October 8 2014

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Title IX expert Janet Judge speaks in the North Gym Tuesday about campus sexual assault.

Title IX expert discusses campus sexual assault

By Nadia Pearl @nadia_pearl_

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Shonna Alexander, instructor of the Chukchansi language class, helps participants Elaine Reid-Ettner and Darlene Franco identify sentences in Chukchansi on Tuesday.

As the national conversation about campus sexual assault continues, a Title IX expert visited Fresno State on Tuesday to discuss sexual legislation, consent and bystander intervention in university environments.

Janet Judge, a lawyer who specializes in Title IX and works nationwide training students on the legislation, spoke to an audience in the North Gym about educating students about their sexual rights. While introducing Judge, Brittany Grice, Fresno State’s deputy Title IX coordinator and institutional compliance administrator, said that improved understanding about sexual violence can aid universities to “be empowered to change.”

“Education is so important in changing the conversation as to how we address incidents of sexual violence on our college campus,” Grice said.

The national conversation concerning campus sexual assault and violence has been largely instigated by the Obama administration, which has created recent public service announcement campaigns such as “1 is 2 many” and “It’s On Us.” The White House has been citing statistics that 1 in 5 college women are sexually assaulted, as well as 6.1 per-

See TITLE IX, Page 6

By Colby Tibbet | @Robotmilk

University hosts course as part of efforts to keep Chukchansi language alive

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hen you have less than a dozen people speaking your language, who will tell your story when you're gone?

The American Indian Language Course hopes to preserve a local language with their six-week course that started Tuesday night. It aims to teach students about the

Chukchansi language and is free to all.

Shonna Alexander, one of the instructors teaching the Chukchansi language course, said that although learning a new language may seem hard, they start simple and with the basics.

“The outline for the class

See LANGUAGE, Page 6

Faculty union to rally for new agreement

By Jesse Franz

@JesseOfTheNews

INSIDE: ›› Sublime with Rome rocks classics at Fresno Fair. P4 ›› Barking Bulldogs Debate Team picks up where it left off — winning. P3.

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Sublime with Rome performs in the Paul Paul Theater at the Big Fresno Fair on Tuesday.

The union representing more than 23,000 California State University faculty will hold a rally at Fresno State today to advocate for a new collective-bargaining agreement that would include higher salaries for profesTODAY: sors.

Currently, the university The California Faculty is operating on an agreeAssociation will hold a rally ment that expired in June. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Salary disagreements have been the biggest issue stalling negotiations for a new agreement between CSU administration and faculty.

The rally, which is part of a larger CSU systemwide effort by the California Faculty Association, will culminate in a delegation of faculty delivering a letter to Fresno State President Joseph Castro, asking him to support the union’s position.

“We need our campus presidents to stand up and advocate on our behalf, hence the letter to President Cas-

See FACULTY, Page 3

OPINION YOUR HATRED: IT’S A CHOICE GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014

By Troy Pope @darktroy

For the first time ever, if you’re living in the United States, there is a more than 50 percent chance that you’re living in an area where same-sex marriage is legal.

People are saying that this “momentum” will carry the country to the point of true equality for all. It’s sad that in 2014 this is still even an issue.

The Supreme Court of the United States recently announced it would not hear five court cases on same-sex marriage. The cases were appeals to previous court rulings that deemed gay-marriage bans unconstitutional because of their inherent discrimination and failure to provide “equal protection under the law,” an entitlement that all Americans should enjoy.

There have been many complaints from the right saying that the government is interfering in something it shouldn’t even be involved in. However, banning same-sex marriage means that the government was already involved.

How can a person be so obsessed with how other people live their lives – to the point that they’ll go out and protest the fact that they even exist? It’s not as if it’s a choice to be gay. A choice is being a socalled devout religious person who has decided to fill their heart with such hatred and spread it around to others.

Isn’t religion supposed to be good?

