An alebrije from Arte Americas is perched above the 2025 Fresno City College Fall Carnival outside the library on Oct. 24, 2025.
Fresno City College’s annual fall carnival made its return to campus on Oct. 24 with live music, games, costumes, food trucks, a haunted house, and spooky decorations galore. FCC clubs set up booths where they handed out candy and hosted games for the large turnout the carnival brought in this year.
Representatives for the Smiles In Action Club hands out candy while kids in costumes play their game. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Gavin Ruland)
Electronic decorations were set up near the Forum Hall, representing classic horror monsters. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Gavin Ruland)
After the pumpkin decorating contest, the pumpkins are left on a table for carnival-goers to see. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Gavin Ruland)
FCC’s mascot Sam the Ram poses in front of student activities booth, where carnival-goers could sign up for the costume contest. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Gavin Ruland)
Members of the Architecture club pose in their booth while carnival-goers play Jenga. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Joel Arellano)
Central Valley Fuego FC’s mascot, Fuego the fox, hosted a game for passing carnival-goers. Oct. 24. (Photo by: Joel Arellano)
Live music was held in front of the library for the whole carnival. Oct. 24.(Photo by: Joel Arellano)
Gavin Mark Ruland was born on April 16, 2004 at Clovis Community Hospital. A few years later his sister would be born and the Ruland family moved to LA so Gavin’s mother could attend culinary school.Gavin and his family moved around a lot, living in places such as Simi Valley, Northridge, Redondo Beach, and Tarzana before moving to Reedley, California to be closer to extended family. Gavin’s mother would move up to Shaver Lake a few years later, where Gavin would finish 8th grade at Big Creek Elementary.Gavin would later attend Clovis West High School but only for his freshman year before moving back to Shaver and attending the rest of his schooling at Sierra High School. Gavin has worked on and off at various restaurants his mother has run and operated as a dishwasher/prep cook. Gavin has more recently worked as a store clerk at Lakeshore Resort in Huntington Lake over the Summer. Gavin is now in his second semester as a journalism major at Fresno City College. He is the current news editor for The Rampage, FCC’s student-run newspaper. Gavin is a fan of comic books, movies, and he is hoping to pursue a career as a writer (more specifically a comic book writer) in the near future.
Joel Arellano is 19 years old and was born in Clovis, California, but raised in Fresno. This is his Third semester at the Rampage, and he is returning as the social media editor. He is currently in his second year of college, majoring in child development with a minor in journalism. However, after joining the rampage in the spring of 2025, he extremely enjoyed his work there and might make journalism his main one. He grew up in a large family of eight siblings and is the third oldest. He is also a boyfriend, Tio, and a godfather to his niece. He also owns four pets, two dogs named Minnie and Hydie, and two cats named Evie and Franco. Joel has been in the Rampage long enough to have enough experience to know what he’s doing. he loves to write in his free time and is eager to gain even more experience as he plans on sticking around next semester. When Joel isn’t recording, editing, or posting for the Rampage, he is playing video games on his PS5, reading comic books, and spending time with his family. He also loves film and the process of filmmaking and hopes to work on a film one day. Film is something Joel is hoping to get into this semester, and maybe make his first short film. He hopes his experience with handling social media will help with filmmaking.
