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Students starting and ending their Uber ride at Fresno State will now be able to get 50 percent off of their ride. Uber and Rockers Against Drunk Driving (RADD) are collaborating “to help make the transition of school easier for students,” said Tracey Breeden, Uber corporate safety spokesperson for the western region. RADD is a nonprofit organization that empowers celebrities and media partners to
create positive attitudes about road safety, according to its website. In order to get a discount, students can use the code, “HOMESAFEFRESNOSTATE” from Thursday to Sunday from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. until Oct. 2. “We understand that college students are moving in,” Breeden said. “They’re getting used to their new school schedule, and we’re just working with RADD to help ease that stress and help students heading back to school have reliable and safe rides.” Uber is a safe and reliable transportation option. Howev-
er, riders should always confirm the driver’s name, photo and license plate before getting in a vehicle, Breeden said. Jon Benevedes, owner of Wahoo’s Fish Tacos at Campus Pointe, is partnered with Fresno State RADD’s reward program. The restaurant provides chips, salsa and an non-alcoholic beverage to designated drivers. Additional restaurants participating in the rewards program are Bobby Salazar’s in Clovis; Cuvée Fresno; Dog House Grill; Neighbors Tap and Cook House; Old Town Saloon; and Thai Fusion.
Benevedes said Uber’s collaboration with RADD promotes having fun, safe nights. “What Uber and RADD are recognizing now is that everyone can go out, they can have fun, can still have a safe night, [and] not endanger anyone,” Benevedes said. Maribel Cruz, a forensic behavioral science major, said students may stay on campus later because of this collaboration. “I think that it will give students more confidence in staying late at school if they have that option,” Cruz said.
Dr. Sam Iacobellis, a Fresno State engineering alumnus who was head of the team that developed the B1-B bomber, died Sept. 3. He was 87. Iacobellis died at a San Luis Obispo hospital from complications due to a stroke, said his son, Sam Iacobellis, in a Los Angeles Times article. Iacobellis graduated from Fresno State in 1952, earning a degree in mechanical engineering. He later obtained a master’s in engineering from UCLA in 1963. Fresno State recognized him as an outstanding alumnus and named him Top Dog in 1982. UCLA honored him as its alumnus of the year in 1980. Iacobellis was the son of Italian immigrants and attended Edison High School, where he was the co-captain of the football team. He was awarded a scholarship to play football at Fresno
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Let Kaepernick protest in peace By Amber Carpenter @shutupambs
Before a preseason game last month, San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem. His decision to sit during “The Star-Spangled Banner” did not go unnoticed, but instead became media wildfire; lifelong fans of the Bay Area football team were posting videos burning the jersey of the once-promising fan favorite and are now instead denouncing him publicly on social media outlets like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Kaepernick cited his reasoning for sitting out the anthem as a form of silent protest for the racial inequalities stemming from
recent episodes of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kaepernick released a statement, saying, “I’m going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me, this is something that has to change. When there’s significant change and I feel that flag represents what it’s supposed to represent and this country is representing people the way that it’s supposed to, I’ll stand.” Soon after Kaepernick’s act of protest, his teammates began to join him. On Sept. 1, 49ers’ safety Eric Reid took a knee alongside the quarterback, and it was from that point on that more and more professional football players, be it the Seahawks or Broncos, joined in the silent protest of our nation’s anthem. It wasn’t until last Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, that the largest set of players
took a knee during the anthem. People’s anger at these small acts of protest baffle me. I don’t understand how one can be faithful to a team and decide that because one player chooses to express his political or social opinions, he becomes subject to jersey burnings and public crucifixions via social media. In the last two years, 15 NFL players were arrested for acts of domestic violence. While some arrests were extremely controversial and crossed over into mainstream media, such as Ray Rice’s February 2014 domestic violence indictment and Adrian Peterson’s September 2014 child abuse charges, I saw no one denouncing the Baltimore Ravens, or publicly shaming the Minnesota Vikings. I saw no one burning jerseys with Rice’s name emblazoned on its back. Instead, I saw dedicated fans con-
tinuing to root for teams with abusers. The only difference between then and now is that instead of turning a blind eye to domestic violence, football fans and other critics of Kaepernick and his colleagues are turning a blind eye to the blatant racism and police brutality happening every single day all over our country, from sea to shining sea. Why are Americans so quick to turn a blind eye to human inequalities, but then dub choosing to take a knee during the national anthem as unpatriotic? If you think that Kaepernick’s act of silent protest is unpatriotic but look past the more than a dozen professional football players charged with domestic violence as recently as two years back, take an inventory of what’s really important.