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Spencer Geiger, center, stands with Roger Roman, both of Virginia Beach, Virginia, with those in support of gay marriage during a hearing in Norfolk Federal Court on the constitutionality of the Virginia law on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

If you choose to be religious, instead of spreading hate why not perhaps preach acceptance and love?

Religion is causing so much hatred in the world and even within your own homes.

It’s hard enough for kids to come out to their parents so they can be who they were made to be.

All of this “God hates fags” stuff only forces your gay children to stay in the closet and possibly live a lie for their whole lives and never truly be happy. And what a good parent that makes you for forcing your

child to be someone he or she isn’t.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 24, and gay youth are four times more likely to commit suicide than straight youth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Same-sex marriage being legal might not seem like a huge deal to some people, but it serves as a symbol for young people who are struggling with who they are and what that means for their lives in the future. Being allowed to be called equal to

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the straight majority is a huge step forward for people who feel hated every day of their lives.

Hopefully, this societal shift keeps going as it has been for the last couple years.

Right now, we have a president and vice president who support same-sex marriage.

The same might not be true after the presidential election in 2016.

Hopefully the next two years won’t just further shift the laws of our nation toward equality, but also help shape the minds of the people we live with and the politicians who get to call the shots for everyone.

It will probably take another decade for true equality to take hold. The fact that we even label it “same-sex marriage” is offensive.

The masses probably don’t realize that it’s offensive, but the gay community has accepted it in the hope of moving forward.

Really, there won’t be true equality until same-sex marriage is referred to as simply marriage.

It’s the difference between tolerance and acceptance. Although it’s mighty kind of you to find it in yourself to merely tolerate someone, it would be much nicer if you accepted them.

One day we’ll reach a point where we can look back and see how silly this debate was – a time when government isn’t so intertwined in people’s lives, and there are no laws defining marriage – an atmosphere that’s been created where there is no need for labels such as “straight” or “gay,” and everyone will just be.

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Barking 'Dogs remain strong in new year

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Stephanie Candles speaks to attendees of the American Civil Liberties Union talk in the Henry Madden Library on Tuesday about the possible ways to obtain a California driver's license for people of undocumented status under AB60. The event was part of Hispanic Hertiage Month.

Union asks Castro to bridge gap between CSU and CFA proposals FACULTY from Page 1 tro,” said Dr. Diane Blair, president of the CFA’s Fresno chapter.

“They can make up the difference in the proposal with money from campus budgets to close the gap.”

Castro has agreed to meet the delegation, listen to their concerns and affirm his commitment “to recruiting and retaining our talented and diverse faculty and staff.”

He has previously voiced his support for addressing faculty compensation, saying that it is an issue “that has been weighing heavily on my mind since arriving last August.”

In September, the CSU Chancellor’s Office proposed a $6 million increase in funding for Fresno State faculty and staff compensation over the next three years. This comes in addition to a 1.34 percent increase in faculty and staff salaries in 2013.

While the CFA says that the tone of negotiations with CSU Chancellor Timothy White has been “more constructive than in the past,” salaries and workload remain a major sticking point. “[White] has not put enough money on the table to make a sig-

" We are no longer in a budget crisis, and we know money is not scarce on our campus anymore."

— Dr. Diane Blair, Fresno chapter president of the CFA nificant dent in the problem,” said Blair, who is also a Fresno State professor in communication.

The CFA is calling on Fresno State to cover the difference between the CSU and CFA proposals, a fix that they say would cost just .48 percent of the university’s budget.

“We are no longer in a budget crisis, and we know money is not scarce on our campus anymore,” Blair said. “Somehow we find the money for other things, including new administrative positions, fees for outside consultants to hire these new administrators and a $1 million bailout for our athletic department.”

Other points of contention are the CFA’s positions that salaries should increase in concordance with the cost of living each year and that salary inequities be addressed.

“New hires are brought in at higher salaries than faculty who

have been here several years,” Blair said. “Essentially, we are penalizing our more-experienced faculty because of the lack of raises these last several years.”

