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Grants to be used for Barstow bike lanes

By Nadia Pearl @nadia_pearl_

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

The Fresno Grizzlies’ mascot Parker the Bear stands at the podium during a press conference at Chukchansi Park, Thursday. During the press conference it was announced that the Fresno Grizzlies signed a 2-year player development contract with the Houston Astros.

GIANT SWITCH The Fresno Grizzlies now affiliated with Astros

By Ricardo Cano @Ricardo_Cano1

The Fresno Grizzlies have signed a two-year contract to become the Houston Astros’ top minor league affiliate, ending a 17-year partnership with the San Francisco Giants that produced two World Series championships.

The move, prompted after the Giants decided to tap the Sacramento Rivercats as their Triple-A affiliate, was announced during a Thursday afternoon press conference at Chukchansi Park.

Grizzlies executives touted the partnership with Houston and said the switch would help

field a more competitive team as top prospects like shortstop Carlos Correa and pitcher Mark Appel move their way up the farm system.

“We’re very excited about this opportunity because the Astros have top minor league system and a top farm club,” Derek Franks, Grizzlies vice president of business operations, said as Parker, the team mascot stood in the background wearing a Grizzlies jersey with an Astros arm patch.

“We couldn’t be any happier with the outcome. We’re thrilled for the next chapter of Fresno Grizzlies baseball.”

The Astros, boasting a farm system that has

See GRIZZLIES, Page 6

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The long-term plan to construct an extended bikeway along Barstow Avenue shifted up a gear after the university recently received two new grants for the project.

The bikeway, which is part of Fresno State’s Master Plan, will eventually see bicycle paths on both the north and south sides of Barstow Avenue between Cedar and Willow avenues.

The two recent grants will help fund the north side path between Cedar and Chestnut avenues, specifically. CALTRANS Active Transportation Plan awarded $872,000; meanwhile, the Fresno Council of Government’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program granted $570,000 in federal funds.

“Barstow is a narrow, aging, urban road and it is a major renovation to build modern bikeways on it,” said Dr. Gillisann Harootunian, director of university initiatives and projects.

As well as contributing to the broader goal of “greening the campus,” Harootunian said the bikeway is critical in connecting the wider bikeway systems of both Fresno and Clovis.

“It’s a very important leg in the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan bikeways,” Harootunian said. “It transforms the university from being a barrier of commuter bicycling to being a major access route.”

Thomas Gaffery, Fresno State’s parking and transportation manager, also said the connection will prove critical in eliminating the “black hole” that is Barstow Avenue between the two bikeway systems.

The bikeway will connect with Fresno’s Sugar Pine Trail and eventually Clovis’s Old Town Trail, Gaffery said. The city of Clovis has plans to create a future trail on Willow Avenue between Shaw and Bullard avenues

See BIKE LANES, Page 3

Senate passes stopgap budget, aid for Syrian rebels Before leaving Washington DC to focus on the midterm elections, Congress passes bill funding government and ISIS opposition

By William Douglas

McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON—Moving quickly on the heels of the House of Representatives, the Senate grudgingly approved a measure Thursday that gives President Barack Obama the authority to train and arm Syrian rebels to combat the Islamic State and provides funding to keep the federal government open through mid-December.

Like their House counterparts, several senators questioned the viability of Obama’s strategy. They also complained

that with the short-term budget bill, lawmakers were once again kicking serious budgetary questions down the legislative calendar.

But with the Islamic State’s threat rising and control of the Senate up for grabs, senators swallowed their concerns and voted 78-22 for the overall budget bill before heading home to campaign in the final weeks before November’s elections. There was no separate vote on the training of Syrian rebels.

“It is not perfect, that’s for sure,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said of the bill. “But no legislation is.”

The narrowly crafted Syria language gives Obama the power to train and equip vetted Syrian rebels against the Islamic State. The authorization expires in mid-December, dovetailing with the budget bill’s expiration date.

