Issue 26 Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 - The Collegian

THE COLLEGIAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
EDUCACIÓN
Fair promotes
higher education
to Hispanic
K-12 students
By Diana Giraldo
@DianaInspired
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Breast cancer survivor of seven years, Holly Carter, 47, jumps in excitement after receiving a rose and walking across the stage during the Survivor
Recognition Ceremony at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure: Central Valley on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.
RACE
FOR
THE
CURE
By Tomas Kassahun | @tomaskassahun
Sandra Navarro usually runs for records and medals. On Saturday, however,
Navarro was running for a different cause.
The Fresno State junior joined thousands of people who gathered at Fresno
State for the 17th annual Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure, an event that raises
funds for breast cancer research.
Navarro volunteered for the event as a
representative for her former cross country
team at Fresno City College.
“I’m still in close contact with the Fresno City coach and we do this every year,”
Navarro said. “Some of the people on the
team have a tie with breast cancer. I know I
do. One of my aunts has breast cancer. This
is a way to raise awareness for her also.”
Many of the volunteers woke up early
Saturday morning to take part in the 5K
run or the 1-mile walk along the Fresno
See CANCER, Page 3
Thousands of Hispanic students and
their families gathered at Fresno State
Saturday for the inaugural on-campus Feria de Educación.
The statewide fair is designed to promote higher education to K-12 students of
the greater Central Valley area by providing information booths and workshops,
career visualizations and a reading garden.
“We really want to encourage students
to start thinking early, and get parents
to understand that preparing for college
doesn’t happen when the student is in
high school,” said Frances Peña, planning
committee chairwoman. “It happens as
early as kindergarten.”
The California State University, in collaboration with Spanish-language television network Univision, has held similar
education fairs at CSU Dominguez Hills
and Sacramento State which have drawn
tens of thousands of Spanish-speaking
students and their families to learn about
the typical education journey with a focus
on preparing for college, the CSU said.
The education fair began with an opening ceremony. Several Univision anchors,
Fresno State President Joseph Castro and
Mexican-American Boxer Jose Ramirez
introduced the event with remarks about
the importance of getting both parents
and children thinking about future career
opportunities. Then Fresno State’s Los
Danzantes de Aztlán performed their cultural Mexican folkloric dances.
“Often times because the Spanish-speaking parents don’t always get the
information, it is important for us to reach
out and make an effort to provide opportunities for the students,” Peña said. “We
have a very large Hispanic population in
See EDUCACIÓN, Page 6
RODEO
Coaching beyond the
basics of rodeo riding
By Paul Schlesinger
@PaulSch_Photog
Fresno State alumnus Tony Branquinho is ecstatic to return to the university as
the head coach for the Bulldoggers club rodeo team.
“I bleed red and blue,” Branquinho said.
“It’s just in my blood.”
The 2001 liberal studies graduate, who
competed for Fresno State at the 1999 College National Finals Rodeo and finished
ninth in the country for team roping, found
he never quite fit in at Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo, where he was head coach for its
rodeo team.
“I was never fully embraced by the Mustang Nation because I wasn’t one of them,”
he said.
This was despite Branquinho being
named the three-time West Region Coach
of the Year and a National Intercollegiate
Rodeo Association Coach of the Year fi-
See RODEO, Page 6
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State students of the rodeo club practice tie-down roping during a rodeo practice on Saturday,
Oct. 21, 2015.
OPINION
2
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
FREE SPEECH AREA
DISCARDING FREE SPEECH
Student Involvement vies to change iconic area’s name
By Megan Bronson
@Bronsosuarus
Student Involvement sent a
poorly circulated invitation for a
survey last week, stating that the
reason they want to change the
name of the Free Speech Area.
Their reasoning was: “This area
is currently referred to as the Free
Speech Area, which implies freedom of expression is confined to
this area.”
Renaming the Free Speech
Area on campus is a bad idea.
This is ridiculous. Of course
freedom of expression is taking
place all over campus. That is
what happens when students and
professors share information.
Every single classroom and office on this campus is a platform
in which freedom of expression
takes place. Give your students
more credit for knowing that this
campus is an open forum in which
discussion and debate are always
welcome, whether they in front of
a PowerPoint presentation, or in
front of the Peace Garden.
The reason the Free Speech
Area needs to remain the Free
Speech Area is because it is an
invitation to students, faculty and
the Fresno community to come
and create a forum.
Students know that they are
welcome and invited to gather
here, in a place where we are familiar with seeing other students
exercise their rights. It is an ideal
location for this, as it is an area
that is well traversed and easily
accessible.
