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The 2007-2008 school year was a tumultuous one for University President John D. Welty. (more...)
University President John D. Welty revealed exclusively to The Collegian on Tuesday morning that he has decided to accept the Campus Fee Advisory Committee’s recommendation to increase student fees by $52, with $20 going to academics and $32 going to athletics. The increase is down from the $70 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) fee increase that (more...)

Ethnic face of campus changing

Just a generation or two ago, the face of Fresno State’s student body was predominantly white. In the last twenty years alone, the ethnic face of Fresno State has changed dramatically. (more...)

University police is ready to protect

University Police officers trained with Fresno and Clovis police officers in Active Shooter Training Scenarios on Jan. 11.  Scenarios included an active shooter in a residence hall and a hostage situation in the Atrium Courtyard.

Bloodshed on campus may seem like a very real possibility these days. But the University Police Department wants Fresno State students to know they are in good hands following the Feb. 14 shooting at Northern Illinois University (NIU) that killed six students, including the gunman. (more...)

Traditional TV to go dark

A year from now, television as America knows it will be gone forever. On Feb. 17, 2009, in accordance with legislation passed by Congress, the analog signal that has been used to transmit TV since its invention will be turned off, and all TV stations will begin broadcasting its programming using a digital signal. (more...)

An appearance with a purpose

'I don't think people are going to vote for Hillary because we’re young stars,' America Ferrera of 'Ugly Betty' (right) said during Friday’s campaign for Hillary Clinton at the Student Recreation Center. Along with actress Amber Tamblyn (left), she brought out her points in favor of Clinton but encouraged students to make their own decision.
The auditorium was abuzz at Fresno State’s Student Recreation Center on Friday afternoon in anticipation of the arrival of some famous guests for a rally supporting presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. (more...)
While creating the plan for El Dorado Park, the city will take into account ideas drawn up by residents at the meeting, including this map made by (from left) ASI president Juan Pablo Moncayo, alumnus Mark Driver and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity member Chris Frank.
The area behind the Fresno State sorority and fraternity houses may have been nicknamed “Sin City,” but residents of the neighborhood – actually called El Dorado Park – demonstrated on Saturday that hope is still very much alive for them. (more...)

Republicans for Bartlet

I’m a Republican, and I want a certain Democrat to be president. It isn’t Barack Obama or John Edwards. It certainly isn’t Hillary Clinton. The Democrat I would desperately wish into the Oval Office is Jed Bartlet. Okay, so he’s a television character. I can’t help it. In an election year where my only choices (more...)

From Fresno State to Pulitzer Prize

In a photo from Gauthier’s exhibit opening Jan. 17 at the President’s Gallery: A young girl joins mourning women at the Holy Shrine of Imam Mousa al Kadum as thousands of Shiite Muslims march in honor of slain Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al Hakim, in Baghdad, Iraq on Aug. 31, 2003.
As a child, Fresno State alumnus Robert Gauthier was fascinated with the photos in newspapers his mother had lying around the house. (more...)
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. (more...)

Shop ’til you drop


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. (more...)
There is a structure-damaging earthquake scheduled to happen on Fresno State’s campus early next year. (more...)

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Students and their technology are a common sight on campus. (more...)

More than a pledge

THEY’RE AT IT AGAIN. A few weeks ago, I was sitting at my desk in The Collegian’s office when I noticed a CNN story on the TV behind me about a photograph showing presidential hopeful Barack Obama with his hands at his sides as those around him held their hands over their hearts. (more...)

Creativity ‘emerging’

This year’s 'Emerging Choreographers 2007' will feature 18 dances in styles ranging from ballet to hip hop. Fresno State’s University Dance Theatre class gives students of all majors a chance to express their creativity through dance, some even choreographing –– which includes teaching the dance and even planning the costumes. In the above photo, Lexie Verdian takes the stage.
Student choreographers Kensington Stettler and Anthony De La Paz tested lighting cues and directed dancers with the ease of professionals as they rehearsed their respective pieces for the theatre arts department’s show, “Emerging Choreographers 2007.” (more...)