September 10 2012

Advising Services helps undeclared students FEATURES Musician hopes to spread foothill music to the Valley CULTURE ‘Dogs played tough against Ducks, but came up short SPORTS

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Annual Day of Caring serves community

By Haley Lambert The Collegian

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During the Day of Caring breakfast, Crescent View Public Charter High School, one of many participants, pose for a United Way employee for a group photo. They were just one of 25 businesses that participated in this community effort.

The 18th edition of Day of Caring, coordinated by United Way of Fresno County, called attention Sept. 8 to the importance in helping others.

The Day of Caring is a nationwide event allowing businesses to give back to the community through volunteering and fundraising. In Fresno County, the day began at 7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast. Volunteer teams gathered in Fresno State’s O’Neill Park. Here, community members came together to show care and kindness to others. They were serving on a day off, donating their time for free.

Twenty-five business participated in the event, providing more than 200 volunteers.

The volunteer teams are assigned to a local non-profit organization needing help with a variety of projects. Many volunteer teams hold fundraisers for the United Way effort. Many team members also donate money.

Without these donations, non-profits are limited in their ability to help community members.

Vicki Landon, an employee with Fresno County Child Support Services, has been volunteering and campaigning on behalf of United Way for three years. She views fundraising and donating as equally important to volunteerism, noting that this year, 57 percent of her department co-workers gave money.

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FRESNO STATE COLLEGE REPUBLICANS Meyers Family Sports Medicine Center construction begins ATTEND PAUL RYAN FUNDRAISER

By Stephen Trembley Via Fresno State Athletics

Construction crews have broken ground for the infrastructure of the Meyers Family Sports Medicine Center.

“We’ve broken ground and are very excited about it,” Associate Athletics Director for Facilities Operations John Kriebs said. “This is going to be a project that should be somewhere in the fall 2013 completion. The demolition has been done. I think you’re going to see some erecting of some steel in the next 30 to 40 days.”

As part of this infrastructure phase, the Zumwalt Construction crews will reroute underground utilities and start to excavate for the hydrotherapy pools.

Photo courtesy of Fresno State College Republicans

“What’s really going to be exciting is they are going to be digging the holes for the pools,” Kriebs said. “In the Meyers Family Sports Medicine Center, we are going to have some therapeutic pools and that’s one of the first things they have to work to get the plumbing underneath or to the pools.”

“Contractors have removed the existing asphalt and concrete that will give you an idea of where the actual building pad will be,” Facilities Management Project Manager Sara Wallet said. “We finalized the drawings and put out a request for proposal. We had many contractors that were interested and went with the folks (Zumwalt Construction) that we felt were best prepared for the See MEYERS, Page 3

Thirty-four members of the Fresno State College Republicans attended Paul Ryan’s Fresno fundrasiser, which brought in about $1 million for the Romney-Ryan campaign.

By Collegian Staff The Fresno State College Republicans (FSCR) made local and national headlines this weekend by attending the Paul Ryan fundraiser at the Fresno Convention Center’s Valdez Hall and vocally defending the campaign against protestors on Saturday.

“It was truly remarkable to see so many college students stand up for their futures,” said FSCR chairman Daniel Harrison. “College students everywhere are waking up and realizing that president Obama’s policies have and will continue to devastate them financially.”

Thirty-four of the club’s members attended the fundraiser.

Seats ranged from $1,000 per person

to $25,000 per couple. Nearly 500 attended the fundraiser, netting the RomneyRyan campaign $1 million.

Since the chartering of the FSCR a year ago, they have been fostering relationships with those in the political community locally, state and nationwide. Through those contacts, they were able to attend at no cost.

“We’ve been building this club up since last July,” Califor nia College Republicans chief of staff, Matt Shupe said. “Its size, influence and recognition has grown significantly, both in our community, by the media and within the party.”

Several hundred feet away from the event, a group of protestors formed.

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The future site of the Meyers Family Sports Medicine Center is located near Bulldog Stadium.

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Opinion Potential proposals if Prop. 30 fails

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One-Finger Salute

CSU Board of Trustees to vote Sept. 18-19 increase favor middle class families.

