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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
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R.I.P. Victor E. Bulldog II
Fresno State Athletics' live mascot, Victor E. Bulldog II, died
unexpectedly Thursday from a severe anaphylactic shock caused
by a bee sting.
"Victor E. attended hundreds of Fresno State events,” said Paul
Ladwig, Fresno State senior associate athletic director. “Everywhere he went, he attracted fans of all ages and was a loving face
of Fresno State Athletics.”
Victor E. II would have turned three next month.
TOUGH BREAKS
“There are still some
issues to look at that
are specific to the
Latino demographic.”
Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association conference
stresses outreach, student advising improvements
By Diana Giraldo | @dianainspired
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Photos by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams bowed out of
the Mountain West Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, swallowing
tough losses against Colorado State and New Mexico, respectively.
The women’s team, seeded third, lost to the No. 2 Lobos in the
semifinals, 64-53. Fresno State (22-9) had grown accustomed to
cutting the nets (they’d won four straight conference tournament titles
— two in the WAC, two in the Mountain West), though likely snapped
its NCAA Tournament appearance streak with the tournament loss.
The No. 6 Fresno State men’s team lost to No. 3 Colorado State 7159 on Thursday night. The Bulldogs (15-17) trailed 40-22 at the half.
›› Full coverage from Las Vegas in sports. P8
A view of hip-hop history
from one of its pioneers
By Nayirah Dosu
@DoeSuu11
Kool Moe Dee, the first rapper to
ever win and perform at the Grammys, spoke Wednesday night at the
Henry Madden Library on his role in
the beginnings of hip-hop.
“I’m your past and your future,
in your present,” he said. “I’m where
you came from, and I’m an example
of where you could be going right
here and now.”
The talk was organized by Dr. T.
Hasan Johnson’s hip-hop research
and interview project for the Africana studies program. The goal of
the project is to give people in-depth
information about hip-hop, he said.
When Kool Moe Dee came onto
the hip-hop scene in the 1970s with
See HIP-HOP, Page 6
(Top) Fresno State’s do-itall forward/center Alex
Sheedy capped a storied
career in the Bulldogs’
loss to New Mexico on
Wednesday. Sheedy, an
Australian transplant, was
part of three teams that
won conference tournament championships – two
in the Mountain West and
one in the WAC.
(Bottom) Fresno State
guard Julien Lewis and
the Bulldogs never recovered from a 40-22 halftime
deficit in their Thursday
night loss to the Rams.
The Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association held an open discussion forum Wednesday designed to hear the voice of Fresno State’s
Latino population.
“What we gather from here we are going to make a report to give
to [Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro],” said Ambar Alvarez Soto, a transfer admissions coordinator. “This way we can show
him all the progress that we have made, but also remind him we aren’t done yet. There are still some issues to look at that are specific
to the Latino demographic.”
The discussion forum opened with a short welcome from Fresno
State president Joseph Castro and Vice President of Student Affairs
Frank Lamas.
“We want to work with you,” Lamas said. “We are not here to
be against students; we are here to be with students. And we have
things like this because we want to hear your voice about what’s
working well, what’s not working well, how we can better help you.”
The forum began as a way to informally document the university
experience of Latino staff and students in a more personal small
group setting, said Dr. Victor Torres, president of the Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association.
“LFSA is working with the university administration in discover-
See CONFERENCE, Page 6
IN A&E:
INSIDE
Henry Madden
makes the list
Fresno State’s Henry
Madden Library tops some
Ivy League schools in a
national list that ranked
the top 50 college or
university libraries in the
country. P6
Peach Blossom
attract hundreds
A ‘Spoonful’ of theatrics
Valley kids take part in
poetry reading. P6
Fresno State Department of Theatre Arts production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Water By the Spoonful” opens Friday night. P4
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
OPINION
GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
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FRAT SHOWS THAT RACISM LIVES
By Troy Pope
@darktroy
Did you know we live in a post-racial society? Well, it’s true, right? We have a black
president, so racism is over. It turns out
some people didn’t get that memo.
By now, everyone has heard what happened in Oklahoma with the frat singing
and the incredibly racist chant.
The bad part is, their liberal use of racial
slurs wasn’t the worst part of the chant.
“... you can hang them from a tree, but
they’ll never sign with me, there will never
be a n----- in SAE,” is what the white men
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon gleefully chanted.
The meaning of the chant itself is almost
worse than the use of the derogatory term.
The University of Oklahoma shut down
the fraternity and expelled two of the ringleaders of the chant, the video of which was
obtained by the school’s student newspaper.
The hard question is, is this just?
At first glance, the school should have
expelled the lot of them for their despicable
display.
