Jaywalking across the streets around Fresno State may be a byproduct of thousands of stu-dents in a hurry, but the poten-tial dangers are easily avoid-able, Fresno police Sgt. Anthony DeWall said.

On Nov. 19, 43-year-old Fresno State student Alexander Lark was killed while jaywalking across Shaw Avenue near Jackson Avenue.

Dewall said that of the 26 fatal vehicle collisions documented in Fresno this year, 11 of them involved pedestrians. Five of the 26 included bicyclists.

“It goes back to the old adage when you were a kid and your parents told you to look to the left, look to the right and look to the left again before you step out on that roadway,” DeWall said. “Even if you’re in a marked cross-walk or even if you have the light in your direction as green, make sure that there is still not a vehicle in your path.”

Fresno State student Dylan Rhoden said he used to jaywalk when he lived in the dorms and would cross Cedar Avenue to reach Taco Bell.

Rhoden said that while he knows people who have received tickets for jaywalking by campus, he does not think it will stop stu-dents from dashing across the road.

“It’s probably just because stu-dents are in a hurry for class, and they just don’t want to walk the extra 10 feet [to the crosswalk] to go across the street and wait for the light,” Rhoden said.

DeWall said Fresno police have issued 1,174 pedestrian-related citations throughout Fresno this

year. Fresno police perform enforce-

ment operations focused on pedestrians once a month around certain areas, particularly around Fresno State and in Downtown Fresno, DeWall said.

“We send officers out there to not only look for pedestrian vio-

lations but also look for vehicles that are failing to yield to pedes-trians in the crosswalk or street,” DeWall said. “It’s a problem not only in the Fresno State area but in the whole city of Fresno.”

Pedestrian-related citations

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Many Fresno State students use the crosswalks around campus as they make their way to and and from class. But others jaywalk across the street, presenting hazards for drivers. On Nov. 19, a student was killed crossing a poorly lit stretch of Shaw Avenue.

Dr. Peter Smits announces retirementSee JAYWALKING, Page 3

Delivery drones are on their way; however, some experts are skeptical about their practicality.

Amazon.com Inc. introduced Prime Air on Sunday—a futuristic delivery system that the company says will get packages to custom-ers in half an hour or less via unmanned aerial vehicles.

The online retail giant posted a video on its website that shows a recent Prime Air test flight.

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Sr. Peter Smits, vice president for university advancement, announced he will retire on June 30, 2014.

After 20 years at Fresno State, Dr. Peter Smits, a leader for the fundraising campaign that raised $214.2 million for the university, announced he will retire on June 30, 2014.

After a 44-year career in higher education, Fresno State President Joseph Castro said Smits, 66, told him he would retire.

“He brought it up himself,” Castro said. “He said he thought it was a good time for him and his wife to do different things togeth-er. He decided it was a good time for him.”

During his tenure at Fresno State, Smits, vice president for university advancement, devel-oped a national reputation for his work improving alumni relations, communications and fundraising.

“University advancement is aimed at helping the university deepen and strengthen its rela-tionships with different stake-holders outside the university, like donors, people in the media, people in the state legislature, Congress, and local government,” Castro said. “He’s done a great job of cultivating those relation-

ships.”Smits was an important force,

Castro said, in the university’s seven-year fundraising effort that resulted in the second-largest campaign in the California State University system.

According to a university release, Fresno State regularly ranks among the top fundraising schools in the 23-campus CSU system.

“At the core, it is about devel-oping and strengthening relation-ships with people, businesses and foundations,” Castro said. “He also formed a great team. He’s hired fabulous people to help him.”

The team that worked with Smits extended beyond his department.

Dennis Woods, founder of United Security Bank and co-chair of the fundraising campaign, said Smits and his coworkers in uni-versity advancement were easy to work with.

Woods said it will take time for Smits’ replacement to become familiar with the extensive net-work of donors.

“A new person will need time to

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Students will have an opportu-nity to flex their brains Friday in a competition of First Amendment knowledge during an event dis-cussing the five freedoms it pro-tects for citizens.

T h e F r e s n o S t a t e F i r s t Amendment Celebration will be in the Satellite Student Union from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Presented by the university’s mass communica-tion and journalism and commu-nication departments, The Fresno Bee and the Maddy Institute, the day includes a full schedule of First Amendment education.

