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Three charged in Dhanens’ death
By Haley Lambert
The Collegian
Misdemeanor charges
have been filed against three
Fresno State undergraduate
students. Fresno Police Chief
Jerry Dyer and Fresno County
District Attorney Elizabeth A.
Egan announced the charges
Tuesday morning.
Each student has been
ch a r g e d w i t h t wo m i s d e meanors in connection to the
death of Fresno State freshman Philip Dhanens on Aug.
31, 2012. Leonard Serrato, 28,
Aaron Raymo, 24, and Daniel
Baker, 22, have been charged
with “hazing and providing
alcohol to a person under 21
years of age proximately causing death.”
According to the indictment from the Fresno County
S u p e r i o r C o u r t , S e r r a t o,
Raymo and Baker took part in
“unlawful hazing.” The document also states the three men
purchased and gave alcohol to
a minor.
At the Tuesday mor ning
press conference, Dyer said
the Fresno Police Department
conducted 67 interviews and
worked 700 investigative hours
to come to its conclusion on the
charges.
Paul Oliaro, vice president
of student affairs at Fresno
State, said the university
Sergio Robles / Collegian File Photo
The Theta Chi fraternity house, pictured here in September of 2012, has
since had its name removed. The Fresno State chapter lost its charter after
the death of freshman Philip Dhanens, who died after a party at the house.
w a s i n fo r m e d
could vary
Monday evening
depending on
of the charges
the internal
filed against the
i nve s t i g at i o n .
three men.
Oliaro said conOliaro said
sequences are
the student’s
dependent upon
degree-complethe university’s
tion eligibility
discipline prois yet to be deterce ss. Possibl e
mined.
consequences
“ We w e r e
range from acaasked to not
demic probation
take any action
to suspension or
until they had
even expulsion.
completed their
“At this point
i nv e s t i g a t i o n Philip Dhanens, a Theta
in time there’s
and had decided Chi pledge, died in August
no effort to try
what the district of alcohol poisoning.
to project what
attor ney office
would happen,”
would do,” Oliaro said. “Now Oliaro said. “The process has
that they’ve made their deci- to unfold. Students have rights.
sion, we will take their report Those rights will be respected,
and determine what kind of
and we just need to let the proactions will be taken based on cess unfold over the next few
our own code of conduct.”
The universities actions
See CHARGED, Page 3
ASI candidates debate safety, involvement
By Ricardo Cano
The Collegian
As Fresno State Associated Student
Inc. (ASI) elections draw closer, there
are two main areas of concern that two
potential successors to current ASI
president Arthur Montejano expressed:
campus safety and student participation.
Both claimed they aim to increase
both.
Two candidates – Moses Menchaca,
a third-year senior studying political
science, and Jose Luis Nava, a junior
political science student – participated
in a debate organized by The Collegian
on Monday and discussed their platforms heading into the ASI elections.
Lucas Lundy, a two-year senior
majoring in recreation administration who is participating in the Disney
College Program in Florida this semester, is also on the ballot.
Both candidates made suggestions
on increasing campus safety, with
Menchaca proposing an increase in the
University Police Department’s presence on campus, “Whether it is students as interns or actual staff power
throughout campus to deter crime,” he
said.
Nava’s argument for student par-
By Jacob Rayburn
The Collegian
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Jose Luis Nava (left) and Moses Menchaca gave express their positions on issues facing the student body during The Collegian’s Associated Students, Inc. presidential debate.
ticipation largely centered on expanding the operation hours of the Henry
Madden Library – which is open until
11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and
has abridged hours Friday through
Saturday.
One of his main goals, he said, was
“to extend it every day of the semester
at least until midnight. … Other campuses have their libraries open 24/7.
“I hope that with that, we have more
students in there studying. I know students are studying everyday. If you stay
there until 11, you’ll see most of the
students go to the (University Student
Union) to study. … I’m looking for
resources that go back to the students.
That’s one great resource that could
See DEBATE, Page 3
Israeli consul general connects with campus
By Haley Lambert
The Collegian
Israeli Consul General of the Pacific
Northwest, Andy David, visited Fresno
State Monday evening.
An 18-year veteran of the Israeli
diplomatic corps, David was at Fresno
State speaking at a forum and answering questions from students, faculty
and community members.
Audience questions varied from
issues of Israel’s water reclamation
technology to Israel’s portrayal in the
Western media.
After the event David spoke about
his office’s duty as a facilitator of information about Israel, its policies, people
and culture.
David said he has encountered students who tell him they are glad to see
Mastering a
Graduate
Thesis
an Israeli representative on campus.