Castro has also set aside $1.2 million in funding for a pay-equity program at Fresno State – money that will only be available after a new agreement is adopted.

“It will be the largest single new investment of base funds augmenting the 2014-15 campus budget, the first I have developed as your president,” he said.

However, the CFA has argued this funding should be guaranteed in the agreement and not subject to a campus president’s discretion.

“In addition, President Castro had the option of enacting an equity program under our last contract, but he chose not to do so,” Blair said, adding that the faculty is skeptical of any such noncontractually obligated program being implemented.

Today’s rally is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in front of the Kennel Bookstore. It will begin with CFA representatives handing out information. Select faculty will then be given the opportunity to speak at 12:30 p.m. before the delegation takes the signed letter to Castro’s office.

The CFA launched actions at three other campuses Tuesday, including San Francisco State, CSU San Marcos and Sonoma State, with other actions being launched at the majority of the 20 other CSU campuses today.

The CFA represents all partand full-time faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach and fall into the Unit 3 category. The union claims 600 active members on Fresno State’s campus.

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The Barking Bulldogs Debate Team competed in Utah last weekend where the team of Irvin Alvarado and Jason Auro defeated three Weber State teams and an Emporia State team leaving the ‘Dogs undefeated in the open varsity division.

The wins come after Fresno State won first place at the 7th annual Golden Gate Regional Opener held at San Francisco State University the previous weekend, a small district tournament in which they competed against schools in its debate district and won in all three divisions.

Debate coach Deven Cooper said because Fresno State is in a region where it has difficult competitors like Stanford, Pepperdine, USC and UC Berkeley, it’s very important to win a competition like this.

“Because we are able to win those type of competitions and maintain part of our ranking you know, it puts Fresno State on the map,” Cooper said.

Prior to Cooper’s arrival, Fresno State was unranked.

However, since Cooper started coaching last year, Fresno State has ranked first in the district and 18th in the nation.

The team has attended three tournaments, so far, and are prepping for a Las Vegas tournament coming up in two weeks. It will determine some of

their seedings within the region.

Alvarado, a sophomore and first-year debater, said the team had a budget cut and has had a minimal amount of money for travel. He said it is very important that the team show the Fresno State administration, and other schools in the district, that Fresno State debate is competitive and needs to survive.

“Jason Auro and I are in the open varsity division and made it all the way to the finals and won the tournament on a co-decision,” Alvarado said. “We felt it was important to be in a school political climate where the school feels like the team can survive with such little money, to show them we matter, that we are here and we are doing something.”

In the beginning of the year, there is a process that occurs in which the debaters are assigned affirmative or negative stances, giving them opportunities to learn skills like advocating for themselves, being able to research, being able to communicate effectively and learning how to strategize anything that is put in front of them.

“That’s one of the major things we learn in debate, is how to think on your feet and how to analyze arguments, and how to break them down,” Cooper said.

“So I think those are some of the most effective things we have been teaching our students to do, and it’s really beneficial.”

Teacher Residency Program given $7.8 million grant

By Briana Montemayor @brimonte_carlo

Fresno State has received the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant worth $7.8 million to help recruit, train and support future teachers of the Central Valley over the next five years.

The U.S. Department of Education approved the grant throughout California in order to prepare students who want to work in teaching fields, ensuring future teachers will have the training to improve student achievement.

The grant will aid students in the Teacher Residency Program, which gives students who want to teach in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) experience instructing in Fresno Unified School District.

Cindy Quintana, a Fresno Unified human resources administrator, said the grant is important for future teachers studying at Fresno State.

“Our goal is to hire 100 percent of the students,” Quintana said.

“Part of being great teachers is making sure they’re effective. The Fresno Teacher Residency program’s goal is to hire 300 teachers over the next five years in grades K-12.”

FUSD prefers to hire Fresno State students because ties to the Valley lead to higher staff retention rates.

