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Ashley Swearengin works on a daily basis with Fresno State students, staff and businesses in Fresno. Swearengin has been a common face around the Lyles Center, where her office is based, as director of the Office of Community and Economic Development since 2000. She is currently involved in her campaign for mayor of Fresno.
“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). (more...)

Pick up your butts

A large bag of cigarette butts sits atop the AMSA club's table. They were gathered up from all around campus, almost exclusively from non-smoking areas. Club members plan to present the collection of butts to President Welty, along with a 'smoke-free campus' petition.
Ciggy Buttz thinks that smoking on campus is out of control. So does Kelly Miller, a senior biology student and president of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) campus chapter. (more...)

Johnson-Klein has day in court

Two weeks into her trial, Stacy Johnson-Klein finally took the witness stand Wednesday. She accused top university athletic officials of sexual harassment, the university of preferential treatment for men’s sports over women’s sports and an all-out effort on the part of university officials to get rid of her when she dared to speak up about gender equity issues. (more...)
The business of offering credit cards to students just got a little harder with the signing of a new law that slaps a number of restrictions on credit card solicitors. (more...)
Educators are preparing for what promises to be a lively discussion on the somewhat taboo topic of why academic achievement gaps continue to exist for Latino, African-American and Southeast Asian students. (more...)
International students have become a fixture at Fresno State and at many other campuses throughout the country, albeit a declining fixture in recent years.. While seeking an education in a foreign land, international students also have to pay many times more money than most students in order to attend, while also abiding by a myriad of government restrictions on their activities in the United States, which is tied to a clampdown on immigration generally. (more...)

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