Increase tuition nine percent (around $1,000) for outof-state students This option assumes that the increase, ef fective fall 2013, would produce about $13 million in additional revenue in 2013-14. Even with this increase, total nonresident charges would be substantially less than peer institutions around the country.

SEAN KIERNAN, ASI V.P. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS On Sept. 18-19, the California State University Board of Trustees will vote over how the CSU system will handle a $250 million trigger cut if Proposition 30 fails this November. Below are several proposals: Increase tuition by five percent ($150) per semester (for full time undergraduates) This option would “solve” roughly $58 million of the trigger cut in 2012-13 and roughly $116 million in 2013-14. None of this revenue would be set aside to fund financial aid, a decision made to help the tuition

Cut enrollment by 1.5 percent (6000 students) and eliminate 750 jobs T h e B o a rd o f T r u s t e e s Finance Committee believes it is impossible to reduce spending by $250 million without cutting enrollment and jobs.

Lost jobs would be from faculty, staff and administrator positions.

Add third tier of tuition S t u d e n t s wo u l d p ay a n additional per-unit charge for course loads that are above 16 units. This will dissuade students from taking more than what is required to finish a degree in four years, and only charge more from those who are receiving more from the CSU.

Synergies and Shared Services Eliminate administrative programs and duties on individual campuses and pass that function along to be handled by the CSU system-wide. Exact cost savings estimates are unavailable. Savings depend on which programs are transferred to system-wide management.

Discontinuance of Academic and Athletic Programs The system-wide academic leadership recognizes the need to begin a systematic and consultative process of eliminating programs that are of low demand, and/or unnecessarily duplicative across campuses in a given region. Savings depend on which programs are eliminated.

Reduce Faculty Salary A reduction of 2.5 percent has been proposed. This is estimated to save $71 million every academic year. This would require bargaining with employee unions.

Faculty assigned time and sabbaticals System-wide, about $12.5 million is spent to backfill for faculty members on sabbaticals. A far larger amount of

funds are spent on backfilling faculty for time assigned to non-teaching activities in lieu of a portion of the normal teaching workload. This includes research and scholarly activities, but also things like serving on campus committees. In the event of a $250 million cut, the Board of Trustees Finance Committee believes further prioritization of workload would be feasible and necessary.

As your ASI vice president of external affairs, it is my job to serve as a liaison between Fresno State and the California State Student Association and Board of Trustees. Please comment on the online article or email seankiernan85@yahoo. com with your suggestions.

Any feedback regarding what the Board of Trustees should do if the trigger cut hits will be relayed to the student representatives on the Board of Trustees. Fresno State students have strong representation in this decision.

Sean Kiernan Vice President of External Affairs Associated Students, Inc. Seankiernan85@yahoo.com

Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian newsroom.

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Fresno State football Despite losing 42-25 to Oregon, the Bulldogs played a tough game. They managed to cover the spread, which is not so bad considering Oregon is ranked #4 and the game was played in Ducks territory.

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Death of a royal pet On Sunday, the palace confirmed the death of Queen Elizabeth II’s corgi, Monty. Specific details have not yet been released.

Monty was survived by his royal corgi friends, Holly and Willow.

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Serena Williams U.S. tennis pro Serena Williams won Grand Slam title Sunday — this is her second Grand Slam of 2012. In a New York Times article, Williams said she was preparing to give a runners-up speech at one point. Luckily, that famous Williams ferocity kicked in.

WEB-SPE@K Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian’s website.

“Republican Convention Recap” John Jensen: I agree. The Republicans hit it out of the park at their convention. Article is well written and speaks to the dissatisfaction in Obama’s performance.

Do I think he inherited a bad economy? Yes. Do I think he did the best he could to fix it? No. He is too caught up in his personal agenda of big government to worry about us — the taxpaying citizens.

Four more years so he can spend every penny he can — why? At least Romney is a business person who will focus on the economy, job creation and fiscal restraint.

Those are where the president should be, but isn’t, focusing his time and attention.

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MEYERS: Ground broken for CARING: Community volunteers their time new sports medicine center CONTINUED from page 1 job.”

The center will serve as a cornerstone of Fresno State’s “Student-Athlete Village,” designed to centralize several student-athlete support functions, including sports medicine, academic counseling, strength and conditioning, nutrition education, and equipment services within a single secure location.

