October 31 2014

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ELECTION 2014: PROPOSITION 47

The debate over sentencing reform

By Colby Tibbet @Robotmilk

Central Valley community members met Tuesday at the The kNow Youth Media building in southwest Fresno to discuss Proposition 47, or the Reduced Pen-

alties for Some Crimes Initiative, that California voters will vote on next week.

The meeting featured advocacy groups discussing their perspectives on Proposition 47 and its impact on local communities, from the fiscal implications to its focus on crime victims and mental

health.

“Who is this going to impact?

It’s going to impact poor communities, communities of color, and it’s going to impact young people,” said Jacob Simas, youth director at New America Media, the medi-

MAD GENIUS ON THE MOUND

MONDAY:

The Collegian will publish its 2014 election voter’s guide.

See PROP 47, Page 3

HALLOWEEN

David Eulitt • Kansas City Star/TNS

Madison Bumgarner’s gem of a perforance in relief led the way to the Giants’ 3-2 Game 7 World Series win over the Kansas City Royals. Local fans were on the edge of their seat during Wednesday night’s finale. See Page 7 for complete coverage of the World Series.

Marketing class tailgate to raise funds for return of wrestling

By Megan Ginise @SimplyMeg13

Happy Halloween: Students start early with USU party ›› Layla Salem, a vocal performance major, waits in line for the photo booth on the University Student Union’s balcony for Fright Fest on Thursday. The Fresno State community gathered to celebrate Halloween with music, food, tarot-card readings, games and a costume contest. (Darlene Wendels • The Collegian)

WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Central California Paranormal Investigators talk about a ‘normal’ day at work

By Jodi Parkinson @Jodi_Parkinson

Ever wanted to get in touch with your sixth sense to find a world beyond this one? That is the job of Central California Paranormal Investigators.

The investigators’ goal is to document and verify the existence of ghosts by using digital and analog recordings for proof.

“Every day is different. Every investigation is just awesome,” said Steve Bloem, the lead investigator for CCPI Fresno. “It’s just exciting always looking for new evidence.”

Many times they will pick up EVPs, Electronic Voice Phenomena.

This means they pick up what they

When ghost hunters go ghost hunting, they look for: Electronic Voice Phenomena, believed to be voices of those in the afterlife...

Eerie sounds, like the sound of a whisper or shush...

A sense of the ghost’s presence; a ‘sixth sense’ connection. After a person finds that...

“THEY BECOME A BELIEVER.”

think to be the voices of those in the afterlife. Bloem describes the voices being that of a whisper and, at times, like nylon rubbing, a sort of shushing sound.

There are also different classes of ghosts based on how audible their voices are. Bloem said that class A is very clear sounding. Some can sound “metallic,” he said, and class Cs are very difficult to understand.

Jackie Harris, clairvoyant medium for spirit investigation, said she sees an image of the ghost’s physical form.

“So my job is to hear the spirit with my ears, or to feel the spirit, or see the spirit with my eyes,” she said.

“So, I’m like the bloodhound or the

See GHOST, Page 3

Fresno State sports marketing students will kick off their “Pins For Wins” tailgate before the Bulldogs’ Nov. 8 homecoming game against San Jose State as part of fundraising efforts to bring back wrestling that was axed in 2006.

The tailgate, which will be held inside the ESPN 490 tent, is the first entirely student-run campus effort to raise money to reinstate wrestling at the university since Fresno State President Joseph Castro announced plans to bring back the popular sport last year.

As part of a sports licensing course, 23 students came together to plan, develop and market the event.

“The class as a whole had to come up with a project for the entire semester,” said Katie DeVault, a senior sports marketing major. “We all want to go out and support our school, and we are hoping

See WRESTLING, Page 3

INSIDE TODAY’S COLLEGIAN IN OPINION: Why it’s vital to vote ‘no’ on Measure Z, and it’s not the reason you might think. P2 IN A&E: The hot spots for today’s Halloween festivities in Fresno. P6 IN SPORTS: Fresno State, with Zack Greenlee at the helm, battle at home against Wyoming. P8

OPINION MEASURE Z UNDERMINES 2

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014

OUR CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT

By Troy Pope @darktroy

Election Day is Tuesday, and once again the choice lies before us as to whether or not to support the Fresno Chaffee Zoo with Measure Z, a sales tax that will help the zoo stay open.

In 2004, Measure Z passed and gave the zoo a life preserver. The tax is equivalent to a mere 1 cent for every $10.

It’s a minor tax that would, once again, allow the zoo to continue to operate in Fresno.