These frats that want to be a center for
leadership growth cannot be a forum for
the past’s racist ways. It brings down everyone.
The problem is, at what point does the
school risk infringing on the college kids’
constitutional right to be bigots?
The University of Oklahoma, which is a
public college, might be treading on dangerous ground for expelling students based
on speech. That being said, the frat boys got
exactly what they deserved.
When it comes down to it, if you’re going
to claim that you’re America’s future leaders, then you had better act like it.
You shouldn’t act like you’re in the Klan.
Racism has been the national theme, especially in the last two years. What’s going
on in Ferguson, Missouri is yet another sign
that our society is racially charged.
The Department of Justice found that
Ferguson Police routinely discriminated
against black people, but there are entire
news networks that think it isn’t a big deal,
and that it doesn’t prove that racism is still
abounds.
This is not a series of isolated incidents.
It’s a systemic problem that exists despite
our a “post-racial America.”
It’s ironic that the same “news” network
that thinks we live in a post-racial society because we elected a black president
spends every waking moment tearing down
that president in a way that’s unprecedented in history – but claiming it’s not racially-motivated.
You’re right, nothing is wrong here.
Move along.
CAMPUS COLUMN: ASI ELECTIONS 2015
The Collegian reached out to students running for Fresno State’s student government, Associated Students, Inc. The following are submissions sent by candidates
on issues important to them and their campaign. Elections take place Tuesday, March 24 at 9 a.m. through Thursday, March 26 at noon.
CLASS VARIETY
By Kelli Kennedy
Running for Senator at Large
Political Science/Woman’s Studies Major
The Social Sciences College is one of considerable size
and includes many groups of people that deserve to have a
wide range of classes available to them. Diversity in learning is more valued by employers.
One main issue I would like to take on is a lack of variety in courses for the College of Social Sciences. Skills are
important for students to leave college with. I feel too many
courses are filled with information instead of skill learning.
The ability to apply what you learn in class to the real
world is more important than simply retaining the information for one course.
Too many students are passing through college without the knowledge they need to function as a professional. Many political science students would love to practice
drafting legislation.
Criminology students deserve to learn more about filling out search warrant requests and subpoenas.
Ethnic study students have a right to a diverse number
of courses that can help them decide what course they want
to take for social justice.
Students deserve to know what opportunities they have
on campus. Through communication, I have become a part
of numerous organizations including the Fresno State College Democrats, the League of Women Voters, Phi Alpha
Delta (a pre-law fraternity), and many other social organizations.
I think every student could benefit from the organizations we have now and could even get help establishing
new organizations they feel are important.
Our Social Sciences College deserves to be bold and diverse just like us.
Paul Vieira • The Collegian
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Peach Blossom celebrates 57 years of poetry with Valley kids
By Jen Cheong
@TheCollegian
Over 5,000 elementary students from across the Central
Valley flocked to Fresno State for
the 57th annual Peach Blossom
Festival on Thursday.
The festival is an oral interpretation poetry fest for elementary school children, a two-day
event organized by the department of communication. Students paired written literature
with oral interpretation using
hand motions and expressions
to perform in theatres and classrooms across all over campus in
front of judges and audiences.
The festival began fifty years
ago as a joint effort between
the speech communication and
theater arts department. It was
created to increase awareness
among young people about the
importance of reading literature
aloud and to teach them about
interpretation and performance.
The festival has grown tremendously and attracts schools
from as far north as Livingston
and as far south as Delano.
Marcie Lierly, the director of
the Peach Blossom Festival, said
the event provides a chance for
younger students to visit campus
and introduces literature to the
community.
“We want to instill love for
poetry, not only in the written
form, but also in the oral form,”
Lierly said.
This year, over 148 schools
participated in the festival with
over 1000 performances at the
two-day event. Some schools
have been attending for as many
as 14 years.
Fresno State volunteers and
professors are the judges of the
performances. The elementary
students recite poems in alone in
pairs or in small or large groups.
Judges look for confidence, fluidity, memorization of lines along
with hand motions, presentation
quality and other techniques that
make the poem more interesting.
Brittany Weigant, one of the
poetry judges of the festival, said
that this event was beneficial to
younger students in learning
public speaking skills.
“I think it’s an amazing opportunity for students to learn
how to perform in front of people
and have fun at the same time,”
Weigant said.
Being a part of the Peach
Blossom Festival might be a new
experience to some, but for others it is a tradition.
Rosie Valdez, a teacher from
the Aynesworth Elementary
School, said that the school has
been participating in the festival for almost 14 years, and they
hope to continue for years to
come.