The facility has been developed for preventative medicine, nutritional counseling, physician examination, injury treatment, on-site x-ray and rehabilitation services.

The $6 million privatelyfunded capital project symbolizes the Bulldogs’ strong commitment to create and continually enhance the best possible “student-athlete experience” at Fresno State.

“We are extremely grateful to the Meyers family and all the project benefactors for their tremendous leadership

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and generosity,” Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh said.

“No single athletics facility will have a more consistent positive impact upon the physical well-being and daily lives of all 425 Bulldog student-athletes.”

Marvin Meyers, a Fresno State alumnus, along with his son, Greg, have owned and operated Meyers Farm Family Trust and Oxford Farms, Inc. since 1982. He also established an innovative water banking project in the late 1990s that draws an array of wildlife and has become an educational resource for student and teacher education on wildlife habitat and water conservation.

In November of 2010, Meyers was named the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce Agriculturist of the Year.

“What makes me most proud is how many young people we will affect and how we will help with recruiting for our athletics,” Meyers said. “It’s been delightful to meet the young student-athletes. As an old guy, it lifts me up to see young

people getting after what they want to do.”

M e ye r s ’ v i s i o n c e n t e r s around helping elevate the entire department, one shared by the sports medicine professionals who work daily to put the Bulldogs in a position to succeed on and off the field.

“This facility will allow our staff and team physicians to come together under one roof and collaborate on the common goal of providing outstanding medical care to our studentathletes,” Director of Athletic Training Kelli Eberlein said.

“Our Bulldog student-athletes will be presented with an opportunity to prepare and recover in a first-class facility on a daily basis.”

“An athletic training building isn’t just as place where you tape people up,” Dr. Eric Hanson said. “There is so much more that goes into what we do. We are going to be able to provide a higher quality of care to our athletes and greater education to our students because of this facility.”

RYAN: Local and national issues discussed at fundraiser CONTINUED from page 1 The FSCRs, who had brought signs, formed a counter-protest and confronted the protestors.

Images of the counter-protest were used as the lead picture nationwide by the AP story that covered the event.

Ryan was introduced by Tulare congressman Devin Nunes, who works on the House Ways and Means committee with Ryan.

Nunes said he used to tell people that Ryan should be president.

In Ryan’s 18-minute-long speech, he made numerous references to local issues such as California’s over-regulations on businesses and water. He spoke mostly of the success-

es of his running mate Mitt Romney and the shortcomings of President Obama.

“Hope and change has been re p l a c e d w i t h at t a ck a n d blame,” Ryan said.

Ryan also recognized and s p o ke h i g h l y o f H a n f o r d assemblyman and congressional candidate David Valadao.

“It was really exciting to see that the Valley’s concerns are being recognized at the federal level,” said Moses Menchaca, vice-chairman of the FSCR. “After hearing Ryan speak, I feel like he can help us with our issues.”

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Members of the Clovis Lions Club volunteer their time by cooking pancakes and sausages for the breakfast at O’Niell park.

CONTINUED from page 1 “We try to provide all the proof we can about where the money goes. It stays locally and that’s a big hit with a lot of people,” Landon said. “By us coming out and actually getting involved we see the programs and what’s contributed, too.”

Those contributions are now proving useful for the United Way’s Community Impact Partners. These impact partners are organizations such as Community Food Bank, Catholic charities, Fresno Barrios Unidos, Hinds Hospice, San Joaquin Valley Workforce Funders Collaborative and Fresno Rescue Mission.

Simplex Ground, a company specializing in fire suppressants, is in its second year of volunteering with Day of Caring. The company has also participated in several fundraisers for United Way. Simplex employees such as Victor Rodriguez and Umberto

Guiez helped out last year by rebuilding the roof of a church. This year, both men, along with some of their coworkers, will be removing garbage from the Lost Lake recreation area.

Bank of America employees made up an 80-member team.

Sales representative Ruddy Torres was excited to volunteer.

“It feels good knowing you are giving back,” Torres said.

He and a few members from the Bank of America team worked with Community Food Bank.

The United Way of Fresno County will coordinate Operation Fresno Shape Up on Sept. 26. The event scheduled at Warmerdam Field at Fresno State is free and open to children, ages 6 to 14. Fresno State athletes and former NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal will be at the event that teaches kids about proper nutrition and healthy living.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Blackboard site launches for undeclared students Now you have this big picture.

