The Daily Aztec Campus Calendar lists events on and off campus as a service to San Diego State University students, faculty, staff and community. Clubs, organizations, departments and local community groups may submit written entries to The Daily Aztec City Desk in the basement of the Business Administration and Mathematics building, Room 2. Entries may [...]

Students interested in going greek can attend an orientation at 7 p.m. next Thursday in Tula Community Center. Fraternities and sororities would like new campus leaders to join their organizations. Greek life coordinator Doug Case will speak on the advantages of going greek, and questions will be answered by InterFraternity Council and Panhellenic members. Benefits [...]

SWING OF PERFECTION: Junior Brian Corso’s perfect five kills in five attempts off the bench helped spark the Aztecs to a come-from-behind victory over USC. ROBERT WASSERMAN/Daily Aztec The San Diego State men’s volleyball team served up their third match of the season against a ranked team Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The opponent was [...]

BOO ? To the analysts who sat up in the networks’ studios and analyzed everything to death. Well, no kidding the president didn’t mention the scandal. It was neither the time nor the place for mentioning the president’s alleged indiscretions. BRAVO ? To President Clinton for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is [...]

HAPPIER DAYS: Fresno State players like Chris Herren (24) and Terrance Roberson (43) have run into off-the-court problems since their victory over SDSU last season. Daily Aztec photos Lock up your stores, and hide the women and children because Jerry Tarkanian is coming to town. And he’s bringing with him one of the most talented [...]

Fresno State head coach Jerry Tarkanian COURTESY PHOTO While it may seem hard to believe, SDSU is expecting a near-sellout for its Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division showdown against Fresno State. “We’ve sold 5,000 tickets so far, and that doesn’t include the many students who pick up their tickets on game day,” SDSU Director of [...]

While San Diego, Denver and Green Bay celebrated the National Football League’s crowning jewel, the Super Bowl, it was business as usual for the rest of the league. In the midst of the hoopla surrounding the big game, high-priced free agents, high-paying egomaniacs and an outrageous new television contract battled to take away a share [...]

TAKES A LICKIN’… :…And keeps on tickin’. An 87-year-old sundial was re-dedicated yesterday as part of SDSU’s Mediterranean Garden project. PHIL RINGLER/Daily Aztec San Diego State University students will soon be able to walk through the Mediterranean without being late for class, thanks to the restoration of a historic sundial on campus. SDSU has a [...]

1. Copies: Why is it that when the University threatens to raise fees by any percentage (say 7 percent), there are near riots in the streets, but when it decides to raise the fees charged by the University’s Love Library by 30 percent, there is not a peep from anyone? Without warning, the University has [...]

As students, we enter classrooms hoping to get something good out of the professors’ lectures. You would think that you can just sit, listen and take notes and that would be it. But there are a few minor things that do not belong in the classroom: pagers, mobile phones, food and drinks. A pager is [...]

KUALA LUMPUR ? A plan to open a McDonald’s restaurant on the campus of Malaysia’s oldest university has whipped up a fiery debate in the nation’s capital. Supporters of the plan say McDonald’s will offer clean surroundings and fast service at its restaurant near the entrance of Universiti Malaya’s Kuala Lumpur campus. Critics charge that [...]

The good news: Students may be able to finish college sometime this century. The bad news: Students on finanacial aid no longer have an excuse for not attending summer school. Senate Bill 894, known as the Cal Grant Flexibility Act, will allow Cal-Grant recipients to apply their financial aid toward summer school beginning in 1999. [...]