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Student receives 16 percent of votes in District
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By Maurice Ndole
There were no crying family and friends, or a candidate making excuses
for a loss. Just family and supporters gathered at the Primavera
Italian restaurant in what seemed more of a social gathering than
a campaign
headquarters.More>>
By Irene Thirlwall and Elizabeth Lefall
Tuesday’s election was expected to draw few voters and even
fewer students to the polls.
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley predicted a 43 percent turnout
rate statewide, a decline from the 54 percent turnout rate in October’s
recall election.More>>
By Martha Martinez
Close races were not an issue for local electoral offices. One such
race was that of Mayor Alan Autry who won the election for Fresno
City Mayor. Autry won by a landslide victory, earning
73 percent of the votes. Fresno State alumnus Sue Saigal came in
a distant
second with 21
percent of the votes.More>>
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Kia Karbassi embraces his father after seeing the
results of Tuesday's election on a big screen television at his campaign
headquarters.
-Photo by Ryan Smith
State will borrow $15 billion in bonds to combat
budget deficit
By Rory Sa
It seems the threat of drastic cuts motivated California voters
to approve Propositions 57 and 58.
Proposition 57 and Proposition 58 were approved by wide margins;
Proposition 57 was approved by 61 percent of voters, while 70 percent
approved Proposition 58.More>>
By Laban Pelz ,It was indeed Super Tuesday for Democratic presidential candidate
John Kerry. Kerry won nine of 10 states including California, and
finished the night without his biggest rival for the Democratic
nomination, North Carolina senator John Edwards.More>>
The department of mass communication and journalism is bringing
two Pulitzer Prize winning journalists with more than 50 years
combined experience to discuss media coverage of the war in Iraq
in the first Roger Tatarian Symposium in journalism.More>>
Health services to offer anxiety
tests
University Health and Psychological Services will offer free
anxiety screening services for students, faculty and staff
Thursday in the health center.
Participants will learn how to recognize the signs of anxiety
disorders, complete an anonymous anxiety checklist and have
a brief, individual review of the checklist with a counselor.More>>
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