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From eating too many cheese puffs while watching “American Idolâ€? to not getting enough exercise, those who want to learn about why they aren’t in tip-top shape can get information about fun ways to work out at today’s Exercise Fair.
Wellness Services has organized a student-peer educator group, “Wellness Ambassadors.â€? Its goal is to provide knowledge [...]

Winning money on shows like “Jeopardy!,” “Win Ben Stein’s Money” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” has been a mini-career for Fresno State alumnus Ron Trigueiro.
Before he started basking in the game show limelight, he was a member of the Fresno State College Bowl team in 1980, when it was the national champion. “We [...]

When Christina Leimer began her career at Fresno State in the Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning Department a year and a half ago, she did not know anyone she was working with.
As she started to introduce herself to her new co-workers she found she had one very important thing in common with quite a few [...]

Part two: The Collegian delves into the history of the observation deck jutting from McLane Hall’s roof
Juan Hernandez parks his bicycle outside the D wing of the McLane Hall building every Wednesday. As a civil engineering student, Hernandez, 22, often finds himself in this area of campus.
But he’s never noticed the 10-foot tall, metal, plank-like [...]

Men’s Basketball
Fresno State men’s basketball head coach Steve Cleveland seems to have his team peaking at just the right time. The Bulldogs stretched its win streak to four games and ended New Mexico State’s 19-game home winning streak.
The Bulldogs reached the 20-win plateau with the 60-58 victory and also moved into a three-way tie for [...]

The Fresno State men’s and women’s basketball teams have both struggled to score against zone defenses this season. On Saturday, both teams executed and dissected the 2-3 zone to perfection.
The key to success against a zone defense is to exercise patience. Being patient is often difficult for teams like Fresno State that revel in playing [...]

Most people may not associate economics as exciting or life-changing, but for journalist Stephen J. Dubner and rogue economist Steven D. Levitt, economics is a means to explore how various factors impact people’s lives.
“The reason I became a writer is the same reason a lot of people become writers or scientists or whatever,” Dubner said [...]

The CSU system may be facing the largest strike of higher education teachers in U.S. history.
Last Tuesday night, the California Faculty Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to authorize a union members vote on whether or not to proceed with job action — which may include rolling strikes.
“We’ve said all along that we do not [...]

Is there a better chance to bag on celebrities than on Hollywood’s most bizarre and over touted night of the year? And where besides the Oscars can you find someone wearing half million-dollar shoes?
While I do not profess to be a connoisseur of haute couture, I think I have a general idea of what looks [...]