The keynote event at 11 a.m. will be The Great First Amendment Quiz delivered by Dr. Ken Paulson. He is presi-dent of the First Amendment Center and dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University. Paulson is also a former editor-in-chief of USA Today.

“It’s not the usual keynote,” Paulson said. “We’re going to have some fun with this and test stu-dents’ knowledge of free speech

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Iran recently promised to curtail its nuclear development capabilities.

Iran’s government has agreed to limit its uranium enrichment program as well as halting construction of centrifuges. Only half of those centrifuges in existence will be allowably operable. Other agreements include full access allowed to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors as well as a cease to all work on the heavy water reac-tor in Arak.

How was this all possible? After all, it was only three years ago that Iran’s pre-vious president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Al-Qaeda was a U.S. fabrication and that the U.S. government was behind the September 11 attacks.

When the P5+1 nations (that’s the five nations that sit on the U.N. Security Council and Germany) first embarked on these nuclear sanctions with Iran, it seemed like a goofy politicking move on behalf of the P5+1. Like each leader agreed, “Yeah, we gotta look like we’re doing something about Iran and all those assumed nukes.”

Apparently, these people were serious about coming to some peaceful resolution with Iran—and they did. It seems.

Being a Cynical Sandy is always kind of lonely. Everyone assumes you refuse to look at the silver lining, but being skeptical of things like organic produce from Dollar Tree and Black Friday sales actually makes

for a more enjoyable life. No dashed hopes or unfulfilled dreams.

Being skeptical of this Iran deal is a good move, like giving in to doubts about purses from the flea market. They could be real. Maybe they're a little out of date, but it's the real thing, signed sealed and deliv-ered.

Or those purses could be total fakes, stitched out of false marketing and not-quite-right logos. Maybe it looks like a Luis Vuitton, but that “L” and “V” on the logo don’t quite line up. It’s not real, no matter how much you talk it up, or keep it shapely and shiny. It’s still unreal.

Enter Iran sanctions. It’s hard to believe a nation so vehe-

mently anti-West is now willing to make such a limiting agreement with the U.S. and the other five nations (notice my hat-tip to American exceptionalism).

Like all deals, this is actually a trade. If it wasn’t, we’d be calling it a gift.

You see, Iran is getting $7 billion in sanction relief (AKA bribe) and another $4 billion in oil revenue that has been held fro-zen in foreign banks until Iran promised to stop making nukes.

Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, needs to improve Iran’s economy. The nation’s currency, the rial, is the world’s least valued currency, and Iranians have grown ever poorer due to the eco-nomic policies of the previous president, Ahmadinejad.

With the sanctions comes the opening

of Iran for trade with the West, hence, the unfrozen foreign accounts.

Unfortunately, economic sanctions don’t really keep a nation from developing nuclear weapons.

What will happen: Iran’s economy improves and they begin rearmament.

Why not? More liquidity in its economy means more infrastructure and education improvements. Why not military improve-ments?

And why take nukes from Iran? Especially in the case that they keep legiti-mizing their democracy while reluctantly accepting Western education and science.

None of this reasoning matters, of course, because Iran WILL continue its nuclear development.

Just as Germany began rearmament despite the Treaty of Versailles, so will Iran rearm.

Rouhani or the next administration may take a leaf out of Chancellor Hitler’s book, and develop their weapons in an allied nation. Oh, say Russia. What’s that? Russia is one of the P5+1 nations. True! But diplomacy is a shifty thing, for crafty, clever and ballsy individuals.

Nothing against Rhouhani. The man seems very democratic and egalitarian.

And this is exactly why sanctions on Iran will only be followed for a short time. What self-respecting leader improves the economic state of the nation while allowing a handful of foreign powers to dictate what his nation’s military can and can't do?

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"This is long overdue. Many years ago an effort was made to name a street in Fresno after him. The street signs were up for a day or two and then taken down. Then we tried to get the new high school in Sunnyside to be named after him, but that too was shot down. Maybe naming some national parks in his honor will get cities like Fresno where Cesar Chavez fought so hard for so many people to honor him properly."

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'Islam is a religion of Peace. That is as certain as the three slogans of the Ministry of Truth; War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.These three slogans of the Party in George Orwell’s 1984 are especially applicable to Islam; a religion of war that claims to be a religion of peace, whose political parties (such as the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party) use “Freedom” in their name but stand for slavery, and ignorance of its true nature creates an illusion of strength for industrialized nations that imagine that they are only battling a tiny handful of outmatched extremists.'By Daniel Greefield."