If the name changes, new students will have to rely on word of
mouth that this is an area where
they can give speeches, protest
and build community. Without
the name, we will see a decline in
these activities.
Instead of them becoming
campuswide (as Student Involvement would like) they will instead
diminish.
While Student Involvement
thinks that erasing the name will
mean that there is freedom of expression everywhere, the reverse
becomes true.
We should never get rid of
areas of expression like this, we
should only expand them. The
name is not one that constricts, it
is one that designates.
Students would not stage a
protest by the Science Building.
There is not enough foot traffic.
The same is true with majority of
the buildings on campus.
The Free Speech Area exists in
part to designate, and to encourage freedom of expression. Removing the label would be removing the history of this great space.
If people were only allowed to
gather in this one area, that would
be different. Students should be
allowed to voice their thoughts
wherever they are, and the Free
Speech Area just happens to be an
ideal location.
Some of the options on this
list of suggested new names that
students and faculty can vote on
include “Victory Plaza,” “Bulldog
Junction” and “Kennel Korner.”
These names serve absolutely
no purpose. What do they tell you
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Fresno State is proposing to change the name of the Free Speech area due to regulations that prevent large crowds from forming in the current space.
happens in this area? Nothing.
Without designation, these are
just placeholder names that have
no real meaning to them.
Even the new parking lot
names have more designation to
them than a proposed “Kennel
Korner.”
In fact, it is infuriating that
“Kennel Korner” is even an option. It is a misspelled word on a
college campus in an attempt to
be cute.
Students are giving up a strong
iconic name like “Free Speech
Area” in favor of that? It sounds
like a dog pound where bulldogs
go to get euthanized, and someone thought that adding an alliteration of “k” would make it cute.
It does not. It is one letter short of
a hate group.
Do not belittle us by choosing
cute names that serve no purpose.
We are university students, not
first graders.
We understand the impactful
nature and necessity of freedom
of expression.
If this is to be done anyways,
students should be demanding an
itemized list of the costs involved
in making new campus signs and
maps.
How much of our tuition is
going to pay for this scheme of
worthlessness?
There is no need for this spending. Instead, add this spending to
a budget for a new parking structure. That is a serious issue on
this campus that needs student
involvement.
Call Student Involvement today and voice your opinion at
(559) 278-2741.
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
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Homeless as a teen, 41-year-old college student leaves addiction behind
By Naheed Rajwani
The Dallas Morning News/TNS
DALLAS – Wendy Birdsall
wears her SMU-themed sunglasses almost everywhere she goes.
The black-and-red glasses,
with the motto “World changers
shaped here,” represent a new life
for Birdsall, who was homeless at
16 and a repeat felon and drug addict by her late 20s.
She’s been clean since 2010,
and now, at age 41, she’s studying
biology at SMU.
“They say that SMU breeds
world changers,” Birdsall said.
“I don’t know if I’m going to be a
world changer, but I’m definitely a
game changer.”
Birdsall isn’t ashamed to talk
about her past. She believes she’s
a stronger, more driven person
because of it.
When Birdsall was about 14,
she and her two younger sisters
moved from Southern California
to North Texas with their mother.
Their mother and father divorced
soon after.
Within two years, Birdsall
found herself without a home after her mother kicked her out one
night.
A few days later, Birdsall returned to her family’s Hurst
apartment to find that her mom
and sisters had moved out.
Her youngest sister, Carrie
Sheffield, often wonders how
Birdsall survived.
“I think about my kids,” said
Sheffield, who’s now 34. “I’ve got a
son that’s going to be 12. I cannot
imagine, in my wildest dreams, in
two years just leaving him.”
Birdsall tried to stay in school,
couch-surfing in friends’ living
rooms for a while, but eventually
dropped out and took a job at a
nightclub in Arlington.
In the club scene, Birdsall experimented with drugs – first
marijuana, then more intense
drugs such as Ecstasy and acid.
She stopped using drugs when
she gave birth at age 21, but started again – becoming addicted to
crack – after losing custody two
years later to the girl’s father.
Birdsall racked up felony arrests for assault, drug possession
and car theft, to name a few, and
stayed high for days, sometimes
passing out in a motel room.
“Hey, are you still alive?” police officers would ask, shaking
her.
Birdsall knew she’d hit rock
bottom in 2007 when she saw the
life she was missing at a McDonald’s not far from the Arlington
motel where she was living.
