Celebratory pub crawlers wait in line to enter Ray’    s Corner, one bar that held drink specials for the day. This years Pub Crawl fell on the same weekend as St. Patrick’s Day, meaning downtown was swarmed with a sea of green-wearing participants. (Photo by Kathy Kroeger)

Crawlers cool down with cold beer

Pub Crawl saw a slower-than-usual start as more crawlers spent time outside in the sunshine playing yard games and drinking before heading downtown. Kyle Harris, a senior business economics major, was one crawler who decided the weather was too nice to go downtown early and opted to stay outside with friends first. “We were cooped [...]

Army Specialist Danny McLaughlin during his deployment in Eastern Afghanistan. (submitted photo)

From soldiers to students

Danny McLaughlin winces when he sees someone fuss over a cup of coffee that has too much cream in it, or if it’s not the perfect temperature. When he was deployed in Afghanistan in 2007, he would have given anything for a simple cup of coffee, with or without imperfections. His friend and roommate Justin [...]

Aschenbrener leaves for Wisconsin

Aschenbrener leaves for Wisconsin

The SDSU alum has accepted a position as the assistant vice chancellor. After seven years of service, Matthew Aschenbrener, assistant vice president of enrollment services, is saying goodbye to SDSU and pursuing another position at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. “I’m an SDSU alum, so it was fun to come back and work here with [...]

Rub-a-dub-dub, Young Hall makeover gets rid of tub

Students are excited to see Young Hall’s nearly 50-year-old bathrooms updated with a $1.7 million renovation. Reporter Young Hall is saying goodbye to old and outdated, and hello to new and renovated as its bathrooms are scheduled to receive a construction overhaul. Jennifer Quail, project manager for facilities and services, said the estimated $1.7-million construction [...]

Ashton Wenz and Carson Dinger in 2010

History and a marriage proposal, both made at SDSU State-a-Thon

UPC’s Ashton Wenz had more in store for her at this year’s State-a-Thon than anticipated. Reporter Students who attended the SDSU State-a-Thon will remember the event as a day they gave back to children in need, but SDSU’s Ashton Wenz will remember it for one more reason: as the day her boyfriend Carson Dinger got [...]