News

Electronic wait list option added

By Megan O’Laughlin • Nov 7, 2007

The first two weeks of a semester are hard enough on students and faculty without the added pressure of students trying to squeeze into full classes with no seats to spare.

Priority registration — some students get in quicker than others

By Victor King • Nov 7, 2007

Class registration is upon us once again. The frantic race to get your classes picked and reserved before the next person claims your seat.

Campus winery celebrates 10 years of history, awards

By Vicente Reyes • Nov 5, 2007

Fresno State, the first college campus in the nation to open a commercial winery, celebrated the 10-year anniversary mark on Saturday at the winery.

Watch out. Thieves may want your ID

By Joanne Lui • Nov 5, 2007

The years directly following college are often the time when a graduate settles down, gets a job and buys that first new car or house. But some are discovering after being denied for a loan, that debts racked up by a stranger have ruined their credit.

After Halloween, some still celebrate the dead

By Juan Villa • Nov 2, 2007

Hector Serda (above) helped put up the altars and the overhanging arch in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

Johnson-Klein has day in court

By Brent VonCannon • Nov 2, 2007

Two weeks into her trial, Stacy Johnson-Klein finally took the witness stand Wednesday. She accused top university athletic officials of sexual harassment, the university of preferential treatment for men̢۪s sports over women̢۪s sports and an all-out effort on the part of university officials to get rid of her when she dared to speak up about gender equity issues.

University̢۪s athletic drug policy explained

By Kyle Lazarus • Nov 2, 2007

A first glance, the Fresno State athletics drug policy seems to have a section outlining how an athlete can use drugs and get away with it. Fresno State does not have a policy where athletes can “beat the system.â€Â The policy, called “safe harbor,â€Â is outlined in the student-athlete compliance handbook as an outlet for athletes to get help if they have an abusive, substance-related problem.

Is Fresno State’s campus HAUNTED?

By Vicente Reyes • Oct 31, 2007

Cadavers, a bloody chainsaw and a dismembered body are things that you expect from a horror movie, but little do many students know that they are actually part of Fresno State history. Some of the upstairs practice rooms in the Music building are rumored to be haunted.

Some anatomy students face a dissection dilemma

By Amanda Allen • Oct 31, 2007

Some students go to school to endure long lectures. Others put on some shorts and a tank top and run laps at the gym. A few pull out dead bodies, put on some gloves and — with scissors in hand...

ASI struggles to fill frequent vacancies

By Josh Butters • Oct 31, 2007

Although it is past the deadline, Associated Students Inc., (ASI), is still accepting applications for three open positions. The seats that need to be filled are the chief justice position and two associate justice positions of the Student Court.

Fresno State Army ROTC in the hot zone

By Katrina Garcia • Oct 29, 2007

While thousands of students are cramming for midterms and writing essays, eight Fresno State cadets have pushed their textbooks and Scantrons aside to complete a different assignment.

This BOSS calls for improving the quality of wine

By Kyle Lazarus • Oct 29, 2007

A small setback hasn’t stopped students and the Technology Development Center at Fresno State from pursuing a better wine barrel sanitization system — it has forced them to innovate even more.