It is small, rests in your hand and has revolutionized the waypeople organize their days. They’re known as hand-held organizers or palm pilots, and sincethey hit the market in 1994, they have become the fashionable way toserve organizational needs. They suit people on the go — making themvery popular among students. “When they first came [...]

It wasn’t until 1979 that women outnumbered men in enrollment inCalifornia State University campuses, but they have made up themajority every year since. Males now make up 42 percent of undergraduate students in the CSUsystem and the gender gap is because of economics and race, accordingto a report by the American Council on Education. According [...]

By Michael KlitzingAssistant Sports Editor Last year was a banner season for the best program on campus thatnobody knows about. With little fanfare, San Diego State rode a 15-7record into the NCAA Tournament and advanced all the way to the Sweet16. However, with SDSU losing Alex Waske, its best player and teamleader this off-season, some [...]

Team has plenty to prove after lackluster end to inauguralMountain West season If anyone was surprised by the San Diego State softball team’sperformance last spring, be surprised no more. After a disheartening end to a great season, SDSU definitelythinks it has something to prove. “We were very disappointed at the end of last season because [...]

Salsa dancing. Surgery. Softball. Those three words do not havemuch in common. But when joined with the name Vanessa Villegas, it all makessense. Villegas, a senior shortstop on the San Diego State softball team,who loves to dance for fun and in competitions — especially salsa,recently had surgery on torn ligaments in her thumb. But theoperation [...]

After that elaborate infomercial disguised as the Super Bowlended, I reached for my radio. Bob Marley was going through a melodiclive version of “Lively Up Yourself.” If there were ever such a thing as radio/television synergy, Iwould’ve been treated to “Redemption Song.” For the Baltimore Ravensand anyone involved with the team, Sunday night was their [...]

It wasn’t a win. In fact, it was nowhere close to one, but thatdoesn’t dispel the notion that the San Diego State swimming team isright where it needs to be. “I think we are swimming at the level I thought we were capable ofat the beginning of the season,” said SDSU head coach Deena Schmidt.”We [...]

Cancer snuck into my home this winter break. With its greedylittle fingertips, it crept in and grabbed a family member of mine.The same hand that will grab 552,000 Americans this year. The samethug who tookmy roommate’s grandfather just this weekend. No one let it in, butnevertheless, it found its way. Maybe it snuck in through [...]

I can imagine Clinton’s staffers discussing their options: “Well,the new guy’s illegitimate, and half the country thinks so, too. Whatto do?…I know! Let’s have a party and trash this place! Now toss ussome beerand help us start some fires! And does someone know how to break thisdesk thingy?” When word of the trashing trickled out [...]

Impaction program’s ineffectiveness looms overcrowded classes I am a communication major at San Diego State University. Perhapsyou have seen me around campus. Communication students have a verydistinct look. We can usually be found wandering around campus,mumbling expletives. We are identifiable by other signs of stress aswell — headaches, tension, and, in severe cases, nervous twitches. [...]

By Dan HayesAssistant Sports Editor When he arrived at San Diego State, Al Faux had planned to make animpact on the men’s basketball program. He didn’t tell anyone; he just wanted to show them. After all, when Faux first stepped onto the basketball court atCox Arena, he did so without much fanfare. He wasn’t as [...]

Once again a member of the Republican Party steps up to defend thedivisive and unjust actions of the Republican Party (“Ashcroft: enemyof the liberals,” Benjamin Abel, Jan. 29). In your opinion column youso casually state that the answers to America’s problems lie withinthe corridors of its laziness and unwillingness to succeed. You blameliberals who “play [...]