“We want our teacher residents to come from the Valley because we know they’ll most likely stay in the Valley,” said Quintana.

The district also wants its pool of teachers to “reflect the diversity of our kids who live in the Central Valley.”

The program is organized through the Kremen School of Education and Human Development.

Jim Marshall, associate dean of the Kremen School of Education, helped write the TQP grant. He said Fresno Unified needs more teachers.

“One hundred percent of our graduates in teaching get jobs,” he said. “Each teacher candidate will get $12,000 of stipend. The reason for this grant is to produce all types of teachers that are strong in STEM.” Fresno State was one of seven campuses to receive the TQP grant. Other campuses that received the grant were CSU Bakersfield, Chico State, CSU Dominguez Hills, Cal State Los Angeles and CSU Monterey Bay. “This [grant] is about building our community,” Quintana said.

ARTS & ENTE

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Sublime with Rome

Plays at Fair

The alternative rock band performed hits with collaborative singer Rome Rodriguez Tuesday night

Photos by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Sublime with Rome is comprised of singer and guitarist Rome Rodriguez, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Josh Freese on Tuesday night in the Paul Paul Theater.

Original Sublime member and bassist Eric Wilson plays during one of the band’s sets.

Drummer Josh Freese has been touring with the band since 2012 following original drummer Bud Gaugh’s departure.

‘Fresno’ film

Sublime with Rome performed hits such as “What I Got,” “Wrong Way,” and “Santeria.”

THE SHORT STUFF

Variety and other outlets report upcoming comedy film called “Fresno” to star Judy Greer, Natasha Lyonne, Aubrey Plaza and others. The film is to be released for 2015; details are limited as to whether production will in fact take place in Fresno. Filming is set to begin in November.

Greer plays Shannon, a sex addict who joins her lesbian sister Martha (Lyonne) back to Fresno cleaning hotel rooms. After accidently killing a guest, the sisters are left to deal with their dysfunctional and co-dependent relationship.

Noon concerts at The Pit Local band Sci-Fi Caper is set to hit the stage at noon on campus at The Pit. The group’s sound is comprised of California

beach-rock. Bands are set to perform every Wednesday for students and faculty to enjoy during their lunch.

Other performers scheduled: DJ Jacob Vega (Oct. 15), Red Coats (Oct. 22), Under Authority (Oct. 29) and Amoret (Nov.5).

Annual Film Festival begins with ‘Great Debaters’ The second annual Sankofa Black Film Festival begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday with a screening of “The Great Debaters.”

The festival is free and open to the public.

Films will be screened at 5:30 p.m. in the Engineering East Building, Room 191.

Fresno State’s Africana Studies Program organizes the festival. Popular and culturally significant films such as “Boys N the Hood” and “Fruitvale Station” are also a

part of the lineup.

LUNAFEST scheduled The nationwide short film festival by, for and about women is set for Friday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the North Gym, room 118.

The festival benefits the Breast Cancer Fund and the Women’s Resource Center.

The short films focus on issues affecting women today.

Advance tickets are available Oct. 16 and are $5 for students and $10 for the general public.

Alumnus’ book to be published

Armen Bacon’s book, “My name is Armen – A life in Column Inches” is set to be published in November by Fresno State Press. The book is comprised of essays and

Bacon’s years working as a columnist for The Fresno Bee. The book centers on life themes touching on culture, family, love, loss and more.

The book is available for $20 and for more information visit http www.thepressatcsufresno.org.

National Student Day On campus Thursday, a host of activities are set to take place to observe National Student Day. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kennel Bookstore patio and Memorial Court lawn area.

The nationwide observance celebrates and promotes social responsibility by college students through campus stores. Students also have a chance to win $1,000 along with a matching donation to a favorite charity.