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Students from St. Paul School recite the
poem “Bear in There” by Shel Silverstein
during the Peach Blossom Festival in the
John Wright Theater on Thursday.
‘Evening of poetry’ promotes women’s rights
By Belen Gomez
@TheCollegian
The Fresno State Women’s
Alliance, along with USU Productions, hosted “An evening of Poetry by, for, and about women.”
The open mic poetry slam
event took place Thursday night
at The Bucket on campus. “The purpose of the poetry
event was to create an opportunity for Fresno State students to
interactively engage in a poetry
slam that was attuned to social
issues,” said Women’s Alliance
president Krysten Cherkaski.
“It was some kind of mushing
of activism and art,” Cherkaski
said.
Women’s Alliance is a social
justice activism group that focuses on women’s issues. Its mission
is to promote empowerment, activism and sisterhood.
“We as a club wanted to host
an open mic style event that was
specifically feminist or social justice oriented,” Cherkaski said.
As the crowd arrived at The
Bucket, organizers welcomed and
encouraged students to wear a
purple bracelet, which represents
domestic violence awareness.
Trained peer counselors from
the Women’s Resource Center
were available throughout the
event as well for students who
needed support.
Students were encouraged to
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express them,” Flores said. “My
favorite poem was recited by a
gentlemen.”
Jessica Adams, coordinator of
the Women’s Resource Center,
said that the event was a success.
“It can be hard to get people
up to talk so it was nice to see that
we had people in the crowd show
support to students who shared
poems,” Adams said.
“This event impacted me because it was rejuvenating to see
how young generations care about
issues that are still present in society,” she added.
Poem topics ranged from
women’s appreciation and hard
work to issues on body image and
sexuality.
Students interested in getting
involved with the Women’s Alliance organization can join its
meetings held on Tuesdays at
12:30 p.m. in the Thomas Building room 104.
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read poems, quotes or any words
about women.
“It can be an extremely powerful experience to hear narratives
about oppression through spoken
word,” Cherkaski said.
Juan LaMont, a student that
had been sitting in the crowd for
about forty-five minutes, recited
an original poem he wrote during
the event.
“I got here at 6 p.m. and I have
been writing since then,” LaMont said. “I titled my poem ‘My
Queen.’”
Maria Flores, a junior psychology major, said that she liked the
event because it allowed people to
express their ideas in a respectful
way.
“Something that stood out to
me during the event was that people in the crowd were very respectful,” Flores said. “They would clap
and cheer for students, even if
they just said a word.”
Flores mentioned that she
learned that the event was not
just for women but for men as
well.
“The event impacted me in a
The possibility of students
parking earlier in staff lots and
construction projects aimed at
improving parking availability
were discussed on Wednesday
during the second parking forum
of the semester.
Tom Gaffery, Fresno State’s
parking and transportation manager, discussed a field study taking place to assess the possibility
of modifying parking restrictions
in the yellow lots to allow students to park there earlier than
the current 7 p.m. rule.
Recommendations from the
study will be sent to the campus
planning committee by the end of
this month. The findings will also
be sent to the Academic Senate
and then to Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro's cabinet.
The university plans to come
up with a course of action based
on this study after the end of this
semester.
Gaffery discussed plans to
initiate a project, costing around
$100,000, to patch potholes and
cracks across campus in the com-
ing weeks. Funding for projects
like this come from revenue generated by parking fees and fines.
Engineers have completed
plans to conduct minor renovations to the P30 lot by the Henry
Madden Library and the P4 lot
behind the Joyal Administration
Building. Construction in the lots
would be postponed until work
begins on the electrical infrastructure so that both can be finished simultaneously.
A redesign plan has also been
initiated for the P1 and P2 lots
next to the Kremen Education
Building and the Smittcamp
Alumni House. Gaffery estimated
that 100 additional spaces could
be added to the lots simply by reorienting the spaces and changing landscaping in the same area.
Wrought iron fencing would
also be installed along Shaw Avenue from Woodrow to Maple
avenues.
Gafferey said that any plans to
build a parking structure would
not be started until after work on
deferred maintenance and other
needs were completed.
The next parking forum will
be held on March 18 at the Henry
Madden Library in Room 2108.
ARTS & ENTE
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‘Water by the Spoonful’
cast ready for
opening night
By Desiree Herroz
@desiree_herroz
Fresno State’s production of “Water by
the Spoonful,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning
play, directed by theatre professor Kathleen McKinley, is set to open tonight at the
Woods Theatre.
Crafted in worlds of realism and cyber
chat-rooms, “Water by The Spoonful,” written by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Alegria
Hudes, confronts issues of forgiveness, addiction and death.