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Pokémon Go-ing, going, gone! By Marcus Karby @MKarby
When the semester began, Pokémon Go was the new sensation sweeping the nation. Everyone and their dog had downloaded the new mobile app onto their phones and were running around looking for invisible monsters. Lately, most of you have probably noticed fewer and fewer of your peers playing the once popular mobile game. This is a shame, because it brought so many gamers and shut-ins out into the world. These people made real world con-
nections that tech critics have always said were lacking in traditional video games. This game did not make people anti-social, but did the opposite and actually encouraged mingling with others. People would meet in parks, outside of churches and even shady parking lots at two in the morning – but in this instance they were not dealing drugs. This game also subtly assisted in exercising. It had a built-in pedometer that hatched Pokémon eggs after so many steps. I found myself going on walks around town for the first time since I was a little kid. I was having fun and feeling better about
myself. Not to mention that what you are doing in the game is what most Pokémon fans had always wanted; they were able to go and catch Pokémon in the real world. I was overjoyed when I hatched my favorite Pokémon after an hour walk-- a Scyther, a man-sized bug with swords for hands. In the end I grew tired of the game and its repetitive gameplay. You can only throw so many Pokeballs at nonexistent creatures and have them miss before you begin to lose interest. I wish that the gameplay could be fixed to be more rewarding. Within two weeks, I
had already caught a third of the total roster. There needs to be more Pokémon added to the game, allowing people to continue to play for longer without getting so bored. This would also persuade fans of Pokémon to once again try and catch them all. It was a game with so much promise that has failed to live up to its full potential. All those who have stopped playing should give it another shot once programmers fix the issues that consumers may have during gameplay.
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Sam Iacobellis, Fresno State alum, ‘Father of the B1 Bomber,’ dies at 87 ENGINEERING from Page 1 State. He signed with North American Aviation when it was recruiting at Fresno State. The day after graduation, he reported to Los Angeles for work. Iacobellis started out with a drafting board for $1.62 an hour, but that was only the beginning of his career. Iacobellis, who was known as the “Father of the B1-B bomber,” was in charge of creating 100 B-1 bombers after the original B-1 production was canceled in 1977 and revived in the early 1980s by President Ronald Reagan. According to The Los Angeles Times, he was in charge of the effort, creating an entire assembly plant in Palmdale, California, along with a supply network and a trained workforce of 40,000 in less than two years. He served in a major management role in the development and operations of the space shuttle and its main rocket engines.
He retired as a deputy chair of Rockwell after a 43-year career. In 2007, he was at Bulldog Stadium when two B-1B Lancers performed a flyover. Iacobellis was instrumental in creating a relationship between Fresno State and Boeing. The relationship led to the Husband-Boeing Honors Scholarship. The scholarship was established using a $2 million gift from Boeing to honor the late Col. Rick Husband, a Fresno State alumnus who served as commander of the ill-fated Columbia Shuttle. Husband died when the shuttle broke apart during re-entry after a successful 16-day mission, said the Office of University Communications. In May 2016, Iacobellis was invited to be keynote speaker for the Dean’s Medalist Luncheon for Fresno State’s Lyles College of Engineering. Iacobellis is survived by his wife, Helene; his son, Sam Iacobellis Jr.; his daughter, Lee Ann Schantz; and sister, Anna Saladino.
IN BRIEF U.S. News ranks Fresno State as nation’s best public university On Tuesday, U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Best College ranked Fresno State as the nation’s best public university in graduation rate performances. Universities were ranked based on their actual performance as compared to predicted performance based on student demographics, including spending per student, admissions selectivity and the proportion of undergraduates receiving Pell grants, said the Office of University Communications. Fresno State ranks No. 1 for public universities and No. 3 overall After the university’s reclassification as a doctoral university, it joined the top research universities in the nation in rankings produced by the magazine. Fresno State is ranked No. 220 in the first tier out of all schools. In addition to Fresno State, California State University, Fullerton and San Diego State University ranked in the first tier and San Francisco State was place in the second tier. Traveling exhibition to be hosted in Henry Madden Library Henry Madden Library Diversity Committee will host a traveling exhibition, “Native
Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness” Sept. 19 through Oct. 23. The exhibition will display the interconnectedness of wellness, illness and cultural life for Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. A catered free open reception will be held outside the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery on Sept. 23, California Native American Day from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The exhibition will be on display during normal library hours in the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery on the second floor (north wing) of the library. CSU Northridge director to present lecture about Armenian Musa Dagh Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, director of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge will be presenting “On the Trail of My Musa Dagh Ancestry” as part of the fall lecture series of the Armenian Studies Program. The presentation will focus on the history of Armenian Musa Dagh, his ancestors’ birthplace. Shemmassian is the director of the Armenian Studies Program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at CSU Northridge. The lecture will be in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, in Room 191 on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
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Sam Iacobellis holds his first grandson, Otto Schantz. Iacobellis, a Fresno State alumnus, is known as the “Father of the B1 Bomber.”
