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A Collegian reader says Black Friday is another form of class warfare. (File Photo)

Letter: How Black Friday is another form of class warfare

By Megan Bronson
Nov 27, 2017
My power is power, not intution

My power is power, not intution

By Megan Bronson
Sep 6, 2016
Courtesy photo / University Communications

Just college senior things

By Megan Bronson
May 8, 2016
Malia Obama attends a state dinner at the White House on Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

America’s unhealthy work ethic

By Megan Bronson
May 3, 2016
Pastor Rafael Cruz speaks to the public at the Cornerstone Church, April. 29, 2016. He also references the bible and politics during his presentation. Khone Saysamongdy / The Collegian

Ted Cruz’s father urges Fresno Christians to engage or watch religious liberty ‘go down the drain’

By Megan Bronson
May 1, 2016
Gender nuetral bathroom in the University Center at Fresno State. Troy pope / The Collegian

Target creates inclusive spaces

By Megan Bronson
Apr 26, 2016
Retherford's Village Produce road stand in Benton, Pa., offers fresh fruits and vegetables well into fall. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/MCT)

In the market for a farmer’s market

By Megan Bronson
Apr 24, 2016
Students walk through the Rose Garden on Friday, Feb. 5, 2015. Darlene Wendels/the Collegian

Invest in our education first

By Megan Bronson
Apr 17, 2016
Managing Editor for The Collegain, Diana Giraldo, proves that she is from the Central Valley by posing for a photo at Yosemite for social media. Miguel Vera / Courtesey

Just Central Valley things

By Megan Bronson
Apr 12, 2016
California Governor Brown signs a minimum wage bill at the Ronald Reagan State Building on Monday, April 4, 2016 in Los Angeles. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Debunking minimum wage raise myths

By Megan Bronson
Apr 7, 2016
Khone Saysamongdy/The Collegian

Time to trash timed essays

By Megan Bronson
Apr 3, 2016
Tim Ryan, senator for the College of Social Sciences. Darlene Wendels/The Collegian

Knowing your candidates: Tim Ryan

By Megan Bronson
Mar 13, 2016
Knowing your candidates: Cameran Patterson

Knowing your candidates: Cameran Patterson

By Megan Bronson
Mar 13, 2016
Fresno State students protest the Evangelical preachers that came to the Free Speech Area on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2016. (Photo credit to Cinthia Quesada)

Don’t thump the bible thumpers

By Megan Bronson
Mar 8, 2016
Courtesy photo/Disney

‘Zootopia’ is keeper

By Megan Bronson
Mar 6, 2016
Opinion editor Megan Bronson, looks for love on the mean streets of the Tinder app. Troy Pope/The Collegian

A guide to ‘love’ on the swipe

By Megan Bronson
Feb 28, 2016
Hannah Taylor uses an elliptical machine at AC4 Fitness in Goleta, California, on June 19, 2012. As people work out, gyms can use power generated from machines. (Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Gym do’s and don’ts

By Megan Bronson
Feb 25, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz celebrates with supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, after winning the Iowa Republican caucus on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

Students rally behind Ted Cruz for president

By Megan Bronson
Feb 22, 2016
Opinion and politics editor Megan Bronson recoils in the Speech Arts Building after someone tells her that “vagina” is a dirty word. Troy Pope / The Collegian

Vagina is not a dirty word

By Megan Bronson
Feb 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton speaks in Ankeny, Iowa, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Clinton narrowly defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders in Monday's Democratic Iowa caucus. (AftonbladetIBL/Zuma Press/TNS)

My favorite feminist heroes are suddenly sexist

By Megan Bronson
Feb 9, 2016
Republican Senate hopeful, Duf Sundheim, visits Fresno State on his border to border tour of California. Paul Schlesinger / The Collegian

Republican Senate hopeful visits Fresno State

By Megan Bronson
Feb 7, 2016
Kristine Menas, 26, (left) and her sister, Courtney Menas, stand by their cocktails at Funky Buddha in Chicago, Illinois. Ten years after the date-rape drugs came onto the clubbing scene, women are drinking with more caution. DAVID ZENTZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS

The CDC’s sexist advisory

By Megan Bronson
Feb 7, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz celebrates with supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, after winning the Iowa Republican caucus on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

The first voting of the 2016 election is done

By Megan Bronson
Feb 2, 2016
President Barack Obama cries during a press conference to announce executive actions intended to expand background checks for some firearm purchases and step up federal enforcement of the nation's gun laws in theEast Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 5 2016. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Real people break stereotypes — there’s nothing wrong with that

By Megan Bronson
Feb 2, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz meets with voters at the Freedom Country Store in Freedom, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Is Ted Cruz eligible to be president?