The low figure of this tax is exactly why you should vote “no” on Measure Z. Measure Z is too easy of a tax for Fresno to approve. It will continue our approval of caging animals that aren’t meant to live in our environment.

If we’re going to enslave animals for our amusement, it should cost us more money

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Flamingo in its exhibit at Fresno Chaffee Zoo on May 11, 2012.

so we are actually having to question why we should.

The term “zoo” has such inherent negativity associated with it that it’s even entered our colloquial vernacular as a negative. No one has ever called something in their life a “zoo” in a positive sense.

How would you feel if mankind weren’t the dominant species on Earth and you were shot with a tranquilizer dart and dragged across the planet, away from your home, and forced into a cage as an attraction?

You would never think to do this to a person. Not now, anyway. The most infamous chapter in American history includes enslaving other human beings.

No act could possibly compete with the deplorable nature of human slavery. We look back now and still question ourselves, generations later, and ask how we were capable of such blind superiority and violence.

Despite the gaping chasm between the two topics, is it possible that there will ever be a time in our future where we will look back at our treatment of animals?

I’m no vegetarian, but I don’t eat veal.

Veal is a baby cow that has been tied down its whole life so it won’t grow muscle mass and will become a source of tender meat.

Eating animals for survival is simply representative of our position on the food chain, but the food chain doesn’t include capturing animals and making them dance for our amusement. That was never on any scientific chart I saw growing up.

I understand that animals raised in captivity have low survival odds when released into the wild, but living in a cage is no life,

Craig Kohlruss • Fresno Bee/TNS

Visitors watch elephants Shaunzi, left, and Kara as they wander around their exhibit area during feeding time at the Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California, on May 25, 2010. Zookeepers put food in high places or bury it so that the elephants have to work harder to reach it.

and people should really examine the implications to the reputation of our society when visiting zoos.

It will take several generations, but there will be, one day, enough people of this belief that we’ll abolish zoos and look back in bewilderment.

While the failure of Measure Z won’t mean the end of zoos, and it won’t even necessarily mean the end of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, it can be the beginning of us

questioning why we need zoos in the first place.

Vote “no” on Z. Cities should stop relying on wild animals to attract people and begin using creative thinking to put themselves on the map.

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‘I get the chills just thinking about it’ GHOST from Page 1 watchdog for the team so they can, kind of, point them in the right direction.”

Bloem said that he feels the spirits’ presence, too, and that it is like a meditation.

He said one can gain and train that sixth sense.

Jackie Meador, CCPI’s founder and director, said that there is a process to becoming a paranormal investigator. She said that those interested can take classes and be mentored by an investigator. Meador teaches basic and intermediate ghost hunting courses.

There is a certain way that an investigator must act and they must know what to look for, she said. You cannot whisper, you shouldn’t go alone and you have to get permission to inspect a location.

She is in favor of a balance between the metaphysical and scientific aspects of ghost investigation. Meador said Harris’ psychic abilities can really benefit her research. Harris will come to the scene not knowing the history of the past inhabitants of the home. If she comes up with the correct name of an individual that used to live there, the investigators know they’re on the right track, Meador said.

Harris said that CCPI is different from other organizations because Meador is really “hard on her evidence.”

“She does hard research and I think that’s the component that’s missing from a lot of the investigations,” she said.

The most haunted place they have come across is the Sierra Sky Ranch in Oakhurst.

Meador said there are at least seven spirits they have identified at the ranch. They know the ghosts’ names. Meador said the seven spirits are “just consistent.” She said when she takes her classes there, she knows they will get something every time.

Another instance that Bloem recalls was the EVP of a woman at 2 a.m. near a piano.

The ghost woman said, “Are you waiting for an airplane?”

The owner of the home told Bloem that there was never an airport in Oakhurst.

Two years after the voice recording, Bloem found out that though there was no airport, but there was a plane runway there.

“To me, I get chills just thinking about it, because that, kind of, is a proof that EVP is real,” he said.

The kinds of people who request CCPI’s services are a diverse bunch “from all different backgrounds.”

“It’s retired people, it’s young people, it’s people who never even thought about ghosts before, and people who are very religious, and non-believers who got stuff going on,” Bloem said.

“And they become a believer,” he added.

The investigations are free, according to Meador, because these ghost hunters want the research for their paranormal stories.

They conclude with a full report for the client. Harris also offers to do a cleansing to get unwanted spirits to leave.

CCPI puts on guided ghost tours. There will be a tour in Old Town Clovis this weekend. Reservations for this event are closed, but to save a spot for future events, email ccpifresno@aol.com.