Fresno State donates blood to save lives By Jessica Johnson @iamjesslj
A three-day event is underway on the Fresno State campus for those wanting to donate blood and register for marrow donations. On Tuesday, the on-campus blood donation and marrow registry drive, “Donate the Seeds of Life,” kicked off at the university’s Residence Dining Hall. September is Blood Cancer Awareness month, and the university is creating awareness and raising donations by hosting the Central California Blood Center and Be The Match. According to the American Society of Hematology, types of blood cancers include: lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma. Jesus Perez, community outreach specialist for Be The Match, said he wants students to know that donating marrow is not as painful or difficult as one might imagine it to be. “It’s 2016. You can keep your bone marrow in your hip. Essentially, 80 percent of our donations through the marrow registry occur through the bloodstream,” said Perez.
Diversity in donations is one of the program’s goals. “Currently, the registry is dominated by Caucasians. They represent about 62 percent of 14 million donors that have registered with Be The Match. For the Hispanic population, we represent about 6-7 percent and percentages drop from there with our mixed or multiple-race donors. They represent about 5 percent of the registry and African-Americans fall right along that percentage,” Perez said. He said the reason for the high percentage of Caucasian donors is because a majority of those with blood-related illnesses were Caucasian in the past. However, that has changed, according to Perez. The benefit of coming to Fresno State’s campus, Perez says, is that students are more willing to hear about new programs and are more receptive to new technologies and procedures. “Many of our cancer patients need the blood products. They undergo many different transfusions throughout their treatment,” Perez said. “So donating blood is very critical for our cancer patients.” “When one donates stem cells or marrow, it can effectively cure the person of that blood disease.
So when we say we call you when we need you is because patients are only in full search through Be The Match,” Perez said. “If the chemotherapy, the radiation and the treatments that the doctor has in his bag do not work; at that point, the doctor informs the patient that 100 percent this disease will kill them unless they find a perfect match on the National Marrow Registry,” Perez said. This event marks the university’s first blood drive and marrow registry of the 2016-2017 academic year. The blood drive and marrow registry is going on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m. Bloodmobile locations are at the University Student Union and at the Maple Mall at the end of the Rose Garden. Multiple bloodmobile locations will be set up so that students, faculty, staff and the public can donate and register efficiently. All donors will receive a buyone-get-one ticket to the Big Fresno Fair, a pint for pint Baskin Robbins voucher and a chance to win tickets to Blink 182 and Mana at the Save Mart Center.
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Highlights from New York Fashion Week By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr
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pant suits. But it was Tom Ford who swept the industry off their feet with the showcase of his ready-to-wear fall 2016 autumn/winter collection. The room illuminated an aura of sophistication and high end fashion as the models walked the square stage from edge to edge. Audience members marveled at the pieces while they enjoyed a glass of sparkling champagne. Ford’s collection brought favorites from seventies formal-wear into a twenty-first century neutral staple color palette of grey, brown, black and white. Men dressed in mustard and auburn turtlenecks beneath suede suits and trench coats. Women wore tight shin length skirts and dresses paired with knee high leather boots. Ford showed little fear in mixing textiles. Both male and female models wore suede, corduroy and leather bottoms were matched together with sequences, patterned, and fringe tops. Fashion Week continues in London on September 16, 2016 starting with designer Teatum Jones.
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Film review: ‘Sully’ reminds us of the beauty of being human By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr
“We all did it. We all survived.” said Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. “Sully,” written by Todd Komarnicki and directed by Clint Eastwood, is a depiction of the U.S. Airways Flight 1549’s emergency landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15 2009. The film made its U.S. premiere on Friday. Sully, Flight 1549’s pilot portrayed by Tom Hanks, and First Officer Jeff Skiles, played by Aaron Eckhart, prepare for another day in the air transporting 155 passengers and crew from New York City to Charlotte, Georgia. Shortly after take-off, the plane collided with a flock of birds, destroying both engines and caused the pilots to quickly assess how they will land the plane safely with limited altitude to work
with. The story is told through a series of flashbacks as both pilots face investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board after a computer simulation suggests that the plane could have made it back to the airport safely. Tom Hanks’s empathetic performance allows audience members to connect with his character beyond the title of an American Hero. He is a human who was just as frightened as the passengers. Watching Sully experience and work through the rush of emotions following the landing makes the character all the more admirable and relatable. While the majority of the country sees him as a hero, the NTSB plants a seed of doubt in the captain’s mind. Media attention gives Sully great cause to be overwhelmed and frustrated with the situation.