Such students, he said, usually disagree
with the portrayal of Israel as often presented by professors. He, in turn, offers
a different point of view.
“I think it helps them feel more
secure in their position,” David said.
“And I cannot change the minds of people who are totally anti-Israel or even
those who are totally for Israel. The
question is what happens to those in
the middle? Who don’t know much, who
don’t care much.”
David said planting seeds of understanding is key to helping these undecided people determine their stance on
Israel. For David, this kind of understanding comes in the form of questioning the sources of information.
“Doubt what you hear. Doubt what
you learn. Think for yourself. Try to
find the logic. Does it make sense?” he
said.
Speaking of the perception of Israel,
David said many Americans seem to
view his country in an overall favorable
light.
“In my experience, the basic sentiment Americans have is very favorable
toward Israel” he said. “Sometimes
they don’t know exactly how to put
words behind it, but I think Americans
are pretty good at making an opinion
based on instinct. They trust it.”
Jill Fields, a professor of history
at Fresno State and coordinator of the
Jewish Studies certificate program,
responded to questions regarding the
contentious relationship between Israel
See ISRAEL, Page 3
This spring semester there are hundreds of undergraduates eagerly awaiting graduation, but Monday marked a
graduation of sorts for a smaller group
of students. These are the graduate
scholars who turned in their master’s
theses.
Contrary to what the name might
suggest, completing postgraduate work
is not necessarily about mastering a
subject. In the opinion of Tim Skeen, a
Fresno State professor and coordinator
of the Master of Fine Arts program in
creative writing, the goal is more realistic.
“It’s an acknowledgement that
you’ve taken a cer tain path and
embraced the work to pursue it,” Skeen
said.
That commitment varies in length
of time to complete a project and the
See THESIS, Page 3
Dalton Runberg / The Collegian
Published history theses of previous years are
kept in the office of the graduate adviser.
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Collegian
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
When it rains, I'm poor
I
f I had a
nickel for
every day that I
feel uncontrollably stressed, I
wouldn’t need a
Opinion Editor
Liana Whitehead
college degree.
I cannot be the
only student who feels drained due to
constant stress, and I’m not referring
to the “normal," healthy stress that
releases positive chemicals into our
brains, thus making us more productive.
I’m talkin’ out-of-control, unbearable, unchanging stress caused by
series after series of misfortunate
events. I want to connect with those
affected by the “snowball effect” —
those who constantly wonder, “Why is
this happening to me? And why now?”
I am letting you know that you are
not alone.
My unmanageable stress began when
I moved to the Valley three years ago to
attend Fresno State. I have always been
an anxious person — always worrying
about yesterday and tomorrow all at
once, so stress was nothing new.
Or so I had thought.
Since 2010, the beginning of my college journey, I have moved to and from
four different homes between Visalia
and Fresno for reasons that always
seemed out of my control.
I was, however, in control of where I
wanted to live during school, and I built
my path on a bad decision — living in
Visalia instead of Fresno. The only reason I settled for Visalia was because I
had friends already living there.
n Stress lesson number one: Never
compromise your own path to success
for the sake of convenience and comfort.
My first Visalia apartment became
too expensive over time, so I moved out
and lived with a friend’s family while
job hunting.
Luckily, jobs were in season, and I
I almost forgot to mention that two
landed a gig at a small franchise, work- weeks later, after finally landing anothing for a boss who treated me like fam- er house, I pulled up to a gas pump to
ily.
find that my gas tank was packed with
“This is it,” I thought. I was finally a fine, white substance. Sugar. I guess
part of a rare, stress-free work environ- she had to have the last word.
ment and lived nearly rent-free with my
n Stress lesson number two: Never
friend’s family.
look for anything but furniture on
A few months down the road, my Craigslist.
eyes were forced open and I realized the
Because I didn’t have the money to
type of people with whom I was living de-sugar my car, I was forced to with– abusers of drugs, money and people. draw from the 2011 semester – one
When that abuse spread to my side of
month before it ended. I had no way to
the house, I had to leave for the sake of
get to Fresno and back, and I eventumy own morals and sanity.
ally accepted the fact that I was going to
After flipping
be 50 by the time I
through newspapers
graduated with my
and (re g rettably)
bachelor’s.
tress lesson number
searching Craigslist,
With that accepI found a potential
tance, I ventured
one: Never compromise
roommate in Visalia
five minutes away
your own path to success for
with an open room.
to my new threethe sake of convenience and
I met her at a
bedroom home
Starbucks where she
which I shared
comfort.”
gave me an odd list of
with three close
rules and introduced
friends. It was an
me to her dogs. She
unsightly old house
was more than open to the fact that I with a front yard large enough for my
had a pit bull. Everything seemed to fall 70-pound dog.
into place.