ERTAINMENT

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The Growlers pack local music venue Long Beach band makes way to Fresno to kick off West coast tour

Photos by Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian

The Growlers played at Frank’s Place Tuesday night with opening act The Garden. Their new album, “Chinese Fountain,” was released Sept. 23, 2014.

Bandmembers comprise of Brooks Nielsen (vocals), Matt Taylor (lead guitar), Scott Montoya (drums), Anthony Braun Perry (bass) and Kyle Straka (keyboards, guitar).

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014

FUN & GAMES

SUDOKU: Fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.

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30 Cry of surrender 33 *Monetary love, in Timothy 38 French wine region 39 “Hands off!”

40 Deck crew boss 43 Full of spunk 45 *One in the infantry 49 __-Aztecan languages 50 Finish by 51 Bird along the coast 52 Beat it 53 Pinball goof 54 Unswerving, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues 56 Fit to __ 57 “Come Back, Little Sheba”

playwright 58 Asian vine leaf 59 Stockholder’s concern 60 Former OTC watchdog 61 Bobrun runners

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1 “You’ve got carte blanche” 2 Nondiscriminating immigration policy 3 Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” for one 4 Unaided 5 Tolkien giant 6 Russian country home 7 “Family Matters” nerd 8 Biting 9 WWII carrier

Judge suggests definition of consent crucial in prevention of sexual assualt TITLE IX from Page 1 cent of college men. With such rates, the focus to change the campus sexual assault climate was established, Judge said.

“With that rate of sexual assaults on college campuses, it was interesting to find many, many college campuses across the country have reported that they had never had a hearing in regards to sexual assault on their campus,” Judge said. “That was the framework for people starting to say, ‘We’ve got to figure out what’s going on.’”

Judge’s talk was largely focused on the role of Title IX offices on campuses and the procedures they follow when sexual assault is reported. Title IX is a federal law passed in 1972 that requires equity among genders and prohibits educational programs to discriminate based on sex.

However, Judge also touched on wider themes that coincide with the conservation about sexual assault and how they can act as solutions, such as the definition of consent and role of bystander intervention.

In light of California being the first state to pass ‘yes means yes’ consent legislation for college campuses, Judge said under-

standing the definition of consent is significant.

As defined by the likes of Title IX and the ‘yes means yes’ bill legislation, Judge said consent at Fresno State is detailed.

Based on three key policies, she said consent must be voluntary through a verbal or nonverbal indication, it can be withdrawn at any time and it cannot be given by an incapacitated person.

“When we’re talking about consent, we’re talking about each individual sexual act,” she said.

“Saying yes to one thing doesn’t mean you want to do another thing. Saying yes to one thing doesn’t mean you want to do it again.”

For student Krysten Cherkaski, president of Fresno State’s Women’s Alliance, Judge’s specific emphasis on consent was well received.

“I was just happy about how specific she was about what constitutes consent,” Cherkaski said.

“Because I think a lot of the ignorance surrounding sexual assault is about people not knowing what constitutes consent.”

Kelly Caplan, who is with Fresno State’s Students for Quality Education, said as the dialogue about campus sexual assault is created further, work is needed in ensuring all students

hear this message.

“It is unfortunate that this dialogue does not seem to reach all parts of campus,” Caplan said. “I think students definitely need to be involved, and we need to start coming up with ways of ensuring that they are, and that from the second they set foot on this campus as first-year freshmen, and transfers even, that they understand what their rights are.”

Judge also touched on the importance of bystander intervention and how it is a focus of the Obama administration’s campaigns.

One study the White House task force has used in its research is that 7 percent of college men have admitted to committing rape or attempted rape. Yet, as Judge pointed out, that leaves 93 percent of college men the Obama administration is calling on to intervene any sexual misconduct they may observe.

For those students and faculty who have not been personally affected by sexual assault, Cherkaski said they still have responsibility in intervening and creating a safe campus environment.

“I think having that responsibility put on bystanders is probably the strongest steps for students and faculty,” she said.

