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Fresno State’s music department added a new face during the summer—a master cellist, soloist, chamber musician and conductor who the department hopes will revive the long-defunct campus symphony orchestra.

While many students are crashing classes and begging instructors to add them to their roll sheets, a few have been checking out classes they don’t plan to add.

That’s because they’re just stopping by to introduce themselves.

They’re students who want to tell the story of what it’s like to be involved in the campus community and inform their peers about what Fresno State has to offer. And they only need a few minutes to tell students what Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) can do for them.

I like free music. Who doesn’t?

My unquenchable thirst for downloadable music — legal or questionably legal — took a strange turn when a friend turned me onto the archives of the United States military bands. The Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps bands all have their own websites.

As far as I could find, our friends in the Coast Guard were left out. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I’ve been looking for a copy of their song — the catchiest of any branch — to no avail.

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Photos of Beyonce’s performance at the Save Mart Center.

Juan Pablo Moncayo hasn’t felt like an ordinary student in a while. The dance instructor- turned-executive has come a long way – in more ways than one.

“I went from an average student to vice president,” Moncayo said. “It was crazy.”

The overcrowded lots, congested aisles and little bright green envelopes sprinkled all over campus are just a few signs of a new semester at Fresno State.

Hectic traffic the first few weeks of school, students should be prepared in order to avoid parking tickets and missing classes.

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1. USC (0-0)
Week 1: Idaho (0-0)
Quarterback John David Booty is looking to the lead the Pac-10 Conference Champion Trojans back to the BCS National Championship game after a Rose Bowl victory last season.

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The Fresno State women’s soccer team opens their season 7 p.m. Friday against UC Irvine.
This is the last home game for the ‘Dogs before going on a six-game road trip during the month of September.
Tickets are $1 for this game only.

Fresno is where it’s at for Jay Udwadia, the Fresno State men’s tennis coach.

While he accepted the position of associate head coach at Pepperdine University last week, he has since decided to stay with the Bulldogs.