Administration officials must report to Congress on the progress of the strategy and how it fits into a larger plan to combat the Islamic State. The measure contains language that prevents Obama from expanding the training strategy into a battle that involves U.S. troops without congressional approval.

The provision doesn’t include any of the $500 million Obama has requested, though it allows the Pentagon to submit requests to Congress to redirect money and allows the

See BUDGET, Page 3

Olivier Douliery • Abaca Press (MCT)

President Obama reacts after the U.S. Senate approved his plan for training and arming moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State militants on Thursday at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Avoiding Iraq War III

By Troy Pope @darktroy

No boots on the ground – for now.

Whether you know it or not, or whether you choose to believe it, the United States is in a state of war. We’re not at war with any specific nation, but with an entity – an organization – a terrorist group.

Not since President George W. Bush’s “War on Terror” have we seen a conflict happen for ideological reasons and to stop an imminent “threat.”

These “evil doers” are calling themselves the Islamic State. You may know them as ISIS, or ISIL as President Barack Obama calls them, but suffice it to say that they are bad people doing bad things.

Now, while it seems clear that ISIS is a threat, we need to be ever-vigilant with what we allow our government to do in response.

No one wants to see more beheadings of Americans, or anyone for that matter, but another thing our country does not need is another pointless ground war.

Remember, most of the casualties we suffered during the second Iraq war happened after President Bush rolled in on his jet and declared victory.

The War on Terror proved one thing that President Obama needs to clearly understand and acknowledge: you can never rid the world of violent extremism or people with guns that hate America.

The second Iraq war made it seem like our government thought this was an attainable goal and even convinced us of that fact.

It isn’t attainable. And now, after we pulled out of Iraq, we are cleaning up the mess we made by going there in the first place.

President Obama stated that he has no

intention of deploying combat troops into Iraq and Syria, the places where ISIS has a seemingly unstoppable presence, but instead has begun an air-strike campaign against the terrorist group.

Furthermore, we’ll have specialists training the Iraqi military to fight ISIS. But that could easily start an escalation to the point where we have to respond with more military on the ground in the region.

Don’t think so? What happens when the people we’re training come under fire? Do our specialists stand there and let the Iraqis fight? No, of course not; we fight.

‘Murica!

Once our specialists come under fire, which they probably will at some point, we’ll end up having to send in additional troops to support their position. And it won’t take long until we’re in an all out ground war with ISIS. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated that we may need to send in additional ground forces if our current campaign does not prove effective.

We’re on a slippery slope to that inevitability.

What can we do? We need to let our president know that we don’t want another ground war.

President Obama, or the next president, will go on television and tell us how we need to send troops to defend our citizens, to protect freedom. If it’s anything like President Bush’s “weapons of mass destruction” propaganda regarding Saddam Hussein prior to the U.S. invading Iraq in 2003, we’ll buy what he or she is selling.

We cannot let it come to this again.

America cannot always render aid in these situations and keep acting as the world’s

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big brother.

ISIS needs to be stopped – that much is clear – but right now they are not a direct threat to American shores. That could change, but it’s going to take time for that to happen. Lending aid via air strikes is perfectly fine. It keeps American casualties to a minimum.

Many of us lost loved ones in the previous war or know someone who did. There’s no need for this to happen again.

The United States kept out of World

War II for a long time. It wasn’t until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 that we finally declared war.

This is not to say that we should wait until we’re attacked, but since they don’t have an air force, they don’t pose a true threat for the moment.

It’s easy to get swept up in the fearmongering Washington likes to doll out, so listen closely to what our government tells us we should believe, and try to make a smarter decision than we made in 2003.

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Electric car chargers to be installed near Save Mart BIKE LANES from Page 1 that will connect with the Old Town Trail.

Gaffery said the university plans to start design in March for the north side segment between Cedar and Chestnut avenues.

The bikeway will also provide students and faculty with an alternative to driving, something that will lessen traffic congestion and benefit the environment, Harootunian said.

