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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About the Contributors
Collins Tanomkhum, News Editor
Collins Tanomkhum is a 20 year old journalism major with a passion for the visual arts. 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. After a semester at the Rampage gave him insight on how to tell people’s stories through journalism, Collins found a place in the newsroom as the Rampage’s news editor.
With an initial interest in film, Collins took his love for sharing stories to empower the community’s voice. His experience in journalism prior to joining the Rampage was limited and independent but becoming part of the team has been a highlight of his time in college, giving him a new reason to get out and participate in the community more often. He has an eye for aesthetics, particularly in graphic design where he’s always looking to improve his photography and editing skills. Collins hopes to continue finding stories in each corner of campus to share during his time in the spring semester.
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 of his growing to-watch list.
Joel Arellano, Social Media Editor
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.
Juan Muratalla, Sports Editor
Juan Muratalla is a 22-year-old dude born and raised in Fresno. He loves the Ravens, writing, laughing, and video games. Along with his favorite band, Pink Floyd. He is studying Journalism at Fresno City College and has taken the Journalism class three times as a reporter, Opinion Editor, and Sports Editor.
Juan feels connected to his Mexican community, especially now, and has always been motivated to help share stories of those who need it. Although he has been rather isolated growing up, Journalism allows him to meet people and build relationships and community.
Another identity that Juan shares is being a foster youth. Independence is important, but Juan has recognized that without a team of those who care about you and are willing to support you, life is near impossible.
Juan is also hard on himself but is getting better. Juan still shies away from others but has learned to speak up and loves to make others smile. He also really wanted a drum kit because he loves music and drummers like Neil Peart and John Bonham. He had to settle for a bass, which he also really loves. Now he can be like Greg Lake or John Paul Jones.
Juan has enjoyed his time at FCC and thinks that it has been the best years of his life. He is both scared, excited, and hopeful for the future, and wants to continue his work in storytelling and community building.
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.