She watched as a family of four
parked its minivan and walked
Run helps to
fund education,
screening and
treatment
CANCER from Page 1
State campus.
Navarro took first place in the 5K race.
“Running is becoming a big thing,” she
said. “I think it’s great for bringing people
together for an event like this.”
into the restaurant: two young
girls skipping and smiling, each
holding a parent’s hand.
That day, Birdsall told her
friend she was done with the drug
scene.
“I realized that living the life
I was living, I was never going to
have anything,” she said. “I was
going to end up dead in the street
someday or locked up in prison on
a life sentence.”
A few weeks later, she enrolled
at the Nexus Recovery Center, a
substance abuse rehabilitation facility for girls and women.
Like many recovering addicts,
Birdsall was optimistic she’d sustain her sobriety after rehab.
But three months later, she relapsed and became a functioning
addict, working during the day
and getting high at night.
“When you’re high all the
time, you’re numb,” Birdsall said.
“You’re numb to what’s going on
around you. You’re numb to your
actions.”
While serving time for shoplifting, she reached another turning point in an unlikely place for a
self-professed atheist.
Birdsall was participating in a
faith-based program at the Collin
County Jail when she was moved
to tears. Her fellow inmates huddled around her, praying for her
as she sobbed.
Sharon Johnson, executive director of
Susan G. Komen Central Valley, said the
event is the main fund raiser in the Valley
for breast cancer research.
“This is what saves lives here in the
Central Valley,” Johnson said. “We fund
education, screenings and treatment with
proceeds.”
The organization has not yet determined how much money has been raised at
this year’s event, but donations can still be
made online at komencentralvalley.org.
“For those that didn’t participate [Saturday] that wanna have a real impact on what
we raise, they can donate online,” Johnson
said.
More than 3,000 people came to this
year’s event, which was put together by
Louis DeLuca • Dallas Morning News/TNS
Wendy Birdsall heads to Clements Hall for Ana Melgarejo Acosta’s Spanish class
at Southern Methodist University in Dallas on Sept. 23, 2015.
She was given five years’ probation. She walked out of the jail
a Christian.
“Once you sober up, it’s like
somebody takes a bottle of Windex
to your eyeballs and wipes them
off,” she said. “You start seeing
things you don’t normally see.”
Birdsall now needed a cushion between jail and the outside
world, a place to practice sobriety.
She moved into the Compassion
House, a nine-month boarding
house program in South Dallas.
Zoe Shepherd, who ran the
house with her husband, said
Birdsall came in with the social
skills of a child in elementary
school.
about 200 volunteers.
“It’s a lot of work,” Johnson said. “It’s a
year in planning. Sponsorship starts a year
before this event. And then of course you
have to solicit volunteers.”
After all the hard work, organizers are
pleased with the results.
“First of all, it’s a great family fitness
event. If you wanna run a 5K, you can. Or
if you wanna walk, you can,” Johnson said.
“I think the camaraderie between the survivors is what’s really important too. There
are women that are making life-long friends
today because they don’t know a lot of these
breast cancer survivors. It gives them the
opportunity to talk among themselves.”
Nicole Butler was one of the many
breast cancer survivors who joined friends
Birdsall got her GED in jail
and, while at the halfway house,
started working toward an associate’s degree at El Centro College.
She surprised herself and her professors with her high grades and
youthful gusto.
“I wish I had a thousand more
students like her,” said Len Fortuna, her intermediate math professor. “When you get students
like that, it’s not only a pleasure
to teach them, it’s a pleasure to
watch them grow.”
This summer, Birdsall got a
call from an admissions officer at
Southern Methodist University:
She’d been accepted as a transfer
student.
and family to attend Saturday’s event.
“Anytime you can support survivors
or people that are going through the battle right now, they need that,” Butler said.
“Mentally you go through a real tough challenge. Not only with your treatment, but in
your mind also. You’re think ‘is this gonna
happen? Is this how I’m gonna go?’ Whenever you have support from friends and
family like this, you can’t go wrong.”
Butler, who was diagnosed with breast
cancer in 2012, attended the event for the
first time.
“The more money we put into research,
the better chance we have to find a cure,” Butler said. “One in eight women are diagnosed
and over 50,000 women die every year from
breast cancer. That’s way too many.”
A&E
4
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
Weekly astrology for every sign
Horoscope forecast by syndcated Astrologer Nancy Black (TNS)
ARIES
Make a new beginning after
a poignant ending. Patiently
explain your view. Keep everyone
informed. Discover forgotten
treasure. There’s money coming
today and tomorrow, too. You see opportunities
everywhere. Accept a long distance challenge.