Another project aimed at greening the campus is the installation of an electric vehicle charging station. Scheduled to open in September 2015, will see six EV stations, including two rapid chargers that will be the first of its kind in the Valley.

The chargers will be located in parking lot P2, west of the Save Mart Center. Gaffery said this location means it will benefit students and faculty, as well as the public. Being adjacent to Highway 168, CALTRANS will erect signs on the highway alerting citizens of the charging stations availability.

Dr. Hongwei Dong, professor in the department of geography and city and regional planning, said the university could take the

lead in sustainability in the city.

“We have more than 20,000 students,” Dong said. “If a significant amount of students, proportionate to the student body, rides a bicycle, that reduces a lot of traffic, saves a lot of energy and reduces pollution.”

Gaffery also hopes to generate an increase in bike ridership. He said with 10 percent of the university’s population living within one mile of campus, riding a bicycle should be more convenient than the driving a car to campus.

Yet Dong, a regular bike commuter to campus via, said there needs to be a “change to people’s perceptions” about riding, as many people are intimidated by the roads around campus.

“I do believe the university should have more efforts to have students and faculty members ride bicycles,” he said.

In order to see the bikeway project completed, Gaffery said the university gave up agricultural land along Willow Avenue from Sierra to Barstow avenues.

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has also awarded two other past grants for the project, valued at close to $200,000, Harootunian said.

Obama: bill a victory BUDGET from Page 1 State Department to accept foreign contributions.

Obama called it a victory nonetheless.

“The House and the Senate have now voted to support a key element of our strategy,” he said Thursday evening. “The strong bipartisan support in Congress for this new training effort shows the world that Americans are united in confronting the threat from (the Islamic State), which has slaughtered so many innocent civilians.”

The overall budget bill will continue to fund federal government programs and services at its current rate of $1.012 trillion until Dec. 11 and extends the life of the federal Export-Import Bank, which was set to expire Sept. 30, through June 2015.

But many lawmakers were unhappy that Congress is leaving un-

til Nov. 12 after taking five weeks off this summer and then returning for eight days.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, was blunt Thursday on why the House and Senate decided to do a short-term budget bill.

“We’re in the closing hours before the Senate takes a recess for the fall elections,” Mikulski said.

“We want to make sure that we could provide funding and make sure that the government will not be shut down and that after the election we can return and do due diligence and pass this in a more comprehensive way.”

The bill had the rare bipartisan blessings of Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Still, many senators weren’t pleased with the choices – or lack thereof – that they faced Thursday.

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Dr. Jeffrey Cummins introduces the panel of professors that will discuss “Presidents, Foreign Policy and the U.S. Role in International Conflict” in observation of Constitution Day on Wednesday.

Constitution Day panel discusses foreign policy in the Middle East

By Briana Montemayor @brimonte_carlo

Fresno State celebrated Constitution Day Wednesday by hosting a campus forum to discuss the constitutionality of America’s foreign policy actions in the Middle East.

Constitution Day, formerly known as Citizenship Day, was established by a law passed by Congress in 2004 which mandates that all publicly funded institutions provide educational programming on Sept. 17.

Three campus experts participated in the forum, held in the Satellite Student Union, to discuss the “president’s foreign policy and the U.S. role in international conflict.” The event was hosted and organized by Dr. Jeffrey Cummins, a professor of political science.

Dr. Ethan Kyle, a professor of history, and Dr. Alfred Evans and Dr. Russell Mardon, professors of political science, spoke from their points of expertise about the government and military operations against the Islamic

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Kyle, a 19th century history expert, explained the similarities and differences of this military operation as compared with the Mexican-American War in 1846.

Unlike then-President James Polk, President Barack Obama has been reluctant to commit troops to the conflict.

“President Obama hasn’t approached the current crisis in this sort of way. He is not seeking out this conflict,” said Kyle.

Mardon, the second speaker at the forum, attempted to answer the question of who gets to decide to go to war? According to Mardon, the Constitution is “ambiguous” about that decision.

“Predominantly, presidents decide,” said Mardon.

