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Obstacles are nothing.

For Fresno State women’s soccer player Amanda Reyes, overcoming obstacles is just part of the game.

They trade in their pajamas and warm beds for skates and a freezing ice skating rink every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 a.m. — a time when the sun has yet to rise and many other students are sleeping.

After a comeback win against Boise State two weeks ago, the Fresno State volleyball team is ready to give the Broncos another bitter taste of defeat.

“I think we’ve shown many times this year that we don’t give up,” said Head Coach Ruben Nieves, “even when the situation looks extremely dire.”

The first match-up with Boise State started off with the Bulldogs down 0-2, but they prevailed in the end with a win in game five.

This semester, Fresno State sophomore Jessica Harper has journeyed more than a thousand miles away to live on her own for the first time as she attends the University of Idaho.
Through the National Student Exchange (NSE) program at Fresno State, 19-year-old Harper has the opportunity to travel and earn college credit towards her degree in [...]

After months of devotion, Larissa Maichrowicz finally finished the 300-page book she had mentally slaved over for hours a day.

This book wasn’t filled with the words someone may typically find in the average novel or memoir.

All eyes were on Mackee Mason as he stood before a microphone. An audience of about 200 people sat quietly behind him while five pairs of eyes stared back at him from behind a table.

No, it wasn’t an audition for American Idol.

“Higher Education’s 3 “R’s”: Raises, Rights, Respect,” read the black shirts of Shirley Staton and Ayesha Khan, employees under the California State University Employees Union.

Plagiarism and cheating plague campuses across the nation—and Fresno State is no exception. To raise awareness between faculty and students, the new Ethics Center on campus is hosting a series of lectures throughout the semester focused on Academic Integrity.

Whether it’s because of the location, the modest tuition or successful recruitment services, Fresno State is seeing an ever-increasing number of students heading its way. This fall there are 2,655 first-time freshmen on campus—the largest freshman class in Fresno State’s history—and another 2,650 transfer and graduate students added to the mix.