COLLEGIANTHE
Monday, February 8, 2016 Fresno State’s Award Winning Newspaper collegian.csufresno.edu Wednesday, April 6, 2016 fresnostate.edu/collegianFresno State’s Award-Winning Newspaper
FRESNODEAR
By Jeanine Fiser| @TheCollegian
STATE
Photos by Darlene Wendels & Khone Saysamongdy The Collegian
(Top) Graduate student Taylan Bennett poses at the Dear World event in the University Student Union on Monday, April 4, 2016. (Top left) Katie Greenman (left) hugs to Alexis Ford after she shared her per-sonal story on domestic violence in the Satellite Student Union on Monday night. (Top right) Student Gerardo Espinoza displays the quote he chose for his Dear World portrait, in the USU on Monday after-noon. (Above) Katie Greenman takes a group photo with the students who shared their stories in the SSU on Monday night. From left to right: Manuel Alfaro, Sharon Leyva, Teraiz Pitta, Maria Uribe, Alexis Ford and David Barrera. (Right) Student Jerry Gomez has his chosen phrase “life’s too short to take second chances” written on his arms for his Dear World por-trait in the USU on Monday afternoon. Dear World is a social art project that allows participants to share a message to the world.
For most people writing on one’s self is a frowned – upon practice, yet when Dear World visited campus Monday, Fresno State students covered their arms, hands, chests and backs with words of inspiration, hope, strength and empowerment.
Dear World is a social art project that fos-ters empathy in communities by giving peo-ple a chance to share a part of themselves. Participants simply write something mean-ingful on any part of their body and pose for a picture.
See DEAR WORLD, Page 3
ANTI DONALD TRUMP RALLYWEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M.
FREE SPEECH AREA
NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 20162
START YOUR JOURNEY.START PUSHING YOURSELF EVEN FURTHER.START A NEW EXPERIENCE.START BUILDING YOUR CAREER.START MOLDING YOUR STRENGTHS.START AHEAD OF THE CROWD. START DISCOVERING NEW TALENTS.START STRONG.
©2015. Paid for by the United States Army. All rights reserved.
For more information, contact Mr. Rachapol Lamee at (559) 278-5460 or email [email protected]
There’s strong. Then there’s Army Strong. Many in�uentialgovernment and business leaders started with the help of ArmyROTC. So can you. Join Army ROTC at Fresno State to move aheadafter college and beyond. You may even receive a full-tuition, merit-based scholarship. To learn more, visit goarmy.com/rotc/ec19
IN BRIEFYogurtland to open at
Campus Pointe
There’s a new addition to Campus Pointe – Yogurt-land.
The self-serve frozen yo-gurt shop will have its grand opening Saturday, providing customers with free frozen yogurt and toppings be-tween 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
After those hours, the regular pricing for frozen yogurt will be charged. How-ever, 20 percent of the day’s proceeds will be donated to Valley Children’s Hospital.
Celebrating Native American traditions
Fresno State will be celebrat-ing the Native American culture and traditions Saturday, at the 25th annual First Nations Pow-wow.
The free event will be at O’Neill Park (Barstow at Wood-row Avenue) from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will showcase Ameri-can Indian drum groups, sing-ing and dancing.
Festivities will begin with a performance from Gourd Dance at 11 a.m., followed by opening prayer and welcoming remarks at 12:45 p.m.
PAGE 3WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
SJCL admitS StudentS of any raCe, CoLor, and nationaL or ethniC origin. Fulfill your dream of becoming an attorney. Applications are now being accepted.
SJCL invites you to the San Joaquin College of Law’s Career Panel. Meet SJCL alumni in this free forum and discover the diverse career opportunities a Juris Doctor degree can provide. Facilitated by Dean Pearson, panelists will share information regarding their career paths and how best to prepare, offering their own experiences and examples.
Reserve your space now at www.sjcl.edu or 559/323-2100
Learn more about what our graduates do...
One Degree. A World of Options.
SJCL Career Panel Tuesday, april 12 | • 7–9pm
Hon. Brian AlvarezClass of 1987
Judgefresno County Superior Court
Susan B. AndersonClass of 1987attorney at Law
fresno County Board of Supervisors, retired
Jesse MolinaClass of 2013general Counsel
focusVision Worldwide, inc.