The decision to go to war should rest with Congress, but that authority has been “captured” by the president, he said, pointing out that Congress has not declared war in the traditional sense since 1942.

Congress attempted to rein in the president’s military authority in 1973 after the Vietnam War by passing the War Powers Act. This act put time limits on military operations conducted by the president without congressional approval.

While the Obama administra-

tion claims that it already has the necessary congressional approval that it needs to attack the Islamic State, Mardon said constitutionally the president should still seek approval for this conflict.

And, as Mardon said, he should do it quickly before the midterm elections when some analysts say Democrats may lose their control of the Senate.

The final speaker was Evans, who spoke on the nature of Obama’s foreign policy.

“The invasion in Iraq by the United States and its allies was to transform Iraq into a democracy,” Evans said. “This was their main vision behind the invasion of Iraq.”

However, he said the vision of a democracy in Iraq is now a mess and the attempt of a transformation has failed.

He also said every American president chooses a mixture of realism and ideological thinking. He used Obama as an example, saying his realism shows up when he is talking about the means of trying to achieve the goals of foreign policy.

All three speakers stayed after their speeches to answer any questions that the audience had.

Students were also encouraged to register to vote and were offered pocket Constitutions.

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‘Real Men Sing’ at Fresno State Middle school and high school male vocalists converged on campus to perform and learn from Fresno State choir students

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

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he once-popular TV show “Glee” placed a spotlight on high school choir groups and Fresno State’s Real Men Sing and Real Middle Men Sing concerts intend to do the same.

Started in 2002, by Dr. Anna Hamre, director of choral activities, the Central California Men’s Choir Festival is comprised of middle school and high school males taking in part in what they do best—singing.

Over 200 middle school students and around 400 high school students participate, said Dr. Tony Mowrer, chair of the music department.

Leading them and sometimes inspiring them through their own performances are Fresno State’s own male choir vocalists, said Hamre. The student ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) chapter and local music fraternity Gamma P, chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, participate as organizers and choir directors for the young male singers.

Aaron Burdick, choral assistant for the program, also knows how instrumental these performances are in reaching possibly future Fresno State students to join the music department.

Burdick, who grew up being involved in school choirs, said the students’ feedback resonates with how the prospect of joining a choir can be sometimes intimidating for the students and Fresno State’s choir performances show them what’s possible inside of the world of choir groups, even if it may be outside of social norms.

“Exposing young kids to these mature choirs is important,” said Burdick. “Specifically, a really good men’s choir especially for a lot of younger guys, because I mean when you’re younger, some kids get teased or it’s just not the ‘cool’ thing to do (being in choir).”

Not only is it beneficial to the middle and high school students who visit the music department and apply their lessons from Fresno State faculty, but in turn, Fresno State choir students also learn a thing or two, said Mowrer.

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Guest clinician Frank F. Eychaner, directs and advises over 200 middle schools from across the Central Valley on Thursday in the Concert Hall.

“Our students see something of how to work with voice development and they also are involved in the organizational process and that’s incredibly valuable for their profession of understanding what’s going on behind the scenes,” said Mowrer. “Or in many cases it helps develop leadership, it’s multifaceted for what directly involved students pick up.”

Guest clinician Frank F. Eychaner, the director of choral studies at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and coaches Mark Lanford and Dan Bishop were also on hand to guide and teach the singers on Thursday and Friday.

Although the Real Middle Men Sing concert took place on Thursday, the Real Men Sing performance will be held in the Concert Hall at noon on Friday.

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Cross Cultural Festival brings diverse talent Festival caps Cross Cultural Celebration Week with a social filled with music and food

Logan Downing • The Collegian

Gabe Gutierrez, third in the amateur division at the World Latin Dance Cup, teaches salsa lessons at the Cross Culture Celebration Week Festival held in the Memorial Garden Thursday night.

Correction: In a photo of the Sept. 15 story ‘The Normal Hart’ the bottomleft photo identified an actor as Auggie Hernandez. The correct name of the actor is Dylan Curtis.

