Currently one-sixth of the board that divvies up Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) funds at Fresno State, Walton’s experience as a record-setting college athlete gives him an appreciation for students trying to improve their educations.
» Ben Keller
IRA Committee: Faculty and Staff Profiles: James Walton
IRA Committee: Student Profiles: Lauren Johnson
As ASI’s vice president of finance, Johnson, a business accounting major, manages a budget of more than $700,000 and sits on ASI’s finance committee.
Tea parties lack strong principles
It was Dec. 16, 1773, when thousands of Bostonians huddled in the city’s harbor to protest a massive tea tax imposed by the British Parliament.
Everything in moderation
Watching the commentaries on Fox News about President Obama’s most recent press conference, I was irritated, but not altogether surprised with the way Republicans pundits judged him as boring and dodgy while the Democrats applauded him at every turn.
Infestation
The Afghan Pine, like the ones that grow on the Fresno State campus, is a 30- to 40-foot evergreen tree with a fragrance that makes it an ideal at Christmas time.
Another day at the office
The Associated Students Inc. (ASI) office is covered wall to wall with Bulldog paraphernalia, half-empty boxes and piles of paper.
Zogby’s Ziegler is ‘a f*cking idiot’
Barack Obama may have demolished John McCain in the Electoral College, but he really only had 52.3 percent of the popular vote while McCain had a close 46.2 percent.
CSU trustee appointed
After a stint as Associate Students Inc. (ASI) vice president of finance at Fresno State, Russel Statham is continuing his administrative career as a student trustee of the California State University (CSU) system.
Increase in grad- school interest
Between 2006 and 2007, the Craig School of Business at Fresno State saw a 25 percent increase in the number of graduate students enrolled, more than any other department.