If you get stuck or if you’ve done it and you don’t know what to do now, come to us and follow up.”

Students interested in

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian T h e O f f i c e o f A dv i s i n g Services is slated to launch a website accessible through Fresno State’s Blackboard that is intended to assist undeclared students in picking a major they find suitable.

Advising Services’ Blackboard page will feature videos, self-guided lessons, and pertinent information on the declaring process.

The pur pose of the new Blackboard site is intended to assist undeclared students by providing them with information to make educated decisions, Fresno State advisor David Levyssohn said.

“In my opinion, when you’re undeclared, it’s because you don’t have enough information to make an educated decision,” Levyssohn said.

“There are over 2,500 documented and defined careers.

Each one of those careers has many, many pathways to get to that career. So if a student only knows about 10 careers, how could they possibly have enough information to make a good decision?”

Last semester, Advising Services held undeclared workshops for Fresno State students. The workshops varied in topics and time scheduling.

The workshops, however, also had low turnouts.

While Levyssohn said that while workshops will continue to be held around the second week of October in a limited

accessing the Blackboard site can email their Fresno State portal username to Levyssohn at jlevyssohn@csufresno.edu or call the Advising Services offices at 559-278-1787.

Jane Addams’ birthday commemorated in Peace Garden Via University Communications Photo by Roe Borunda

The Office of Advising Services is located in the Joyal Administration Building.

capacity, the new Blackboard site is likely to be a more efficient method for undeclared students to inquire information.

“We’ll still traditionally try to hold some physical workshops,” Levyssohn said. The students do enjoy it and it’s good for them. But all it does is give them a little idea of the big, big picture.

“Some students have started looking through [the site].

They think it’s going to be more effective for them. It gives them a lot more than what a 50-minute workshop could possibly give them.”

The time to soul search for a major, however, is somewhat limited. University policy dictates that students have to declare a major upon completing 60 units.

Levyssohn said that the critical period for a student to declare a major varies on the student and the point in which

they engage in the process of researching; however, the university sends a reminder to all undeclared students after they complete 45 units via their student portal in the form of an academic hold.

According to Fall 2011 figures from The Office of Institutional Effectiveness, ‘undeclared’ students are ranked eighth in enrollment among all majors offered at Fresno State. More recent figures from this semester will be released on Fresno State’s census date.

The Blackboard site, however, isn’t intended to be the only method students should use for help in the undeclared process.

Levyssohn said the process also should include visiting with an advisor at Advising Services.

“At the end of each lesson, one of the things it says is to follow up,” he said.

“Come to Advising Services.

T h e Wo m e n ’ s C a m p u s Connection at Fresno State, in partnership with the Women’s Resource Center, Women’s Studies and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) hosted a commemoration of Jane Addams’ birthday on Sept. 6 at the Peace Garden.

Addams was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). She was a philosopher, humanitarian, author, teacher and leader for world

peace and women’s suffrage.

She served as the national chair for the Women’s Peace Party and was first president of WILPF. Addams, who lived from 1860 to 1935, is remembered as a great influence on social, political and economic reform in the United States and around the world.

The commemoration was held at the life-sized statue of Addams unveiled in the Fresno State Peace Garden in 2006.

For more information, call 559-278-4435.

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‘Sharp dressed’ alumnus plays on

By Sammy LaProto The Collegian For generations, women have come to admire a man in uniform. In the 1980s, ZZ Top touted, the “Sharp Dressed Man.” A young man outfitted in a tuxedo stands head and shoulders above the rest.

However, if you add a Stetson hat, and a violin, you get, well, Tim Johnson.

Johnson, who earned a master’s degree from Fresno State in 2004, is more at home in blue jeans and a baseball cap rather than coat and tails. However, no matter what he is wearing, he is always surrounded by music.

Born and raised in Fresno, Johnson resides in the foothill community of Oakhurst. He is currently spreading his musical knowledge and passion for the arts through his new venture, the Oakhurst Community String Orchestra.

In 2010, Johnson founded the Oakhurst Community String Orchestra, which has survived on private money.

