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The Collegian is proud to announce an almost entirely new staff for the fall 2007 semester.
Jessica Szalay will be taking over for Kirstie Hettinga as editor in chief for The Collegian. Szalay graduated with her bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in broadcast journalism in 2006. She is working on her master’s in history [...]

As it stands, the Fresno State softball team is about as big of a shoe-in for the NCAA Tournament as there can be.

At the Kiwanis Torch of Excellence Dinner Monday evening, 250 student athletes were honored for academic honors.
Twelve student-athletes were recognized for their perfect GPAs. In this largest annual awards ceremony hosted by Fresno State’s athletic department, awards were given to Bulldogs for their courage, spirit and athletic success, as well as academic achievement.
Athletes from [...]

By Edson Barrantes
Collegian Staff Writer
Lindsey Bench thought her days of dancing were behind her. Then she got a job with the only professional baseball team in town.
The Hanford native says she has danced her whole life. A friend asked her about becoming part of the promotions team for the Fresno Grizzlies, and she jumped at [...]

Nearly all of the members of the Fresno State men’s tennis team pinpoint a career on the ATP tour as the ideal place to be following their Bulldogs career.

I WOKE UP AT 6:17 a.m. Tuesday when an old friend of mine from high school, who now attends the University of California, San Diego, sent me a message linking me to an article on CNN.
Later that morning, Fresno State student Jonquel Brooks was arrested in connection with a shooting in the University Village apartment [...]

GRADUATION IS FOR QUITTERS. Fresno State quitters are probably horrified about graduating. I know I am.

THE CLOSING OF the spring semester signals the end of many college careers. But not for me.
I’ll be back for one last hurrah in the fall, with some knowledge as to how the world works. I know not to miss so many classes in a row that my psychology professor thinks I’ve dropped the class. [...]

I AM AN ADDICT. I discovered that this weekend when I found myself in desperate need of a fix.
I was camping with family and friends and wasn’t sure if it was going to be possible. But like any good addict, I had planned ahead.
Stashed in my gear were a laptop and a manila folder [...]