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Students hope tailgate equates to win on the mat WRESTLING from Page 1 that it will be a lot of fun.”

Between 50 to 100 participants are expected to attend the VIP tailgating event with food and drinks catered by Max’s Bistro and a raffle at the end of the evening.

Students in the sports licensing class echoed calls from the Central Valley community to reinstate a sport that has deep roots at the high school level.

“The Valley is a hotbed for wrestling,” said Jonathan Maertens, a senior sports marketing major. “Clovis High right down the street has had four back-toback state championships, not to mention Clovis East, Bullard, and wrestlers from the entire Valley.”

Rather than wait for the administration to formally reinstate wrestling, Maertens said, students are kickstarting the initiative on campus to fundraise for the program that was discontinued in 2006.

“We have wrestlers who would like to come to Fresno State, and they should have the opportunity to do so,” he said.

“We are losing that talent in the Valley, and we’d like to keep it here.”

Students have reached out to other notable wrestling figures throughout the Valley, including former Bulldog and four-time all-american wrestler Gerry Abas. Abas, who finished his career at Fresno State with over 134 career wins from 1992 to ‘95 and No. 1 on the school’s all-time win list, will be guest speaking at the event.

Senior sports marketing major Sameer Murshed was a former wrestler at

Clovis East High School before attending Fresno State and said that he wished he had the opportunity to pursue wrestling on campus when he first enrolled.

“The wrestling tradition in the Valley is at a higher level, if not superior, to the rest of California,” Murshed said. “We should honor that. Why not utilize the talent in the Valley and bring it back to Fresno State, bring back the prestigious program that it was?”

Fresno State sports marketing professor Brian Glover, who directs the sports licensing class, said that students this year are avid and eager to finally see the fruition of their work.

“Students are rallied around it because it is their idea. It wasn’t something forced on them. It was a topic and event they picked all their own,” Glover said.

“Because they have ownership of the project, they get to make the successes and make mistakes and learn from those and see it to its completion.”

Maertens said that community support has been full-fledged, but some still remain skeptical about the reinstatement of the program.

“People are skeptical because they’ve been a part of the program in the past that got cut, and now we are just waiting on the timeline by the administration,” Maertens said.

Students can find more information about upcoming fundraising events from the Bulldog Wrestling Matters organization’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Bulldog Foundation Wrestling Fund.

Prison reform in California again a topic of tense debate PROP 47 from Page 1

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he Armenian Genocide Centennial-Fresno Committee cordially invites you to attend the Groundbreaking for the Armenian Genocide Monument at Fresno State Date: Sunday, November 2, 2014 Time: 2:30 p.m.

Place: Maple Mall, Fresno State (Near the East End of the Rose Garden) Free parking in Lots P5 and P6 The Public is welcome. Free admission.

100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 1915-2015 For more information: agcfresno.org facebook.com/agcfresno agcfresno@gmail.com

ator of the event.

Proposition 47 aims to change particular felony charges, such as drug offenses, petty theft and property offenses, to misdemeanors. However, this reduced sentencing and change in penalties would not apply to those with gun, violent crime or child molestation convictions.

Minister Bryson White, community organizer of Faith in Community, said that this is one of the most important pieces of California policy, as it would change drug and crime policy that has been in effect since the War on Drugs started in the early 1970s.

“It’s a historic piece of legislation,” White said. “It’s rectifying the so-called War on Drugs… the War on Drugs has been a war on people of color.”

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 48 percent of federal inmates were incarcerated due to drug crimes in 2011, with only 8 percent being serious violent crimes.

White says that the focus should be on education and ending U.S. policies in which the prison system serves as the main conduit for rehabilitation.

“We’ve funneled people into prisons instead of schools, and Prop 47 is a response to that,” White said. “Prop 47 doesn’t seek to remove accountability. It’s looking to break the repeatable cycle of the prison system.”

However, opponents of Proposition 47 say that this could harm students by reducing sentences of charges linked to crimes like the use of “date-rape” drugs.

Law enforcement and police agencies strongly oppose the bill. The California Police Chiefs Association has called the proposition a “dangerous, radical package of ill-conceived policies,” according to their website.

A Fresno Bee editorial recently recommended that voters should vote no on

Proposition 47, saying that, “The change is unnecessary.”

The editorial stated that sentencing should not be left in the hands of voters.

“With few exceptions, the blunt instrument that is the initiative process should not be used to alter the criminal justice system,” the editorial board said.

Tsia Xiong, executive director of the Merced Organization Project, said that the system itself is unbalanced in California, because it has allowed high incarceration rates of ethnic minorities, particularly Southeast Asians.