“The word ‘community’ is the key for the survival of the arts in the outlying suburbs,” Johnson said. “The local interest has been phenomenal, with churches holding fundraisers, parishioners holding rummage sales and local folks manning the barbecues at private residences, all collectively raising money for our expenses, to continue supporting the arts.”

Johnson compares the financial struggles of the orchestra to the early days of classical music when subsidies from the wealthy kept the geniuses of the musical world afloat. “ T h e r o ya l f a m i l i e s o f Europe supported artists like Mozart and Haydn, and without them there would be no symphonic masterpieces that we still play today,” Johnson said. “The same goes for the Oakhurst Community String Orchestra.”

Photo courtesy of Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson plays the violin at a wedding with colleague Rich Severson. Johnson plays at churches, schools, weddings and rodeos. Johnson is a member of The Sierra Riders Band who release their second album in December.

The Oakhurst Community String Orchestra consists of 40 players, ranging in age from 9 to 75 years old. The enthusiasm is equal across the board, and the younger ones give Johnson the most hope for today’s generation of players.

“These are the fortunate kids that had parents like mine,” Johnson said. “They were willing to turn off the television, limit the video games and constant internet browsing.”

As a teen, Johnson said he

was fortunate his parents went out of their way to bring music into the home that did not fit the mold of AM/FM radio back in the ‘70s.

“I fell in love with Django Reinhardt, who was the originator of the jazz guitar, as well as Wes Montgomery,” Johnson said. “They paved the way for guys like George Benson and Rich Severson.”

T his discovery led to Johnson mastering a number of instruments over the years, including the guitar, fiddle,

Photo courtesy of Wendy Fisher

Tim Johnson was a violinist for the Fresno Philharmonic and founded the Merced Junior Philharmonic.

mandolin and bass.

“I’m an eclectic player, man. I play jazz, blues, folk, gospel and western,” Johnson said. “My favorite, however, is Stephane Grapelli, the king of jazz violinists,” Johnson said.

Johnson was schooled early on in orchestra. At a young age, he picked up a guitar and then a violin – and alternated playing them. The violin satisfied his classical studies, and, at night, the guitar did the same for his curiosity. Johnson revealed his true passion, playing the violin, and, conducting and performing in a string orchestra.

Johnson is no stranger to orchestras. From 1974-76, he was the concertmaster for the Fresno Junior Philharmonic In 1977, he was hired as a violinist for the Fresno Philharmonic.

In 2006, he founded the Merced Junior Colle ge Orchestra, which existed from 2006-2009 until it ran out of funding.

“It’s just a crying shame to see these kids have to give up the dream, because of the money running out,” Johnson said.

Johnson is pursuing a doctorate in music education from Boston University. He has earned a bachelor’s in business management, specifically music artists. Johnson has played at churches, schools and rodeos. He also has performed at barn dances and private parties.

His original music has been released on CD. Recently “Tim Johnson, American Fiddler,” released in 2007, was nominated for the Western Music Association’s Solo Album of the Year. He performed with the Sons of the San Joaquin

band from 2000 to 2007, ending with a well-received performance at Carnegie Hall.

His current western band, The Sierra Riders, will release its second CD in December, a follows up to its “Live” effort back in 2009. Johnson claims his most prized trophy is The Western Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2007.

“That’s some serious pickin,” Johnson said.

The fall concert season is filling up fast. Johnson hosts the Cowboy Gospel Concerts on Sundays from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church in Oakhurst.

On Sunday, his small class of 20 private students performed various pieces from the classical masters.

“They will get to have a little fun for the finale,” Johnson said. “My pickers will join them for an old fashioned fiddle hoe-down.”

The Sierra Riders Band will perform at a benefit for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue Team in December.

Johnson also will perform with his colleague, Rich Severson, at the Yosemite Jazz Festival, and the historic Sierra Sky Ranch in Oakhurst on Oct. 11.

Johnson also will team up with his old guitar buddy, Jimmy Collier, for the Local Legends tour. It’s a down-home troubadour-style campfire fest on Friday and Saturday nights at the Tenaya Lodge near Yosemite.

Johnson said, “There’s really some excellent entertainment up here in the foothills,” said Johnson. “We just need to get the word out to all of Fresno and beyond.”

