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From Behind the Lens
By Ryan Smith
By the end of July, 3,000 uneducated, unemployed
and uninsured people will call Fresno their new home—a home
they say is dramatically improved from the one that many of them
are leaving for the first time in their lives. Over the next eight
months, Hmong from an impoverished refugee camp in Thailand will
flee the confines of barbed wire
fences for the land of opportunity, settling in places like Fresno,
Sacramento and Milwaukee—all typically known as Hmong-American
strongholds.More>>
Thoughts from the Doghouse
You know when you’re in class, your mind
starts to wander, and you come up with weird thoughts like, “When
are these two morons going to call it quits? Enough is enough already.” Well,
we decided to write them down. Enjoy. • In order to address
some of the rumors circulating, yes this is our last column, and
no we did not have
a falling out, even though Alberto is a pompous, egotistical S.O.B.
(Alberto: “Look you f***ing prima donna, you’re not going
to hold me back any longer. I’m dumping you like Lionel Ritchie
dumped The Commodores.”) • To those who’ll be looking
for a job, here’s three things you should never say in an interview:
1) Define sexual harassment. 2) So you want me here at eight in the
morning, and you want me sober? How about one out of two? 3) How
often are these random drug tests? I’m going to need an exact
date.More>>
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-Art by Ryan Smith
I have been the opinion editor of The Collegian for a year, and
have three semesters of column writing under my belt. In this time
I have managed to tick off about every group that lines up on the
left side of politics. One thing I learned was that no one really
cares if you agree with them, but will cry up a storm if you make
them second guess their
beliefs. People are very comfortable in their little boxes—people
are comfortable here in their university, but ask them what they
plan to do afterward when their dads aren’t picking up the
rent and car payments, and they’ll want to change the subject.More>>
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