Hanks’s character, who remained calm and collected during the panic, slowly begins to question the decisions he made in the air. These emotions seep into the relationship with his wife Lorraine Sullenberger, portrayed by actress Laura Linney. She must grieve and reflect alone from their home in Georgia. Sully experience episodes of PTSD through nightmares, all resulting in Flight 1549 colliding with the Manhattan skyline, while those closest to him remind him that all 155 people survived that day thanks to him. “We did our jobs,” Sully says to First Officer Skiles, “I’m proud of that.” The film is an emotional salute to the human race and the power of banding together in a time of need. As we are taken back to the 208 seconds
Captain Sully has to land the plane, we are shown the response from the Coast Guard, NYPD Divers, NYC Fire/EMT and the Red Cross to get passengers from the freezing water to safety. Watching boat after boat surround the sinking aircraft sent goosebumps up both arms. It was nearly impossible for my eyes not to fill with tears as the boat crew pulled passengers from the rafts, and as volunteer after volunteer wrapped each passenger with a blanket and warm smile. They weren’t tears from sadness or relief. They were tears of amazement-- like when seeing the Valley from the top of a mountain or seeing the ocean for the first time. Watching the human race from all walks of life help one another and bring Flight 1549’ passengers home to their families was breathtaking.
Not a book I could simply shelve away By Selina Falcon @SelinaFalcon
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In “The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City,” Laura Tillman perfectly conveys the dedication, the challenges, the emotional toll and the value that comes with being a journalist. During the early hours of March 11, 2003, in Brownsville, Texas—one of America’s poorest cities—John Allen Rubio and Angela Camacho violently murdered their three young children in their tiny apartment on East Tyler Street. The building, already run-down, became a reminder to the people of Brownsville of the crime that took place there. The community consensus was that it should be torn down. In 2008, reporter Laura Tillman was on assignment when she first stepped into that building. She was to cover the story of a building the community was hoping would be destroyed. Little did she know, the visit would raise questions that would lead her on a six-year investigation into the toll a crime like this can have on a community and the way it can make even someone on the outside question their beliefs. Rubio is a central part of this book. He and Tillman communicated through written correspondence for years while he was in prison. Tillman asked the questions, Rubio answered them. This is how Tillman tries to understand Rubio. Next to chapter nine, which is titled “Don’t Read This Chapter before Going to Bed” and details the murders of the children, perhaps the most haunting part of this book is something Tillman presents to the reader. At this point, Tillman was only communicating with Rubio through letters, and she felt meeting him would offer
something his letters did not. Rubio initially refused an in-person meeting, but after years of written correspondence with Tillman and 10 years after the crime, he agreed. Tillman was about to visit death row and this led to her questioning her own stance on the death penalty, a state’s ability to decide who lives and who dies, and how we play a role, whether we are legally involved in the case or not. She presents to the reader: “I, and you reading this, we are compelled to decide if we want to kill John. I need to look him in the face.” This ultimately leads into a detailed discussion on the death penalty and its history and prompted me to really think about where I stand on the subject. What I found most compelling once I finished this book was my mental and emotional state in the beginning of the book compared with the end and how similar it was to Tillman’s. I read the synopsis of the book before going in, knew the central focus would be the murder of three young children, and instantly knew I wanted this to be a story I could read and push out of my mind once I finished. Tillman too, when talking about tragic crimes, felt this way. She wrote, “It was easier to box them up and store them on a mental shelf of humanity’s worst moments.” As the book progresses, we see Tillman’s investment in the building, the Rubios, and the crime begin to grow. It mirrors our own growing investment. Her emotions reflect our own. As she questions her beliefs, we question ours. “The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts” is entirely engrossing in this respect and by the end of it, I knew this was not a book I could simply shelve away. The narrative of this horrific crime left me like it left Tillman: emotionally invested and questioning my stance on important social issues such as poverty, mental illness and the death penalty.