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‘Dogs go 1-2 in Fresno State Classic

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian The Fresno State volleyball team (5-4) left the Save Mart Center with a 1-2 record in its only home tournament of the season.

Fresno State lost in five sets to Sacramento State (4-5) on Friday, swept tournament champion UC Davis (4-5) in Saturday’s early game, and lost in a competitive five sets to Utah Valley in its final match of the tournament.

After starting the season with second-place finishes in two tournaments, the Bulldogs played at home for the first time. No team went undefeated in the tournament.

“ T h i s i s o n e o f t h o s e Utah Valley attacks. Murdock weekends where we learned netted two second-set kills to tough lessons,” coach Lauren push the Bulldogs to a 7-2 lead Netherby-Sewell said. in their eventual 25-18 win.

“If it’s going Both players to happen, now combined for is a good time, 21 kills in the his is one of even though we tournament. those weekends really didn’t “We were want it to haptrying to get where we learned tough pen at home.” as many sets lessons.”

After Fresno to them as State won 25-20 possible,” — Lauren Netherby-Sewell, N e t h e r b y against Utah Head volleyball coach Sewell said.

Va l l e y ( 4 - 4 ) , Fresno State “Utah Valley started its seccouldn’t ond set in solid fashion with seem to stop them until late in support from middle blockers the fifth set. When we’re passLauren Albertson and Maci ing well, we’re very difficult to Murdock. defend because we have midAlbertson blocked two early dles that can hit.”

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After Fresno State won the third set 25-15, Utah Valley seemed to regain the offensive rhythm it had in its first set. Powered by outside hitter McKenna Tait’s team-high 17 kills, Utah Valley scored seven unanswered en route to a 22-13 lead.

A 25-17 fourth-set win for Utah Valley forced the game to a fifth and final set.

It was a set that Fresno State, at one point, trailed 10-2.

Despite a late Bulldogs rally to close to within three points, Utah Valley won the set 15-11.

“We saw a few changes, but we were just not sticking to our game plan. We were all over the place,” Murdock said. “I think it’s a good learning lesson for us.”

The Bulldogs demonstrated stout offensive and defensive play in their final tournament match. Four players finished with double-digit kills. Five finished with double-digit digs.

But, despite all the overall solidarity with its serve-andpass game, Fresno State had untimely woes.

The Bulldogs recorded 13 serving errors in the five-set loss. One error came in the pivotal fifth set that helped Utah Valley score its 12th point.

“We just couldn’t get our

serve-and-pass game going, and our confidence was pretty low,” Netherby-Sewell said.

“We just looked like a different team this weekend. It’s a lesson. We’ll figure it out and come back better next week.”

Senior setter Barbara Alcantara was the sole Bulldog to earn all-tournament honors.

Alcantara logged 56 assists and 14 digs in her final tournament match.

“I thought she played consistently,” Netherby-Sewell said.

“She gave us stability and tried to get this team going when things weren’t going well. She was our best, most solid leader throughout the weekend.”

Fresno State will travel to Souther n Califor nia this weekend to par ticipate in the University of San Diego Invitational, its final non-conference tournament of the season.

The Bulldogs will debut in the Mountain West on Sept. 20 at Boise State.

“We didn’t play with the intensity that we played with in the past two weekends,” Alcantara said.

“We still have another tournament next weekend, and it’s going to be another lesson for us. We’re just going to keep working on our fundamentals.”

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Fresno State lost in 3-2 in Saturday’s matchup against Utah Valley. The Bulldogs had a combine 62 kills as a team.

Sports Briefs

By Stephanie Juncker In its third double overtime match of the season, the Fresno State soccer team played to a 2-2 draw against UC Riverside Friday night at Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs’ only two seniors stepped up for the team by scoring both goals.

The ‘Dogs will return to action next Friday as the team travels to Austin, Texas to face the Longhorns at 6 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on the Longhorn Network. The Red Wave’s next opportunity to see `Dogs play in Bulldog Stadium will come against CSU Bakersfield at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21.

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Middle blocker Maci Murdock goes to serve a ball in the Fresno State Classic.

Murdoc had blocks in the match against Utah Valley.