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"Yes… please use the crosswalks. I see people every day darting across Shaw to and from campus. Even when you use the crosswalk, please be careful. There are some cars that speed and don’t slow down (not speaking of this driver). I’ve almost been hit a few times while using the crosswalk. Be careful all.Prayers for all involved in this accident."

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are about $100, with citations for a driver failing to yield to a pedestrian about $150, DeWall said.

Fresno State student James Bray said he believes a faster light system, specifically at Cedar Avenue and Bulldog Lane, or extra crosswalks would encourage students not to jaywalk around the perimeter of campus.

“I feel like if students are going to jay-walk, they should not be doing it when there is a lot of traffic,” Bray said. “It’s all about how people do it. Even though jay-walking is illegal, they are going to do it

anyway. So they might as well just do it the smart way.”

DeWall said he urges students to be aware and safe as they are driving around campus and crossing streets.

“Students’ minds might be on finals, midterms, a research paper that they’re working on or a big test coming up,” DeWall said. “Whatever the case may be, make sure to pay extra attention.

“Even when people have a green light or are in a crosswalk, it’s not a shield against the vehicle that’s coming down the road-way that may not be paying attention and may run that red light.”

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meet donors,” Woods said. “There will be a pause because of his retirement. We won’t stop [fundraising], but whoever takes over will need time.”

Reaching out to alumni for donations was not his only interaction with former Fresno State students.

Clyde Ford, president of the Fresno State Alumni Association, said Smits helped the association with the resources needed to adjust its mission strategy.

Ford said Smits helped the association became more involved with students as soon as they get to campus.

“He’s been very supportive to improve the engagement part of our mission — engagement with students and parents,” Ford said. “We’ve made great strides in the

last six months.”The network Smits developed, Castro

said, also extended to the political field.“He has a really good feel for local, state

and federal issues that are important to Fresno State,” Castro said. “He had good relationships with legislators and legisla-tive staffs, so the next person is going to have to build from that and develop those relationships.”

Castro said the search for a replacement will start in January with a search commit-tee and a firm hired to help. He said Smits will stay involved to help with the transi-tion.

Castro said the university hopes to have a replacement named in time to work with Smits before he retires to ease the transi-tion.

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"One day, Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today," the company said in a brief Q&A on its website.

Amazon said the company has been working on Prime Air in its next-generation r e s e a r c h a n d development lab, but caut ione d that it would be years before cus-t o m e r s c o u l d choose it as a delivery option.

D r . R o n a l d Hunt, professor of engineering and a member of Fresno State’s own unmanned a e r i a l v e h i c l e project, doesn’t see the business advantage, however, of using drones for commercial uses.

“There are so many negatives against it,” Hunt said. “First of all, the practicality aspect of it I think is ridiculous. Drones are excellent for what they say they want to do with them, but drones are only good for very limited, short dis-tances.

“Sure, within a few blocks of the hub, they could make a deliv-ery in 30 minutes no problem at all,” Hunt said. “But the drones that they have, and particularly the ones that they’re showing in their web information and what we’ve seen on the public news lately, are intended for short-range operations.”

Hunt also cautioned that regu-

lation has not yet caught up to the commercial use of drones.

“We’ve got a lot of concern being shown now by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) about the uses of these devices,” Hunt said. “I think the FAA is between a rock and a hard place trying to develop a way of how they’re going to deal with these, because I think, as technol-

ogy advances, we ’ re go ing to start see-ing more and more drones in the air.”

A m a z o n said it hopes t h e a g e n c y w o u l d h a v e rules in place for unmanned aerial vehicles by 2015.

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time," the company said. "Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some number of years as we advance the technology and wait for the necessary [FAA] rules and regulations.”

Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos introduced the delivery-by-drone concept during a segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday. He said Prime Air would be available for packages weighing five pounds or less.

“I don’t think we can deny drones are here to stay,” Hunt said. “It’s just a question now of how to make them safe and how to make them fit in with every-thing else that’s already here.

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Lauren Berger, “the Intern Queen” who scored 15 internships during her under-graduate years at University of Central Flor-ida, will visit the Satellite Student Union Wednesday to give Fresno State students advice about internships and obtaining a career in today’s job market.

