Posted on 07 May 2012
Slate magazine published an interview April 30 with writer Malcolm Gladwell on the links between football and brain damage. Gladwell cited football’s link to head injuries as the most compelling reason to end college football. He also maintained that the culture of the sport is another reason to end it. The timing of Slate magazine’s [...]
Posted on 16 April 2012
Imagine getting a congratulatory admissions email from the university of your dreams sent to you by mistake. Now imagine being a hard working student and not being able to have a spot in the school of your dreams. Instead, other students who did not work as hard were accidentally admitted. Last week, the University of [...]
Posted on 01 March 2012
Does it matter what qualities your professors bring to the classroom? You bet your beautiful diploma it does. During your stay at Cal State Fullerton, the professors and instructors you come in contact with will have an immense amount of influence in the direction your life takes. The road you travel the rest of your [...]
Posted on 16 February 2012
Oh boy, here it comes again. The unending wave of discussion board emails is on its way. It’s still the first month of school, but be patient, the bombardment of questions is crouching in the background. In two weeks time, a steady stream of emails from classmates will begin to fill up your student email [...]
Posted on 09 February 2012
Walking through the halls of the fourth floor of Juniper, Cal State Fullerton’s new housing building, is quite an experience. In one room, there is a student working on a three-dimensional animation project. In another, a student squeals with joy as she celebrates getting the role of director in a production, and in yet another, [...]
Posted on 07 February 2012
While most of us are familiar with the myths of college life perpetuated by film and television, many feel the world of higher education has been sullied with overly decadent and promiscuous activity. James Franco, actor and sometimes director, has created his solution to the unrealistic portrayals of university living. His new project, a web [...]
Posted on 19 December 2011
By Holly K. Hacker The Dallas Morning News (MCT) DALLAS — It doesn’t matter whether men go to one of Texas’ small private colleges like Southwestern University or a bigger one like SMU. Or whether they attend a mostly male school like the University of Texas at Dallas or a mostly female one like Texas [...]
Posted on 11 December 2011
Hundreds of students converged in the Quad Dec. 1 to play in artificial snow at Associated Students Inc.’s seasonal Snow Day. Many stopped at a booth titled “College Town,” a name that is becoming increasingly familiar not only at Cal State Fullerton, but also at neighboring Hope International University (HIU) and in the surrounding community. [...]