Directing nearly 50 campus productions, McKinley said she was drawn to direct “Water by the Spoonful” for its universal themes of family — birth, adopted, real
and virtual — and the power of forgiveness.
“I was intrigued by the funny, quirky,
courageous characters dealing with contemporary issues of online communication,
PTSD and addiction,” McKinley said. “The
play is serious, but the characters are funny, smart-alecky, smart, and passionate.”
McKinley said attendees should be fascinated by the play’s modernization and exploration of communication through online
chatrooms.
“The production has three worlds: the
real world, cyber world and a world of Magical Realism,” McKinley said. “The three
worlds are at times isolated, and at other
moments overlap as characters physically
slide into, stumble upon and invade these
spaces.”
Fresno State senior Austin Yarbrough,
playing “Water by the Spoonful” character
Elliot Ortiz, said he and the cast are ready
to open.
“We’ve spent so much time living in
these characters that it’s about time an audience sees the theatre we’ve created,” Yarbrough said. “I think the lighting and sound
design of this show are going to make a
great spectacle for the audience.”
Yarbrough said he fell in love with Water by the Spoonful’s script and enjoys playing Elliot because of his constant potential
energy, “like a loaded gun just waiting to go
off.”
“ ‘Water’ is so full of gut-wrenching, ripyour-heart-out emotions,” Yarbrough said.
“Kathleen is amazing at helping our characters establish and showcase their relationships.”
Amanda Valdez, Fresno State senior
playing Odessa Ortiz/Haikumom, said she
hopes the audience will be full of enjoyment and speechless after seeing the performance.
“This show is so much about human
nature and how people connect with each
other in this world,” Valdez said. “Hopefully the audience will be moved by the strong
content of the show.”
“Water by the Spoonful” will continue
through Saturday, March 21.
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Fresno State senior students Amanda Valdez (left) and Ryan Woods (right) play Haikumom or Odessa
Ortiz and Chutes & Ladder in the production of “Water by the Spoonful.”
WEEKEND WONDERS
Where to go, what to see and what to do
By Yvette Mancilla
@yvette_mancilla
Poetry reading
Tonight’s reading is the last of the
Spring 2015 Reading Series organized
by the Fresno Poets’ Association and the
Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative
Writing at Fresno State.
Tim Skeen, the coordinator of the program, will read from his poetry collection
“Risk.” “Risk” won the 2014 White Pine
Press Poetry Prize and was chosen by
the English department as the 2014 Outstanding Faculty Publication.
The reading will start at 7 p.m. in the
Alice Peters Auditorium inside the University Business Center. Admission is
free. For more information, contact [email protected].
Colin Hay concert
Australian singer Colin Hay will perform at the Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Hay is best known as the lead singer
for Men at Work, the platinum-selling
Australian band with hits such as “Down
Under,” “Overkill” and “Who Can It Be
Now?”
For ticket information, visit www.towertheatrefresno.com.
Pelican Paddle
The paddle event at Lake Kaweah only
happens once a year and is limited to six
participants. The kayak paddle provides
participants a chance to spot great white
pelicans, cormorants, pie-billed grebes
and other birds while enjoying the views
of the lake in the Sequoia National Park.
A guide, personal flotation devices,
paddles and a boat are provided for a cost
of $50 per person. For more information,
visit www.sequoiahistory.org.
Sioux City Kid concert
Sioux City Kid will perform tonight
at 8 p.m. with three other guest singers,
Jacque Babb, Vox Mera and Stephen
Bee. Sioux City Kid came from the work
of singer-songwriter Jared Griffin with
genre- blending sounds of classic rock
and blues.
The concerts are free and open to all
ages. Griffin’s own solo album, “Wallflowers and Whiskey Sours,” will be available
later in the year.
For more information, visit peevespub.com.
Photo courtesy of Two Days, One Night
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard stars in critically-acclaimed Belgian drama.
Fresno Filmworks
The internationally acclaimed “Two
Days, One Night” will have two screenings at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at the Tower
Theatre as a part of Fresno Filmworks,
Fresno’s “local source for independent
film.”
The film stars Marion Cotillard, who
was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Actress this year.
“Two Days, One Night” follows Sandra
(Cotillard), a factory worker who fights
for her job after taking a medical leave
and her management realizes they can
operate better with one fewer employee.
The Belgian labor drama runs for 95
minutes.
For more information, visit fresnofilmworks.org.
ERTAINMENT
THE BREW
The best of
the worst
REVIEW
By Troy Pope
@darktroy
Being a part of the craft beer experience
is awesome. There’s always something new
and exciting to try from established or upand-coming breweries.
