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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.

Crossing cultural boundaries, the 5 annual Tamejavi Festival, “Our voices, Our stories: A Path to Inclusion,” transformed Radio Park on Sept. 18 into a space where diverse cultures converge to express and share stories, music, food, traditions, and ways of interpreting the world.

Devendra Sharma remembers the powerful singing that cut through the 30,000 audience members who packed into his rural village India when he was a child.

Several days of Ameriasia Week activities culminated with a Festival Night on Saturday.

Buzzwords come and go. One of education’s latest is “culturally responsive.”

Sigh.

What’s usually omitted is how cultural responsiveness benefits us or our understanding of the world.