CSUSM’s Arts & Lectures Series hosted “Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court,” a webinar with Simon Tam, an Asian American author, musician and activist, on Oct. 28.
From a young age, Tam experienced bullying and teasing from his classmates for his Asian...
Web Series/Podcast: Critical Role
Beginning as a web series on Twitch in 2015, Critical Role continues to provide laughs and thrills both on and offline today. Critical Role features a group of well-known voice actors within the video game and animation industries, such as Matthew Mercer (McCree...
The new reboot of the beloved 1990 classic film based on Roald Dahl’s book The Witches stirs nostalgia and ups the creep factor from the original.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, this bewitching film was recently released on HBO Max for the Halloween season.
The story follows a young boy named...
Election Day
By Madi Hart
It was the shitty apocalypse show that told me disarming someone can be more deadly than being the one to actually draw the gun.
It taught me to quickly clasp your hand over your throat when you start leaking
blood.
There’s been a flood and a fire every...
With the release of her sixth studio album Positions, Ariana Grande is not taking a break, choosing to give her fans new music even during quarantine. Positions has very chill tracks that can be listened to while studying, doing homework or just vibing.
In Positions, Grande showcases her talent...
CHABSS Voices is a monthly creative contest hosted by the College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences during the 2020-21 academic year. CHABSS faculty, CHABSS majors or minors and students enrolled in at least one CHABSS-focused course are eligible.
Each monthly contest will have...
Although access to campus is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, local artists such as CSUSM alumnus Jake Northington are able to display their work virtually.
Northington’s latest work, a photo exhibition called “Chasing Andromeda,” is on display on the Kellogg Library’s website during...
Book: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe dives into existential crises, friendship, family dynamics, sexuality and bicultural identity. The novel unfolds through Dante, a teenage boy...
Ariel Lopez, Assistant A&E Editor
• October 24, 2020
For those looking for a modern Gothic novel with Mexican representation, multi-genre author Sylvia Moreno-Garcia’s 2020 novel Mexican Gothic is the book you are looking for! Trigger Warning: This book contains sexual assault.
Set in the 1950s, the story follows Noemi Taboada, a young Mexican socialite...
With the pandemic still going, streaming services have become the safest and most reliable method of watching a new movie. Now that Halloween is just around the corner, Netflix is releasing films that are perfect for nights at home.
The Netflix original The Babysitter: Killer Queen, sequel to The...
Maria Jungers, Assistant Opinion Editor
• October 24, 2020
Change
Half undressed trees
Sprinkling silver-colored
Crispy leaves
Around their roots
Colorless houses
Sinking buildings
And blind skies
Sharp and twisted wind
Invading under my skin
Sun hides
Sitting on the umbrella of heavy clouds
In this field
I...
Psycho (1960): This classic Alfred Hitchcock film from the 60s is the foundation for many horror films today. Slasher films like Halloween and Friday the 13th derive much of their inspiration from this film.
Psycho centers around a psychopath who is nothing like what people expect him to be. With...