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12 Voltaic cell terminals 13 Golden Horde member 18 Treated, as a sprain 22 Christ the __: statue in Rio 24 Have little faith in 25 Little stream 27 Gaza Strip gp.

30 Sci-fi vehicle 31 One of the Bobbsey twins 32 A.L. Central team, on scoreboards 34 Cry of woe 35 Sundial number 36 Protect against heat loss, say 37 Made it big, as in school ath-

letics 40 Mackerel relative 41 Truckloads 42 Conditions 43 Charges for services 44 Alpine airs 45 Like a curled-up position 46 Soprano Mitchell 47 Pharmacy inventory 48 How a 59-Across is typically shown 52 Pumped product 54 Five smackers 55 Ones taking hikes: Abbr.

Chukchansi course hopes to save dying language LANGUAGE from Page 1 will consist of beginning lessons, vowels and consonants pronunciation, short stories with different nouns and verbs,” Alexander said.

The first day was spent on understanding the vowel usage, which is different from English, and beginning to phrase simple sentences to be able to communicate.

Alexander, a student at Fresno City College, is a Chukchansi tribe member and works with tribe elders in learning traditional crafts of their culture in addition to their dying language.

The class initially started at the tribal offices of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, but since 2009 the tribe and Fresno State have formed a collaborative initiative, said linguistics professor Chris Golston.

“It’s a labor of love for us all, an incredible chance to work with a rare and complex language that teaches us new things all the time,” Golston said.

“The tribe made a gift of $1 million to the linguistics department in 2001 to fund five years of research on the language and help with documenting and revitalizing it,” said Golston. “So we’ve been running language classes

with the tribe for five years or so, helping them with what they began.”

Classes like the American Indian Language course will help counter the growing concern of languages becoming extinct. According to SIL International, an organization that monitors global languages, there are 473 endangered languages currently in the world.

“One of my biggest goals is to help teach our young ones and to keep the language alive forever,” Alexander said.

In the United States, which has 227 individual languages, 141 are in a state of dying, according to SIL International. The report also states that 12 are already extinct, and 61 are at risk of dying.

Currently, the Chukchansi dialect, which is part of the Yokuts Language group, is one of those endangered languages, with only 10 active speakers left. Golston said there were limited resources on how to teach the language, and so teaching how to speak and listen is the goal of reading stories written in the native tongue.

“Some of these stories were told 50 years ago in English and we’re translating them back into Chukchansi and using them in the class,” Golston said.

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Fresno State seeks to continue upward mobility in Wyoming and Colorado VOLLEYBALL from Page 8 team will do just as it did on Saturday: learn from its previous game and improve its play. In the San Jose State game, the ‘Dogs were able to sweep the Spartans – something they had trouble doing on Thursday against Nevada.

With the departure of five seniors who played on last year’s squad, Netherby-Sewell has made this an experimental year. Newcomers to the team have seen time in various positions. For example, Lauren Torres, who was recruited as a mid-

dle blocker, has seen time as a right side hitter and has 53 kills this year.

Torres, as a native blocker, had trouble with blocking on Thursday (only one block in five sets played), but after some work with Netherby-Sewell, she was able to show improvement on Saturday (three blocks in three frames).

“We watched video, and [Lauren] started analyzing how the sets developed and how the hitters come in,” Netherby-Sewell said. “She actually made some changes and started touching more balls on Saturday.

“Even though we’re not experienced, or

we’re not getting as many wins as we want, as long as we’re seeing that kind of progress, it’s really fun to watch.”

Carly Scarbrough, freshman outside hitter from Sarasota, Florida, said that the team sat down and figured out what its strengths and weaknesses were after the loss to Nevada. After that, the ‘Dogs were focused on rebuilding – what they had been doing was not effective.

“We were just trying to take everything down to the basic level,” she said. “We try to simplify a little bit, but still be aggressive. We worked really hard on the mental

aspects of things and clear our heads.”