CANCER
Your team comes to your
rescue today and tomorrow.
Ignore the group situation for
a rude awakening. Ask tough
questions. Big decisions have
to be made. Go for distance, not speed. Give up
something you don’t need.
LIBRA
Keep your patience with
finances. Manage numbers with
your partner today and tomorrow.
Emotional leverage may be
applied, and a few surprises. Take
a time out if necessary. Try again later. Find an
error in your favor.
CAPRICORN
Things seem easier today
and tomorrow. Relax and play
with family and friends. Talk
about love. Figure out what you
want. Practice your skills and
tricks. Listen with an ear for hidden elements.
Investigate and study. Disagree persuasively.
TAURUS
You’re more confident (and
perhaps impatient) today and
tomorrow. Public obligations
interfere with private time.
New possibilities stretch old
boundaries. A friend says hello or goodbye.
Overlook a sassy remark.
LEO
Assume more responsibility
at work over the next few days.
Expect a test or challenge. Don’t
alienate a colleague. An unusual
solution appears, as things don’t
go as planned. A windfall opportunity reveals an
unimagined opportunity.
SCORPIO
Collaborate to produce a
work of art over the next few
days. Work together to get the
job done. Express your emotions
and feelings. Inspire one another.
Move people to action. Make the changes you’ve
been wanting.
AQUARIUS
Enjoy a practical domestic
phase today and tomorrow. Fix
leaks immediately and save. Make
a change you’ve been longing for.
Paint is inexpensive. Put time
and energy into a renovation. Let emotions pass
through you. Create beauty.
GEMINI
Take deep breaths. There’s
plenty of confusion at the top.
Your calm can be contagious.
Find the humor. Changes a level
up can affect you positively.
Finish what you said you’d have done. Peaceful
productivity soothes today and tomorrow.
VIRGO
Higher education, travel and
exploration calls to you over the
next few days. An outrageous
suggestion is starting to seem
reasonable. You may decide to
start over and begin again. Clarify any doubt.
Pursue creative projects that animate you.
SAGITTARIUS
You’re entering a two-day
busy phase. Don’t get stopped
by silly arguments. Listen first
before advancing, to avoid a
communications
breakdown.
Invent creative and unusual ideas. Clean up
messes. Whatever love you give is returned.
PISCES
Begin a two-day voracious
learning phase. Your proposal
could seem impossible. Follow
your inner voice. Take a leap of
faith. Look at the situation from
a different angle. Keep your objective in mind.
Convince a skeptic. Publish when ready.
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A CREEPY COUNTDOWN OF
SPOOKY MOVIES
By Megan Bronson
@Bronsosuarus
The week of Halloween is finally here. It
is finally socially acceptable to wear witch
hats and eat copious amounts of candy
without being questioned. It is also the best
time of the year to curl up on the couch under a blanket and watch a scary movie. So
in anticipation of those creepy evenings,
here is a countdown list of movies for you
to watch this Halloween.
1. “The Nightmare before Christmas.”
OK, so this is not really a scary movie, but
it is an iconic Halloween movie. To leave it
off any list would be a travesty. Watching
this will bring back childhood memories of
Halloween and trick-or-treating. It is the
perfect lighthearted introductory movie
for the season. Watch it tonight. Like right
now.
2. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” So
we up the ante a little bit on scary, or maybe just weird. Either way, this cult classic
is worth the second slot. It is a fun scary
introduction to the holiday. A musical of
rainy nights, murder, aliens and weddings,
this movie will have you a little creeped out
and ready to dress up in drag when you go
out this week.
3. “The Gallows.” Now we are in the
scary stuff. This came out on DVD on Oct.
12, so you should have no problem picking it up and watching scared teenagers
traipse across iconic Fresno landmarks
like the Warnors Theatre and the Veteran’s
Memorial Auditorium. After watching the
movie, don’t forget to stop by the Veteran’s
Memorial Auditorium to see the haunted
house that the movie makers have set up
this season.
4. “Let The Right One In.” This Swedish
vampire film is a fantastic example of scary
storytelling. Before you get all huffy and
complain that you have to watch it in subtitles, and that it is another damn vampire
movie, know that it will have you checking
you backseat every time you get in a car for
the next decade. The fear that comes from
this movie is real, and resonates far past
the two hours that you will spend reading subtitles. Also, do not bother with the
American version. It loses the creepy factor
when it tries to be a love story.