Berger, who is CEO and founder of In-ternQueen.com, began her business in 2009 at the age of 24 when she recognized a shortage of simple, reliable internship re-sources. The website gives students access to internships around the world at no cost.

Berger, who has traveled the world to lend students her knowledge and expertise, regularly contributes to news outlets such as USA Today, Seventeen.com, AOL Jobs and more.

The event, which is sponsored by The Limited clothing store, USU Productions and Career Services, will be held at 7 p.m. and is free.

Marine Vardanyan, an event coordinator for USU Productions who helped organize Berger’s visit, said the event should benefit all attendees by giving them a better under-standing of internships and careers.

“This is a very unique opportunity for Fresno State students to gain insight into the world of internships and learn useful tips from an individual who has dealt with a variety of situations, challenges and proj-ects,” she said. “Students will be able to re-late with Lauren and be motivated to get in-volved and find internships for themselves.”

Vardanyan, who has interned at two or-ganizations during her time at Fresno State, said internships should be a priority for all students.

“Not many students are aware of the great benefits that come from internship experience,” she said. “Along with enhanc-ing their skills, internships help with finding jobs and building professional connections. Lauren Berger’s experience in college with balancing 15 internships makes her the ide-al person for communicating to students the importance of internships.”

During Berger’s speech, Vardanyan said students will have the chance to learn useful information such as how to build a resume, find internships, network and more.

“By sharing her own personal stories and lessons learned, attendees of the event will end the day with a much better idea of in-ternships and how helpful they are to one’s future,” Vardanyan said.

Nathaly Juarez, an Intern Queen campus ambassador and Fresno State senior who is double majoring in sociology and journal-ism, helped promote the event.

As a campus ambassador, Juarez said she is responsible for spreading the word about the Intern Queen brand around campus and promoting Berger’s events though social media websites like Facebook.

Though her work as a campus ambassa-dor, Juarez said she has come to realize the value of getting an internship during college and encourages all Fresno State students to attend the event.

“During my internships, I was able to ask

Photo courtesy of Marine Vardanyan Photo courtesy of Nathaly Juarez“Intern Queen” Lauren Berger will speak to students today in the Satellite Student Union about her 15 undergraduate internships and her website, which she created to help students find internships.

Intern Queen campus ambassadors Nathaly Juarez and Reyna Cazares help promote the Intern Queen’s talk across from The Pit.

By Rachel TaylorThe Collegian

Winter weather is here and so is the skiing season. Students looking to ski and meet new peo-ple have an opportunity to join the Fresno State Ski and Snowboard-Club, which features discount rates for members and allows students the opportunity to get outside and have some fun on the slopes.

Dylan Thompson, president of the club, said its purpose is to build a social group on campus that skis and snowboards and helps people get into the sport with carpooling and good deals. He also said the club aims to help people progress at skiing and snowboarding while making lifelong connections.

Thompson said the club is open to anyone who is interested in making new friends or getting into a new sport.

He said the club has members who have never boarded or skied and recommends China Peak Mountain Resort for beginners.

“China Peak has a great staff to teach people how to board and ski along with more than enough equipment to teach,” said Thomp-son. “They have two moving car-pets and a great academy run.” The club plans to have two to three official club days at China Peak where members will barbe-

cue and kick back. “We also plan to go to North-

star at Tahoe and a smaller resort called Bear Valley,” said Thomp-son. “Members get a rad T-shirt, deals on gear, rentals, drink specials and discounts from our sponsors.”

Club members get a discount on rentals at China Peak for those who don’t have the proper ski-ing or snowboarding gear, said Thompson.

He said there are still $169 sea-son passes available to all college students enrolled in this semester or next.

At China Peak, club members can purchase a season pass for $99. Also at China Peak, mem-bers can purchase a lift pass for $67.

Thompson said for the North-star trip members will get a spe-cial deal.

It will cost $290 for two nights and two days of skiing and board-ing with breakfast, dinner and beverages. He said a group of six can purchase the deal for $119 each.

Signups for the Northstar trip are due on Dec. 18.

A club meeting will be held on campus on Dec. 11 and 12 to dis-cuss the trip.

To help students enjoy their trip and avoid serious injury, Thompson made the following recommendations:

•Wear a helmet! It is crucial and an easy way to fix many prob-lems.