So, as the Bulldogs face the Cowgirls and Rams, keeping a clear mind and attacking the team aggressively will be job No. 1 – including playing the game one set at a time. “[The Cowgirls] are going to be tough, but I think if you can serve them tough, they’re not as strong,” Netherby-Sewell said. “Colorado State, obviously, doesn’t have any holes in what it’s doing. The Rams have been ranked as high as seventh in the country, so we’re going to have to have an outstanding performance against them.”

Defense continues to be strong point for Bulldogs heading on the road FOOTBALL from Page 8 more cornerback Jamal Ellis who has been pushed into the rotation in the secondary.

The third-year defender got one of the two interceptions for the Bulldogs late in the fourth quarter when he picked off a tipped ball to help seal the game versus SDSU. “He’s becoming more consistent,” Toth said. “His fundamentals are becoming better, but there’s still plenty of things he needs to work on. But fundamentally, he’s becoming more sound. His sense of urgency has increased, and his lazy reps have gone down considerably. I’m happy that he’s working harder every day to be better on Saturday.”

Toth has shuffled players around at corner, featuring various combinations with

Curtis Riley, Ellis, Malcolm Washington and Charles Washington. But he said he will continue to evaluate Ellis on a day-today basis to determine his playing time.

Junior Charles Washington is another of those in the secondary who has stepped up to make key plays while playing three positions this season for the Bulldogs. The 5-foot-11 197-pound defensive back made a crucial play two weeks ago against New Mexico. He stopped Lobos quarterback Lamar Jordan behind the line of scrimmage on a 4th and 1 to prevent UNM from increasing its lead.

The stop provided a spark, as from that point on, the Bulldogs scored 14 unanswered points to take a 35-24 lead and win the ballgame. Now, Washington is up to the challenge of playing wherever the team needs him that week.

“It’s been interesting not knowing where I’ll play,” he said. “It’s a week-to-week thing, but I’m ready for whatever. Coaches have prepared me to play cornerback, nickel, free safety and strong safety. So wherever they want to put me, week in and week out, I’ll be ready to play.”

The junior has played a critical role in the Bulldogs’ defensive turnaround. Toth said Washington’s athletic capabilities have made his job easier because he provides versatility and flexibility for his defensive schemes.

“It’s letting us get our best 11 on the field whether we need him as a corner, safety or nickel,” Toth said. “It’s letting us adjust to the scheme that we’re playing against. It’s letting me have a little bit more flexibility as a coordinator because I get to make some different calls based on where he is. So he’s

letting me be a little bit more adjustable with the defense.”

Fresno State has not let the overwhelming start of this year define its season. After allowing an average of 55.3 points per game during the first three contests, the Bulldogs have dropped that number dramatically in the past three, giving up just 17.6 each match. Those last three have not only resulted in wins but served as confidence boosters as the ‘Dogs get ready to battle UNLV Friday for what will be their third conference showdown.

“Those first three games were rough,” Washington said. “But once we cleared Nebraska, we started to get things together.

We’re not where we need to be, but we’re getting things together. We’re on track to move forward and be the best defense in the conference.”

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‘Dogs defense SWINGING TO THE TOP AT FRESNO STATE CLASSIC Fresno State beats five schools in only home tournament taking shape Fresno State works on one of its weaknesses before road trip

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Fresno State safety Derron Smith tackles San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey during the Bulldogs’ 24-13 victory over the Aztecs last Friday at Bulldog Stadium.

Geoff Thurner • Fresno State Athletics

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

Moving forward, Fresno State’s defense will look to build on its best performance of the year last Friday when it held the San Diego State Aztecs to just 13 points.

The 13 points were the fewest that Fresno State (3-3, 2-0 Mountain West) has allowed this season in its six games to date. The Bulldogs held the Aztecs’ starting quarterback, Nick Bawden, and running back, Donnel Pumphrey, to under 100 yards each en route to their third-straight win.

