Opinion

Loss of speech

By Kirstie Hettinga • Sep 9, 2007

FOUR SCORE AND twenty years ago our leaders were better writers and speakers. Maybe even more recently than that, but I donÃ¢€™t think I was born yet.

THEREÃ¢€™S THIS FEELING you get right after school starts. The sort of feeling that you get when you hear good things about a professor, that his class is entertaining. That his class is useful. That his class gets out early. Above all, that his class is easy.

Campus Speak

By Staff Reports • Sep 6, 2007

There are a number of designated smoking areas at Fresno State while the rest of the campus remains smoke-free. How do you feel about smoking on campus?

The One-Finger Salute

By Staff Reports • Sep 4, 2007

Thumbs up to the Bulldog football team for winning their season opener on Saturday 24-3 against the Sacramento State Hornets. WeÃ¢€™re hoping it bodes well for the team Ã¢€” a sign theyÃ¢€™ll be able to keep up with teams that actually do play football.

A clear view of ‘The Hills’

By Andrew Corcostegui • Sep 4, 2007

A PECULIAR THING HAPPENED last Monday night that I still havenÃ¢€™t quite recovered from. I walked into my friendÃ¢€™s living room to encounter four grown, educated adults screaming at the television set, booing and hissing at a bevy of beautiful and stupidly banal characters who seemed to do nothing more than eat out and talk badly about one another for the showÃ¢€™s thirty-minute run.

Technomania

By Jasmine Marshall Armstrong • Aug 30, 2007

A FEW MONTHS AGO, I needed to take care of a work-related issue. IÃ¢€™d been e-mailing the woman I was dealing with about the issue, and sheÃ¢€™d been sending me responses every few seconds.

Collegian returns

By Jessica Szalay • Aug 28, 2007

With the start of the new semester comes changes Ã¢€” new clothes, new classes, new professors and maybe even a new major for some. For the fall 2007 semester, The Collegian is not impervious...

Boy wizard, rock legends prove models for the new school year

By Timothy Ellison • Aug 28, 2007

Here I go again on my own, goinÃ¢€™ down the only road IÃ¢€™ve ever known. Yes, itÃ¢€™s odd when the lyrics to a Whitesnake song actually sum up whatÃ¢€™s happening in your life....

Ã¢€˜AuspiciousÃ¢€™ beginnings despite difficult, stifling circumstances

By Benjamin Baxter • Aug 28, 2007

AUSPICIOUS IS A good word that describes a good beginning: a football season, a school year, a career. Auspicious beginnings wouldnÃ¢€™t involve the dread of roommates stealing food, or their...

President’s welcome

By Dr. John D. Welty • Aug 26, 2007

ANOTHER EXCITING ACADEMIC year is upon us at Fresno State. I want to take this opportunity to give a special welcome to our 2,600 new freshmen Ã¢€” the biggest freshman class in Fresno State history...

On the road

By Mathew Gomes • Aug 26, 2007

IT'S AN OLD truism that the college experience constitutes a Ã¢€œvery special timeÃ¢€Â in all of our lives. Some of us will remember our time in college with respect to our boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancÃƒ©s, random hookups or any other sort of significant other.

Response to shooting near campus inspires

By Mathew Gomes • May 8, 2007

I WOKE UP AT 6:17 a.m. Tuesday when an old friend of mine from high school, who now attends the University of California, San Diego, sent me a message linking me to an article on CNN. Later that morning,...