Adam B. StirrupClass of 2008
Plaintiffs’ Personal injury and Civil and Commercial Litigation
Partner at Baradat & Paboojian, inc.
Claire S. CarrollClass of 2005
Staff attorneyu.S. district Court, eastern district of
California, fresno division
Rachelle Taylor GoldenClass of 2013
government entity tort defense
overstreet & associates
"The idea is to give them a portrait they can share on social media," student event coordinator Alejandra Prado said.
Students reveled in the chance to ex-press themselves. Many chose to write personal mantras or about things that give them hope.
Fresno State family science student and Camp Kesem volunteer Kendra Bryson wrote, "I am strong, but my CK kids are stronger" across her biceps.
According to Camp Kesem’s website, it’s a weeklong camp for children who are affected by a parent’s cancer. The camp allows children to connect with other chil-dren with similar situation.
Bryson said working with children who have lost a parent to cancer or who have a parent battling cancer with Camp Kes-em has showed her the depths of human strength.
"These kids, despite everything, are still bubbly and happy," Bryson said. "They are the strongest people I've ever met."
Dear World allows people to share what-ever is important to them. Some students taking part in the portraits wrote in foreign languages.
French and communication major Al-yssa Hance wrote "paix, amour, bonheur" over her heart, which means peace, love, happiness.
Hance said she chose these words be-cause she believes the ideas they represent, although simple, are very important for people to remember especially given recent violence and terrorist attacks.
"I feel like the world now is dark. It's
hateful and scary," Hance said. "Everyone could use these three things to be better."
Dear World is structured as a two part event. During the afternoon, portraits were taken. Then in the evening, there was a re-veal of the day’s photographs accompanied by some of the most compelling stories.
At the reveal, six students were selected by Dear World to share their stories. One student, Luis David Barrera, took the stage in a wheelchair and shared the story of how he slowly lost his ability to walk while still in high school. Against all odds, Barrera finished high school and is fighting to fulfill his dream of graduating college.
He wrote across his arms, “Don’t stop, never quit.”
Other students shared stories of surviv-ing domestic violence, escaping gang life, struggling with disease and losing a parent.
The final student, Teraiz Pitta, shared how she overcame her parents’ nine-year divorce, abuse and financial hardships. Given her situation, Pitta was forced to work full-time as a janitor to pay for the last portion of her private high school ed-ucation.
Pitta made it to Fresno State but was dropped her first year for inability to pay. Eventually she worked her way back into school after waitressing for a time.
“Now I have the job of my dreams, and I am about to graduate in May with my sec-ond college degree,” Pitta said.
Pitta’s quote: “She believed she could, so she did.”
The artists behind Dear World say it is the stories that inspire them to work on the project.
Photographer and storyteller Katie
Greenman said the project started after Hurricane Katrina, and it originally asked for victims to write a love note to the city of New Orleans.
"One day a guy wrote something very personal and the project evolved from there," Greenman said.
Since it began, The New York Times and Oprah have acknowledged Dear World’s work. Greenman said the project focuses on corporate events, college campuses and field projects. Some of the most notable events Dear World has documented are the stories of Syrian refugees and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing.
"Wherever there are unheard voices, we
try to give those groups a voice," Greenman said.
Creating a Dear Fresno State event was part of the Student Involvement depart-ment's goal of increasing campus engage-ment.
Student event coordinator Haley Lic-ciardello said this student involvement event was preceded by the comedian show earlier in the semester.
Up next is a visit from the creator of PostSecret Frank Warren. Licciardello said Warren will be on campus next Tuesday in the Satellite Student Union sharing the best secrets he has received including some that were banned from his book.
Students cover themselves in words, quotes to share their storiesDEAR WORLD from Page 1
Khone Saysamongdy • The CollegianKatie Greenman presents portraits taken from Fresno State students in the Satellite Student Union, April 4, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 20164SPORTS
The Fresno State baseball team swept the Mountain West weekly awards with sophomore pitcher Ricky Thomas and senior outfi elder Brody Russell earning Pitcher of the Week and Player of the Week honors, respectively, as announced by the league Monday.