•Do not take up the whole run and don’t forget to call your drops off slopes when you are in the park!

•Make sure your gear fits and is properly suited for the weather, because it will be a long day. If you don’t have the proper equipment, it will be a long and uncomfort-able day.

Club meetings are on Wednes-days from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

By Matthew JimenezThe Collegian

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Skiers and snowboarders catch a ride on a lift at China Peak Mountain Resort in Lakeshore. Fresno State’s Ski and Snowboard-Club president Dylan Thompson recommends China Peak for beginners.

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and censorship.”Paulson said the audience will be divided

into teams and compete for $100 gift cards for each winning team member. The top-ics will include history and censorship in popular culture.

The other prize for students, however, might be a better understanding of the rights that, in Paulson’s opinion, make the

U.S. a great country.“The response has always been heart-

ening,” he said. “The typical response is, ‘I learned things no one ever taught me in grade school.’ There are a number of moments when the audience learns the exact opposite of what they believed. It [First Amendment] gives greater freedom than anywhere else on the planet.”

Paulson’s extensive work advocating for the First Amendment includes founding 1

for All, a national First Amendment cam-paign, which launched on July 1, 2010.

He was also the host of the Emmy-honored PBS television program "Speaking Freely" that ran for more than five seasons. He authored "Freedom Sings," a multime-dia stage show about the First Amendment that tours college campuses.

Paulson noted it is important for everyone to understand that the First Amendment and its protections do not

“belong to the media.” “It belongs to all of us,” Paulson said.

“We do that by going to places of worship and posting things on the Internet. It has nothing to do with what job you are going to pursue and everything to do with being American.”

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a lot of questions, so I feel like I’m a step ahead and know what to expect once I’m done with college,” Juarez said. “It gives me real life experience, and it allows me to see what a regular day can be like once I actu-ally am out in the work force.”

Berger also gave Fresno State senior Reyna Cazares, who is double majoring in fashion merchandising and print journal-

ism, a personal invitation to help promote the event.

Cazares said her interaction with Berger began when she sent a message to the intern guru’s personal email address asking for advice.

“I asked her for advice on how to get an internship at a fashion publication in New York,” she said.

Although she did not reply right away, when Berger discovered she would visit

Fresno State as part of her nationwide tour sponsored by The Limited, she contacted Cazares and asked her to help promote the event.

“It was pretty cool,” Cazares said with a laugh. “We have conference calls and dis-cuss with her directly how to promote.”

Cazares, who recently scored an intern-ship in New York with Seventeen Magazine, said she is excited to attend the event and get inspired to work even harder.

“I want to hear more directly from her about how she did 15 internships during her four years of college and how I could possibly do it,” she said. “That’s what I’m looking forward to.”

The first 50 attendees of the event will receive a free copy of Berger’s book, “All Work, No Pay: Finding an Internship, Building Your Resume, Making Connections and Gaining Job Experience.”

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Fresno State’s Food Recovery Network club held its first food recovery campaign during which students had the opportunity to learn about food insecurity at the univer-sity and food waste.

“Food insecurity is extremely prevalent in Fresno, especially on the Fresno State campus,” Dr. Janine Nkosi said. “In a sur-vey that was conducted in spring of 2013, it was found that 31 percent of Fresno State students were experiencing food insecurity.

“So roughly one in three Fresno State students struggle with meeting their nutri-tional needs. Fresno State students are twice as likely to experience food insecurity than the average American.”

Sociology students at Fresno State began their own Food Recovery Network chapter to promote food security on campus and in neighboring communities, Nkosi said.

The chapter at Fresno State has part-nered with University Dining Services to recover any surplus food that would be nor-mally thrown away and feed it to the hun-gry. Other partners include the food recov-ery leadership team, Auxiliary Services, and various sociology classes, Nkosi said.

The students are also focused on reduc-ing how much food is wasted to help feed

people who are food insecure.According to the Food Recovery

Network, 36 million tons of food is wast-ed annually despite the fact 49 million Americans experience food insecurity.

This obvious disparity led to the forma-tion of the first Food Recovery Network in 2011, when University of Maryland stu-dents noticed large amounts of food were being thrown away that could be recovered to combat food insecurity.

The students mobilized and recovered 150 to 200 pounds of leftover food a day from dining services at the University of Maryland.

