozone season that starts in March.

On Thursday, the air district said that for the first time in recorded history, the San Joaquin Valley in 2013 had zero violations of the hourly ozone standard.

“Having to deal with air pollution is a big problem,” said Dr. Segun Ogunjemiyo, the chair of the geography department. “There are so many factors. The policies seem to be working. I think it’s a big achievement.”

There is financial significance to staying below the standard.

Since 2010, the EPA has imposed a $29

million penalty on the district, which Valley residents have been paying through a surcharge on vehicle registration.

That penalty would be lifted if the EPA agrees with the Valley air district.

The claim, however, is not without debate.

In 2010, the monitoring station at the Arvin site south of Bakersfield was moved two miles and subsequently showed lower ozone readings.

“Some people are challenging them,” Ogunjemiyo said. “That area is notorious for high levels for ozone. Some environmentalists say that they moved monitors from where they know there will be high ozone.

“There have been improvements. There is no doubt about that. You only have to have one station in your district break the standard, then the whole region will not meet standard. That is why eliminating a station makes a difference.”

What is not being contested, Ogunjemiyo said, is that the Valley has not reached the eight-hour standard, which is the new ozone limit set by the EPA that district’s have to stay below.

Even though the one-hour standard was replaced by the eight-hour standard, district’s that did not achieve the one-hour standard still had to in order to be free from the fine.

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The San Joaquin Valley Air District declared Thursday that the district had no bad air days that exceeded the one-hour ozone standard for the first time in recorded history.

“Even though they didn’t break the onehour standard, they broke the eight-hour standard,” Ogunjemiyo said. “There have been a number of days it was exceeded.”

He said the ozone concentration measurement that a district can’t exceed in an eight-hour period is lower than the old

standard, which means it is easier for a district to go over the limit that determines a bad air day.

Ogunjemiyo said it will be difficult for the Valley air basin to achieve that standard.

Students gain moves, confidence in hip-hop class

By Jodi Parkinson Specal to The Collegian Have you ever wanted to learn how to dance?

Wayne Hurley, the hip-hop instructor at Fresno State, said students should take the hip-hop dance class because it is “unique in its own way, and it provides an outlet for every ethnic group.”

Hurley said he got his start in hip-hop because of his mother’s musical influence “My mom is the one that really got me pumped about music, I mean every day she

was playing music and watching videos.

“I was born with hip-hop.”

Hurley said that hip-hop dance is a way for students to “express their troubles and try to find themselves in dance.

“Some of them that can’t dance come to try it out, get coordinated and then dance, whether it’s professionally, or just going out and having fun at parties.”

According to Hurley, hip-hop dance is something the average person can learn and use. He said students can learn how to dance if they apply themselves to the lessons.

“Come [to class] with an open mind and relax, and just be ready to learn something that’s different.”

The culture of hip-hop, Hurley said, is not a onedimensional form of expression.

“It can come in many ways: from dressing, the way people talk, the way people think, the way people dance, the way people write songs, graffiti, art, breakdancing, it goes into a whole lot of different forms.”

Hurley’s assistant and fellow hip-hop instructor at Hurley’s studio, D.A.N.C.E. Empowerment, is Aaron Locke.

Locke said students thinking about taking hip-hop dance should not be nervous.

“Don’t be scared,” Locke said. “If you got the will to learn it, you will get it.

“It is an outlet, you know, of how I feel with everything. I can express it through the music, dance, especially through dance.”

Locke said for first-time dancers who come to the beginner classes at the studio, the transformation from timid to confident is evident within a week.

“You see the whole difference,” he said.

“They dress different. Their confidence is better. That’s what I like about it, the change of it.”

Locke said his favorite part of hip-hop culture is the history, “because [I] watched it grow from the beginning to where it’s at now.”

Elias Garcia, a liberal arts major, said he took Fresno State’s hip-hop class, “to actu-

ally learn how to dance. I’m not much of a dancer, so, I decided to get out of my comfort zone.”

Briana Virgo, a hip-hop dance student in Hurley’s Fresno State class, said she would recommend the class to fellow students.

