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Fresno State’s Performance Trumps Jarrar & Other Dust-Ups

September 10, 2018

National recognition for classroom performance keeps on coming for Fresno State. The U.S. News and World Report's 2018 Best College rankings are out, and Fresno State is pegged at No. 3 among public universities and No. 5 overall for its graduation rate per...

Fresno State’s ‘Trump Must Hang’ Professor Yearns for Classroom Gig

David Taub

August 29, 2018

Lars Maischak, whose anti-Trump tweets created conflict and calls for his firing in 2017, says that he has signed a three-year contract with Fresno State. He will continue to teach his history class, but onl...

Jarrar is Media Victim & Target of ‘Online Lynch Mob’

gvwire

April 19, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: In February 2017, the author of this piece, Fresno State lecturer Lars Maischak, became a national story after tweeting "To save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, th...

Prof Drops Out of Literary Event After Tweeting Barbara Bush Was ‘Amazing Racist’

David Taub

April 18, 2018

Randa Jarrar, whose tweet that former first lady Barbara Bush was an "amazing racist" is stirring national outrage, has withdrawn from a planned speaking engagement Saturday at Fresno City College. The school said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon...

Castro addresses Charlottesville, free speech, campus face-lift

David Taub

August 17, 2017

University Wants to Add Nelson Mandela statue to Peace Garden Fresno State President Joseph Castro announced a multi-million dollar campus face-lift during his annual address to faculty and administrators at t...

Embattled Fresno State lecturer Lars Maischak breaks his silence and speaks to GV Wire.

Exclusive: Lecturer Who Tweeted ‘Trump Must Hang’ Breaks Silence

David Taub

August 15, 2017

His only regret is using Twitter. Last February, when Fresno State lecturer Lars Maischak tweeted “To save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, the better,” it may have very we...

Fresno State Professor Taking Paid Leave

David Taub

April 18, 2017

The embattled Fresno State professor who was revealed to make derogatory tweets about President Donald Trump is on an indefinite paid leave. In an e-mail sent by university president Joseph Castro to students, faculty and staff, Castro says that Maischak wi...

Fresno State Students Return, React to Maischak Tweets

David Taub

April 17, 2017

It’s 10 a.m. on a Monday morning in the Social Science Building at Fresno State. Normally, students would be settled in for Professor Lars Maischak’s American History 11 class. But, events of the past week have...

Timeline of Controversial Fresno State Prof’s Week

David Taub

April 14, 2017

It started with a series of critical tweets, critical of President Trump to a few dozen Twitter followers. Now, the saga of Fresno State Professor Lars Maischak is interrupted. His classes for Monday and Tuesda...

Fresno State Professor Apologizes for Trump Tweets

David Taub

April 12, 2017

Two days after Fresno State said it would look into the controversial tweets of Professor Lars Maischak, the instructor is changing his tune. Although the controversial tweets about President Donald Trump were from February, they did not come to public noti...

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Fresno State’s Performance Trumps Jarrar & Other Dust-Ups

Fresno State’s ‘Trump Must Hang’ Professor Yearns for Classroom Gig

Jarrar is Media Victim & Target of ‘Online Lynch Mob’

Prof Drops Out of Literary Event After Tweeting Barbara Bush Was ‘Amazing Racist’

Castro addresses Charlottesville, free speech, campus face-lift

Fresno State Professor Taking Paid Leave

Fresno State Students Return, React to Maischak Tweets

Timeline of Controversial Fresno State Prof’s Week

Fresno State Professor Apologizes for Trump Tweets

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