“There have been 22 prisons built since 1983, but there has been only one UC built,” Xiong said.

Xiong said that Hmong youth can benefit from the proposition, since they are among the largest incarcerated group in the Central Valley. It allows those who have made mistakes at a young age to gain a second chance, he said.

“America offers a lot of opportunity, but also offers a lot of hindrance of our youth,” Xiong said.

The most recent pollings by the Public Policy Institute of California show that 59 percent of voters are in support of Proposition 47, with 29 percent opposing and 12 percent still undecided on the law.

White says that those who are still undecided or oppose Proposition 47 should look at it from a fiscal point of view.

“If we want to invest in the future of California, we have to begin shifting funds from incarceration to investing in people and children’s futures,” White said.

The California State Budget for 20142015 has allocated $11.9 million toward corrections and rehabilitation. In contrast, the state has allocated $12.9 million for higher education.

“We could do lot of things with that money,” Xiong said. “I’m a huge advocate for education. I think the only way to get out of poverty is to get a quality education.”

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Ling 120 (36019) or Ling 190 (TBD) Feb 12 deadline to enroll in course w/ permission #.

For more information, contact Tomoko Kozasa tkozasa@csufresno.edu

ALL-WEEK EVENTS

SATURDAY, NOV. 8

CAMPUS DECORATING CONTESTS HOMECOMING COURT OF DISTINCTION VOTING KENNEL BOOKSTORE HOMECOMING WEEK SALE AND DRAWING BULLDOG SPIRIT SONG ON THE USU CLOCK TOWER

ALUMNI FOOTBALL BBQ COOKOFF WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. WYOMING STUDENT & STUDENT ORGANIZATION TAILGATE PARADE OF NATIONS PRE-GAME SHOW WITH FRESNO STATE MARCHING BAND FOOTBALL VS. SAN JOSE STATE, ATHLETICS AG DAY

MONDAY, NOV. 3 HOMECOMING ROUNDUP

TUESDAY, NOV. 4 AMAZING RACE SHOWDOWN

SUNDAY, NOV. 9 BASKETBALL HOME OPENER DOUBLE HEADER

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 BULLDOG WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY, NOV. 6 THIRSTY THURSDAY & BLIMPROV COMEDY NIGHT WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. COLORADO STATE

FRIDAY, NOV. 7 EQUESTRIAN TEAM HOME OPENER SHOW VS. USC HOMECOMING PEP RALLY

to download the nomination form, visit us online at

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Friday, october 31st.

Law School 101 “The poor job market made me worry about job prospects after law school.

But then I realized every SJCL graduate I knew had a job.”

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Thursday, November 13, 7-9pm You’re invited to this free program to learn more about the legal profession and what a law degree can do for you! At this forum you will be introduced to law school, from courses offered to admission requirements.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014

Local Halloween Festivities to die for

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

With many options to spend your Halloween with friends or family, here are some ways you can do so around town:

‘A Very Offal Supper’ Start your night off with a grisly-themed dinner hosted by Peeve’s Public House from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The dining experience will include creatively named menu items with equally interesting ingredients.

The “offal supper” will include several tapas-style dishes such as cow’s feet soup, pickled tongue salad and tomato gizzards.

During the dinner, free live music and classic horror films will be screened.

For more information, visit Peeve’s Public House’s Facebook page.

Fresno State new music Ensemble Concert The Fresno State New Music Ensemble will present its first full concert with special guest Brave New Works.

The concert will include music from musicians such as David Biedenbender, Joseph Bohigian, Louis Andriessen, Joshua Marquez, Joe Hishaishi, Daniel Adams and more.

Fresno State New Music Ensemble members are Cassandra Barnes (flute), Aaron Marcus Luna (clarinet), Josh Locher (saxophone), Lianna Stuart (violin), Aimee Dockum (cello), Rebecca Messer (piano) and Joseph Bohigian (percussion).

The fall concert will be at 8 p.m. on campus at the concert hall. Admission is free.

Rocky Horror Show Catch the classic horror comedy musical live at the Severance Theatre at the California Arts Academy.

The live stage version features a fourpiece band with a cast of 23 actors, singers and dancers. The show will include classics such as “Time Warp.”

Ticket prices are $28 for general public and $15 for students.

For more information, visit artfresno. brownpapertickets.com.

Costume Ball The School House Restaurant & Tavern in Sanger will put on a “Sleepy Hollow Costume Ball” complete with a raffle, costume contest, Halloween-themed dinner and live music from The Lady & The

Tramps.