I had it made. I was thankful. I
Four months down the road, my saved up and paid for the repairs to my
roommate admitted to signing an car and was ready for the spring 2012
agreement with her landlord (I say semester to begin.
“her” landlord because I found out
The bliss lasted as long as it had at
later that she was illegally subleasing every other place.
to me) which stated that she would not
T hree months flew by, and by
complain or report the fact that black February 2012, I was homeless once
mold was growing inside of our apart- again. Two of my three roommates got
ment’s walls.
homesick and wanted to flee the Valley.
I gave her my 30-day notice the next One headed to Los Angeles, the other to
day, which she responded to by mak- Washington.
ing several illegal attempts to make
My remaining roommate and I were
my life hell. She changed the locks, left with more than $1,000 in bills and
threw $2,000 worth of my furniture $900 in rent as we frantically searched
on the lawn and taped lined paper to for another place to live.
my former window which read “Liana
By this time, I had silently given up
Whitehead no longer lives here.”
on everything. I’d finally came to terms
All because I refused to live in a with having to withdraw from the premoldy home.
vious semester, and frankly, I started to
“S
not care if I had to do the
same in 2012.
I was mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually stressed. I was
beyond discouraged and often asked
God, “Why am I still trying?”
And he answered.
I moved into one last house in Visalia
before realizing that I should have
lived in Fresno all along. How could I
have not seen this sooner? The biggest
stressor in my life — where I lived —
was caused by the one and only me.
This is not to say that I would’ve
never experienced any stress if I had
initially made the right choice, but I
would have dodged all of the unnecessary stress I endured for the sake of
feeling comfortable.
In June, I made the move to Fresno,
found a beautiful studio apartment
owned by a loving older couple who
now treat me as one of their own.
I started the fall 2012 semester with
a bang. My stress was nearly nonexistent, and I felt at home for the first time
in three years.
Today — before putting my entire
life story on paper — I felt that old,
familiar stress trying to dig its way
back into my life. And for once, I stood
up for myself. I looked that stress in the
face, smiled and said, “Not today.”
We all have different ways of relating to each other, and for me, writing
works.
I hope that in sharing these discouraging and almost comical events of my
college experience, I will encourage fellow stressed-out students to continue
forward.
Do not allow this trendy, unhealthy
worldwide stress phenomenon to consume your spirit.
nStress lesson number three: When
life packs sugar into your gas tank,
make some lemonade.
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DEBATE: Issues discussed
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benefit them.”
Nava added: “If ASI doesn’t have
money, I’m calling for executive salary
cuts to fund the library.”
Menchaca emphasized continuing programs already in place, such
as Fresno State 101 and “I Love Fresno
State Week” to reach out to the student
body.
“I feel that once we do get more students involved, everything will fall in
place. We’re currently at 9 percent student turnout. If we can get to 20 percent, then administration would have
to take us more seriously, which would
increase degree orientation.
“If we get more students involved,
then they will have more accessibility
and require more jobs, which would be
the occupation reform. Lastly, getting
more students involved and taking
advantage of our programs and internships through UPD would increase.”
Added Menchaca: “For that, I think
we need to turn to the Greek community. They’ve perfected the art of recruiting and involvement. I think we can
take a lot of their leaders and hold programs and conferences where they’re
teaching other organizations how to get
out there and tell students the different opportunities that are afforded to
them.”
Nava said ASI student involvement
efforts need improvement, and that he
plans to personally “have discussions
with our students and inform them.”
“ASI hasn’t worked hard enough to
go out and talk to students. Sure, putting on little events is important, but we
need to go talk directly to our students.
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diplomacy and perceptions
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and its Arab neighbors.
“The long history of anti-Semitism
plays a part in this,” Fields said. “There
are long-held stereotypes. Sadly those
stereotypes are taught on a regular
basis in the Middle East. In Western
Europe and the United State those attitudes are not valued whatsoever, but
they still exist among pockets of people.
Unfortunately, in the Middle East its
very widespread.”
David’s visit to Fresno State comes
at a time when Israel is often vilified by
its neighbors and the diplomats and politicians of other nations. Much of this
is aimed at Israel because of its military actions against Palestinian quasimilitary organizations.
Fields spoke of this perception of
Israel and the conflict between Israel
and Palestinians of the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip.
“It’s used as a political football,” she
said. “Having a problem in your country? Let’s focus on Palestine and Israel,
and not deal with the problems in our
own country. I think that goes on in Iran
and other places.”