According to the Food Recovery Network, 75 percent of college campuses do not have a food recovery program in place, which means up to 22 million meals that could be recovered and given to those in need are lost.

Harry Ratnam, president of the network at Fresno State, said he wants to spread awareness about food disparity on campus.

“We want people to understand the problem by increasing awareness here on campus,” Ratnam said. “We want students to know that there is a way to help the hun-gry. We want people to get more involved and to help spread awareness to other cam-puses.

“What we are doing here is really great,”

Ratnam said. “It’s the first group of stu-dents to start the program here. We hope it lasts many more generations to come.”

Student volunteers will begin to recover food this month and take it to nearby com-

munity benefit organizations for distribu-tion.

To get involved with the chapter at Fresno State, contact frnfresnostate@gmail.com

Student group to fight campus food waste

Roe Borunda / The CollegianFresno State Sociology students Jonathan Reyes (center) and Benjamin Moua (right) speak with students about their project to help promote awareness during the Food and Security Awareness Week.

By Matthew JimenezThe Collegian

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Events Schedule

9 a . m . F r e s n o S t a t e President Dr. Joseph Castro, Jim Boren, executive edi-tor of The Fresno Bee and Dan DeSantis, executive director of Fresno Regional Foundation will give opening remarks.

9 : 1 5 a . m . “ A F i r s t Amendment History” by Dr. Craig Smith, director of Center for First Amendment Studies, CSU Long Beach.

10 a.m. Fresno State debate team: Should the U.S. Federal Government substan-tially curtail criminal liability for release of classified infor-mation to media sources?

11 a.m. The Great First Amendment Quiz.

12:15 p.m. Lunch and live music.

1:30 p.m. The Rules of the Game: Media & Politicians panel. Moderator: Michael Lukens, editor of the Maddy Daily and press secretary for Fresno mayor Ashley Swearengin. Panelists: John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Bill McEwen, The Fresno Bee; Paul Hurley, formerly with the Visalia Times-Delta; and Juan Arambula, former assemblymember.

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AIR FORCE(0-8)

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COLORADO STATE (5-3)

SAN JOSE STATE (5-3)

SAN DIEGO STATE (6-2)

BOISE STATE (6-2)

UTAH STATE (7-1)

FINAL 2013STANDINGS

MOUNTAIN WEST

After its first loss of the season to the San Jose State Spartans, the Fresno State football team is ready to move forward.

There’s still a conference cham-pionship left to try to win.

“Our guys realize it’s champi-onship week, and then we practice like it,” said Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter. “We have a great balance in our step.”

On Saturday, the Bulldogs (11-1, 7-1 Mountain West Conference) will host the inaugural Mountain West Championship game against the Utah State Aggies (8-4, 7-1 MWC).

It is the first time both teams have squared off since Oct. 15, 2011 (Fresno State won 31-21). This is also the 28th all-time meeting between the two dating back to 1952 (Fresno State leads 16-10-1).

“We’ve never had the goal to go undefeated and go to a BCS,” said quarterback Derek Carr. “Our No. 1 goal was always to win the Mountain West. That’s what coach DeRuyter and our coaches have instilled in us.”

Fresno State is seeking back-to-back championships for the first time since 1992 and 1993, when it shared the Western

Athletic Championship. An outright championship will

be the Bulldogs’ first since win-ning the Big West Championship in 1991.

The Bulldogs are also seeking their fifth 11-win season in school history, and first since 2001.

“The fact that the game is outright is what makes it differ-ent than last year’s,” Carr said. “Hopefully when we win it, we won’t have to share it.”

The Bulldogs have never lost two consecutive games under D e R u y t e r . I n a total of three regular-season losses in his ten-ure, Fresno State has outscored opponents the following game by an average of 31.7 points.

On Nov. 20, 2012, in their last game after a loss, the Bulldogs beat the Wyoming Cowboys 42-14.

Utah State makes first-year splash

Just like Fresno State last year, the Aggies are looking to win the Mountain West Championship in their first season.

But the Aggies are 2-50 against Associated Press-ranked oppo-

nents all time (1-39 on the road). However, the last time Utah State faced a top-25 team was on Nov. 17, 2011, when it defeated the No. 19 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 48-41 in overtime.

The Aggies’ other win was on Nov. 2, 1991 over No. 25 Fresno State, 20-19.