“I would say it’s a very fun class, a way to get active and, if you’re shy, step out of your zone because you have to throw your own personality into it,” Virgo said. “I feel like it’s a way to express yourself. Some people can use it to relieve stress or just another way to work out to get exercise.”

Virgo and Garcia both said that they have learned to count to the music and the importance of staying on tempo.

Hurley said in his classes students learn “misdirection, isolations and poetic movement.”

For extra help, Hurley said he welcomes his Fresno State students to drop by the D.A.N.C.E. Empowerment studio at 8:30 p.m on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Hurley said the studio is open to all ages.

The Show, Hurley said, is what the adult dance team is called that goes to casinos, nightclubs and sports events to perform.

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SMILE: Organization takes over South Gym, provides free dental care for hundreds of needy kids “S

ome of them, this may be the first time they’ve stepped on a college campus, and it may open a door, a vision of where they may be someday...Who knows.� — Dr. Scott Sailor, Kinesiology chair and Fresno TeamSmile co-director CONTINUED from page 1 healthy.�

To bring kids the care they need, Sailor said dental professionals and Fresno State’s kinesiology, recreation and athletic departments partner together.

During Saturday’s event, kinesiology students checked patients in, gave them green T-shirts and numbers and walked them to their exams or designated waiting areas where the patients could watch videos on dental hygiene or listen to student volunteers give demonstrations on tooth health.

Recreation administration students also gave their time and picked some patients up at their homes, dropping them off in front of the gym, so they could enter and receive care.

Sara Hart, an athletic training major and member of Fresno State’s Sports Medicine Club, volunteered with “TeamSmile� for the first time Saturday. She said, for her, the event was a great way to help kids who maybe aren’t as fortunate. “As an athletic training major, I spend a lot of my time giving to the athletes,�

Hart said. “Especially in Fresno, the community gives so much to these athletes, that it’s kind of a full circle: to give back to the community, to give back to the athletes. “It’s a great way to give back to our Fresno community that spends so much time on us.�

Student athletes also helped out. A number of team members arrived around 10 a.m. and played with kids who were waiting for their exams.

Tanya Murtagh, a member of Fresno State’s women’s tennis team, said her entire team volunteered at last year’s “TeamSmile� event. “We were just asked to help out,� Murtagh said. “And it’s a good cause, giving back to the community.�

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For families who qualified, dental services at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;TeamSmileâ&#x20AC;? event in the South Gym included x-rays, teeth cleaning, cavity fillings and extractions.

Fresno State student Jessica Gaubatz puts a T-shirt on a little patient. Gaubatz said Fresno Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;TeamSmileâ&#x20AC;? event is a great opportunity to get involved and help kids.

During the event, Murtagh and her teammates played with energetic patients â&#x20AC;&#x201D; playfully shooting hoops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to help distract them from what can sometimes be a scary experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me, personally, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even like going to the dentist, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just here and play with the kids, make it like a fun experience so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll come back again,â&#x20AC;?

Murtagh said.

Sailor said having the kids come back again is exactly what he hopes for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them, this may be the first time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stepped on a college campus, and it may open a door, a vision of where they may be someday,â&#x20AC;? Sailor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who knows.â&#x20AC;?

Bringing â&#x20AC;&#x153;TeamSmileâ&#x20AC;? to Fresno Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus is no easy task, Sailor said, and costs $10,000 every year.

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Fresno State biology student, Marisol Hernandez, volunteers her time helping teach good eating habits to children at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;TeamSmileâ&#x20AC;? event on Saturday morning in the South Gym.

Although Sailor said Gutierrez, members of the Fresno Madera Dental Society and private donors help raise most of the money, they were a few thousand dollars shy in the days leading up to Saturday.

Those interested in donating can email Sailor at scott_sailor@csufresno.edu.

To learn more about â&#x20AC;&#x153;TeamSmile,â&#x20AC;? visit teamsmile.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worn out, but you feel like you really contributed to your town, your society, your community andâ&#x20AC;ŚI donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to do a lot of events that have such a far-reaching impact,â&#x20AC;? Sailor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I like doing this one.â&#x20AC;?