These days, the beer section in stores
focuses heavily on craft beer – at least far
more than in the past. Some stores and bars
focus entirely on craft beer, but not everyone has gotten on board with the changing
face of beer.
Anheuser Busch went so far as to slam
the craft beer industry in a multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad; it was an attempt to promote its tired, old product that
is swiftly fading into the shadows of the
craft beer boom.
Despite the fact that much of the craft
brew business is located in the U.S., the
only beers referred to as “domestic” are the
mass-produced beer that favors quantity
over quality.
For those who haven’t yet seen the benefit of switching to craft beer, like college
kids, here is a list of the best of the worst
beers that have been on the market, unchanged, for far too long.
These beers will not be given a rating,
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
but suffice it to say, none of these beers
would score above a two on a scale of one to
five. The following is simply in order from
best to worst:
Miller Lite #1
After pouring the Miller Lite into a glass,
the first thing you’ll notice is how light it is.
It has the faint smell of a pilsner. Which is
good, because it is a pilsner.
One important description to give this
beer is this: “It isn’t terrible.”
Despite the fact that Miller Lite doesn’t
taste like much, that it bothers to attempt
flavor at all is impressive.
It’s incredibly easy to drink.
Bud Light #2
The can says “smooth & refreshing,” and
it doesn’t lie – it is incredibly smooth.
This beer is so close to being mere water,
that it’s hard to even label it as beer.
The aroma is what Anheuser Busch
would call “beer.” There is no other word to
describe it. It’s probably what beer smells
like when you haven’t bothered to make it
taste like anything.
Did you know chocolate stouts smell like
chocolate? Who knew you were supposed to
make your beer taste like something. This
beer lacks any flavor profile whatsoever.
Coors Light #3
Almost indistinguishable from Bud
Light, Coors Light boasts a slightly strong
aroma and flavor –
not that that’s a good thing.
The “beer” flavor is a bit stronger. It’s
hard to believe different companies make
Bud Light and Coors Light because they are
so similar.
While almost identical, Coors Light is
slightly less palatable than Bud Light.
Nothing about this beer should be considered “good.” Most of these beers would
benefit from turning into a michelada, a
beer mixed with tomato juice, lime and hot
sauce, also known as a red beer. At least
that would add flavor to it.
Natural Light #4
The strongest “beer” aroma so far, this
beer has the flavor of something gone horribly wrong.
It almost has the flavor of some sort of
cleaning product. And believe it or not, that
isn’t something you want from your beer
experience.
You can almost feel your headache
coming on as you’re drinking it. This beer
should be recommended to no one.
Pabst Blue Ribbon or PBR #5
This beer has an odd level of popularity.
It has hipsters and beer traditionalists alike
swooning over it. Regardless, it’s utterly
terrible.
The strange beer has the aroma of apple
cider.
At first, this beer isn’t all that bad – at
first. After a few sips, the cider flavor goes
away and you’re left with that awful beer
nonflavor of “beer.”
It has the after taste of some sort of rubbing alcohol.
Wrap up
None of these beers should be something to be esteemed. They aspire to nothing. They don’t grow or evolve. They are
only good as a mass-produced product.
Even the worst of microbrews are probably
better tasting than the best of these beers.
At least they’re trying something, whereas these domestic beers might as well be
put together on an assembly line where no
humans are involved in the process.
IN PHOTOS: JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Paul Schelsinger • The Collegian
Left: Oscar Lopez and Angelica Pizaña play trombones with the Fresno State Jazz Orchestra during a concert on Wednesday night on campus.
Top right: Director Dr. Alan Durst leads the jazz orchestra and ensemble during the collaborative concert.
Bottom right: Fresno State student David White led the vocals for the jazz themed concert.
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Kool Moe Dee,
others part of
rap’s lyricism
movement
HIP-HOP from Page 1
Conference
stresses the
importance of
reaching out
to Latino
community
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his group, “The Treacherous
Three,” he brought with him a
new, more serious style of rapping.
In 1981, he surprised many by
entering a freestyle battle and going up against one of the top party
emcees of the time, Busy Bee, at
the Harlem World Christmas Rappers’ Convention. Kool Moe Dee
recalled taking down Busy Bee
ing ways to improve the overall
experience of Chicano and Latinos
on this campus,” Torres said.
After the introductions, groups
of students spoke in roundtables
about different issues and shared
experiences at Fresno State that
have impacted them.
“We talked about parking and
how difficult it is to get into a ‘W’
course,” said criminology student
Janice Yungling, adding she has
yet to successfully enroll in such a
course.
Torrez stressed the importance
of reaching out to the Latino community at Fresno State to begin to
Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library has been
ranked No. 25 in a listing of the top 50 college and
university libraries in the nation.