This is also the first time the Aggies have back-to-back-to-back winning seasons since 1978-80. With a spot in a bowl game assured, they will appear in a postseason game three times in a

row for the first time in program history.

And with a hungry Aggies s q u a d a c r o s s t h e l i n e o f scrimmage, the Bulldogs under-stand they need to play physical

football.DeRuyter likened Utah State’s

physicality to San Diego State’s, which gave Fresno State fits with its defense in the 35-28 overtime win.

“[Utah State] is very physical and very mature,” DeRuyter said. “They have seven senior defensive starters and two more juniors. When you have that much experi-ence, guys play harder and faster.

“I thought San Diego State was

one of the most physical teams at the time, and [Utah State] is right there with it.”

Homecoming at season’s end

The Bulldogs’ No. 24 ranking allows them to return to Bulldog Stadium. Their last home loss was during the Pat Hill era, when San Diego State won 27-24 on Nov. 26, 2011.

With their final regular-season game on the road, this allows the Bulldogs to perform one more time in front of the Red Wave. To commemorate this moment, they will wear their popular all-black uniforms from their Nov. 2 win over Nevada, a decision made by the team’s captains.

For Carr, it’s one last hurrah. He finished the regular season with 4,462 yards, 45 touchdowns and completed 70 percent of his touchdowns.

For him, the proper way to bid adieu is in front of the home crowd.

“I love it that way,” Carr said. “I’m very excited for the opportu-nity to play in front of our home crowd. It’s perfect that our last game is at home.

“It’s a conference champion-ship game for the first time at our stadium. That’ll be a trivia ques-tion someday, and I’ll know the answer to it.”

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Senior trio earns MW honors

VOLLEYBALL MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

The Fresno State women’s volleyball team landed a trio of seniors postseason Mountain West Conference accolades.

Fresno State senior outside hitters Marissa Brand and Korrin Wild picked up Mountain West All-Conference Volleyball hon-ors Tuesday, while senior right side hitter Holly Franks became the program’s first conference Newcomer of the Year recipient.

The duo of Brand and Wild were tabbed to the 17-person Mountain West All-Conference Team selected by conference head coaches, and made the Bulldogs one of four teams in the 11-team league that sported multiple selections.

Wild and Brand received All-Western Athletic Conference Second-Team honors in 2011 and 2010, respectively, while Franks received her first league-based honor after playing for Cal Poly from 2009-11.

Tuesday’s honors raised head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell’s total of all-league honors to eight since 2009 and 56 overall for the program since its first selection in 1979.

Wild ranked second in the con-ference and 63rd and 75th nation-ally in kills and points (3.77 / 4.24 per set), and seventh in the league in aces (0.29 p/s). In 2013, she logged 11 double-doubles and five 20-kill totals among her 24 dou-ble-digit kill efforts. Wild was also named to all-tournament teams in the Fresno State Classic and Portland Nike Invitational.

With starts the last 23 matches of the season Brand ranked top 10 in Mountain West rankings in kills (eighth, 3.17 p/s) and points (10th, 3.50 p/s), and third in MW-only matches in kills (3.78 p/s) and points (4.18 p/s). She also had nine double-doubles.

Career-wise, Brand ranked top 10 on Fresno State career lists in kills (fourth, 1,310), sets played (fifth, 441), matches played (eighth, 123) and digs (eighth, 997), and Wild held similar hon-ors in career categories for aces (third, 136), aces per set (third, 0.31 p/s), digs (fifth, 1,203) and kills (sixth, 1,256).

Franks posted eight double-doubles and seven +.300 totals this year, 10 matches with mul-tiple aces, and six matches with +5 blocks. An all-conference choice in three tourneys in 2013, she was also tabbed the UC Irvine Tournament MVP in September.

Last week, the Bul ldogs capped their sixth season under Netherby-Sewell with a 17-15 overall mark for its second straight winning season for the first time since 2003-04.

The squad also tied for fourth place in the conference with an 11-9 mark – two places better than its preseason coaches poll selec-tion.

Collegian Staff

Roe Borunda / Collegian file photoThe Fresno State Bulldogs host Utah State in the inaugural Mountain West Championship game Saturday night (7 p.m.) at Bulldog Stadium.

Anticipating the AggiesBy Christopher Livingston

The Collegian

Bulldogs look to rebound this week with conference title on the line