Thomas is fresh off a solid perfor-mance Friday night against Air Force in which he recorded eight strikeouts while only allowing two hits in his seven innings on the mound. The sophomore left-hand-ed pitcher has also recorded at least fi ve strikeouts in all seven starts this season.
Russell, on the other hand, recorded
nine hits in his 14 at-bats last week, in-cluding three doubles, six runs scored and four RBIs. The senior’s 9-for-14 per-formance marks a .643 batting average, which improved his season average to .413, second in the Mountain West.
“We are halfway through the season and are starting to round into midseason form,” said head coach Mike Batesole. “We have pitched well, and our bullpen has been reliable. It is nice to continue to get noticed by the conference, but we have a long way to go. This weekend at New Mexico, we have to be on the top of our game for one of the biggest road weekends of 2016.”
2016 Mountain West Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 22 - Adam Groesbeck, Jr., OF, Air Force
Feb. 29 - Chris DeVito, Jr., C/DH, New Mexico
Mar. 8 - Brody Russell, Sr., OF, Fresno State
Mar. 14 - Alan Trejo, So., SS, San Diego State
Mar. 21 - Carl Stajduhar, So., 3B/DH, New Mexico
Mar. 28 - Jake Stone, Jr., OF, Fresno State
April 4 - Brody Russell, Sr., OF, Fresno State
Fresno State senior guard and Moun-tain West Player of the Year Marvelle Har-ris will have the opportunity to showcase his talents in front of all 30 NBA teams at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (April 13-16) in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Harris becomes the second Bulldog to participate in the postseason event, joining former teammate Tyler Johnson, who now plays for the Miami Heat.
“This is a great opportunity for me to play in front of all of the NBA teams and continue working toward my dream of playing in the NBA,” Harris said. “I've been working really hard and appreciate all that Fresno State has done for me to be ready for this. I'm very proud of what our team accomplished this season, and I am thank-ful for how my coaches and teammates have helped me become the basketball player I am today.”
Aside from being named the conference player of the year, Harris also earned Asso-ciated Press honorable mention All-Ameri-can and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) fi rst team All-District 17 honors.
“Marvelle improved as a player every year he was in our program,” Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry said. “He has the skills and work ethic to compete at the next level. Marvelle led our team to a champi-onship by being unselfi sh and a wonderful teammate, but there were times when we needed him to take over a game and he did that. He has helped build the foundation for our program.”
The four-day tourney invites 64 seniors to play in one of the eight teams (8x8 play-ers) and consists of 12 games.
PIT alumni include former NBA stars like Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, John Stockton and Tim Hardaway.
By Collegian Staff@TheCollegian
Darlene Wendels • The CollegianFresno State senior guard Marvelle Harris has earned an invite to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, where representatives of all 30 NBA teams will be in attendance.
BASEBALL
Thomas, Russell pick up MW baseball weekly awards
By Collegian Staff@TheCollegian
Khone Saysamongdy • The CollegianFresno State senior outfielder Brody Russell retreats back to third base during a nonconference game against Youngstown State on Feb. 28, 2016. Russell earned MW Player of the Week honors while teammate Ricky Thomas picked up Pitcher of the Week honors.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Marvelle Harris set to compete in Portsmouth Invitational
Senior Je’Nia Sears of the Fresno State track and fi eld team was named Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, the Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday.
On Friday at the Stanford Invita-tional, Sears recorded a 6.33m/20'-9.25 mark in the long jump, the fourth-best mark recorded in the NCAA this season. This sets an all-time school record and breaks the previous school record of 6.27, which she set in 2014.
Sears has been at the top of the conference performance list since her fi rst jump of the season (6.22) record-ed at the CenCal Twilight on March 22.
NCAA Top 5 - Long Jump(as of April 5, 2016)
1. Kylie Price, UCLA (6.52m/21'-4.75")
T2. Der'Renae Freeman, Florida State (6.35m/20'-10.00")
T2. Darrielle McQueen, Florida (6.35m/20'-10.00")
4. Je'Nia Sears, Fresno State (6.33m/20'-9.25")
5. Nataliyah Friar, LSU (6.31m/20'-8.50")
WOMEN’S TRACK
Sears named MW Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
By Collegian Staff@TheCollegian