Tickets cost $30 and includes one raffle and drink ticket. Attendees must be 21 and over. The costume ball will be from 8 p.m. to midnight.

For more information, visit www. schoolhousesanger.com.

Shed the Zombie Fest Looking for something particularly family oriented? Kids Moving Incorporated will host a Halloween party and Shed the Zombie Festival at Dry Creek Park.

The event will have an obstacle course, carnival games, craft booths, a monster slide, food and more.

The festival will be from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

For more information, visit www.shedthezombie.com.

Trick-or-treat at local malls

Logan Downing • The Collegian

Hobb’s Grove in Sanger, California is celebrating its 15th year as a local Halloween attraction. The venue also has pumpkins available for sale at the Pumpkin Grove area.

The

For those interested in getting trick-ortreating done earlier in the evening, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Fashion Fair Mall stores will hand out candy to young trick-or-treaters. For more information, visit www.fashionfairmall. com.

There will also be trick-or-treating available at Sierra Vista Mall for children aged 10 and under as they go throughout the mall.

For more information, visit www.sierravistamall.com.

RYAN STINER

Run for a cause project

Halloween at ApCal

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proudly support Fresno State alum Ryan Stiner and his “Run-For-A-Cause” Project to benefit the Autism Center at Fresno State.

Ryan will run 190 miles from San Francisco to Fresno in 10 days to help raise awareness and support for the Autism Center. Help support this worthy cause by making your tax-deductible donation at: www.gofundme.com/22222

The Madera winery and venue will host an ApCal Halloween Party from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The party will feature music from local artists such as the Marie Wilson Band, Margo Montoya and Force ‘Em. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the gate. Doors open at 6 p.m. Eat Street Bistro will cater the event.

For more information, visit ApCalwine. com.

A Scary Slice of Comedy

Follow Ryan’s run on Facebook!

California comedian Daniel Eachus will perform from 9 to 11 p.m. at Mother Mary’s Italian Kitchen and Pizzeria.

The comedian has won a series of contests on the Comedy Central show “Up Next.” Eachus also performs with the improvisational group Bacon, which he co-founded.

Special guest Los 3 AmiBros will also perform. Tickets are $15.

For more information, visit www.livemusicity.com.

Proud parnters of Ryan Stiner:

All events will be held in the Henry Madden Library

Vendor Fair:

Wednesday Nov 12, from 11: 30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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Library Room

Investing for Beginners:

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

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Tax Talk:

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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Applying for Campus jobs: 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Budgeting:

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Workshops

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

For additional workshop schedules visit: Fresnostate.edu/mmc

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014

THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

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BASEBALL

San Francisco Madness

Giants win third championship in five years, Bumgarner named MVP

By Alex Pavlovic

San Jose Mercury News KANSAS CITY, Missouri — It was their rallying cry in good times and in bad, a joyous chorus picked up by Hunter Pence while watching a college football game. The San Francisco Giants used it to celebrate homers, fire up the fan base on the eve of the postseason and check off one clinch after the next during a stirring October run.

On Wednesday, the cheer served as a summary of baseball’s latest dynasty.

Champions in 2010? Yes. Champions in 2012? Yes. Champions in 2014? Yes. Michael Morse’s RBI single in the fourth gave the Giants the lead in Game 7 of the World Series, and Madison Bumgarner took over from there, completing one of the great postseason runs in sports history with five shutout innings out of the bullpen. The Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in an instant classic Wednesday, with the final out coming with the tying run on third.

Gregor Blanco’s misplay nearly tied the game in the ninth, but Bumgarner kept his cool and got Salvador Perez to pop up. The Giants met Bumgarner at the plate, joyously celebrating another title. Bumgarner threw a record 52 2/3 innings in this postseason and gave up just six earned runs. He gave up one run in 21 innings in the World Series while adding the MVP trophy to his NLCS MVP selection.

“I wasn’t thinking about innings or pitch count. I was just thinking about getting outs,” said Bumgarner, pitching on two

days’ rest after throwing a shutout Sunday.

“How tired? I’m not tired at all. We just won the World Series. I might be tired tomorrow.”

“I thought he was going to throw an inning or two. ... He’s in a league of his own for me right now,” Royals manager Ned Yost said of Bumgarner.

In dispatching the Royals in seven games, the Giants became the first franchise to win three titles in a five-year span since the New York Yankees won four from 1996-2000. They’re the first National League team to have such a dominant stretch since the St. Louis Cardinals of the 1940s.