College Rank, a ranking service for colleges and
universities that uses data regarding student opportunities, prestigious collections and architecture and historical note.
It also highlighted noteworthy features of the
library, including the design by AC Martin and
Partners, Native American basket weaving ele-
ments and 1.13 million volumes in 370,000 square
foot space — making it the largest campus library
in the California State University system and the
largest installation of compact shelving on one
floor in the United States.
The library, which opened in 1911 and was remodeled in 2009, is now ranked higher than libraries at the University of Southern California,
New York University, Princeton University, John
Hopkins University and Yale University.
with lyrical precision.
A self-proclaimed lover of
words, he discussed how this rap
battle was pivotal in changing rap
battles for emcees and lyricism.
No longer was it about who could
get the party the most hyped, but
rather who could create lyrics that
contained the best messages.
With a college education and
having grown up during the time
of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King
Jr. and the Black Panthers, Kool
Moe Dee said he was able to create
lyrics that were conscious of the
African-American struggle.
He went on to talk about the
struggles that he and other artists faced during the musical rise
of rap and hip-hop. Not only were
they faced with resistance from
past generations and their musical taste, but also from the music
industry.
Kool Moe Dee said The Sugar
Hill Gang’s “Rappers Delight” and
Run DMC’s “Walk This Way” also
helped pave the way for other musicians.
His hit song “Wild Wild West”
reached No. 4 on the Billboard
charts in 1988. He rapped through
the early 1990s — a long time for
someone who was told at 25 he
was ‘too old’ to rap.
understand students and staff.
“When faculty and staff feel
valued and supported by the administration, this translates to
better services for the students,”
Torrez said. “We need to get a
sense of how the students feel
about how Fresno State is doing in
terms of providing the appropriate services. Including students in
the forum provides a manageable
opportunity for students to invest
themselves so they know they are
an active part of the processes and
can help influence outcomes that
will benefit them and their respective academic and career goals.”
One area of improvement Lamas touched on was advising.
He spoke about a new model of
advising where all the colleges will
have advising centers that work
very closely with the advising faculty in student affairs, which he
said will provide students with an
improved advising experience.
“I think if there was better
advising and more help, people
wouldn’t slack off,” said Ana Arredondo, a criminology major.
Last year, Arredondo said she
was guided by an advisor to take a
class. After following the instructions she was given, she found out
she did not need to take the class.
“I could have been doing things
I did need instead of wasting my
time in classes that I didn’t need,”
Arredondo said. “I think that it’s
important to participate, because
this way they really know what we
as students are struggling with.”
LFSA supports Castro’s efforts
to improve the overall experience
of everyone in the university community.
“His efforts are genuine, and I
firmly believe that he is truly listening to the concerns of faculty,
staff and students,” Torrez said.
“I expect that he will make ‘bold’
changes in the coming years based
on what he hears that will improve
the university experience for everyone.”
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS
LACROSSE
FRESNO STATE LOSES
BULLDOG BATTLE AT HOME
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Men’s hoops finishes year 15-17
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Harris took a fall after a layup attempt
and remained on the floor for a couple
minutes, appearing to hit his head. He
headed to the locker room with the help
of his teammates. The junior finished
with just four points, four rebounds and
three assists.
The Bulldogs finished the year 15-17
overall and 10-8 in conference play.
“To win 10 games in this league says
a lot,” Terry said. “This is a really good
league top to bottom, and it will be from
here on out. The Mountain West Conference is one of the best leagues in the
country. For us to come back and have
the perseverance to get 10 wins in this
league and compete at the level we competed, with the start we got off to, I can’t
fault our effort.
“I thought our guys really hung together. Can we be better as a team next
year? Absolutely. If we buy into that
and do that over the off-season, we’ll be
good as anybody in our league next year.
That’s the continued growth curve with
our program and what we are.”
‘Dogs come back too little too late
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Photo by Khlarissa Agee • The Collegian
Sophomore midfielder Caroline Dineen-Carlson looks to pass during the Bulldog lacrosse team’s 14-9
Wednesday loss versus Bryant University at the Soccer and Lacrosse Field.
By The Collegian
@TheCollegian
The Fresno State lacrosse team lost to
the Bryant University Bulldogs 14-9 at the
Soccer and Lacrosse Field on Wednesday.
Seven minutes into the contest, Fresno
State had a 2-1 lead, but it allowed three
consecutive goals and gave Bryant a lead
that Fresno State would not recover from.
Keys to Bryant’s success were draw controls. It had 17, while Fresno State had only
eight.