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International education, experience available to students

By Amanda McCoy Special to The Collegian “The World is Hiring” was this year’s theme for International Education Week, put on from Nov. 12- 17 and designed to promote students gaining international education and experience.

Jean-Marc Hachey, author of “The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas,” was the keynote speaker for the weeklong event. He hosted three hour-long workshops throughout the week in which he spoke about international careers and how to achieve success.

Hachey said schools want students to “think international” by acquiring an internship or studying abroad. He advised students who study abroad to learn how their host countries make decisions, make friendships with locals and join a club committee.

When students become “international,” they should know how their countries are run in a professional way, such as how the country is organized and how its meetings are ran, Hachey said in one of the work-

shops. This is important for students look- coming from India. ing to have international jobs because they “The benefits of students coming to will be able to negotiate with other coun- Fresno State are the lower cost of living,” tries and understand Yunouye said. them in a different way, “Fresno is centrally he said. located in California, raveling opens up your American students are great teachers and a mind and gives you a becoming more intergreat education, the four better idea of what the world national, according to weather seasons still really is.” the 2013 Open Doors exist in California. Fresno Report on International State is ranked eighth in — Oscar Reyes, the nation by U.S. News Educational Exchange.

International student and World Report under The report found that the number of U.S. students ‘best public West Coast studying abroad was regional university,’ and at an all-time high of 283,332 during the there are great programs offered,” Yunouye 2011-12 school year. said.

That number quadrupled what it was International students find Fresno State two decades ago. by either word of mouth from other people, Study abroad students are also choos- international recruiters who seek students ing nontraditional locations, such as Asia, for Fresno State or through educational Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, the fairs and catalogs, Yunouye said. report found.

Fresno State international student Oscar Peter Yunouye, Fresno State’s foreign Reyes attributes all that he knows to travstudent adviser, said 150 to 250 new inter- eling. The 22-year-old junior is originally national students come to Fresno State to from Guatemala and is majoring in interstudy each semester, with the majority national business.

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TYPHOON: Donations sought from campus CONTINUED from page 1 scared for them and hope they are still OK and well.”

Martin was amazed at how destructive the typhoon was and was sad to see the devastating situation back in his home country.

“It’s kind of amazing the amount of destruction that’s capable from this kind of thing—this natural event,” Martin said.

“It’s sad to see homes that have been torn down, hope and promises that have been wiped out completely from the rushing water that came in. It’s sad that some people who need help, who had been lucky to survive, lost their homes, their loved ones and are left with nothing.”

Martin said he was shocked at the rising death toll but was grateful to see his own community in the Philippines coming together with aid to help the victims.

“Just looking at the death toll and hearing about it, it’s just shocking, but it’s also been good to see the people in the community trying to get aid. I’m happy to see the amount of help the world and our community, in general, is trying to help.”

Currently, the Magkaisa Filipino Club is collaborating with other organizations on campus to collect donations that will be sent to the Red Cross for the Philippines.

The club is passing out pamphlets to create awareness in the community.

“Right now, it’s just a matter of us wanting to do something as much as we can,”

“Traveling opens up your mind and gives you a better idea of what the world really is,” Reyes said. “You find out the world is not just the couple of streets that you grew up in, but that there is a whole window of opportunities to seize.

“My family owns an international company so ever since I was a kid my family and I would spend our free time traveling, learning how to take care of the company and trying to enrich my cultural span,” Reyes said.

Reyes lived in several countries such as Costa Rica, Spain and Chile before coming to California.

“I came to Fresno State because I wanted the opportunity to experience California.

Fresno State gave me that opportunity, so I took it,” Reyes said.

“From the United States, I have learned a lot of things. Maybe the most important thing is to understand and be able to appreciate free market at its greatest,” he said.

“I will bring back all of the information I have learned in my classes, of course, but most importantly all of the experiences that helped me grow up here.”

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An aerial photo shows the scene after Typhoon Haiyan hit Leyte Province, Nov. 10. The Philippine government’s disaster relief agency said Sunday about 4.4 million people have become homeless in areas hit by super typhoon Haiyan. The most powerful typhoon in the Philippines in its history.

