Finding Humanity in Prison
While the bachelor’s degree looks great on paper to the parole board, the humanities courses have taught incarcerated individuals to reflect on their past and write their own story for their future.
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Solid performance for Barking Bulldogs at Sacramento debate
Sixteen students competed for the Fresno State Barking Bulldogs Speech and Debate Team at the Nicholas Burnett Hornet Classic at CSU Sacramento, March 22-24.
Read MoreValley State Prison students debate Fresno State Barking Bulldogs
Valley State Prison (VSP) hosted its first-ever formal debate between incarcerated college students and visiting Fresno State students.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs have a great start in the 2023-24 season
The Barking Bulldogs opened the 2023-24 season at the Golden Gate Opener at San Francisco State University with an excellent performance. The tournament, which ran on September 29 and 30 saw a great start, despite being the first tournament for most of the team members.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs shine as in-person competition resumes
“The team had an amazing experience working and traveling with such great successes. It has been great to return to in-person tournaments this semester and see the Barking Bulldogs shine in competition,” said Dr. Douglas Fraleigh, coach.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs team earns spot in the National Debate Tournament
The Fresno State Barking Bulldogs capped off a banner year by announcing the debate team of Aaron Lowe and Aranveer Litt were invited to the National Debate Tournament.
Read MoreBarking Bulldog Debate Team takes home several awards at national tournament and other student accomplishments
During the holiday break, the Fresno Barking Bulldog Debate Team headed to UC Berkeley for a national debate tournament. They practiced nine hours a week throughout the break and their preparation helped pull them through to win several awards.
Read MoreAnother good showing for the Barking Bulldogs in Long Beach
From November 1 to 3, the Barking Bulldogs traveled to Long Beach to participate in the Fall at the Beach Invitational Forensics Tournament hosted by CSU Long Beach. Thirty-five teams participated in the tournament and as usual, our debater shined amongst them.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs Debate Team shines in San Diego
Last weekend, Oct 5 and 6, the Barking Bulldogs traveled to San Diego to participate in the Aztec Invitational Forensics Tournament hosted by San Diego State University. A total of 22 teams participated in the tournament and Fresno State Barking Bulldogs shined amongst them.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs see early success at Sun Devil Invitational Debate Tournament
Recently, the Barking Bulldogs traveled to Tempe, Arizona to participate in the Sun Devil Invitational Debate Tournament hosted by Arizona State University. Here’s how they did…
Read MoreExperienced Barking Bulldogs show new pups the ropes at debate tournament
By Dr. Doug Fraleigh, Director of Forensics The Fresno State Barking Bulldogs Forensics Team participated in two regional debate tournaments during the past three weeks and had outstanding results at both competitions. The Barking Bulldogs hosted the Western JV and Novice Policy Debate Championships March 8-10 and the Bulldogs defended home territory. Nick […]
Read MoreBulldogs Debate Team Barks Well at USC and Fullerton
The Fresno State Barking Bulldogs Debate team continued their highly successful season at the USC (Jan 3-5) and CSU Fullerton (Jan 7-9) tournaments.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs finish fall semester with big success at CSU Northridge
The Fresno State Barking Bulldogs wrapped up their Fall 2018 season with an excellent team performance at CSU Northridge on Nov. 2 through 4, with the Bulldogs placing third overall in the policy debate sweepstakes. Sweepstakes awards are an important team milestone because they are based on the performance of every Fresno State debater at […]
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs’ winning streak continues at SDSU and UNLV!
The Fresno State Barking Bulldogs competed in forensics tournaments at San Diego State University (SDSU) on Oct. 6-7 and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) on Oct. 20-22 and came home with a multitude of awards, including a first-place finish at each tournament. At SDSU, Primavera Leal Martinez and Aranveer Litt won first place […]
Read MoreBarking Bulldog partners have great debate season
Fresno State’s Barking Bulldogs debate team began in 2011. It’s been growing since then, and its members compete in local, regional and even in national championships representing Fresno State. One team, in particular, has had quite a showing this season. Hunter Sansom and Primavera Leal Martinez, who compete as partners, placed third in the varsity division of the Winter at the Beach tournament at CSU Long Beach on Feb. 2-4. Most recently, they returned to CSU Long Beach to compete in the Pacific Championship Tournament and finished eighth in the varsity division on Feb. 23-25 of last month.
Read MoreFresno State debate team places third at tournament
Primavera Leal Martinez and Hunter Sansom, with the Barking Bulldogs Debate Team, finished in third place in the varsity division of the recent Winter at the Beach Speech and Debate Tournament held on the California State University Long Beach campus Feb. 2-4. Martinez earned the eighth-place speaker award and Sansom earned 12th place. “We took three novice teams […]
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs place third in debate tournament
Fresno State Barking Bulldog debaters Primavera Leal Martinez and Hunter Sansom placed third in the Robert Barbera Debate Tournament at California State University Northridge, Nov. 10-12, their final tournament of the fall semester.
Read MoreAnother good showing for the Barking Bulldogs in Las Vegas
Last weekend, Oct. 21-23, the Barking Bulldogs Debate Team participated in the Las Vegas Classic Debate Tournament at UNLV, a prestigious national tournament with 77 highly competitive teams participating.
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs have strong showing at San Francisco tournament
Last weekend, the Barking Bulldogs Debate Team attended the Golden Gates Debate Tournament at California State University, San Francisco and had a very strong showing.
Read MoreThis month in the Arts and Humanities — a September review
It’s been an eventful second month of the semester, and we’ve been busy celebrating the successes of our students and welcoming our new faculty and staff to the college!
Read MoreBarking Bulldogs Debate Team competes in Kansas City
The Barking Bulldogs Debate Team traveled to Kansas City, MO, last weekend to participate in the University of Missouri-Kansas City debate tournament.
Read MoreTop 10 stories of Fall 2016
We’ve put together a list of the Top 10 Stories on the Arts and Humanities blog in Fall 2016: No. 10: Debate camp draws students from around the state No. 9: Timing is everything in trip to London No. 8: Striving for world peace, one note at a time No. 7: Second volume of “My […]
Read MoreALUMNI NEWS: Bulldog named to lead Marjaree Mason Center
Nicole DiBuduo Linder, class of 1998, was recently named the new executive director for the Marjaree Mason Center (mmcenter.org/), a shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Fresno area. While she was a student at Fresno State, Linder studied public relations in the Mass Communications and Journalism Department (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/) and was a member of the Barking […]
Read MoreDebate camp draws students from around the state
~ By Lisa Maria Boyles Standing at the front of a classroom in the North Gym, Sameer Sundranj grinned before he started. Then the University High School student launched into a 5-plus minute speech, spewing words faster than a rapper. With gasping breaths in between phrases, Sundranj expounded about China, Zambia, capitalism, Marxism and neo-liberal […]
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