Ashley Flowers

The Collegian • 30th August 2022

Fresno State students’ research recalls unsolved anti-LGBTQ+ crimes

In the fall of 1987 a group of students formed the Gay Lesbian Student Alliance (GLSA) at Fresno State. A few months later on Nov. 30, unknown vandals burned down the booth.

The Collegian • 15th September 2021

Tower Theatre's sale to church sparks community response

As of late, controversy around the sale of the theatre to Adventure Church has had some people petitioning against it.

The Collegian • 27th August 2022

Student report prompts update to ADA Accessibility Master Plan

When a blind Fresno State student, Jordan Fitzpatrick, first notified administration about the lack of Braille signage in the Social Sciences Building, he was told the project would be completed by early March 2020.

Fitzpatrick’s request was fulfilled two years later after numerous email exchanges and committee meetings.

The Collegian • 4th October 2022

OPINION: Enough about Castro. What about the victims and broken trust?

How is the man accused of sexually harassing multiple students and employees now providing education advisory services? How is the man whose “blind spot” let it happen getting rewarded with a tenured position at Cal Poly?

The Collegian • 26th March 2023

OPINION: Fresno State isn’t trying to be a transparent university anymore

After being born and raised only 20 minutes from the college that’d be my future alma mater, after working three semesters as a student journalist for that same college’s newspaper, The Collegian, and after obtaining my second degree from the same college where I’ve spent years studying, I’ve come to the following conclusion about that college.

Fresno State isn’t even trying to be a transparent university anymore. It’s trying to be a business.

Fresno State has seen its share of controversy in

The Collegian • 18th October 2022

Fresno State could receive $36 million per year with vote on Measure E tax

Proponents of Measure E, a proposed 0.2% countywide sales tax that would bring Fresno State $36 million per year for the next 20 years, say the tax could take the university from “good to great.”

Opponents of the measure say the tax will disproportionately affect Fresno County residents struggling financially while standing to benefit the group promoting Measure E, a collection of construction-business owners and community leaders dubbed the Fresno State Improvement Zone Committee.

“Asking som

The Collegian • 13th September 2022

Opinion: Why didn't students get to name the new student union?

The new student union is a $60 million facility named after the couple who donated $10 million to its funding, which will be paid over a 10-year term. Around $2 million was also donated, reportedly given in various gifts, according to Fresno State News.

Where’s the remaining money coming from? Us. The students.

The Collegian • 26th March 2023

Transgender Day of Remembrance invites students, community to honor transgender lives

People hold a “Trans Lives Matter” banner as they march, honoring transgender victims, killed for who they are, during the Transgender Day of Remembrance in Washington Square Park on Nov. 20, 2021, in New York. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

On Friday, Nov. 18, Fresno State’s Cross-Cultural and Gender Center (CCGC) and Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, along with the local nonprofit Trans-E-Motion, will present the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance event.

The free

The Collegian • 15th November 2022

Health center now offering discreet KISS Kits with condoms, dental dams and more

Fresno State’s Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) is now offering personalized and discreet “KISS Kits” for students including the choice of condoms, lubricant and dental dams.

Students can fill out a form online at bit.ly/kisskit to request an anonymous kit, using a chosen six-digit code. The kits will be disbursed at the SHCC’s pharmacy approximately 48 hours afterward. A code is required to pick up the kits to maintain privacy.

KISS Student Coordinator Hannah Dandini, a senior majo

The Collegian • 15th November 2022

'Pride on Our Campuses' discusses LGBTQ+ acceptance

Qistory invited educational leaders, Fresno State alumni and students to discuss the inclusion of LGBTQ+ students and organizations within Fresno schools for its final community panel of the year, “Pride on Our Campuses.”

Qistory is a project of the nonprofit Community Link that aims to document, record and store local LGBTQ+ history. It recorded the panel of four local educational leaders at the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission’s (EOC) LGBTQ+ Resource Center as part of its mission.

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