Letter to the editor: Reading program for kids needs volunteers
Reading and Beyond is a local nonprofit organization that provides services for students and families in the Fresno area. Among other topics, volunteers help students who struggle with homework and...
View ArticleFrom a Party to the Polls to a Bill in California
Hisham A. Qutob and D’Aungillique Jackson contributed to this Op-Ed. Our education system has often overlooked the significance and importance for us, as students, to voice our opinions, concerns,...
View ArticleWhy do we still celebrate Columbus Day?
Every year, a legacy as cruel and abhorrent as slavery in the U.S. is revered by many in American society. However, to the Native American tribal alliances of America, Columbus Day represents...
View ArticleFair opinion was unfair
We believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion and know The Big Fresno Fair is not everyone’s “cup of tea”; however, we refuse to allow Ms. [Anjanae] Freitas’ Oct. 15 opinion piece be the only...
View ArticleThe Central Valley crisis
Poverty is such a critical issue in the Central Valley. I am a student at Fresno State, and for the past couple of weeks we have been doing some reading about poverty in the Central Valley in our...
View ArticleStop ignoring the signs
Stop and take a look around you. The girl sitting next to you in class, the professor who stands in front of the class, the woman that rings you up at the counter could be covering his/her wounds up...
View ArticleThe cycle of poverty
Could you imagine picking up your son from school one day and for him to say, “Our school, Fort Miller, is ranked the lowest compared to all the other middle schools in Fresno?” I can. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Gender shouldn’t indicate innocence
An individual’s sex and gender should not be a basis for integrity or guilt. For instance, an incident emerged on December 18, 2018, when actress Amber Heard published an Op-Ed in The Washington Post...
View ArticleActivism is not a competition
Written by former editor-in-chief of The Collegian Black Lives Matter. If you cannot accept this fact without qualifiers or added commentary, then you have lost sight of or have misunderstood the...
View ArticleLetter: Fresno State English Department stands with BLM
Written by in a collaborative effort by Samina Najmi, Melanie Hernandez, et al. We, members of the English Department at Fresno State, condemn in the strongest possible terms the continued targeting...
View ArticleLetter: Statement from the communication department chair
Written by Professor and Department of Communication Chair Kevin Macy-Ayotte, Ph.D The faculty of the Department of Communication were extremely disturbed to learn last week of the allegations...
View ArticleLetter: Classes shouldn’t be scheduled for students on Election Day
Written by Fresno State graduate student Joseph Riloquio, department of history at Fresno State With just days to go before the election, Fresno State President Dr. Joseph I. Castro sent out a campus...
View ArticleLetter: Students’ mental health has been affected by COVID-19
Written by Fresno State communication student Nathalie Gutierrez At the start of Spring 2020, I recall feeling nervous yet excited and hopeful starting my internship for Communication 179I as a tutor...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 17th was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King’s 93rd birthday which was observed across the nation and abroad. It is a holiday to some but a holy day to many others. Let us take a moment to...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: The Holodomor, Russia’s war against Ukraine and the...
The eight-month Russian war of aggression against Ukraine must be stopped. This has been a genocidal war from the beginning. In April 2022, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a resolution that defined...
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