The Giants are the first under the new wild-card game format to play in that loser-goes-home game and go on to win the World Series. They did it under the guidance of manager Bruce Bochy, who certainly punched his Hall of Fame ticket the second the final pitch was thrown at Kauffman Stadium. Bochy is the 10th manager to win three titles, and the previous nine are all enshrined in Cooperstown. Wednesday was one of the busiest nights of his career.

By the bottom of the second, both bullpens had already started humming.

The Giants struck first, loading the bases in the top of the second and scoring two runs on productive outs. Pablo Sandoval leaned into an inside pitch from Jeremy Guthrie to get the rally going, and Pence followed with a single. After a single

by Brandon Belt, Morse hit a fly ball to right that was deep enough to score Sandoval.

As left-hander Brandon Finnegan started getting loose in the pen, Brandon Crawford

lined a fly to deep center that brought Pence racing home. Guthrie survived the inning by striking out Juan Perez. The game would be tied minutes later.

Tim Hudson waited 16 years for his first World Series, and when he threw his first pitch Wednesday, Hudson — at 39 years, 107 days — became the oldest pitcher to ever start a Game 7 in the World Series.

The biggest start of his career lasted just 42 minutes.

Hudson’s pitches flattened out in the second, and the Royals quickly took advantage. Billy Butler opened the inning with a single up the middle and rumbled home on Alex Gordon’s double to right-center. When Salvador Perez was hit just above the knee, Jeremy Affeldt and Tim Lincecum started scrambling in the visitor’s bullpen. Gordon alertly took third on Mike Moustakas’ drive to deep left and scored on Omar Infante’s fly ball to center.

Hudson was knocked out a pitch later when Alcides Escobar singled to left. A night after Jake Peavy got just four outs, Hudson recorded five. His outing was the shortest by a Game 7 starter since 1960.

Affeldt got out of the inning and had a clean third thanks to a spectacular play by Joe Panik. The rookie second baseman surprised coaches this summer with a propensity to glove-flip, and he went to the move after making a diving stop of Eric Hosmer’s grounder up the middle. Shortstop Crawford grabbed the flip, pivoted his body and made a strong throw to first. Hosmer slid into the bag and was originally ruled safe, but the call was overturned by a review that lasted two minutes, 57 seconds.

Panik broke his belt on the diving play.

“Well worth it,” he said.

For the first time in a Game 7, neither starter would record more than 10 outs.

Singles by Sandoval and Pence brought Kelvin Herrera, usually the seventh-inning guy for Kansas City, into the game in the fourth. He threw a two-strike 99 mph fastball in on Morse’s hands, but the 6-foot5 man nicknamed “The Beast” was strong enough to fist it into right field, giving the Giants the lead.

Facing the team that drafted him in 1997, Affeldt built the bridge to Bumgarner.

He threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings to lower his career postseason ERA to 0.86 and extend his scoreless outings streak to 22, one shy of Mariano Rivera’s postseason record.

Pi tch i ng on ju st two da ys’ rest, Bumgarner entered in the fifth and immediately gave up a hit to Infante. Two batters later, the Giants benefited from Bochy’s pregame decision to sit Travis Ishikawa and give Juan Perez his third start of the postseason. Perez ran down Nori Aoki’s liner to left, saving a run. Bumgarner struck out Lorenzo Cain to end the inning.

“I talked to him after his first inning, he was like, ‘Yeah, I just gotta get loose a little bit.’ And he did,” catcher Buster Posey said.

“I think you’re going to be hard-pressed to ever find a postseason performance like this ever again.”

Bumgarner set the heart of the Royals order down on 12 pitches in the sixth and got through the seventh on just nine pitches, all of them strikes.

Chukchansi Celebration San Francisco Giants fans ring in World Series title in Downtown Fresno

By Antonio Henriques @TheCollegian

Logan Downing • The Collegian

(From left to right) Diego Orozco, Adriana Orozco, Laura Orozco and Lori Rocha cheer as the San Francisco Giants keep the Royals at bay Wednesday night at Chukchansi Park.

It was a great day for Giants fans from all over.

And at Chukchansi Park, the mood of the stadium reflected that of the players celebrating a third World Series championship in five years.

The start of the game, however, was quite different. Those who attended felt a combination of anxiety and anticipation.

“I think we’re all a bit nervous,” Giants fan Stephanie King said. “You come this far into the season, and the thought of losing it all is pretty terrifying, but I’m still hoping for the best.

“I told myself whoever would win Game 6 would win Game 7,” Javier Molina said.

“I guess you could ask why I’m here if I’m expecting them to go down -- but none of that now. It’s do-or-die time.”