5. “The Blair Witch Project.” You knew
this one was coming. The lowest budget
movie on this list vies for the scariest. Its
“found footage” artistic slant only adds
to the horror of three teenagers running
around a forest in the dark. The suspense
of this movie is unlike any of the others before it, and it will make you fearful to go
outside in the dark for awhile. Which is
why you should watch this the night before
Halloween, so that you still feel up to walking in the dark to a party, or even opening
the door for kids in costumes demanding
candy.
6. “The Gift.” This new movie is perfect
for the night of Halloween. There are two
reasons for this: first, it is a highly rated
horror movie. Which is kind of hard to find.
It scored a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes
– which few movies get, even outside of the
genre of horror. Second, this movie is the
perfect movie for Halloween evening is that
it is currently playing at the United Artists
Clovis 8 movie theaters. This theater is
more colloquially known as the “three dollar theater.” The theater plays movies after
their original release dates, only charging
$3.50 for a ticket. For the night of Halloween, go see a highly rated scary movie for a
good price before you go out with friends.
Diego Andrade
B.A., Criminal Justice
Fresno State
Class of 2012
“Being raised by immigrant parents
in the Central Valley drove my
aspiration to aid Valley residents
by becoming an attorney.”
LSAT Night
Monday, October 26, 7-9pm
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to approach the analytical thinking questions on
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
Thousands of Central Valley
students attend the inaugural
Feria de Educación.
EDUCACIÓN from Page 1
the Central Valley and this is a
great opportunity for us to reach
many folks.”
Throughout the day the students had the opportunity to stop
at the booths and gather information about different California
universities, Fresno State career
paths and programs that could be
useful to them.
“We are just giving students
information about the majors that
we have here on campus,” said
Shur Lee, at the Fresno State Outreach Services booth. “We want
to get to the students where they
know there are, some students
don’t even know what major they
want to pursue. So by providing
this information, we would like
to show them what we can offer
them.”
Campus tours and workshops
about different college campuses,
college transition, financial aid,
stress in school, career options
and services for undocumented
students were offered throughout
the day.
Jesus Gonzales, an outreach
ambassador with Generation
STEM, a Televisa Foundation,
gave a visual demonstration of
how to make a DNA helix with
pipe cleaners and basic circuit
construction to students.
“We are here to promote science, technology, engineering and
math,” Gonzales said. “We show
the kids the basics of STEM. This
shows them the fun side of engineering, so we are trying to en-
courage the kids to join us.”
Camila Leal learned to connect
the circuit wires and make the
contraption come to life.
“We were learning how to hook
it up and make power by circuiting wires to make it go,” Leal said.
“I think I would like to do engineering when I grow up. They
seem enjoyable to me.”
Norma Leal took her sixthgrade son to the fair as a way to
help expose him to different career paths.
“As a parent, I brought him to
focus and choose something. So,
the engineering hands on activity was really good,” Leal said. “I
think that’s important for the little ones. He want to do a video designer and we found out he would
have to study computer science,
so this gives them a good perspective.”
Students were also able to
dress up as a career of their choosing in the “Imagina tu Futuro,” or
imagine your future area, where
they were able to visualize themselves in various careers. Then the
children stood in front of a green
screen and took a picture in the
appropriate career setting.
“We want them to begin thinking about careers in the future and
the best way to do that is for them
to think of themselves in those careers,” Peña said.
Marisol Ramirez, an elementary school student, dressed up
in a nurse’s uniform and excitedly
presented the photograph, which
showed her in an operating room,
to her mother.
Diana Giraldo • The Collegian
Miguel, Marisol and Adan Ramirez of Reedley hold photos of them dressed in the uniform of their desired profession at Feria
de Educación held at Fresno State, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Feria de Educación provided students and parents across the
Central Valley with the opportunity to meet with college representatives, as well as participate in educational workshops.
“I think what they are doing is good because it gets them
thinking,” said Maria Ramirez, of
Reedley. “I think it prepared them
for the future because the activities make them choose what they
would like to study.”
The Mexican Consulate also
donated books for children to take
home. During the fair, various
volunteers, including Castro and
his wife Mary Castro, read stories to the children in the Reading
Garden, which aimed to promote
literacy within the family.
Norbeto Diaz took his three
children to the education fair so
they could see the college astrosphere and get motivated and
curious about exploring different
career options.
“We picked up some books that
the Mexican Consulate donated
which will keep the kids strong
in their native language,” Diaz
said “I also received information
from all the different universities
here, which is a great way to motivate all students to continue their
studies. I really do hope they keep
this event going for future years.”