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DREAMERS
El Dream Success Center pondrá en marcha un programa de mentores By Francisco J. De Leon @Frankiejda
This article is available in English on The Collegian’s website at: http://bit.ly/2cvo0J5 Dreamers o estudiantes AB 540 son dos términos para una población específica en la Universidad de Fresno State y de acuerdo con Gabriela D. Encinas, coordinadora del Dream Success Center, anteriormente conocida como University Migrant Services, este grupo representa aproximadamente más de 800 Dreamers o el 3 por ciento de la población estudiantil de Fresno State a principios del semestre anterior. Hay 109 estudiantes universitarios de primer año este semestre, y gracias a una subvención el Dream Success Center podrá reclutar 20 mentores para los estudiantes de primer año, dijo Encinas. Este programa es uno de dos bajo la nueva iniciativa del Dream Center. Esta iniciativa comenzó el otoño anterior para mejor servir a los estudiantes indocumentados, conocidos como los Dreamers tras la legislación California Dream Act, en búsqueda
de una educación superior y así conseguir la licenciatura. El Dream Success Center siempre busca recursos para ayudar a los Dreamers, ella dijo. Uno de estos recursos logró la creación de una campaña a través de la oficina de desarrollo de Fresno State, mejor conocida como <<Making Dreams Come True>>. Cualquier persona interesada en ser contribuyentes de esta campaña, se puede poner en contacto con Encinas o David Hembree para obtener más información y procedimientos. Estos fondos proporcionan a los Dreamers con becas y otros recursos esenciales para el éxito, dijo la coordinadora. Estudiantes con Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA), pueden tener la oportunidad de estudiar en el extranjero siempre y cuando haya un propósito educativo o razone humanitaria. Encinas les proporcionará a los Dreamers con los recursos legales para hacer de esta posibilidad una realidad. El Dream Success Center tiene las respuestas a muchas de las preguntas y preocupaciones de lo que sucede en las vidas de los Dreamers, dijo Encinas. El plazo de solicitud para ser un mentor es el viernes 16 de septiembre. Estos fu-
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The Dream Success Center is in the Joyal Administration Building at Fresno State.
turos mentores, junto con el Dream Success Center, proporcionarán la retención de los Dreamers y ayudará aumentar la cantidad de Dreamers quienes lograrán graduarse de la universidad. También, les podrá dar las herramientas necesarias para navegar por los diferentes departamentos dentro de Fresno State y en el proceso de solicitar ayuda financiera, ella dijo.
El Dream Success Center está localizado en el edificio de administración Joyal, cuarto n.o 224. Puede ponerse en contacto con Encinas en su línea directa 559-278-1554 o a través de su correo electrónico gencinas@ csufresno.edu. Todos los Dreamers que estén interesados en los recursos disponibles mediante el Dream Success Center pueden visitar el sitio web fresnostate.edu/dsc.
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TRIO, diseñado para el éxito del estudiante de primera generación y la población veterana By Francisco J. De Leon @Frankiejda
This article is available in English on The Collegian’s website at: http://bit.ly/2cMfCCK TRiO es un programa de servicios de apoyo estudiantil el cual asiste los estudiantes de primera generación, bajos ingresos, discapacidad física o de aprendizaje y veteranos quiénes son ciudadanos de los estados unidos o residentes permanentes. Este programa tiene una meta específica de ayudar a los estudiantes universitarios completar su meta de graduarse. Eluterio Escamilla, director del programa TRiO, también fue estudiante universitario de primera generación y reconoce muchas de las circunstancias, las cuales todavía afectan a los estudiantes en la actualidad. “Mi padre no obtuvo una educación y mi madre sólo alcanzó el sexto grado. Ambos eran trabajadores de campo y su expectativa de nosotros fue que no fuéramos como ellos”, dijo el. Escamilla ha dedicado 20 años al sector de educación, en donde ha ayudado a estudiantes con diversas experiencias y edades. Este programa ofrece un ambiente positivo y bienvenido para los estudiantes recién expuestos al estilo de vida de la población universitaria. TRiO está localizado en Lab School, Cuarto n.o 9.