While the turnout was small in the beginning, fans slowly began to arrive with each inning. With them, there was a stronger sense of pride in their team.

From the elderly woman clapping her hands and screaming every time something good happened for the Giants to the group of kids jumping up and down when the game ended, the fans were active as each inning progressed.

“It’s just a great time for me and my family to be out and support our team,” David Mitchell said. “We’ve been to a couple of games, and none of us ever thought they’d end up where they are.”

Fans were also nostalgic to bring up their first Giants memory and why they believed they could win it all.

“I went to the game when Hunter Pence did his signature ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’ speech,” Jose Garcia said. “Before that, I really didn’t expect much. I’ve been a believer ever since.

“I remember watching my first game when I was 10,” Monica Santos said.

Another fan, Joseph Aguilar, remembers the Giants’ last championship in New York.

“I watched the games back when they won it in 1954,” he said. “It’s been an interesting ride as a Giants fan, and now we’re close to making history again. It’s a great feeling.”

As the game reached the ninth inning, anticipation reached its peak, as everyone in the stadium was standing from their seats. It reached fever pitch once the Royals seemed on the verge of tying it in the ninth with a runner on third base and the crowd began to boo.

The end of the game was followed by excited screams and yelling which lasted a good five minutes. Everyone hugged and celebrated, which also could’ve been partly due to the lack of Royals fans in attendance.

“We’re back on top, baby! Nothing sweeter,” Aguilar said.

SPORTS Wyoming preview

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Fresno State outside hitter Carly Scarbrough (7) attempts a kill during the ‘Dogs’ 3-1 loss to the San Diego State Aztecs Oct. 23.

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Fresno State wide receiver Josh Harper (3) dashes past San Diego State running back Na’im McGee during the ‘Dogs 24-13 victory over the Aztecs on Oct. 3.

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The Fresno State football team will return to Bulldog Stadium Saturday after about a month-long absence that included two road trips followed by a bye.

The Bulldogs (3-5, 2-2 Mountain West) will be battling first-year head coach Craig Bohl and the fifth-place Wyoming Cowboys (3-5, 1-3 MW) in a conference showdown.

“For our Salute to Services game this week we have Wyoming coming in,” Fresno State head coach Tim DeRuyter said. “They have an outstanding coaching staff with Coach Bohl. They had an outstanding record at North Dakota State that speaks for itself. So we know we have a physical team coming in here. They’re very sound, they play extremely hard, and we’re expecting a great contest.”

One of the Bulldogs’ most glaring challenges this Saturday will be matching Wyoming’s physicality and limiting their run game. In order to do this, the defense must be more imposing than the past two games, in which it gave up an average of 33.5 points in each.

“We’re not playing well enough and it’s showing,” senior outside linebacker Donovan Lewis said. “We have to make more plays. All year, we’ve been in position to make plays. It’s just a matter of going out there and doing it.

“Wyoming wants to run the ball. They also want to be physical, so as long as we stop the run, things should go in our favor.”

Fresno State will also look to regain their confidence in the back end after up-and-down performances throughout the season. Junior defensive back Charles Washington wants to see his defense cause more turnovers, something that they haven’t had enough of lately with just two in the recent contests against UNLV and Boise State.

“We could be better to say the least,” Washington said. “I feel like we’ve done a good job week in and week out. As far as preparing we’re not where we want to be with turnovers. That speaks for itself, so

we have to force more turnovers and capitalize on that.”

“Our coaches have done a good job of preparing us for what we’ll see,” he said.

“We feel like we’re in a good position to make plays and the schemes are there.

Now its up to us to go out there an make the plays on Saturday.”

Redshirt freshman quarterback Zack Greenlee will be making his first career start Saturday. Since the beginning of last week, he’s been taking all the reps with the first team.

With a good supporting cast around him including the likes of standout running back Marteze Waller and wide receiver Josh Harper, Greenlee will be the guy the Bulldogs will turn to lead the offense heading forward.

Harper said he anticipates the offense will be well-prepared for what the Cowboys will throw at them, but execution is what the game will ultimately come down to.

“We have to execute,” Harper said. “We just have to do what we do. They’re going to run Cover 2, Cover 3 and a little bit of man defense but we have plays for all those types of coverages. We just have to execute when the play is called.”

Bulldogs offensive coordinator Dave Schramm said his unit must establish its identity early on by playing physically and establish a run game, an area that they’ve had success in this season.

Waller leads a rushing attack that averages 19.1 yards per game. He will be the one the Bulldogs will turn to for consistency in the running game and perhaps help alleviate pressure off of first-time starter Greenlee.