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CHARGED: Three fraternity members
could face fines, up to one year in jail
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weeks.”
ABC 30 News reported Dhanens
died in what was known as the “drunk
room” of the Theta Chi frater nity
house. A pledge of Theta Chi, Dhanens
as well as other pledges were told by
Serrato, Raymo and Baker to finish
bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum and
brandy before they could join the fraternity’s party in another room, reported
ABC 30.
Its charter having been revoked,
Fresno State’s Theta Chi chapter has
dissolved. The Theta Chi fraternity
house where Dhanens died has since
removed the Greek letter signifying
affiliation. Theta Chi’s alumni association owns the house.
Egan stated in a press release that no
other fraternity brothers were charged
in the case. In the same press release, it
was stated the charges against the three
men carry jail time between six month
and one year, and a $5,000 fine.
THESIS: Time management
is key to graduate success
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mental and physical skills required.
After three and a half years, William
“Billy” Mask II completed his 91-page
thesis in the history master’s program about what’s called the “Chilean
Miracle,” a series of reforms that contributed to an economic recovery in the
country in the 1980’s.
Mask reflected on a process that took
years of researching Chilean history to
reach a point where he could submit his
work for approval.
“Illuminating,” Mask said. “Eye
opening. Chile is a proud nation.
They’re proud of their history. They’re
proud of their system. I’ve enjoyed
every minute of it. In fact, I’ve enjoyed
it so much that my next great adventure
is to go to Chile and stay there for quite
some time. I wouldn’t mind teaching
there.”
Vanessa Tucker, a student finishing a master degree in biology, did
research that took place from June 2011
to May 2012. Tucker studied the ecology
of the area around Naval Air Station,
Lemoore. This included setting traps
for small mammals as part of a biodiversity survey. The task took Tucker
and her fellow researchers into freezing temperatures and sweltering conditions on summer days.
“The project itself was physically
very intensive,” Tucker said. “You
have to go out once a month and spend
a whole weekend, Friday to Sunday. It
was intense, but fun. Now it’s relief
that it’s pretty much done. It felt good
I did something out there, and I made a
difference in some way.”
Intensity can come in different
forms, like a novel of about 240 pages
that Brian Dunlap of the creative writing program started in 2011 as his thesis project. He still considers it a fluid
product.
“I feel good about my thesis in terms
of being accepted for graduation,”
Dunlap said. “As a novel for publication, I still need to do a lot more work.
The final stretch was stressful since I
had not gone through my thesis to correct any spelling or grammar mistakes.
CORRECTION
Ironically, I stink at grammar, and I
had close to 240 pages to edit in about a
month’s time.”
The professors who advise postgraduate students and sit on committees evaluating their work try help with
time management.
“What we ask them to do, we have
done ourselves,” Skeen said. “We
understand it’s difficult. We save them
time. Every student in our program
could do everything on their own without the faculty but it would take them 20
years.”
Brad Jones, a professor with the history department and graduate coordinator, said students who have to turn
in their completed work carry a burden their professors share to a certain
degree. These professors critically
review 50-page theses from multiple
students. “I basically spend February and
the first couple weeks of March reading draft after draft after draft of chapters, commenting and meeting with
students,” Jones said. “It’s a pretty
exhausting time, even for us. It’s really
exhausting for the student. I remember
those days as a student staying up all
night writing. This isn’t casual reading.”
For the students who successfully
navigate the path of postgraduate work,
few of them consider a Masters degree
the end.
“I knew I wanted to teach, but I wanted to teach at the community-college or
university level,” Mask said. “Not that
I don’t like kids, just that I’ve raised my
kids already, and I know how difficult it
is to teach high school students.”
Tucker shares the desire to teach but
doesn’t want to abandon the other work
she enjoys.
“I plan on using my master’s to teach
high school or maybe college,” Tucker
said. “I am hoping to get a research
internship this summer. I always want
to stay connected to research.”
Dunlap said the next step is to continue working on his current novel.
“Keep writing and hopefully become
a published author,” Dunlap said.
The author of the story “The silent fall of the Fresno State Amphitheater” in the
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Serving friendly greetings for 13 years
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By Mikey Sanchez
Special to The Collegian
Amalia Bannhar t has a
face and a voice that every
freshman who has lived in the
dorms recognizes.
Bannhart, Molly to those
who know her, conveys a lovingness and war mth that
only a g randmother can
show. Sometimes called the
“Mija Lady,” Bannhart, who
has worked in the Residence
Dining Hall for more than 13
years, said the students who
come in are like her children.
