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Two-thirds vote of senate or decision by Welty
will decide fate of AS presidency
By Laban Pelz
A landslide victory for AS presidential candidate Molly Fagundes
may not translate into time in office after the AS Election Commission
found her guilty of “major” campaign violations. The
Thursday night decision came after a week of finger-pointing and
allegations of voting malpractice. Elections Commissioner Raylon
Madan and another member of the commission said they witnessed
students turned away from voting
booths during the April 21 and 22 elections. “ There are
definitely certain things that shouldn’t
have happened,” Madan said.More>>
Roles changed with rise of corporate media conglomerations
By Rory Sa
While John Hockenberry was in high school in west Michigan, then-Congressman
Gerald Ford visited his school. When Ford held a question and answer
period, Hockenberry eagerly raised his hand. Ford selected him and
young Hockenberry said, “I fail to see how bigger guns and
shinier badges is going to address the problem of crime in America. “ Until
that moment, I was just kind of an anonymous new kid who moved in
from the East Coast. After that question I became...
something else,” he said. “ The temperature behind my
ears soared.”More>>
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Kevin
and Bean from L.A. based radio station KROQ aired live from outside
the Save Mart Center Thursday morning during the ‘Breakfast
with Fresno’ event. The duo traveled here for a promotion
in which one Kevin and Bean listener won tickets to see Incubus
in Las Vegas, while another won tickets to see Incubus in Fresno.
During the show, audience members participated in a game called ‘Licking
Lisa’, in which participants had to answer various questions
regarding life in Fresno.
-Photo by Nicole Burnes
By Martha Martinez
Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Luis F. Costa, had
a plan up his sleeve to overcome the $1 million cut from the college’s
budget–before the university budget was finalized. “ I
had a pretty good idea that I was going to get about $1 million
reduction before anybody even mentioned it,” Costa
said. The College of Arts and Humanities began reserving a pool
of money about two years ago in order to accommodate possible budget
cuts. “ I told departments to travel less and sacrifice so
the sacrifice would not come in all at once,” Costa said.More>>
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