Diaz accomplished his mission
with his daughter Daisy. She is
now looking forward for a future
studying and perfecting her Spanish.
“I want to study more Spanish,
because I want to be fully fluent in
both English and Spanish,” Daisy
said. “That way once I get a job I
can communicate with everyone.”
Castro was excited to see all
the families and the young children attending the event, he said
“I think it’s so important that
they feel happy on a university
campus and at Fresno State,” Castro said. “I want every single child
in the valley and beyond to know
they have they have potential to
do whatever they want to do, and
they have the gifts to be successful. It’s all about preparation, hard
work and support from family and
friends and with all that together
they can do whatever they want.”
Branquinho helps riders
balance life between
education and team
RODEO from Page 1
nalist during his tenure at Cal Poly from
2006-2012.
Branquinho feels at home coaching at
Fresno State and working in the San Joaquin Valley.
“I know the area. I know the university.
I know how great this program is and [how
it] can continue to grow.”
Branquinho’s hiring was made possible because of a donation of more than
$300,000 over the next five years from
Central Valley Rodeo Inc.
“We appreciate this generous gift from
Central Valley Rodeo Inc. that made it
possible to add well-respected coach Tony
Branquinho plus additional resources to
the rodeo team,” said Jordan College Interim Dean Dr. Sandra Witte.
“Our men’s and women’s team members exemplify character and dedication,
so it is extra special to see our community be able to directly support them as
they achieve success in the classroom and
athletically.” she said. “Lessons they learn
as part of this nearly 70-year tradition at
Fresno State is something that they can apply to the rest of their lives.”
The new rodeo coach tries to instill positivity into the riders by breaking down
each event with positive reinforcement
and having the team work with the practice dummies on top of working with the
horses.
But, Branquinho wants to go beyond
the basics of rodeo riding and teaching the
intangibles.
“A lot of it is about learning how to balance your time with education and practice, traveling to the rodeos, controlling
your emotions in pressure situations,”
Branquinho said.
Branquinho said he blends all that into
his coaching style to help his riders for not
just “how they compete in the rodeo ring at
an event, but for life in general.”
Gianna Toso, a junior agriculture business student who has been with the team
since freshman year, already knows about
balancing her college life between education and the team.
“You always gotta wake up a little earlier than the rest, go and feed your animals,”
she said.
“It’s definitely a different experience
from everybody else who goes to school
here because you’ve got other obligations.
You know, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Sometimes you lose a little sleep, but it’s
definitely worth it,” Toso said.
While Branquinho would like his team
to win to regional and national titles, having them walk out of Fresno State with a
degree is much more important to him.
“Because to me, just like any other professional sport, only a handful of people go
on to be professional cowboys and make a
living,” Branquinho said.
“When these kids walk out here with
their degree, they’re going to be productive
members of society and show future generations how important rodeo helped them
attained their degree,” he added.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
PAGE 7
SOCCER
‘Dogs fail to rally on Senior Day
Fresno State senior forward Fanny Johansson (right) collides with UNLV’s Jodi Barber (26) during Sunday’s league match at the Soccer and Lacrosse Field.
By Johnny Martin
@Coll_Sports_JM
The Fresno State soccer team
lost a tough one on Senior Day,
falling 2-1 to the UNLV Rebels.
The afternoon started off with
the team honoring its four seniors; Sam Brechmann, Alyssa
Cruz, Fanny Johansson, and Rianna Cota for their contributions
to the program.
“When they commit to you and
they actually get here, teaching
them and watching them grow,
every year it’s really special and
this class is no different," head
coach Brian Zwaschka said. "With
a group of four young ladies that
have completely changed on the
field in terms of their game and
have developed into special young
women. To see all those things
come together and then you
have to say goodbye, that kind of
stinks.”
Needing a victory to keep them
in contention for the Mountain
West Conference Championship
next week, the ‘Dogs (5-11-1, 4-51) took to the field looking to feed
off the energy of the senior festivities and Friday’s conference victory over Nevada.
Controlling the ball was a focus
for the ‘Dogs early as they maintained possession for majority
of the start of the first half. The
‘Dogs quickly jumped out to a 3-0
shot lead including two corners
early but could not make anything
of the early opportunities.
“We came out to win today,”
Zwaschka said. “We wanted to
push for our seniors, so we threw
everything that we had offensively
at our opponent today."