“The students are my favorite part of my job,” she said.
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“They are respectful. They
make me happy, and they make
me laugh. They make me look
forward to going to work.”
Deborah Guill, senior manager of the Residence Dining
Hall, said Bannhar t helps
change a common perception
that campus dining facilities
across the nation face.
Some students are wary
going up to the dining hall for
the first time, but Bannhart
greets them with a warm and
friendly welcome.
“Molly has a very important job because she is the first
direct contact for the students,”
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Amalia Bannhart, the 'Mija Lady,' has greeted hungry students at the Student
Dining Hall for more than a dozen years.
Guill said. “Molly makes a personal connection with those
students and it’s genuine.”
Bannhar t said that she
enjoys asking the students
about their day and motivating them to do well in school.
Many of the residents are
freshmen, so she eases their
transition to college life by acting as a part of their family.
“If they need any advice,
I give it to them,” she said. “I
do not ask, but if they tell me
about their problems, I hear
them like a mother would.”
A lot of the students agree
that over time Bannhart has
become part of the family.
Chelsea Gue, a senior at
Fresno State who lived in the
dor ms as a freshman, said
Bannhart was one of the most
influential figures of her life as
a new student.
“She (Bannhart) made me
feel at home during my first
semester at Fresno State,” Gue
said. “She always makes me
feel loved with her big smile
and warm voice.”
Even students who already
have graduated will come back
to the dining hall when they
are on campus and get a hug.
While her students are graduating and moving on to the
next chapters of their lives,
Bannhart sometimes wonders
about what she will do for the
next segment of her own life.
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Bannhart grew up in Ciudad
Juare z, Mexico, and then
moved to El Paso before coming to California. She said that
although she does not plan on
retiring soon, when that day
comes she wants to move back
to El Paso.
“I loved living and working
in Texas during the week and
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Helium shortage floats into spotlight
image,” Maitra said. “It’s that same fundamental concept, but used a little differently. Over there, they are basically
A helium shortage has struck the mapping your brain. Here, we map our
world, and it isn’t just birthday par- molecules. That’s the difference.”
ties suffering from the lack of gas that
These instruments determine the
makes your voice squeaky.
physical and chemical properties of
Helium is used for any low-temper- atoms and molecules. Spectrometers
ature experiments that researchers do are very high-field magnets that work
such as nanosciences, scanning, elec- with a coil with a constant electric curtronic microscopes and any time you rent, one that only happens when the
want to slow down an electronic pro- coil is at extremely low temperatures.
cess to study.
Helium is used to keep the magnet in
The situation is direr than expected.
the NMR instrument super-cooled.
Santanu Maitra, an assistant proNitrogen forms into a liquid at 70 kelfessor of organic chemistry at Fresno vins. Helium liquefies at 4.2 kelvins or,
State, is currently working on devel- 269 degrees Celsius.
oping a safe pesticide with fewer side
Fresno State uses about 40-80 liters of
effects than those on the market right liquid helium each month on their specnow. One of the biggest tools he uses to trometers alone.
analyze compounds is called a nuclear
“NMR is like the ultimate spectrum
magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrosco- we rely on,” Maitra said. “It really
py instrument.
gives a lot of information about the
“It’s very much like an MRI that the different hydrogen and carbons presphysicians use – magnetic resonance ent in the molecule. So without NMR,
I’ll be crippled.
My research
will become
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Science labs struggle
with the rising demand
and faculty for
research in the
medical fields.
B e i n g
able to use
the NMR
instruments
is important for
many of the scientific fields.
“NMRs are pretty
much like a saw for a
carpenter,” Maitra said.
“So if the NMR is not
working, then I think
that all the synthetic
organic chemists or
eve r y b o dy w h o i s
making compounds
will be in big jeopardy. It’s going to be
like all hell breaking
loose. It will be a disaster, so it’ll have a profound effect on synthetic chemists, inorganic,
o r g a n i c, b i o o r g a n i c,
medicinal chemists – whoever mixes compounds.”
Krish Krishnan, a
p r o f e s s o r a n d Re s e a r c h
Infrastructure in Minority
Institutions (RIMI) research
director spends much of his time
with the spectrometers.
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Julie Waite / The Collegian
Helium is in short supply due to the
fact that it can’t be developed or made
because of its inert nature. Helium
used in laboratories is extracted from
the earth by mining, Krishnan said.
“With the increase in use of helium
in electronic processes, the demand is
growing much, much faster,” he said.
the tank, due to the presThe chemistry department doesn’t
sure differences inside and
know what to do about the shortage of
out, helium escapes slowly.
the gas.