By Megan Bronson
Jan 26, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a campaign stop aboard the USS Iowa battleship in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Stop laughing at Trump

By Megan Bronson
Jan 26, 2016
Snapchat users can expect a string of new features in 2016. (Photo courtesy Snapchat/TNS)

Snaps we are tired of seeing

By Megan Bronson
Jan 24, 2016
Vermont Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at El Pollo Feliz restaurant in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago during a campaign stop on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Democratic discussion on health care

By Megan Bronson
Jan 19, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the debate stage at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California., on Sept. 16, 2015. (Robert Gauthier Ӣ Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Disregarding Trump will make America great again

By Megan Bronson
Dec 8, 2015
Sophomore Aimme Ruiz works on an essay for her Psychology 15 class in the Kolligian Library on the UC Merced campus on Dec. 10, 2014 in Merced, Calif. Ruiz, who is studying psychology at the university, is one of the beneficiaries of the UC Referral Guarantee, a second chance program for applicants who were rejected at other universities in the UC system. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Let’s be done with finals forever

By Megan Bronson
Dec 6, 2015
La Shone, 51, and Jonathan, 53 are the parents of 15 children, 10 of whom are still living with them. Going around the table clockwise starting with Jonathan the father are Leah, 12, Jachin, 8, Laura, 14, Jacob, 18, La Shone, 17, Lynda, 22, Joseph, 20, Jeffery, 13, Lena, 10 and La Shone, 51 (mom). The Kelly family eats dinner at home on Aug. 3, 2015 in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Navigating your family’s holidays

By Megan Bronson
Dec 3, 2015
Hang Nguyen of Santa Clara, right, Kathy Doerr, of Mountain View, center right, Ramil Batiancila, left, and Bernadette Batiancila, both of Fremont, pray in protest against abortion in front of the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Mountain View, Calif., Feb. 6, 2014. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Stand with Planned Parenthood

By Megan Bronson
Dec 1, 2015
Mara Lindquist and Abby Persoon, right, share a blanket as they relax in recliner chairs at Marcus Theater in Oakdale, Minn., which offers the luxurious seats. Rennee Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Where have all the good movies gone?

By Megan Bronson
Nov 22, 2015
Will, left, and Lia MacDonald search for the revealing Facebook messages that Will received from someone claiming to be Lia's friend Jenna, at their home in Los Gatos, Calif., Aug. 24, 2013. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

The Worst of Facebook

By Megan Bronson
Nov 17, 2015
Gillette's Venus Breeze razor has a gel strip on either side of the blade that, when applied to the leg, with water, creates a slippery film that acts as a shave gel. Ross Hailey/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS

Ladies: No Shave November

By Megan Bronson
Nov 1, 2015
In a forecasting study three months ago, the Intelligence Group's "Trendsetters" demographic of progressive-minded 14- to 34-year-olds said they'd rather play a board game than a video game. Raul Vasquex/Kansas City Star/TNS

Get your game on

By Megan Bronson
Oct 27, 2015
Fresno State is proposing to change the name of the Free Speech area due to regulations that prevent large crowds from forming in the current space. Paul Schlesinger/The Collegian

Discarding Free speech

By Megan Bronson
Oct 25, 2015
Rumored to be a top contender for most ubiquitous costume, you'll have options for spoofing this Republican presidential hopeful. His signature trucker hat, "Make America Great Again," is easier to pull of than the wig. Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

Killer Halloween costumes

By Megan Bronson
Oct 22, 2015
The Henry Madden Library is ranked 25th in a list of amazing college libraries recently compiled by collegerank.net Paul Schlesinger/The Collegian

Napping at Fresno State

By Megan Bronson
Oct 18, 2015
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on the debate stage on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. Brian Cahn/Zuma Press/TNS

Millennials ‘feel the Bern’

