Ghandi once said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Former CSUSM student Gabriela Martinez and her friend, Anrea Santos, found something that they truly believe in and strive to make a difference in people’s lives. Just last year, Martinez and Santos began to build Rat Park Foundation,...

  Campus administrators are currently asking for feedback from students, faculty, and staff on CSUSM’s new Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. The need to develop a strategic plan for diversity and inclusion was outlined in the Diversity Mapping Project, which was conducted at CSUSM...

  CSUSM’s theatre department took on the task of bringing playwright Arlene Hutton’s play, “As it is in Heaven,” to life from March 9 to March 13 in the Arts Building Performance Hall, bringing something new and innovative to the campus stage. The story is set in 1837 and focuses...

By Anne Hall The gracious and talented Sarah Christensen, a Resident Advisor at CSUSM’s dorms, took it upon herself to motivate students on campus to spend a beautiful, sunny Sunday cleaning up the coastline around the Oceanside pier. This motivated young student notified people that were living...

By Sarah Hughes In the President’s Report to the community, Karen Haynes gave her 10th annual address, relating the accomplishments and future of CSUSM to community leaders. The event was held Sunday, Feb. 9, in an Event Pavillion set up in Lot N. The report discussed the achievements of the...

By Corrina Babiash-Clark  Staff Writer  The CSUSM men's and women's cross country teams managed impressive team finishes of 13th and 8th place, respectively, at the NAIA National Championships held in Kansas on Nov. 23. With temperatures in the mid 20s, dropping to mid-teens with the wind chill,...

By Chelsey Schweitzer  Staff Writer  21 and over venues exclude many students from concerts and shows that they want to see. This is especially true when it comes to concerts, which many students wish to attend. 21 and over venues make it so that students often have to miss these shows and are unable...

By Lissette Nunez  Staff Writer  Bubba's Smokehouse BBQ restaurant is a divine dining place not only for its charming location but for its off-the-bone type of meat! Located only 2 minutes away from La Jolla Cove beach, Bubba's Smokehouse BBQ is lip smacking' good. It’s a great alternative to...

By Jeff Meints  Staff Writer  I have found there are two types of people in this world when it comes to the issue of homelessness. There are the people who receive the information that you are homeless and they either are of the “A Group” or “B Group.” The A Group are those who continue...

By Justin Donner  Sports Editor  The Pacific Marine Credit Union Oceanside Turkey Trot drew a record crowd of 10,000 runners and walkers this Thanksgiving. It was a fun run for a good cause, and CSUSM was represented by a very familiar face. The Cougar’s head cross country and track coach,...

By Katlin Sweeney  Editor-in-Chief  White mythologies and ideologies are prevalent characteristics of society that the ‘Whiteness Forum’ has been educating the public about for the past decade. The forum serves as an interactive opportunity where students teach what they have learned and researched...