One should be able to capture the
“It is a big problem for us and I
gas and reliquefy to use again.”
don’t know how bad it is going to be,”
Equipment technician Douglas
Krishnan said. “Right now, we are looking OK, but if the company supplying Kliewer said the campus purchases
both gas and liquid
the helium goes
variants of helium,
back on its deal,
but it takes a lot of
it will affect all of
the gas to make liqthe classes, all of
t is a big problem for us,
uid because they
the research and
have to compress
basically everyand I don't know how bad it
and cool it.
thing we do with
is going to be.”
There is not a
the spectromepractical solution
ters.”
— Krish Krishnan,
to the helium crisis
One alternative
yet, and labs everyChemistry professor
to using helium is
where are worried.
to use hydrogen.
“If we realize
It is abundant in
and if we wake
n at u re a n d c a n
up tomorrow and
be tur ned into a
liquid, but it is highly flammable and there is no helium, oh my God, it’s
going to be terrible,” Maitra said. “I’ll
explosive.
“It is literally like a bomb,” Krishnan basically – I won’t know what to do. I’ll
probably have to find a different job.
said. “It can be used, but it isn’t safe.”
There are other ways scientists are Seriously, it’s that bad. It can be that
bad – until we have an alternative.”
solving this problem.
“The best way, I think, is to recycle
the helium,” he said. “When you fill up
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this season,” Yoho said. “I
came back this year in much
better shape and ready to finish my last year with a bang.”
Yoho is set to compete in
the NCAA Championships at
the end of March. This will be
Yoho’s first time competing in
the NCAA individuals, where
she will swim in the 50 and 100
freestyle.
Yoho is also in the midst of
preparing for her last swim
meet as a senior.
“I’m going back up in my
yardage and working on the
small things to just maintain
what I’ve trained for all yearl,”
Yoho said.
Yoho will graduate in May
and plans to start working
right away.
“I plan on working in pharmaceutical sales when I graduate,” Yoho said. “After NCAA
I plan on retiring from swimming. I’ve achieved everything
I have strived for in swimming
and plan on moving forward
after college.”
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Fresno State lost to the Huskies on Monday, but freshman Felipe Fritz has won four straight singles matches. The
Bulldogs host Purdue today at the Wathen Tennis Center.
Fresno State falls to No. 25
Huskies, face Purdue next
By Jeff Smith
The Collegian
The Fresno State men’s tennis team hosted the University
of Washington, ranked No. 25
by the Intercollegiate Tennis
Association, on Monday at the
Wathen Tennis Center.
The Bulldogs fell to the highpowered Huskies 4-1, but the
match was much tighter than
the final score shows.
Wa s h i n g t o n ’ s H u d s o n
Barnhart and Max Manthou
h a n d l e d Fe l i p e F r i t z a n d
Sai Kar tik Nakireddi 8-3,
while Marton Bots and Kyle
McMorrow made quick work
of Reid deLaubenfels and Sam
McNeil 8-4 on Court 1.
The Huskies drew first blood
and scored the first point of the
match.
“I definitely thought we had
a shot,” Fresno State coach
Evan Austin said. “When we
didn’t win the doubles point, I
knew it would be really tough
to get to four points from there.
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Fresno State found itself in
a hole quickly during the singles rounds. Nicholas Kamisar
defeated Jeremy Quiroz swiftly
6-2, 6-1.
deLaubenfels faired no better on court No. 1 falling to
McMorrow 6-3, 6-1.
Down in the overall score
3-0, the Bulldogs needed to win
the final four matches to come
away with a win.
Fresno State’s lone point
came from the victory on court
No. 4 where Fritz finished a
tight match ending in a tiebreak in the second set 6-1, 7-6
(8-6).
Fritz is on a four-match winstreak in singles competition.
“He’s getting a lot of confidence going,” Austin said.
“More than anything, it’s just
a comfort level and his tennis
speaks for itself. When he’s out
there loose, there aren’t many
guys who can dictate the game
to him. It’s more him dictating
the game to them.”
MacNeil was locked in a bat-
tle on court No. 5 with Viktor
Farkas. Farkas proved to be too
much after a second set surge
winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The match was called with
two courts still seeing action
due to travel obligations.
“One thing about experienced teams that have been
around before — they don’t let
up and they don’t make it easy
on you,” Austin said.
Next up on the schedule is
66th-ranked Purdue.
“This is the eighth or
ninth nationally ranked team
already, so it’s not something
new to us,” Austin said. “We’re
getting more comfortable in
these situations.”