Los estudiantes de TRiO también podrán utilizar el cuarto inmediatamente a lado, Lab School Cuarto n.o 10, para acceso rápido al laboratorio de computación. Aquí los estudiantes de TRiO tendrán acceso para imprimir cualquier documento necesario, acceder a su correo electrónico y tener acceso al internet. También tienen la oportunidad de solicitar cualquier texto requerido en los cursos matriculados. Además, TRiO tiene sus propios consejeros académicos disponibles para guiar a los estudiantes. “Tenemos una situación única aquí, en esta universidad nuestra población de veteranos es más o menos parecida, en cantidad, a nuestra población de estudiantes”, dijo Escamilla. TRiO tambien tiene lo que se llama Sesiones de Aprendizaje con Almuerzo, en las cuales los mentores del programa y los mentores veteranos tienen talleres interactivos con los estudiantes. Algunos de los mentores en cierto punto también fueron estudiantes de TRiO. En la actualidad, el programa cuenta con un límite de inscripción de 200 estudiantes para TRiO y 120 para los estudiantes veteranos. La inscripción aún está abierta. Para utilizar todos los recursos por parte de TRiO, los estudiantes primero deben ir a Lab School cuarto n.o 9.
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THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
By Daniel Gligich @DanielGligich
DG: How did it feel to get two touchdowns in the home opener against Sacramento State? KJ: It felt great. It’s a good start
to the year to be able to do that at home in front of the fans. It’s going better than last year. DG: What’s the difference from this year to last year with your game? KJ: I’m doing much better this
Name: KeeSean Johnson #3
year. I’m feeling much better with my play. I like what our coaches are doing. They know how to spread the ball around and get a great game plan together. I’m very comfortable in the system. DG: What do you do to prepare for the games? KJ: Nothing special. I just watch a lot of film and practice. I listen to music before each game to get myself ready. DG: What’s it like to see Davante Adams play at your high school, here at Fresno State and now in the NFL? KJ: Davante’s like a cousin to me; he’s a close family friend.
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I talk to him all the time, and it’s great to see his success and to follow everything he’s been doing. DG: Why did you come to Fresno State? KJ: Davante was a big part of it. We were winning a lot when I was recruited, and this was one of the bigger offers I got. Coach (Tim) DeRuyter was great, so I was very happy he offered me a scholarship. DG: What does it mean to you to be a Bulldog? KJ: It means a lot. Just to go out there on the field and represent the school and the community is great.
Year & Major: Sophomore, Undeclared
Sport & Position: Football, WR
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Hometown: Palo Alto, California
FRESNO STATE BASEBALL
Aaron Judge, from Fresno to the Bronx
John Sleezer • Kansas City Star
The New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge, right, is congratulated by Brian McCann in front of Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez after Judge hit a two-run home run in the second inning on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
By Daniel Gligich @DanielGligich
Aaron Judge stepped into the batter’s box for the first time as a major-leaguer in Yankee Stadium. He was excited and nervous. He found himself in a two-strike count. The pitcher threw a changeup and he swung. Four hundred and forty six feet later his first hit landed well past the center field wall.
The night before, Judge was eating dinner with his parents after a game for the Yankees’ Triple A team. A half-hour after midnight, his manager walked over and told him to hurry up. Judge had to be in New York later that morning. “When I got told, it was pretty crazy,” Judge said in a phone interview. Judge was called up along with teammate Tyler Austin, with
whom he had played for a few years in the minors. On Aug. 13, they joined the senior team in the Bronx. Austin was batting seventh in the order, with Judge at eighth. “Tyler Austin was in front of me making his debut as well,” Judge said. As he was waiting in the on deck circle, Judge saw Austin hit a home run in his first at bat. Judge did not expect to follow Austin in similar fashion. “I’m just trying to make contact,” Judge said. He started his time in New York with a bang and has held his own as the starting right fielder. Judge and fellow rookie teammates Austin and Gary Sanchez have been dubbed the “Baby Bombers” and continue to live up
to the nickname. Yankees manager Joe Girardi is excited to have Judge on the team and was impressed with his first home run. “It’s a special shot,” Girardi said in the postgame press conference as he laughed when recalling how far it travelled. Judge was drafted from Fresno State by the Yankees with the thirty-second pick in the 2013 draft. He starred with the Bulldogs in right field from 2011-2013, often showing off the power that comes from his 6-foot-7-inch frame. Judge is thankful for the opportunities given to him by the university and head baseball coach Mike Batesole. He cherishes the relationship he has with his former coach and stays in touch with him regularly. Batesole was anticipating Judge’s call-up to the Yankees. “It was really cool,” Batesole said. “I never got to play in the big leagues, but every time one of my guys gets there it feels like a tiny piece of me does.” Batesole said he scrambled to see him play right away. “I was about to get on a plane the next day and go to New York, and I looked at the schedule and said, ‘What the heck, in a couple days they’re coming to Anaheim’,” he said. Batesole spent the weekend series in Anaheim with Judge, spending time with him during batting practice. Batesole said it was special to see Judge in his element. The weekend before was when Judge played for the first time,
