California Native American Day took place on Sept. 26, but the Native American Inter-Tribal Student Association (NAISA) at Fresno City College celebrated the morning before in the Yokuts Plaza. Many artists, students and even President Whisenhunt was there to celebrate our Native American communities on campus.
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2025 California Native American Day at Fresno City College
September 29, 2025
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Collins Tanomkhum, Reporter
Collins Tanomkhum is a 19-year-old journalism major looking to transfer to film. He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, until his family moved to Fresno in 2021, where he’s lived ever since with his cat, Pinecone. His passions lie in creative fields and storytelling; anything to do with the visual arts is where he finds both the most enjoyment and challenge. From literature to drawing and video editing, Collins is a big fan of figuring out how to convey ideas in a way that’s interesting to the eye.
Video production has been a hobby of his since he was young, but he’s recently dived into learning the medium as a future career. He worked backstage as a tech in high school at the Sanger West Hive Theatre, the same place where he became familiar with news broadcasting in the WESTcast. Although preferring the seat behind the camera, Collins finds the connections made in the media to be the most important. Right behind that, Collin’s interest in sharing personal stories from himself and others has become a major motivator in the work he creates. A core value of his is to help people feel heard, and video production is his preferred method of communication.
In his free time, Collins enjoys discovering new films, shows and music that he shares with his brother. He adores sad stories, but he ends up watching a lot of awful horror films instead.

Joel Arellano, Social Media Editor
Joel Arellano is 19 years old and was born in Clovis, California but raised in Fresno. This is his second semester at the rampage and 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 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 to a godfather to his niece. He also owns four pets, two dogs named Minnie and Hydie, and two cats named Evie and Franco. Joel doesn’t have a lot of little journalism experience, but 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 would like to major in after he gets his degree in child development or journalism. He hopes his experience from handling social media will help with filmmaking.

Juan Muratalla, Opinion Editor
Juan Muratalla is a 21-year-old who was born and raised in Fresno and Sanger. He majored in journalism and initially wanted to cover football, his favorite sport, but now wants to do general reporting. He is a big fan of the Baltimore Ravens and loves things like video games, YouTube, and cooking new food in his crockpot. He lives near Fresno State and has been living on his own for about two years. He is part of the Foster Youth Community and uses his different life experiences to influence his writing.
He is especially interested in information that displays stories from communities that are minority and do not have a consistent outlet to speak about issues they experience. Specifically with the Foster Youth Community, he wants to promote the fact that foster youth are entitled to certain benefits and opportunities that can help them with money, housing, food, and attending college.He thinks that college is a great gateway to receiving these benefits, and Fresno City College, despite issues, can greatly benefit his community of former or current foster children. He also wants to highlight that Fresno City can also help other minority communities with specific issues that impact their community.
Juan still has a lot of growing to do as an individual, but he loves writing and talking to others, even if he is a little all over the place with doing both of those things. He wants to share writing and reading with others because he believes that both of those things can have an immense impact on the individual and collective.

Logan Payne, Editor-in-Chief
Logan Payne returns this semester as the Editor-in-Chief. He has worked his way up from the reporter position, and will lead the newsroom with his best foot forward. He will also help the incoming reporters with their stories, photos and videos. Before joining The Rampage, Logan was involved with the Roosevelt Theater Company for four years where he wrote, directed, acted, and worked backstage for many productions. Logan has grown very familiar with the cutting room; hours slip away when he video edits due to his perpetual perfectionism. He is well-versed in the art of film and knows that every frame shown and every note heard makes a key difference in the bigger picture.
His Youtube channel is where he promotes most of his personal projects. This isn’t his first time in a newsroom either; he’s put together many news packages for Roosevelt High, CART, and The Rampage over the years and is more than comfortable with conducting an interview or being the handyman on set. Logan can’t work on anything without being meticulous, and this eye for detail makes him a wonderful asset to the team.
This is Logan’s fourth semester with The Rampage, and he likes to spend his time on campus productively. When he’s not in class, he’s in the library catching up on schoolwork or building a narrative with his team in The Rampage newsroom.