“We’re still struggling as a team on the
draw, which is a big momentum changer,”
said Fresno State head coach Jessica Giglio.
Bryant junior Lauren Descalzo led her
team with seven goals off 12 shots. For Fresno State, sophomore Caroline Dineen-Carl-
son tallied her fourth hat trick of the year,
bringing her season goal total to a teamhigh 17.
Marcy Levatino, Anjelica Fuccillo, and
Brooke Filgo all added a goal for Fresno
State. ‘Dogs goalkeeper Meganne Weissenfels had five saves in 39 minutes.
As a team, Bryant outshot Fresno State
28-17.
“I think for us moving forward, we need
to play a 60-minute game,” Giglio said. “I
think that is something we have been struggling with, and we are completely capable
of doing it. But we need to do it consistently.”
The loss puts the ‘Dogs at 2-5 in the season and 0-3 in conference play. Their next
game is at home against Winthrop Sunday
at noon.
BASEBALL
Taylor Ward on Johnny
Bench Award watch list
By Collegian Staff
@TheCollegian
The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced Wednesday that Fresno State catcher Taylor Ward has been
named to the 2015 Johnny Bench Award
Watch List, an award that recognizes the
best catcher in all of college baseball.
The award was created in 2000 and is
named after National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, who played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to
1983.
The organization will narrow down the
list and announce the semifinalists on May
14. From there on, ballots will be sent to a
national voting panel at the end of May for
a vote, which will determine the three finalists for the award.
The national committee will take a fi-
nal vote during the College World Series to
determine the finalists, which will be announced on June 2.
All finalists will be brought to Wichita,
Kansas, and the winner will be announced
at the 18th Annual Greater Wichita Sports
Banquet on June 25.
A total of 75 catchers from across the
country were nominated for the award by
their coaches. Because the award is given
annually to the top division one collegiate
catcher, the list will be updated to include
other candidates until May 4, 2015.
Prior to the season, Ward was named a
Pre-Season All-American by organization
such as Baseball America, Louisville Slugger, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and
Perfect Game, an amateur baseball scouting service.
Through 18 games this season, Ward
holds a batting average of .311, has hit five
home runs and recorded 16 RBIs.
one of New Mexico at 37-36 after posting
an 8-0 run nearly midway through the
half.
“When it was 36-37, I felt like we were
one possession away,” said Fresno State
head coach Jaime White. “I felt like that
multiple times this season. It’s one of
those things we’ve got to work on. Obviously, it comes on the offensive end.”
The ‘Dogs were able to keep New
Mexico from going on heavy runs, but
were unable to capitalize on it offensively
to build a large lead.
“We crawled back defensively, but
I felt like offensively, we never really
turned the corner,” White said. “We got
some openings and we got some stuff to
the rim, but I think it was just a little bit
too late.”
The reported attendance of 3,188 was
a pro-New Mexico crowd. Some of the
Red Wave was in attendance, but the
noise was in New Mexico’s favor.
“I don’t know that [playing there] was
as intimidating as it was fun,” White said.
“It’s just that we can’t hear each other a
lot, whether it’s even them talking to
each other or me kind of trying to call a
play.”
Despite the loss, the chance of more
postseason basketball still exists. The
‘Dogs could make it to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a
place that White is familiar with.
“I have a lot of respect for the NIT,
been in it multiple times,” she said. “I
know that the Mountain West has been
successful in it.
“In a year, we’re going to have a really
young team. We lose five seniors. It’s another way to get your kids experience in
the postseason. We’d love to do it in front
of our home crowd.”
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
A FIRST FOR FRESNO
Mountain West Tournament winning streak ends for Bulldogs
SOFTBALL
Fresno State
strong in first
game of home
tourney
By Collegian Staff
@TheCollegian
The Fresno State softball team had a
strong outing during the first day of the
Fresno State Classic at Margie Wright
Diamond Thursday night.
The ‘Dogs beat Providence 6-1 and
the University of the Pacific 1-0. The
wins snap a four-game losing streak for
Fresno State.
“Obviously, two W’s were our goal
for today,” said Fresno State head coach
Trisha Ford. “I thought we did good
enough to win. Tomorrow, we have to
have better at-bats and a little more
focus -- stick to our plan. We need to
come out and take care of business
tomorrow. It’s one game at a time.”
Fresno State pitcher Hannah Harris
made her sixth start of the season and
went all seven innings for the win over
Providence. She struck out four batters,
a new career high.
"Tomorrow, we have to have better
at-bats and a little more focus -- stick to
our plan."