The ‘Dogs maintained their
possession throughout the half
but made a costly mistake in the
24th minute. On one of their only
rushes of the half, UNLV had a
player taken down in the box by
defender Sara Jo Ciapponi resulting in a penalty kick. Chidera
Akubuilo stepped up and pounded away the penalty kick, giving
UNLV an early 1-0 lead.
Suffering another costly blun-
der in the 32nd minute, the ‘Dogs
had a defender collide with the
goalie on a highly contested ball,
leaving a wide-open net for Brittney Gideon to score on. The goal
gave the Rebels a 2-0 lead late in
the first half.
Fresno State clearly lead possession in the first half, finishing
with 10 shots to the Rebels’ three.
The ‘Dogs outnumbered the Rebels in corners as well, totaling five
for the half to the lone one the
Rebels generated.
The second half continued
right where the first ended, with
the ‘Dogs controlling the ball from
the opening kick. In a half that
was controlled heavily by Fresno State yet again, the ‘Dogs had
opportunity after opportunity as
they generated 22 more shots and
four more corner kicks.
“Playing home, we always
want to try and be the aggressor,”
Zwaschka added. “Generally we’re
a team that tries to keep the ball
and generate some attack. In the
later part of our season, we finally started clicking and today was
Fresno State allows 42 unanswered
points in Saturday’s 42-14 loss
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into a three-and-out following
the turnover, then marched 79
yards down the field on the ensuing drive to score a fifth-straight
touchdown.
Fresno State quarterback Kilton Anderson was 14-of-39 passing in the game for 177 yards and
one interception.
“[Air Force] changed some
things up on defense and we
might have got a little complacent with the two scores,” Anderson said. “We have to figure it
out during this bye week and fix
what we need to get fixed.”
Fresno State (2-6, 1-4) must
win out to become bowl eligi-
ble. Following the bye week, the
‘Dogs will host Nevada on Nov.
5.
“I think we’ve got great kids,”
DeRuyter said. “Our kids have
bounced back after losses. I have
no worries at all. We have really
good senior leaders.”
no different, but sometimes it’s a
cruel game.”
The ‘Dogs were finally able to
cash in late in the half as sophomore forward Alissa Pham found
the back of the net off an assist
from junior midfielder Angie
Weiner, cutting the UNLV lead in
half at 2-1 with just over 17 minutes to go.
Continuing their pressure, the
‘Dogs would press the Rebels all
the way down to the final whistle
trying to get that game-tying goal.
Cota would generate the ‘Dogs
32nd shot of the match that hit
the post with five seconds remaining, ending the all-out attempt to
even the score as the ‘Dogs came
up just short in their final home
game of the season.
The 32 shots generated by the
‘Dogs were a new season high,
topping the previous season-high
off 22 earlier on in the season.
“The bottom line is we need
to keep doing what we’re doing,”
Zwaschka said. “We need to find
that little bit of poise in finishing,
whether it’s the entry pass or it’s
actually getting those shots in the
box. That fact that we’re creating
opportunities is the first step, and
we know that. We have to go in
there and really put everything on
the line and go for it, and we’re ca-
Keith Kountz • Fresno State Athletics
pable of it.”
Fresno State will wrap up its
regular season on Friday at San
Jose State needing a win and a
little bit of help from some other
teams in order to reach the sixteam Mountain West Championships that begin Nov. 3 in San
Diego.
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EQUESTRIAN
‘Dogs go 1-1 at home opener tri-meet
‘Dogs get run
over by Air
Force rushing
attack
By Tomas Kassahun
@tomaskassahun
For a moment, Fresno State’s afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colorado
seemed perfect.
Fresno State running back Marteze
Waller initiated the quick start with a
64-yard run to give the Bulldogs a 7-0
lead against Air Force.
Minutes later, backup running back
Dustin Garrison ignited his own 60yard touchdown run to give the ‘Dogs
a 14-0 lead.
But that was the end of the ‘Dogs
glory.
Following Garrison’s touchdown,
the Falcons retaliated with 42 straight
points to send the ‘Dogs home with a
42-14 loss.
“Anytime you lose it’s extremely disappointing,” head coach Tim DeRuyter
said. “I thought we started the game
well, I thought our guys came out with
a lot of fight and we executed well early. We gave up a chunk play when we
didn’t fit things well, let them score, get
back in it and gave them some momentum.”
Air Force quarterback Karson Roberts torched the ‘Dogs with four rushing touchdowns and a touchdown catch
The quarterback snagged the touchdown pass from wide receiver Jalen
Robinette, who spun out of a tackle on
a reverse to complete a 20-yard strike.