The match against Purdue
marks the third event in a fivematch home stint.
Said Austin: “We’ve played
well at home, so I think it’s a
big opportunity for us and I’m
looking forward to it.”
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“To think that most football
stadiums at an amateur level
are bigger than premier soccer
stadiums – crazy!” he said.
For Mor row, playing in
front of big crowds was something she never experienced
until she came to Fresno State.
“Volleyball isn’t the biggest
sport here, but compared to
where I used to play, there was
20 people max,” she said. “Now
there’s thousands at our games
so I think it’s pretty cool.”
But aside from the sports,
foreign athletes are often dealing with culture shock for the
first time when moving to the
U.S.
Lisa James, an international
admissions specialist at Fresno
State, says this type of cultural
experience “makes you pull
your own resources.”
“You draw on your innate
talents and innate ability
to provide for you in a way,
because it totally takes you out
of your comfort zone,” James
said.
“I think that’s a good thing,
because it kind of gives you a
challenge,” she continued. “It
encourages you to change if
you need to or make positive
adjustments.”
Reflecting on his four years
spent away from home, Mulroy
said the independence has
bought him a new sense of freedom and forced him to grow up.
And also, Mulroy had to wait
for until he left England to have
his first PB&J sandwich.
“I had a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich for the first
time,” Mulroy laughed. “I really liked it!”
For Morrow, the funniest
experience is listening to the
American national anthem
every game, admitting she just
thinks of the Australian version the whole time.
“It’s so weird!” she laughs.
“I just stand there. I don’t sing
along.”
While this cultural shock
introduces international students to new foods, new traditions and new systems, the
interaction between foreign
nationalities is a two-way
street, with American students
often having their own horizons widened.
Athletic trainer Sarah
Tackett frequently works with
international athletes, highlighting that they often help
their American teammates
gain a more worldly view.
“I think often American
kids are only familiar with the
world that’s right in front of
them,” Tackett said. “So sometimes it kind of opens their
eyes to different things and different cultures.”
James also shares this view,
emphasizing that having international students is an important dynamic for any university, not only for the individual
studying but also for the local
students and community.
“They may not be able to go
somewhere else to study, but at
least they’re getting that interaction with students from a
place that they’ve never been
before,” James said.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
2013 Mountain West Conference Basketball Championships
’Dogs take on Rams Bulldogs and Broncos square off
No. 7 Fresno State (11-18, 5-11 MWC)
vs. No.2 Colorado State (24-7, 11-5
MWC)
Today at 2:30 p.m. at the Thomas
and Mack Center in Las Vegas
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The lowdown
Fresno State – which evaded having
to play in Tuesday’s play-in game by
winning its final two Mountain West
Conference games of the season – still
faces an upward climb to the conference crown and an automatic bid to the
NCAA Tournament.
The Bulldogs play No. 2 Colorado
State today in the quarterfinals as
the seventh-seed, and will be without
freshman Robert Upshaw, who was suspended from the team indefinitely on
Monday for violation of team rules and
the university’s athletics department
policy.
Upshaw played a total of 28 minutes
against Fresno State’s two losses to the
Rams this season (74-63 in the teams’
first meeting at the Save Mart Center
and 74-67 on the road in the second
meeting).
Fresno State’s guards were able to
get going against the Rams, though.
Tyler Johnson scored 23 points off 7-of16 shooting, and Kevin Olekaibe netted
18 off a perfect 6-of-6 from behind the
3-point arc.
Finding a viable solution to Rams
senior center Colton Iverson – who literally broke the backboard at the Save
Mart Center after a dunk – is something
many teams haven’t found this season.
Iverson is shooting 59.2 percent from
the field (seventh among Division I
players) and has had 13 double-doubles
this season.
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No. 7 Fresno State goes head to head against
Colton Iverson and Colorado State in today’s
conference championship quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Bulldogs will face No.7
Boise State in the Mountain West quarterfinals
on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Johnson earns all-conference honorable mention
No. 2 Fresno State (21-8, 13-3 MWC)
vs. No. 7 Boise State (11-18, 4-12
MWC)
Bulldo gs guard Tyler Johnson
earned All-Mountain West honorable
mention selection on Monday.
Johnson leads Fresno State in scoring with 12 points per game and finished the season shooting 45.9 percent
from the field.
-- Compiled by Ricardo Cano,
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Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Thomas
and Mack Center in Las Vegas
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The lowdown
By Tanya Murtagh
Special to The Collegian
Michael Price / The Collegian
Dani Yoho, who was the first Fresno State swimmer to take gold in the
Mountain West Conference Championship
During the championships
Yoho also broke the Fresno
State school record three times
in 50 and her personal record
in the 100 free.
