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Organized by the club Black Student Pride, it was the first of a month-long series of events to be held on campus.

Aztec culture is alive and well at Fresno State. Every Tuesday and Friday night the halls of the South Gym come to life with the rhythmic thundering of native drums.

Nasir Rashid, a former Fresno State student and linguistics instructor from Jordan, hopes to see an increase in interest in Arabic language courses. Rashid has witnessed a boom in class attendance in the two years he has been an instructor.

Many Fresno State students will try to reconnect to their culture by attending the Guelaguetza this Sunday at Roosevelt High School.

We college kids are generally regarded as a hard-core, drinking, partying bunch. Society has probably always thought kids in the 18-23 age range are a bunch of partiers anyway, but I can’t help but think that the party mentality has recently reached a fever pitch.

Since Halloween is right around the corner, it seems appropriate that Edgar Allan Poe’s books live on. And with the help of the Big Read and the Fresno County Library, the ghouls, ghosts, ravens and specters will come alive once again through the end of the month.

Throughout history the human race has plastered our world with racism and discrimination, which has led to hate.

As a cultural competence specialist, I was shocked to hear that the Multicultural/International (MI) requirements at Fresno State were taken into consideration for elimination.

It’s the most wonderful time of year—or at least it used to be. Lately, it’s more like the most controversial time of year.