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Friday count reveals increased voter turnout,
Fagundes as winner of presidential race
By Rory Sa
Despite mechanical malfunctions and a seven-year high of 1,826
ballots to count by hand, Vice President of Associated Students
Molly Fagundes emerged as the winner of the AS presidential election.
The unofficial total has Fagundes wining by a large margin with
830
votes. Business major and former Fresno city council candidate
Michael Karbassi had 444 votes, and Sigma Chi president Frank Puccio
had 420 votes.More>>
By Janet Enquist
Some may disagree with him. Others may wish to share their distant
memories of being abducted by aliens. One fact remains–Steven
White, director of Fresno State’s Downing Planetarium, believes
in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. “It seems almost
impossible that there is life only here on Earth,” he said. “With
100 billion galaxies, 100 billion stars and with planets outside
our solar system, life in space is
inevitable.”More>>
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By Elizabeth Leffall
In an emotionally charged ceremony, Sen. Chuck Poochigian called
for acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in the Free
Speech Area, Friday. “ April 24 represents a massacre of
our people,” Poochigian
said. “ Today represents 89 years of remembering an act by
a young Turkish government, a sadistic people, who arrested and
murdered
our people in Constantinople,” Poochigian said. Poochigian
choked back emotion as he described the effects the genocide had
on his culture and family.More>>
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