Logan Downing • The Collegian

The Malaysian Student Organization performs the Lion Dance for the Cross Culture Celebration event at the Memorial Garden on campus Thursday night.

ERTAINMENT THE BREW

REVIEW

By Troy Pope @darktroy

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raft beer is a term used to describe American brews made in a less mass produced way than a Budweiser or Coors--but really, you could call any beer a craft.

California has some of the best breweries in the world.

You don’t have to go far to find some amazing beer.

One of my favorite breweries resides in Turlock, California. Its name: Dust Bowl.

Although the they produce several different kinds of beer, what you’ll find in Fresno stores are mostly IPAs. Beer enthusiasts, especially IPA enthusiasts, find it hard to narrow down their favorite IPA. At most, you’ll get an IPA enthusiast to list his top 10. Dust Bowl, assuming a he knows it, will probably make his list.

Here are three of Dust Bowl’s IPAs that you can find bottled and on draft around Fresno.

Hops of Wrath

  Dust Bowl’s most known IPA, Hops of Wrath delivers just what you’d expect. Hops.

Remember, hops are what give brews their sharply bitter flavor.

This beer is a must-have for any IPA lover. At 6.6 per-

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A look at the Turlock brewery, Dust Bowl

cent alcohol by volume, Hops of Wrath won’t knock you on your butt after having just one, but your senses will be shaken. The strength of the hops in this brew are high; with a name like Hops of Wrath it should be.

Strong in flavor, this beer will not disappoint anyone looking for a solid IPA.

Son of Wrath

  My personal favorite Dust Bowl brew. Son of Wrath is the successor to Dust Bowl flagship Hops of Wrath. While its predecessor is a single IPA, this beer is a double IPA. With double IPAs, you will almost always find a higher alcohol content. This brew is weighs in at 9.5 percent ABV, but can be dangerous for more reasons than just that alone.

One of the most appealing aspects of Son of Wrath is its incredible smoothness. When you take a drink of this beer, the sharp hop flavor is absent and instead is far more subtle. Since the high amount of hops usually makes an IPA less harder to drink, the fact that this beer is smooth means that it goes down much easier and much quicker.

A 9.5 percent ABV beer shouldn’t be as easy to drink as this is, so do your best to avoid drinking this too quickly or bad things might happen.

Therapist

 Therapist doesn’t mess around. The name pretty much speaks for itself.

The beer’s slogan, “No appointment necessary,” makes a joke about solving your problems with beer: a joke I would never make. At a whopping 10.4 percent ABV, this imperial IPA means business.

At this high percentage, there is one reprieve to the fear of over-drinking: this beer is NOT easy to drink. It will give you a slap in the face and then say “you’re welcome.”

The hops in this beer are overwhelming. If you love IPAs, you’ll love this beer. If you don’t, then be prepared for Therapist because it’s going to destroy your mouth. You won’t taste anything but hops for quite a while.

This beer is delicious, but definitely not for casual drinking.

Dust Bowl has many other beers to choose from, some of which are harder to get in Fresno right now. Black Blizzard is a pretty amazing imperial stout, and Super Tramp is the best, and probably the only, strawberry wheat beer I’ve ever had. If you see these gems in a store, pick them up as well.

You’ll be happy to know that it’s almost impossible to find a beer from Dust Bowl that isn’t great. So try something new; you’ll be impressed.

Film Review: ‘This Is Where I Leave You’

By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

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nsemble dramedies can either be overstuffed with running gags, overt displays of “love” or overdramatic climaxes, and “This Is Where I Leave You” straddles on the edge of being just that.

Shawn Levy, who last brought us the highly forgettable free Google advertisement campaign, “The Internship,” does a fair job of providing enough screen time for the well-rounded cast’s attempt to execute Jonathan Tropper’s screenplay adaptation of his novel.

Performances by Jason Bateman, Adam Driver, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda and Rose Byrne bring natural talent, not caricatures to their prototypical characters. The story falls on four siblings composed of Corey Stoll (of “House of Cards” fame), Fey, Bateman and Driver summoned to sit shiva for their dead father. For those who aren’t Jewish, sitting shiva is a week long period in which family members gather at one house and mourn together.