— Trisha Ford,
Fresno State softball head coach
Photo by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State senior forward Alex Sheedy drives toward the hoop against the New Mexico Lobos during Wednesday’s loss that ended Bulldog hopes for a
third-consecutive Mountain West Tournament championship.
By Christopher Livingston
@senorlivingston
LAS VEGAS – On Wednesday, the Fresno State women’s basketball team, whose
season has been filled with firsts, added one
more to its list: a loss in the Mountain West
Tournament.
The 64-53 defeat to the New Mexico Lobos ended the Bulldogs’ season at 22-9.
The game was physical. Emotions were
high, and the pressure was on. Each team
had the same idea in mind: this game could
not be lost.
But, as is the case in tournament play,
there are no ties. Only one team can go on –
especially to the championship game – and
the team with the largest amount of points
will do just that.
The game did not start off as a high-scoring affair. It took 1:30 for the first points to
pop up on the scoreboard – free throws
from Fresno State senior forward Alex
Sheedy – and 2:31 for New Mexico to get
on the board.
But despite scoring the first points, the
Bulldogs did not make a field goal for the
first 9:56 in the first half. Guard Raven
Fox’s jumper made it 8-6. Afterward, the
‘Dogs and Lobos traded defensive jabs, and
neither team got to the 20-point mark until
4:43 left in the first frame.
As a result, the ‘Dogs had double-digit turnovers (10) in the frame, put up only
23.8 percent shooting (5-for-21) and made
more free throws (8) than field goals (5).
The second half was a much different
ballgame. The ‘Dogs were able to get within
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Second baseman Malia Rivers and
left fielder Kierra Willis both tallied
three runs. Four Bulldogs had multiple
hits, including center fielder Brenna
Moss, who went 2-for-3 and had two
stolen bases.
Freshman first baseman Chase
LeeHong hit her third-career double
and added two singles for a 3-for-3 day.
The lone run in the game against the
University of the Pacific came in the
bottom of the fifth inning when Fresno
State catcher Paige Gumz’s single scored
right fielder Michelle Solomon.
The ‘Dogs only had one error in
the two games, bringing their fielding
percentage to .953 on the season.
Day 2 of the four-day tournament
will be on Friday against Montana at 6
p.m. The ‘Dogs will also face Minnesota
on Saturday (6 p.m.) and Cal Poly on
Sunday (2:30 p.m.).
Fresno State’s first conference
matchup will be against Colorado State
on March 20 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Quick exit: ‘Dogs fall flat in first game of MW tourney
By Daniel Leon
@DanLeon25
LAS VEGAS - Labeled as a “dark horse,”
the Fresno State men’s basketball team
looked to live up to the moniker by making
some noise in the conference tournament.
Instead, it fell victim to third-seeded Colorado State for the third time this season.
With its leading scorer and first-team
All-Mountain West guard Marvelle Harris
held scoreless in the first half, the Bulldogs
struggled to keep up with the hot, 3-point
shooting Rams, who shot 8-of-13 from
downtown in the opening period.
Down by 18 points at halftime, Fres-
no State needed a huge second period to
come back against third-seeded Colorado
State. It got within reach at one point, but
it failed to execute when it mattered most
in Thursday’s 71-59 loss to Colorado State
in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West
Tournament.
“I think both teams played with great
effort, Fresno State head coach Rodney
Terry said. “Anytime you have teams that
play with [that] mindset, you’re going to
have a large amount of fouls throughout
the course of the game. It’s going to be a
physical game.
“When playing a team like Colorado
State, you have to exceed their effort. In
the games that we’ve lost to them, they’ve
won the effort battles, and they did again
tonight.”
The ‘Dogs cut down the Rams’ lead to as
low as six thanks to a Harris 3-pointer, but
the Rams quickly pushed their lead back up
to double digits. Moving forward, the ‘Dogs
failed to get back within striking distance.
“Coming out of halftime, our mantra
was to go out and play hard,” Fresno State
senior Alex Davis said. “We had to come
out fighting because we got ourselves down
in a hole early. We missed some pretty good
shots that we normally make. I think we did
a pretty good job coming out in the second
half, making our run, showing Fresno State
is a great team and that we still got fight in
us. I think we just couldn’t finish the plays
we needed in order to win this game.”
Second-team All-Mountain West senior
guard Daniel Bejarano scored a game-high
19 points for the Rams (27-5, 13-5 MW).
Cezar Guerrero scored a team-high 16
points for the Bulldogs before fouling out in
the later minutes. Sophomore forward Paul
Watson added 14 and six rebounds.
Colorado State’s top scorer and Allleague forward J.J. Avila suffered an ankle
injury and limped off the court in the first
period. He did not return to the game.
A Bulldog suffered an injury as well, as
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