Martin said. “It’s so hard because we’re so far away, and that’s how I feel, too. They just want to give as much help as we can after being such a far distance from it.”

Martin said donations can be made at the club’s booth on campus. The booth, which has a metal roof and Filipino flag, is located in the Free Speech Area.

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So far, 14 clubs and organizations have signed up to compete in the food drive.

The idea for the food drive came about when organizations such as the Fresno State Gun Club reached out to ASI to find a way to help the local community this Thanksgiving.

“A lot of clubs and organizations contacted ASI wanting to do separate food drives,” said Ashleigh Rocker, program and volunteer coordinator for ASI. “But individually they wouldn’t have gained enough food, and they didn’t have enough money to purchase the food.

“So as a group—all the groups and organizations who wanted to do a food drive— decided to do it together to get as much as they could for this one distribution.”

Nathan Chang, the vice president of the gun club, said this time of year brings out the best altruistic spirit in people. He said the gun club felt a food drive was a good way to tap into that feeling of giving.

“It’s a really easy thing to do,” Chang said. “You get the boxes, decorate them, let people know about them and they drop some food off. It’s simple, plus it’s fairly inexpensive when you think of 20 cents for a can of green beans from Food Maxx. It is easy to make a large impact with little bit of money. We’ve had people donate everything from sunflower seeds to fudge brownie mix.”

Chang said the club has donation boxes at 10 locations, including the Joyal Administration Building and the University Police Department office.

“I want to outdo everyone combined,” Chang said about the charity competition. “I want to double what they do by ourselves.”

The food drive is not the only scheduled campus charity event this holiday season.

After the November Food Drive ends, the Bulldog Pantry’s Caroling for Cans will start.

“They carol around all the departments around Fresno State,” Rocker said. “And they collect cans as they carol.

“In the month of November, it’s clubs and organizations benefiting El Dorado Park, but in December it’s departments on campus collecting canned food within their department and donating it to the Bulldog Pantry.”

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With a total of 13 points, Watson has scored 10 or more in three consecutive games.

Defensively, the Bulldogs had more rebounds (36 to 24), steals (6 to 4) and blocks (5 to 2) in the game than the Matadors, but Terry believes that there is still room for improvement as the season continues.

“We have a long way to go in terms of where we want to be defensively,” Terry said. “I think that we can still push the ball harder in transition. We want a fast team, we want to be up and down the floor.”

The Bulldogs will remain at home and host the Cal Poly Mustangs on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

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14,770 fans filled the Save Mart Center on Saturday to cheer on the Bulldogs as they hosted the Cal State Northridge Matadors in the first home match of the season. The large crowd was made possible through a donation by Bulldog alum Paul George.

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In the second half, Cal State Fullerton was able to improve its ball-handling, but the damage was already done. A back-andforth frame only kept the Fresno State lead active. The Bulldogs shot 44.8 percent from the field and were perfect in free-throw shooting.

“Fullerton did a great job, they made some great adjustments,” Pebley said. “I’m glad to see that our offense had better flow and rhythm to it with 40 minutes of zone.”

Next stop on the road is Pullman, Wash., where the Bulldogs will visit the Washington State Cougars on Friday.

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of from start to finish. In Set 1, the Aggies jumped to a 7-0 lead through six consecutive Fresno State attack errors. The Bulldogs (17-11, 11-5 MWC) regained their composure afterward and were able to cut their deficit, but were outscored 11-5 to end the frame.

Set 2 saw another quick start by the Aggies for a 7-3 lead. The Bulldogs were able to take advantage of offensive miscues by Utah State to tie at 12, but the home team was able to pull away and go on a 13-6 run for the 25-18 set victory.

After the intermission, the Bulldogs began in the driver’s seat with a 3-0 lead, but Utah State stayed close behind and knotted the match at 11. The Aggies took advantage of Fresno State’s offensive woes and led 20-16 before going with a 5-1 finish to win the game.