and Batesole was following it. Batesole was ecstatic when Judge came up to the plate for the first time and hit that home run. “I haven’t yelled at the TV that loud in a long time. That was beautiful,” he said. Batesole knew Judge was special when he coached him at Fresno State. “I thought he should’ve been the first player taken in the whole draft,” Batesole said. Batesole said Judge has the makeup and character to stick in New York. “It’s rare to have a kid that’s that tough and still has that big beautiful smile that he has,” Batesole said. Judge is appreciative of Batesole for his help on and off the field. “He brought me in and taught me so many things about the game of baseball, but also he always emphasized more importantly to be a better person,” Judge said. Judge enjoyed his time at Fresno State and said the classes and the environment of the school helped develop him. “I can’t thank Fresno State enough for the opportunity it gave me,” Judge said. Judge’s time in New York has not been flawless - he struggles with strikeouts, though he is constantly learning and trying to improve. Batesole said Judge should be fine with the strikeouts and will work through it. “He’s just a rookie kid learning,” Batesole said. “He’ll get through those growing pains.” The Yankees are in the middle of the playoff race, but were not expected to be there after some midseason trades. The Yankees traded four veterans and decided to call up young prospects such as Judge. “To get the opportunity to get called up with a couple guys and be in this race and try to impact this team is great,” Judge said. “We’re just a couple games out, we’ve got to take it a day at a time.”
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
NEW ATHLETIC PROGRAMS
State introduces women’s water polo, welcomes back wrestling By Marina McElwee @MarinaMashelle
Now that Team USA has won its second Olympic gold medal in water polo in backto-back fashion, there is no denying that the sport is getting a spotlight it has never had before. Athletic Director Jim Bartko recognized the trend and decided to hire head coach Natalie Benson and assistant coach Caitlin Haskell to start the first-ever Fresno State women’s water polo team. Bartko’s hiring of new coaches did not end there as he also brought in two new coaches to head a revived wrestling program: head coach Troy Steiner and assistant coach Israel Silva. Benson grew up in Southern California and started playing water polo when she was 14 years old. “I played softball for quite a bit, but as time passed, I decided that water polo was more fun,” she said. Benson went on to play at UCLA and won three national championships with her team. She competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a bronze and a silver medal. After her Olympic career, Benson knew she could not give up on the sport. “After having my children, I needed to cut some things out of my life, and I knew I couldn’t let go of water polo,” Benson said. “I started coaching to find out if I liked it, if I could be any good at it and to see if I could recruit.” Benson said taking the position at Fresno State not only keeps her close to her family, but also makes her feel part of something special. “Being able to start a program in a school with such great spirit that really loves their athletics is really exciting to me,” Benson said. Benson said getting Fresno State on the map in the water polo world is going to be a challenge. “Nobody knows who we are. People have heard of Fresno State but not in the context of water polo,” Benson said. “But people who come here to play water polo will be in the history books, they will be the first to blaze the trail.”
Benson said she will be recruiting all over California to put together the best team she can, but said she hopes to get some local talent, as well. But it’s not all about winning. Benson said the quality of the players is important as their attitudes toward the sport. “We added this program for the kids in the Central Valley, so they can stay home and represent their hometown,” Benson said. “But we want to make sure we win with the right people. It doesn’t end with gold medals and trophies. It’s about the kind of person you become when experiencing these things.” Benson and Haskell worked together in 2011 when they coached for the same club water polo program. Haskell recently moved to Fresno from the University of Michigan where she coached the women’s water polo team. Most collegiate water polo players come from southern or northern California, and Central Valley kids are seen as the underdogs. Haskell was one of the few kids from Fresno to play water polo for a Division I school. “I’m tired of coaches saying, ‘Oh no, that kid is from the Central Valley’,” Haskell said. “Being a part of this program gives me an opportunity to change that stigma.” As a Buchanan High School graduate, she said coaching at Fresno State is her way to give back. “Although my upbringing here wasn’t the complete package I needed for the sport, this was my way to getting back to the youth here,” Haskell said, “I am able to provide them with a coaching skill that can catapult them to the next level.” By coaching at Fresno State, Haskell says she is able to create opportunities that she and her colleagues never had growing up in the Central Valley. “To be able to put a Bulldog on the pool deck at a high school tournament and say this is an opportunity for you is so exciting,” Haskell said. “Going back to these pools I used to compete at and say Fresno State is an option is really cool because I didn’t have that option when I was there.” Benson and Haskell have a list of potential athletes to fill their roster and will continue to scout over the next year until the program debut in Spring of 2018.