“I was happy that we played better and that we’re getting closer to looking how we want to look,” Bulldogs defensive coordinator Nick Toth said. “There’s still plenty of things to fix, and I don’t think we’re going to be satisfied until we accomplish our goal tendencies. We know that we need to get better every day.”

Among those making big plays en route to the solid defensive effort was redshirt sopho-

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Fresno State senior Madchen Ly completes her swing during the Fresno State Classic at the San Joaquin Country Club on Monday. The ‘Dogs finished the tournament in first place.

By Alex Sheedy @aksheeds

The Fresno State women’s golf team defended its turf and closed out the Fresno State Classic with four Bulldogs on top of the leaderboard.

Day 1 of competition had the Bulldogs finishing at 17-over par, 297 and 296 for a total score of 593. After the final round on Tuesday, the ‘Dogs finished with a score of 290, giving the team a score of 883 at 19-over.

The Bulldogs had an impressive tournament with three players finishing first, second and third. Individual entry Samantha Spencer finished in fourth place.

Senior Bulldog Madchen Ly led the team on Monday, shooting at 2-over for 36 holes, 72 and 74, totaling 146. On Day 2, Ly shot 71, for a total of 217 and ended the tournament in first place shooting at 1-over.

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Junior Hannah Sodersten finished the Classic in second place after shooting 74, 74 and 70 for a total score of 218 at 2-over.

The pair fought for first place, with Ly taking the tournament title with a 5-foot putt on the final hole.

“It was really good to win,” Ly said.

“This is my first collegiate win, and to win the home tournament and have my family, my teammates and my coaches there was pretty awesome.”

Sophomore Guðrún Brá Björgvinsdóttir shot 71, 78 and 72 for a score of 221, placing her third at 5-over.

Freshman Mimi Ho ended the tournament tied at 12th place, 80, 72, 78 for 230 at 14-over. Final team member, sophomore Laura Scrivner, shot at 17-over, 80, 76, 77 for 233.

Scrivner set a personal goal to beat the team that she and her partner were playing against during the final round, because she hadn’t been hitting her best.

“I ended up battling back and beat her

by two in the end.” Scrivner said.

Of the individual competitors, Bulldog freshman Spencer ended the tournament in fourth place at 7-over for a total of 223.

Fresno State junior Sadye Bubsy finished the tournament tied for 25th place, shooting 83, 83 and 79 for 245. And junior Kayla Luis ended the tournament shooting 86, 83 and 89 for 258, finishing in 28th place at 42-over.

The ‘Dogs were followed by Santa Clara which finished at 40-over for 904.

The team is looking to carry the win into the next competition and keep the momentum going.

“It just gives us more confidence,” Ly said.

The Fresno State Classic is the Bulldogs’ only home event for the season. They head to Noblesville, Indiana, to compete in the Hoosier Fall Invitational at the Purgatory Golf Club from Oct. 17-19.

Fresno State shows strength going into tough weekend

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

Logan Downing • The Collegian

Fresno State outside hitter Zana Bowens (18) prepares to block an offering by San Jose State setter Allison Meehan (14) during the ‘Dogs’ sweep over the Spartans last Saturday.

Now that the Fresno State volleyball team has its first Mountain West win, the ‘Dogs will head to higher ground – in both location and strength of opponents.

On Thursday, the Bulldogs will visit the Wyoming Cowgirls in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowgirls are 2-3 in Mountain West play after getting swept by the Colorado State Rams, enough to rank them in the top five of the conference.

Speaking of Colorado State, the No. 7-ranked

team is next on the Bulldogs’ slate, scheduled for Saturday at Fort Collins, Colorado. The Rams are currently undefeated in conference matches and have only lost one game this year overall.

“Offensively, we’ve gotten better really fast,” said Fresno State head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell. “Defensively, we’re not getting the output we’re looking for, and we’re playing better teams this weekend. We’ve been working on ways to defend them.”

Netherby-Sewell expressed hope that the

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