The Bulldogs will host the Wyoming Cowboys (17-13, 7-9 MWC) on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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By Christopher Livingston The Collegian In front of 14,770 people, the fourthlargest crowd in Save Mart Center history, the Fresno State men’s basketball team ended Saturday night with an 80-64 victory over the Cal State Northridge Matadors.

The Bulldogs saw improvement in their play compared with their Tuesday night game at Pittsburgh, as six players had double-digit points. Guard Tyler Johnson, the leader of the pack, had his sixth career double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Freshman Karachi Edo had 10 points and only missed one shot (5-6), and sophomore Marvelle Harris tallied 12 points and nine rebounds.

“It was definitely something we worked on and really stressed in the two days we’ve been back,” said Fresno State coach Rodney Terry. “We worked on being physical and blocking with our big guys, with the intent of our guards coming down and getting the rebounds.”

“I tried to find other ways to get involved in the game,” Johnson said, “because in the other two games, I didn’t shoot very well.”

Guard Cezar Guerrero scored the first bucket for Fresno State with a fall-away

jumper 29 seconds into the contest. He finished the game with 10 points and nine assists.

“Coach Terry told me before the game to get the guys involved,” Guerrero said of his assists. “And I got myself going, but I get a kick out of seeing these guys smile and just seeing them have fun” With a 27-25 lead and 4:27 remaining in the first half, Fresno State went on a 14-2 run to end the frame. Freshman forward Paul Watson and senior Allen Huddleston had five points each during the stretch. “[The Matadors] are a team that can really put pressure on you in transition in terms of their offense,” Terry said. “And for that 4-minute stretch, we played harder and saw the results going into halftime.”

Northridge had a stronger second half. Guard Josh Greene (15) and forward Stephen Maxwell (11) had double-digit points in the frame. The team improved on its shooting, with 51.9 percent of shots made, compared with 37.9 in the first.

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State coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell. “We didn’t create much energy, and our poor play defensively gave a good team extra momentum early.”

Senior outside hitter Marissa Brand was the only Bulldog to reach double-digits in kills (13) and finished the contest with a team-leading .278 hitting percentage.

It was a game that Utah State (18-9, 11-5 Mountain West Conference) had control

The Fresno State women’s basketball team opened its first road trip of the season with a 68-57 victory over the Cal State Fullerton Titans on Saturday.

Fresno State was led by four players who scored in double-digits. Jacinta Vandenberg’s 15 points were the most by a Bulldog in the matchup. “[Vandenberg] is just growing even more as a mature, confident player,” said Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley. “I think she’s built her confidence on such a solid foundation of hard work and fundamentals that when she hits those downward steps she’s going to bounce right back up.”

Junior forward Alex Sheedy, who began the game with a 3-pointer, and senior guard Taylor Thompson had 14 points apiece.

Thompson added seven rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes played.

“I think we had some great leadership from our players, getting done what needs to get done,” Pebley said.

On defense, senior Bree Farley and sophomore Moriah Faulk had three steals apiece, and Fresno State forced 21 turnovers. Sixteen of them were in the first half and led to 23 points for Fresno State. Up 15-11 with 8:48 remaining in the first half, the Bulldogs outscored the Titans 13-4 to get a double-digit lead with 3:38 left in the frame.

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Fresno State’s Holly Franks (21) and Maci Murdock (16) jump to block a kill during Fresno State’s 3-1 loss against UNLV on Nov. 7.

By Christopher Livingston The Collegian Entering Saturday’s contest, the Fresno State women’s volleyball team was alone in second place behind the undefeated Colorado State Rams and ahead of thirdplace Utah State.

Three sets later, the Bulldogs and Aggies share second place.

In a rematch of the Sept. 26 matchup that saw Fresno State win 3-1, the Aggies

showed improvement and swept the visiting Bulldogs.

After posting a .300 hitting percentage or better in four of their last six games, the Bulldogs only hit .083, their lowest of the season. In contrast, the Aggies hit .232, led by junior middle blocker Kaitlin VanHoff’s school-record .818 (nine kills out of 11 total attacks). Junior outside hitter Ra-chel Orr led Utah State in kills (15).

“Utah State played well, but we did little to take them out of rhythm,” said Fresno