“They play hard, they have a really good front seven, and they’re well-coached in the back end,” Schramm said. “They’re very sound, and they’re going make us earn it, keep it in front of us and not give up the big play. We have our work cut out for us.

“We have to find a way to run the football and we have to take care of the ball.

Those are always our goals going into games, so we have to find a way to make sure that we do those two things.”

‘Dogs fall to the bottom

Logan Downing • The Collegian

7:45 P.M. - ESPN2 SATURDAY, NOV. 1

By Daniel Leon

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Recent losses puts ‘Dogs in hole Back-to-back conference losses to UNLV and Boise State have dropped the Bulldogs from first place in the West Division to a tie for third.

The ‘Dogs are in a situation where they will likely have to win out if they wish to have a shot at a third-consecutive conference title.

Veterans, like Washington, said they will not let the two conference losses define the rest of their season. They look to see past that and hope they can turn things around -- beginning with the task at hand this weekend.

“Close games like those that you know you should’ve won are the ones that hurt the most,” Washington said. “It is not like our team to not come through, especially with the work that we put in leading up to this point. I expected a better outcome in the previous two games, but the season isn’t over, and we still have an opportunity in front of us to make a statement.

“I don’t have any doubts in us winning out. Everything is up on us so if we execute our techniques and assignments correctly then I have no doubts. I have all the faith in the world that we’ll go out and win the next four games starting with this one this weekend.”

Harper said they must take things one game at a time and not underestimate any opponent in order to get to the level where they want to be.

“We can’t take anybody lightly,” he said. “We’re below .500 and we’re trying to get over that. We’re going to fight to get a bowl game and fight to stay alive in the Mountain West. We are all aware that we have to win out.”

Saturday’s matchup is set to begin at 7:45 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

In addition, with Fresno State honoring veterans with the Salute to Services promotion, it will also be holding its third annual Family Football Food Drive, in which families of the coaches will be collecting non-perishable food items and donations at all Bulldog Stadium entrances one hour prior to the game. All proceedings from the

The Fresno State volleyball team was defeated 3-1 by the San Jose State Spartans on Thursday. It was the Spartans’ first conference win of the season.

San Jose State entered Thursday’s contest at the bottom of the Mountain West standings, having lost all 10 of their conference games in a row. The Bulldogs weren’t much better at 1-9, but they had completed a sweep against the Spartans earlier this month.

The Bulldogs weren’t able to snag their second win against the Spartans on Thursday, however. SJSU set the tone early with an 8-1 scoring run to take a 10-4 advantage to open the first set. Fresno State fought back to tie the game at 17 each, but San Jose State broke the tie with four straight points, three on kills from freshman middle blocker Nandyala Gama. SJSU junior outside hitter Tyranna Roy closed out the 25-19 set win with three consecutive kills.

Fresno State used a big run of its own to answer in the second set. Freshman middle blocker Lauren Torres helped break a 9-9 tie with two kills as part of seven unanswered points for the Bulldogs. With a 16-9 lead, five different Bulldogs earned kills to close out the 25-17 set win.

Six straight points for Fresno State in the third set gave it a 9-6 lead, but the Bulldogs couldn’t keep their momentum going. San Jose State outscored Fresno State 9-1 in the next 10 points, including three aces. The Bulldogs closed the gap to 20-19, but another late push by Roy and the Spartans gave them a 25-20 set win.

The Bulldogs’ 1-0 start to the third set would be their only lead. Roy led the Spartans on a 6-0 run with three kills of her own. Fresno State closed the lead to one at 16-15, but Roy again sparked the Spartan team with three straight kills as SJSU ran away with a 25-19 set win to take the match.

Roy wasn’t the only one giving Fresno State problems. Roy’s 18 kills were accompanied by 19 from Gama. The Bulldogs were led by 11 kills and 11 digs from JaimeeLee Morrow, 11 kills by Carly Scarbrough and 10 kills and 16 digs by junior outside hitter Zana Bowens. Fresno State finished with a .237-.235 advantage in hitting.

After a 0-10 start to conference play, San Jose State has company in the Mountain West cellar. The Bulldogs and Spartans are now tied for 10th in the conference standings at 1-10.

The loss marks the seventh straight for the Bulldogs and drops the team to 6-19 on the season. The ‘Dogs next play at Nevada (6-14, 3-7) on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Wolf Pack defeated the Spartans 3-0 on Tuesday.

After Saturday’s matchup, the Bulldogs will play four straight at home.