The eldest and most intense sibling Paul (Stoll) worked with his father in the family sporting goods business; the youngest, Philip (Driver) is a reckless playboy, who brings his latest girlfriend— a wealthy middle-aged psychologist (Connie Britton) and sister Wendy (Fey), (almost) appears to be the most functional of

the lot. Matriarch Hilary (Fonda) is a celebrated child psychologist who’s open book approach doesn’t sit well with the neurotic bunch.

The Altmans all converge to their sleepy (and very white) Westchester County hometown bringing with them plenty of emotional baggage. Paul and his wife April, played by the reliably zany Katheryn Hahn, are dealing with fertility issues. Wendy is fraught with emotional concern for her childhood boyfriend (Timothy Olyphant) – literally the boy next door – who suffers from a brain injury. Philip is attempting to grow out of his manchild persona and then comes Judd.

Judd Altman (Bateman) is on display as the “woe-is-me” sibling who walked in on his wife (Abigail Spencer) with his shockjock radio boss (Dax Shepard) “celebrating” her birthday in bed, and then reels from the news of his father’s death. Bateman does, Warnor Bros. • McClatchy-Tribune however, prove again his talent From left, Tina Fey as Wendy Altman, Jane Fonda as Hilary Altman, Kathryn Hahn as Annie Altman, Adam Driver as Phillip for balancing touches of comedy Altman and Connie Britton as Tracy Sullivan in Warner Bros. Pictures’ dramatic comedy “This Is Where I Leave You.” and drama.

Other pros step in to help: By- Tropper’s writing, the two attempt thing but relatable for most audiAfter the family members push rne as Penny, Judd’s refreshingly to keep any Jewish caricatures to ences. through obvious spats, the movie honest romantic interest, Britton a minimum, although attentive The best-selling novel is a pleapicks up with some refreshingly nuanced moments among the as Tracy, an older woman who viewers will notice a short kugel surable way to spend a few hours at the movies before the onslaught siblings tackling a crazed, grown- knows exactly what she has gotten and lox sequence. into with her short-term relationAlthough the film resolves its of more prominent fall films domup life—particularly, moments between Judd and Wendy. The ship with Phillip; and Fonda as conflicts a little too neatly, mov- inate the screen (I’m looking at pair makes one wish for a simi- Hillary brings light notes to what iegoers will enjoy the engaging you, “Gone Girl”). lar brother-sister relationship to could have been another “Mon- actors as they go through the arcs of their characters, even if their throw insults at and share advice ster-in-Law” character.

Rating: B Between Levy’s direction and approach to the real world is anywith at the same time.

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Move brings more talent

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been rated as baseball’s best by Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com, compete in the American League West Division. A slew of losing seasons has helped the team acquire high draft picks in recent years. Correa and Appel, a former Stanford standout, both were drafted first overall in the 2012 and 2013 MLB Draft, respectively.

The Grizzlies have had talent circulate through their ranks en route to making the Giants roster. Buster Posey, Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner all made stops in Fresno before making the jump to the majors – though many of those were but brief stints.

The Grizzlies’ 17-year partnership with the Giants produced World Series teams in 2010 and 2012, but that success came with a tradeoff. The Grizzlies, under the Giants, only had five winning seasons in the Pacific Coast League.

The ability for fans to watch a more competitive team with young, top talent was arguably the biggest selling point Franks and team president Chris Cummings spotlighted in the new partnership with Houston.

“It’s a next chapter for us that we’re excited about,” Franks said. “One of the things I’ve heard over the years is as much as everyone loves the Giants, they’d love to see a first-place team and a playoff team come to Fresno.”

“Winning seems to cure all,” Franks added. “We think the likelihood of having a winning ball club here … rose dramatically today.”

