» 2007 » December

“I love Fresno; I never want to move.”

So said Ashley Swearengin, the seven-year director of Fresno State’s Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED).

Between ever-increasing tuition fees, new textbooks for the spring semester, rent and record-high gas prices, paying for prescription drugs can seem impossible for a sick college student with a part-time job.

It’s that time of year again: traffic at River Park is gridlocked as thousands of shoppers scramble to get the latest cell phones and “Guitar Hero III,” accumulating hundreds in credit card debt in the process.

Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4, 6-2 WAC) vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-5, 4-4 ACC)

Former Fresno State volleyball coach Ruben Nieves announced his resignation last week, formally ending three difficult seasons as head coach.

With the semester winding down and finals coming up, winter break is right around the corner. For sports fanatics like myself, Christmas comes in the form of more than just presents.

Intramurals are a large part of campus life.

After starting the season with six consecutive losses, the Fresno State women’s basketball team finally made it into the win column on Saturday.

Last week’s fees and tuition have left some students penniless. In the most extreme cases, buying presents could mean scrounging to find any change that fell between the couch cushions in the attempt to come up with enough money to buy gifts for all the people on the holiday shopping list.