By Megan Bronson
Oct 15, 2015
Levi Miller plays Peter, a mischievous 12 year old boy in PAN. Courtesy Photo/Warner Bros. Entertainment

‘Pan’ never lands

By Megan Bronson
Oct 13, 2015
Raven-Symone arrives at the premiere of "College Road Trip" held at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 3, 2008. Fitzroy Barrett/Landov/TNS

That’s not so Raven: an open letter to a confused Raven-Symonè

By Megan Bronson
Oct 13, 2015
The Krispy Kreme triple-decker cheeseburger sold at the Chicken Charlie booth located at the Big Fresno fair. Darlene Wendels / The Collegian

The ups and downs of fair food

By Megan Bronson
Oct 8, 2015
The restored fire engine in the new Fresno County Historical Museum. Paul Schlesinger / The Collegian

Representing the Valley at the Big Fresno Fair

By Megan Bronson
Oct 8, 2015
Downtown Fresno on Oct. 6, 2015. (Photo by Paul Schlesinger/The Collegian)

A case for loving Fresno

By Megan Bronson
Oct 6, 2015
Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer star in "Addicted to Fresno." (Handout/TNS) USA

We’re not “Addicted To Fresno”

By Megan Bronson
Oct 1, 2015
Santa Claus waves to the crowd during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov., 28, 2013. (Staton Rabin/Zuma Press/TNS)

A capitalist Christmas story

By Megan Bronson
Oct 1, 2015
A construction site near the Grosse Industrial Tech Building on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015 (Darlene Wendels The Collegian)

Campus construction vital

By Megan Bronson
Sep 27, 2015
Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in "The Intern." (Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC)

“The Intern” makes the cut

By Megan Bronson
Sep 27, 2015

Movie night wine pairings: A classy affair

By Megan Bronson
Sep 24, 2015
Viola Davis backstage at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

An award for Viola Davis is an award for women of color

By Megan Bronson
Sep 22, 2015
Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2015. (David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment/Abaca Press/TNS

The Facebook dislike button: the new hotbed of hate

By Megan Bronson
Sep 20, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at a campaign event in Coral Gables, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (Roberto Koltun/El Nuevo Herald/TNS)

A debate or a Debacle? Purging women in the GOP

By Megan Bronson
Sep 17, 2015
Penn State student Zaniya Joe wears a piece of tape over her mouth that says "Black Lives Matter" during a Ferguson protest organized by a group of Penn State University students on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, in University Park, Pa. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/TNS)

Saying ‘all lives matter’ dismisses black lives

By Megan Bronson
Sep 15, 2015
Crunchwrap supreme, the ultimate Taco Bell experience for college students on a budget. (Fat Louie, Creative Commons)

A classy Taco Bell affair

By Megan Bronson
Sep 13, 2015
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addresses the Republican Party of Florida Victory Dinner at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Thursday, November 3, 2011. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Palin: ‘Speak American’ The Americas: ‘Which one?’

By Megan Bronson
Sep 10, 2015
Drake arrives for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Feb. 13, 2011. (Lionel Hahn/Abaca Press/MCT)

Millennial slang on fleek

By Megan Bronson
Sep 8, 2015
Defenders of same-sex marriage gather at the courthouse in Granbury, Texas, on Thursday, July 2, 2015, amid dueling same-sex marriage rallies. (Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)

Kim Davis held in contempt: by the rest of the nation

By Megan Bronson
Sep 3, 2015
New apps allow parents to track their children's cell phone use. (Fotolia/TNS)

Emojis: The good, the bad, the ugly

By Megan Bronson
Sep 1, 2015
'College Hacks': hacked to pieces

‘College Hacks’: hacked to pieces

By Megan Bronson
Aug 27, 2015
Sidney Williams, 5, dug into her popcorn this week at the UA MacArthur Marketplace 16 in Irving, Texas, while her grandfather Gary Williams paid the bill. (Mona Reeder/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Regal Cinemas: a hand in your pocket and now in your purse

By Megan Bronson
Aug 25, 2015
Diane Shannon shops for toys on Black Friday with her daughter Davadia, 5, right, and Darladia, 4, at Target on 1200 N. Larrabee on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 in Chicago. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Gender neutral aisles: It’s not the end of the world

By Megan Bronson
Aug 23, 2015
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