Robert’s five total touchdowns tied
for the second most by any player in Air
Force history.
He finished the game with 92 yards
rushing and five completions for 108
yards.
“They execute their offense well,”
DeRuyter said. “They came up with
some schemes that they hadn’t shown
and we didn’t fit things well or tackle
well. We didn’t get some first downs on
offense, so it was just a tough outing.”
Without injured fullbacks Shayne
Davern (knee) and D.J. Johnson (ankle), the Falcons still rushed for 458
yards.
Falcons’ running back Bryan Driskell recorded 144 yards on 12 carries,
while Jacobi Owens added to the Air
Force total with 23 carries for 137 yards
and one touchdown.
Cornerback Jamal Ellis provided a
rare Fresno State highlight in the second half.
With the Falcons leading 28-14 in
the third quarter, Ellis forced a fumble
on an option pitch, recovered it and returned it 24 yards to the Air Force 36yard line.
But the Falcons forced the ‘Dogs
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Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State rider Alexandra Drickson and horse Gator compete in the Equitation on the Flat event Saturday afternoon against No. 7 Texas A&M at the
Student Horse Center.
By Stephen Thomas
@stevetoosmoov
The No. 8 Fresno State equestrian team
dropped a close one to No. 7 Texas A&M
on Saturday at the Student Horse Center.
The ‘Dogs and Aggies were tied at 9-9,
but the match would go to Texas A&M in a
tiebreaker with a score of 1493.25 to Fresno State’s 1347.50.
“I am really proud of how the Hunt
Seat team rode this entire weekend,” head
coach Eric Hubbard said. “It was a tough
loss today and we have realized that the
small mistakes are big in the overall score.
We have some things to work on as we
head into the spring season.”
The ‘Dogs (3-4) earned six-of-eight
Most Outstanding Players honors over the
weekend.
Sophomore Kylina Chalack obtained
three, two of them coming on Friday and
one Saturday in the Equitation Over Fences category.
The ‘Dogs went into Saturday’s match
against Texas A&M with some momentum
as they defeated New Mexico State just the
day before.
The ‘Dogs out earned NMSU 12-8 and
swept all four Most Outstanding Player
honors on Friday.
For the ‘Dogs, the defeat of the Aggies
on marked their sixth opening win since
2006.
The ‘Dogs first set of competition started around noon time on Saturday.
Fresno State and Texas A&M started
the meet off in Equitation Over Fences and
Reining.
The ‘Dogs were swept 4-0 in Western
riding, while the Hunt Seat team leaped
over the Aggies with a 4-1 win in Over
Fences.
Fresno State’s Chalack (82), Sierra
Swaffar (82), Alexandria Dirickson (81)
and Paige Pastorino (77) each outscored
their opponents, leaving the ‘Dogs trailing
by only one point.
The Aggies were ahead 5-4 when they
gained a one point advantage at the ending
of Horsemanship (3-2).
The ‘Dogs would get two points from Eliott (71) and Dixon (74.5).
Fresno State would rally back in the final event as Genna Fogelberg (70), Savannah Bernard (67) and Swaffar (65) gave the
‘Dogs a 3-1 edge in Equitation on the Flat,
bringing the match to a 9-9 draw.
Sophomore Taylor Dixon (Horsemanship), senior Sydney Elliott (Horsemanship) and junior Taylor Brown (Reining)
also were presented with Most Outstanding Player honors.
“We had some good rides and I am
proud of our Most Outstanding Players,”
Hubbard added. Kylina [Chalack] had a really strong weekend, her Hunt Seat teammates rallied around that success and let
the momentum push them.”
The Fresno State equestrian team rides
again when they take a trip to Oklahoma
City for the AQHA Horsemanship Challenge on Nov. 19.
FRESNO STATE ATHLETICS CALENDAR
NDAY
Women’s Golf @
Las Vegas Collegiate
Showdown
Women’s Tennis ITA
Northwest Regionals
ESDAY
TU
Women’s Golf @
Las Vegas Collegiate
Showdown
Women’s Tennis ITA
Northwest Regionals
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Volleyball vs. Boise
State 7 p.m.
Men’s Golf @ Pacific
Invitational
FRIDAY
TURDAY
A
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Soccer @ San Jose
State
Men’s Golf @ Pacific
Invitational
Cross Country @ MW
Championships
Volleyball vs. Utah
State 1 p.m.
Swimming @ Nevada
noon
Men’s Golf @ Pacific
Invitational
ND
SU AY