Meanwhile upstairs in the North Gym is an old weight room with outdated equipment and harsh lighting. Next door is a soft-padded training facility that once was home to the Fresno State wrestling team. That site has been empty for a few years and was used by other athletic teams for practices since the wrestling team dissolved in 2006. But now that Steiner and Silva are settled in, they are ready to revamp the room and bring wrestling back to campus. Steiner spent the last 10 years coaching at Oregon State University but said he couldn’t say no to the opportunity to bring back the Fresno State wrestling program. “I knew about the Fresno area because I’ve recruited here,” Steiner said. “When I was offered the position, I knew it would be hard to turn down.” Steiner said bringing the program back to the Valley will give high school students more opportunities. “I’m excited for the people in this Valley and the people that fought hard to bring wrestling back,” Steiner said. “I’m even more excited for the kids in this area to have a home program and stay here and compete.” The wrestling team will be an NCAA Division I program, and the Big 12 has reached out to Steiner to join its conference. Silva said bringing a Division I program back is rare.
“It is very uncommon to bring wrestling back to a university,” Silva said. “It is our responsibility to do it right.” Silva was a two-time NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Division I qualifier and competed internationally for eight years. Steiner was his coach when he competed in the World Championships. After he finished competing, Silva knew he wasn’t done with the sport just yet. “Coaching at the college level was always a goal of mine,” Silva said. Silva and Steiner will travel the country to recruit the best wrestlers for the new team, but they may not have to go far. “Two of the top five high school wrestling programs in the country are right here--Buchanan High School and Clovis High School,” Silva said. “Our surrounding area could be creating champions.” Silva said the wrestling facility in the North Gym will be redone and equipped with new mats and locker rooms. “It will be comparable to some of the top teams in the country,” Silva said. As prepared as the coaches are, Steiner said they still need the fans’ help. Fresno State wrestling begins in 2018 and will compete at the Save Mart Center. “People fought hard for this, but we can’t stop now,” Steiner said. “The job is far from finished. We brought this thing back, but now we have to be supported.”
Mid-week recap
FALL SPORTS By Jenna Wilson @fsjennawilson
Men’s Golf The Fresno State men’s golf team teed up the season on Monday in its first 54-hole round at Olympic Club Golf Course in San Francisco. Reigning Mountain West individual champion,Trevor Clayton tied for tenth overall in the USF Olympic Invitational posting an overall score of 3-over-par (216) and claiming his fifth career top 10 finish in just 13 tournaments as a Bulldog. Fellow Bulldogs, Justin Avery (+7) and Greg Gildea (+7) tied for 19th out of 74 participants. Fresno State finished tied for seventh among 14 schools. The ‘Dogs continue their season at the Courtesy of Fresno State Athletics Ram Masters Invitational Sept. 19 to 20 in Trevor Clayton tees off on the green during the Fort Collins, Colorado. USF Olympic Invitational at the Olympic Club golf course in San Francisco, California
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Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro poses alongside newly announced Water Polo coach Natalie Benson.
Women’s Golf Women’s golf also kicked off their season on Monday at the Fort Collins Country Club in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic. The Bulldogs were down two members due to their participation in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championships and did not compete as a team at the Classic. Joanna Kim, Kristen Simonsen and Samantha Spencer teed off the 2016-2017 season playing as individuals. Simonsen led the ‘Dogs, shooting 12over par (228) after 54 holes with two birdies on the second day. She tied for 33rd among 86 participants. Kim ended the two-day invitational 15over par (231) and tied for 42nd overall. At 25-over par (241), Spencer placed 79th. The team returns to action on Oct. 3 to 4 at the Johnnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri.
Volleyball The volleyball team defeated Fresno Pacific for the fourth straight meeting in an exhibition match on Monday night at the Save Mart Center, sweeping the Sunbirds 3-0. The ‘Dogs won the individual sets: 2519, 25-21, 25-17 and outhit the Sunbirds .327 to .262. Senior outside hitter Aleisha Coates led the team with a high of 14 kills in the match along with eight digs, two service aces and a couple of assists. Redshirt freshman setter Madelyn Halteman added 39 assists in the Bulldogs victory. “I think offensively we are a very strong and teams will have to defend across the net and will not be able to key on certain players,” said head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell. The ‘Dogs (8-2) host the UC Irvine Anteaters (3-7) on Thursday in their final non-conference match at the Save Mart Center at 6 p.m.