“I was really happy to break
my record in the 100 free,” Yoho
said. “I wasn’t able to last year,
and it was a really big goal of
mine to be able to break it my
senior year and also break 50
Bulldogs cash in conference honors
Four Bulldogs earned conference
honors on Monday. Moore, who earned
first-team All-Mountain West honors, also was named the conference’s
Defensive Player of the Year.
Rosie Moult was a second-team allconference selection, and junior Taylor
Thompson and sophomore Alex Sheedy
each earned All-Mountain West thirdteam honors.
In Bulldogs coach Raegan Pebley’s
first year, Fresno State is sitting
Yoho makes school history
Senior swimmer Dani Yoho
became Fresno State’s first
ever individual Mountain West
Conference champion on Feb.
21 by taking first place in the
50-yard freestyle.
Yoho, a native of Sug ar
Land, Texas, began swimming
at the age of 15. Growing up
Yoho also played basketball,
soccer and did track and field.
She has always been competitive but chose swimming
because she knew it was her
forte, she said.
“I chose swimming because
it was my best shot at a scholarship, and I really enjoyed competing,” Yoho said.
During the Mountain West
Championships, Yoho became
the first swimmer in Fresno
State’s school history to win an
individual title. Yoho did this
in style by capturing the crown
with her fastest time ever: 22.32
seconds.
“I was also incredibly happy
to be able to get my goal time
in the the 50,” Yoho said. “22.32
has been my goal time for the
past couple of years, so being
able to shatter my previous
record was something I had
really been working towards
all year.”
among the top of the Mountain West
Conference’s top teams in the tournament. The Bulldogs, top-seeded San
Diego State and No. 3 Wyoming are the
only schools that concluded the regular
with winning records.
Fresno State faces a Broncos team it
easily handled in the regular season.
In the teams’ first meeting at the Save
Mart Center, Fresno State forced 18
steals en route to a 70-57 win.
Four Bulldogs scored in double figures (Rosie Moult finished with 21
points and Ki-Ki Moore scored 22)
against the Broncos at Taco Bell Arena.
But the Bulldogs’ road to the conference title will presumably get tougher
in the semifinals – where they are likely
to play third-seeded Wyoming (it faces
Colorado State in the quarterfinals).
Fresno State split its regular-season
series with the Cowgirls.
Fresno State -- which won its final
four games, a streak that included its
second win over the Broncos -- enters
the Mountain West tournament with
momentum.
The Bulldogs finished the season possibly grabbing one of its most decisive
conference win with its 90-64 victory
over UNLV in their regular-season finale.
seconds.”
Yoho attributes some of her
success this season to the experience she gained this summer
while at the Olympic trials in
Omaha, Neb.
“Training for trials this
summer definitely helped me
to stay in shape and prep for
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-- Compiled by Ricardo Cano,
The Collegian
Behind the life of an
international student-athlete
Scattered amongst the different sports at
F r e s n o S t a t e,
a small g roup
of athletes are
l iv i n g a l o n g
way from home.
Not from the
Midwest or the
East Coast, but
instead people
Nadia
from other sides
o f t h e wo rl d ,
Pearl
representing the
likes of Chile,
Germany, India, the UK and
Egypt.
There are currently 29 international student-athletes on
Fresno State’s different rosters, each individual choosing
to take the plunge and move
countries to pursue the aspiration of playing collegiate
sports in America.
“There are so many opportunities in the U.S. at the university level,” said Jack Mulroy, a
senior golfer from England.
Ja m i e e - L e e M o r row, a n
Australian sophomore on the
volleyball team, also expressed
the same opinion, explaining
there was no way for her to
study and play competitively if
she had remained at home.
The U.S. is rare in its combi-
nation of academics and sports
in college, as more often than
not, the idea is unheard of in
other nations. With academics being the primary focus at
universities, an excelling athlete abroad has limited options
to play competitive sport once
leaving high school.
Consequently, some eager
athletes consider the prospect
of chasing a stint in America.
However, once they arrive,
these international students
are often overwhelmed by just
how big college sports really
are. The high level of organization, funding and facilities is
often unimaginable in comparison to sport of the same level
in their home countries.
“It’s crazy,” Morrow said. “I
can’t believe how much money
gets put into sports just for us
to experience to play.”
Both Morrow and Mulroy
agree the support from fans
took them by sur prise the
most.
“It was amazing to see that
amateur sports are televised
and how the community is
very supportive,” Mulroy said.
The size of college stadiums
was a particular surprise for
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