The Grizzlies brass said it does not plan to change mascots or discard the Giants memorabilia that adorns the stadium – the ballpark has banners of Posey and Bumgarner and “unofficially retired” jersey numbers of former Grizzlies greats – though the team sold its home uniforms and plans to introduce new designs.

Astros team president Reid Ryan, son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, and other

top executives are expected to make a trip to Fresno in October. Cummings said it was his close relationship with Ryan – the two have known each other for 10 years – that helped solidify a deal between the teams during a “mad scramble” transition period.

Six Triple-A teams’ player development contracts with their parent teams expired after the 2014 season.

The Grizzlies’ 2014 season featured heavy speculation the Giants would opt out of renewing their contract with Fresno, which faces revenue struggles and an ownership actively trying to sell the team.

San Francisco made it official this week, when it relocated its Triple-A affiliate to nearby Sacramento, formerly part of the Oakland A’s farm system.

Franks said the Giants were in “constant communication” with Fresno, but ultimately, proximity was the “tipping point” in San Francisco’s decision to sever ties with the Grizzlies.

The discussion period for teams seeking re-affiliation started Tuesday.

“We were committed to getting the Giants back,” Franks said. “As it got closer, you look at what the scenarios might be, but we really didn’t know until Tuesday who actually was available.”

“We were fortunate enough to talk with every one of the five teams that were available,” Cummings said. “As soon as we start talking with Reed, it all fell together quickly.”

The two-year player development contract between the Grizzlies and Astros is the minor league minimum. “The goal is to go beyond that,” Franks said.

Both teams said there are similarities between Chukchansi Park and Minute Maid Park, both dubbed as “pitcher-friendly” venues.

“We wanted to have our place that was really a fair park and was a good indicator of what these guys were going to be doing when they come up,” Ryan said, according to the Astros’ official team website.

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THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

‘Dogs gear up for CSUB VOLLEYBALL from Page 8 sic along with the Bulldogs include Long Beach State (7-3), Oregon State (7-1) and host Cal State Bakersfield (3-7).

It’s a tougher task for the Bulldogs to prepare for nonconference opponents with little film available.

They will continue to prepare for their opponents between games this weekend.

“We are grateful enough to get some film on these teams and start to learn the hitter tendencies from the previous matches of the tournament,” Eppright

said. “It’s a little bit of a challenge to try to pick up on the tendencies throughout the game, and it’s just making us better volleyball players having to adjust to these every match.”

Fresno State will open the tournament today at noon against Long Beach State. The Bulldogs will then take on Oregon State later this evening at 5 p.m., and they wrap up the weekend against CSUB on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game will conclude 14 consecutive games on the road before the Bulldogs host an exhibition game versus Fresno Pacific on Sept. 23.

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FOOTBALL

GETTING INTO FORM Khlarissa Agee • The Collegian

Fresno State quarterback Brian Burrell scans the backfield during the Bulldog’s 55-19 loss to Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday.

Fresno State looks to shape up for Southern Utah

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

The Fresno State football team (0-3) will face a program this weekend in a similar situation.

Both the Bulldogs and the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, a Football Championship Subdivision opponent, are seeking their first victories of the year.

After being manhandled by USC, Utah and Nebraska, a win here would be huge. It would provide the Bulldogs with hope and momentum heading into conference play which begins next week.

“They’re a team hungry for a win, and they’re going to come in here expecting to win,” Fresno State head coach Tim DeRuyter said. “They’re not afraid of taking on tough opponents.

“We’re not really worried so much about who we’re playing this week, we just have to play better. I think our guys are focused, and we’ve had good practices.”

DeRuyter said the ‘Dogs need to clean up some things and play their best on Saturday.

“We’re looking forward to having a bunch of kids in the stands and hopefully show them what Bulldog football is all about,” he said.

Fresno State will be the second Mountain West oppo-

nent the Thunderbirds have faced this season. They lost 28-19 to Nevada in Week 1.

The past two games haven’t been as close for Southern Utah. It lost by 20 last week to South Dakota State on Saturday and fell 41-14 to Southeastern Louisiana the week prior.