Volleyball Past Game Results 5-4 overall in the Mountain West Conference 08/24/12 at UTEP, W 3-2 08/25/12 vs. Arizona, L 3-0 vs. Idaho State, W 3-0 08/31/12 vs. Cornell, W 3-0 vs. Northern Arizona, L 3-1 09/01/12 at Colorado, W 3-0 09/07/12 vs. Sacramento State, L 3-2 09/08/12 vs. UC Davis, W 3-0 vs. Utah Valley, L 3-2

Next Three Games: 09/14/12 at San Diego 09/15/12 vs. UC Santa Barbara vs. Yale

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LAST FRIDAY...

Women’s soccer tied UC Riverside. The ‘Dogs record is now 0-4-3 SPORTS EDITOR, LUKE SHAFFER • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDU

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

‘Dogs make strong effort, but fall short

The Bulldogs covered the spread against 4th ranked Oregon on their home turf

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian

Although Fresno State was defeated by four th-ranked Oregon, 42-25 Saturday, the ’Dogs showed that they can compete with elite Division I teams.

In a matchup that featured a strong first-half showing

by the Ducks, who put up 35 points, the Bulldogs showed signs of life in the second half.

“I think our guys realize we can play with a lot of teams,” head coach Tim DeRuyter said. “(Oregon) is one of the elite teams in the country. I think we can play with these kinds of teams if we play our game.

Clearly, in the first half we didn’t, but in the second half,

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Quarterback Derek Carr came close to a benchmark 4,000 career passing yards against Weber State in the Sept. 1 matchup, which he broke against Oregon on Saturday.

we got a lot closer to that.”

Ore gon’s of fense, led by quarterback Marcus Mariota, De’Anthony Thomas and Dejon Barner, demolished the ’Dogs’ defense early in the first half.

Running backs Thomas and Barner collected a total of five touchdowns en route to scoring 25 points in the first half alone.

“We were clearly not up to it at the start of the game.

They were coached better. We were out-played, out-coached,” DeRuyter said. “And I think we were a little intimidated coming in.” ’Dogs’ quarterback Derek Carr, running back Robbie Rouse and the wide receivers struggled to find their rhythm offensively in the first two quarters. With only two field goals to show for their efforts, the Bulldogs stalled multiple times against an Oregon defense that played tough in the first half.

“The actual speed of the players is something that we weren’t used to. They’re a fast football team, and you’ve got to give them credit,” DeRuyter said.

Coming into the second half, Fresno State seemed to gain life by stopping Oregon’s potent offense on its first six possessions. With safety Phillip Thomas recovering two of the three fumbles that the Ducks committed, the ’Dogs seemed to gain momentum in the last two quarters of the game.

“We actually did a lot better in the second half. And I think we do better in a faster tempo,” DeRuyter said. “I’m encouraged by how we played in the second half. When our guys realize that, we play the way we’re capable of. We can play with a good football team.”

Although Fresno State was able to do better against Oregon’s defense in the second

Rouse broke the record for most carries in a career on Saturday against the Ducks. He also rushed for 115 yards and is now 78 yards away from tying

half, its offense was unable to muster enough points to mount a comeback. The Bulldogs’ special teams car ried the offense with kicker Quentin

Wide receiver Isaiah Burse catches a ball from quarterback Carr in the Sept. 1 matchup against Weber State. Burse had the only reception touchdown against the Ducks on Saturday.

Bresheares going 4-4 in field goals. However, the ’Do gs offense just couldn’t seem to find the end zone.

“We’ve got to finish drives with touchdowns. We moved the ball well. We’ve got to do a much better job on third down,” DeRuyter said.

The ’Dogs will look to bounce back next week at home against Colorado. DeRuyter hopes that his players will lear n from their mistakes against Oregon, which is a college football juggernaut.

“We challenged (our players) in the second half and they responded and that was encouraging to see,” DeRuyter said. “But we’ve got to come out and play from the start like how we finished. I told these guys that ‘losing sucks!’

There’s no moral decency. We should’ve played well for four quarters.”

During the game, quarterback Carr went over 4,000 yards passing in his career, becoming the 13th Bulldogs quarterback in program history to do so. In addition running back Rouse ran for 27 times for 115 yards and one touchdown. He broke the school record for most carries in a career (665) and is now 78 yards away from tying the school’s all-time rushing record.

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