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The University Police Department tested a new campus notification system on Wednesday, as university police officials look into new ways of alerting the campus in times of crisis.

Nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette launched the 2008 Veritas Forum on March 26 at the Satellite Student Union. The presentation was the first in a three-day event called “Immigration: It’s Not Just About a Wall.”

Plans for a 37,500-square-foot building to house University High School (UHS) got the green light from California State University trustees on March 12.

Construction on the building could start this fall and UHS students may be learning in the new classrooms as early as September 2009.

Yesterday the Kennel Bookstore hosted a book fair in conjunction with Books are Fun, an affiliate of Reader’s Digest, which donated 10 percent of their proceeds to Read Fresno.

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that David Hickok digs chocolate.

After reading “The Essence of Chocolate” last summer, the senior culinology major read five more books on the subject and bought a tempering machine, which liquefies chocolate.

Fun and games for March 28, 2008.

During the height of March Madness, no one is talking about the Fresno State basketball teams. Instead, the buzz is about the 2008 football team.

The Bulldog football team held its first practice in preparation for the 2008 football season Wednesday afternoon.

The scene inside of the Ricchiuti Center is a far cry from the misadventures of the Jerry Tarkanian era.

Student athletes are huddled inside cubbyholes staring into computer screens, poring over their latest assignments in English and history.

The room is dead silent.

After splitting their Western Athletic Conference (WAC) opening series with Hawaii, 2-2, the Fresno State baseball team swept Cal Poly Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Bulldogs had to rally from behind in both Tuesday and Wednesday’s contests, which they won 10-9 and 13-11.