Ciara Walker, Assistant Features Editor
• October 15, 2015
Quincy Sharp enrolled at CSUSM in Fall 2010 and has since become a new parent. Balancing motherhood and her studies, Sharp is majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science while working as a Peer Educator at the Gender Equity Center and a math tutor.
When she was just four...
Lilly Flack, Cougars Without Borders Assistant Editor
• October 15, 2015
Sun Quanjun is one of many international students at CSUSM who help to make our campus unique and full of culture. He travelled here from China in September to study, and has already begun to make America his home.
Originally from a large city called Guangzhou in South China, Quanjun...
Lex Garcia, Student Life Reporter
• October 15, 2015
After last year’s Student Organization of the Year award was presented to the Black Student Union, the members of BSU are ready to make the 2015-2016 school year one to remember for their organization.
BSU has been present on campus for years and this fall, junior Dani Thornton began...
Graduating Magna Cum Laude from CSUSM in May 2015, alumni Erin Leclair is on to bigger things as she is currently tackling the newest addition to her life: law school.
Leclair received her bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in French and was heavily involved in campus life during...
Established as the first recognized Greek organization at CSUSM, Alpha Xi Delta was introduced to the campus on Feb. 25, 1995. They have built their reputation as an atypical sorority with philanthropic interests surrounding the autism community.
“The mission statement of Alpha Xi...
On display this fall season are a variety of trendy shoes which dominate the fashion runways and stores.
According to Harper’s Bazaar, shoes, and more often than not, boots, are in for fall 2015.
Stores carrying a few of the new trendy shoes include three top department chains:...
Essence Sanders, School of Arts Correspondent
• October 15, 2015
With autumn upon us, naturally we want to keep up with the trends that fall 2015 will bring, with revolutionary beauty techniques like contouring and highlighting becoming mega hits this summer.
Just as we were getting the hang of contouring, the makeup world throws us something else...
Lex Garcia, Student Life Reporter
• October 15, 2015
People all over social media have definitely seen pictures of the popular acai aowl.
They’re known to be good nutritional snacks with potassium, protein, vitamin A & C and are low in calories.
Better Buzz Coffee, located on San Marcos Blvd., sells the healthy snack. However,...
Marissa McShane, Greek Corner Assistant Editor
• September 30, 2015
As a culturally diverse campus, our Greek community embraces chapters that dedicate their time to various minority communities.
Alpha Pi Sigma is a Latina based chapter on campus. The president of Alpha Pi Sigma, Alejandra Velasquez, explained what sets the women of the CSUSM chapter...
Lex Garcia, Student Life Reporter
• September 30, 2015
The Language Learning Center has been a resource available to students at CSUSM for the past 15 years.
The LLC offers tutoring for Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese and ASL. They also advise students for the foreign language graduation requirement (LOTER) exams as well...
Diana Garcia is a first generation college student here at CSUSM, who works closely with youth within the community, striving to be a positive role model in each of her student’s lives, helping them on their road to success.
Garcia is a senior majoring in Human Development with an emphasis in Counseling....
Last spring, Jalena Montenegro finally ended her chapter at CSUSM when she walked across the stage to accept her degree, making her the first person in her family to accomplish the milestone of graduating with a college degree.
Montenegro graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Human...
