After a confrontation with four Fullerton police officers in July, Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia, died after falling into a five-day coma. Thomas’ dreams and aspirations of becoming a fireman and owning a house changed by the time he was 21 because he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and [...]

Finding the motivation to get off the couch and hit the gym is a difficult task for many people. Everybody knows they need to exercise and get their hands out of the potato chip bag, but it can often be a challenge. But Caren Reily, an aerobics and cardio kickboxing instructor at Cal State Fullerton [...]

Art enthusiasts of all ages gathered at the Irvine Arts Center’s annual Holiday Fair at Heritage Park Friday and Saturday. This year marks the 29th anniversary of the Holiday Fair, which featured elaborate arts and crafts from over 150 vendors selling hand-blown glass, ceramics, jewelry and holiday decorations. “For vendors to sell their artwork or [...]

The term “Greek” can invoke in a man a different image about the crazy college lifestyle. The negative images and impressions of Greeks seen on TV and in movies such as Animal House, Old School, Sydney White, Sorority Row and Greek promote these images. But if people actually joined a Greek organization, they would come [...]

Cal State Fullerton may appear to be your typical college campus, but lurking in the basements of buildings, barns, elevators and rooftops are paranormal spirits haunting the university grounds. Although not on campus, the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity house, otherwise know as the “Barn,” located on the corner of State College and Yorba Linda Boulevards, [...]

Come, if you dare, to Boot Hill, where a suburban Irvine home transforms into a deadly scene from the Wild West haunted by a ghostly legend. According to the tale, the residence is haunted by the legend Jedediah Smith. The home was once occupied by an old church and cemetery, and it materializes for nine [...]

Cal State Fullerton alumna and NBC4’s Orange County Bureau Chief Vikki Vargas was awarded the 2011 General William Lyon Crystal Vision Philanthropy Award from the Orangewood Children’s Foundation. Vargas’ work with foster youth in CSUF’s Guardian Scholar’s Program made her the recipient of a top honor at the organization’s annual Ambassador Luncheon held at the [...]

For those of us born in the ‘90s, we get a warm feeling in our stomachs when we hear the theme song to the series All That, when we see the awkward, bald teenager known as Doug or when we hear the phrase “Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger. Can I take [...]