The Thunderbirds average 13 points a game, while the Bulldogs average 19.6 Question marks at quarterback The squads are also alike in that each hasn’t established a quarterback.

Aaron Cantu and Ammon Olsen have split time as signal callers for Southern Utah. Cantu however, has put up more consistent and larger numbers, totaling 440 yards and two touchdowns while completing 63.6 percent of his passes.

As for Fresno State, both passers will continue to share reps until one pulls apart from the other. As a result of the inconsistency at the position, offensive identity is something that the Bulldogs continue to lack.

Offense must improve Senior Greg Watson, one of the leading receivers on the team, said everybody getting on the same page and doing

their assignments are the first steps in getting the offense to produce.

“Nothing is missing,” Watson said. “One play, all 11 of us are rocking and doing things right. And then the next play, 10 of us are doing the right thing and one person is doing something wrong. So we just have to be more consistent as an offense and work together as a team.”

Watson said he believes that the ‘Dogs need to “step up,” noting that DeRuyter has never lost three games in a row as head coach of the Bulldogs.

“You can’t say it’s the system, because we’ve been very successful these last two years using it,” Watson said. “It’s just that we need to take it upon ourselves as players and execute better.”

Bulldog upperclassmen like wide out Greg Watson haven’t experienced as tough of a stretch as they did in the first three games this season. Watson said as a result of the beatings, the team has a bad taste in its mouth and hopes to change that and get back in the win column come Saturday.

“This is not what we expected,” Watson said. “As a team, we worked hard all summer in training camp. Because of that, we expected to win, but it didn’t fall our way.

“But we’re not down in spirit. We all know that we still have our goals set out in front of us and we have to focus on Southern Utah and go 1-0 this week.”

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Bulldog Stadium.

‘Dogs expect tough foes at Bakersfield

By Jackson Moore @JacksonMoore_BB

Geoff Thurner • Fresno State Athletics

Fresno State sophomore libero Maggie Eppright fields the ball during the Bulldogs’ appearance at the Adidas Rice Invitational last August.

The Fresno State volleyball team is hoping to build on its strong three-win showing at the Jack Kaiser Classic in New York this past weekend. The Bulldogs made strides and have now improved to a 5-6 record.

And they expect tougher competition at the Roadrunner Classic in a four-team tournament in Bakersfield this weekend.

Fresno State head volleyball coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell isn’t surprised by how the season has played out so far, but likes how the team has gelled and wants to see the team’s consistency improve.

“I think it’s a little bit typical right now,” Netherby-Sewell said. “We have a lot of new players playing.

Right now, we’re either beating the heck out of teams, or we’re losing matches that I think we have shots of winning. We’re trying to find more stability. We’ve got to be able to defend the outside a little better.”

Sophomore libero Maggie Eppright and redshirt freshman outside hitter Haylee Roberts helped provide some stability to the team in New York. Their performances landed them onto the Jack Kaiser Classic all-tournament team.

Eppright leads the team with 154 digs on the season, which ranks third in the Mountain West.

“I think we improved with our consistency for the most part, and staying mindful throughout the whole game has allowed us to beat certain teams 25-6, 25-8, 25-9,” Eppright said. “So it definitely showed us our potential and gave us a goal to reach every game.”

The team had a full week of practice after a busy span that included a mid-week game at Long Island University Brooklyn and seeing sights such as the Freedom Tower in New York.

“This week, we’ve been working on all the little things, [such as] the out of system balls that we’re not taking advantage of,” Netherby-Sewell said. “We’re working on one thing at a time and hoping that our performance will keep increasing as the weeks go on.”

Conference play begins on Sept. 25, but first the Bulldogs have their final nonconference road trip to Bakersfield.

“This weekend’s tournament I think we’re just hoping to come out and do what we did in New York against some very good teams and hold ourselves to the standard that we held ourselves to in New York,” Eppright said.

The four teams participating in the Roadrunner Clas-

See VOLLEYBALL, Page 7