Leann Leite is a staff educator at the Pride Center located in the USU.
Leite had always been interested in the Pride Center but says that it wasn’t until after the opening of the USU that she felt a “true feeling for what it stood for.”
"Everyone was so friendly, welcoming and everyone had...
As the new Assistant Director of the ASI Community Centers, Abrahán Monzón is enthusiastic about working with students, faculty and staff to develop programming about issues such as gender and sexuality, social justice and identity.
Monzón graduated from UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a...
By Jasmine Demers
News Editor
Chelsea Brown is a dedicated student leader on campus who has turned her personal hardship into fuel towards helping others and advocating for change.
Brown is currently a third-year Political Science major at CSUSM, and she identifies as a Transgender Woman. Throughout...
By Shanice Davis
Assistant Features Editor
Born in a small town in South Texas, former founding Director of the LGBTQA Pride Center on campus, Rodger D’Andreas-Wahl, admits that he knew the small town life of settling down and having a wife and kids was not for him. Instead he took the high road...
By Shanice Davis
Assistant Features Editor
Junior, Kia Washington, is a Peer Educator at the LGBTQA Pride Center, who cites the community as her strength and support system to be herself.
“My passion and energy for the Pride Center comes from the courage that the community there gave me to...
By Kat Diltz
Staff Writer
Board & Brew in Carlsbad Village specializes in creating delicious quality sandwiches, with a broad menu that has something for everyone to enjoy.
Founded in 1979 in Del Mar, California, Board & Brew has stayed true to its mission of creating healthy meals made...
By Anna Petrov
Staff Writer
The upcoming spring and summer trends seen on the runways, then sold in stores include affordable merchandise. Several well-known department stores and boutiques found at plazas and malls carry these options.
Many department stores like Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls and...
By Celeste Morales
Staff Writer
Slater’s 50/50 -- the latest San Marcos burger-by-design restaurant -- gives diners the power to customize sandwiches from the size and the kind of patty to the “over-the-top” ingredients, the bun and a myriad of other choices.
Founded in 2009 in Anaheim...
By Beulah Supriya
Staff Writer
This is a tasty and healthy alternative to the raw salads we are used to. Recipe tried and tested by amateur chefs at CSUSM dorms.
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Ingredients:
1 sweet potato
1 broccoli
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 cup sour...
By Amy Chastain
Staff Writer
CSUSM student and entrepreneur Joe Villareal was not impressed with the designs that big name clothing lines were producing. In the summer of 2014, fueled by this dissatisfaction, Villareal’s clothing company Kingship Co. was born.
Villareal described the meaning...
By Nicole Halman
Assistant news editor
The Sustainability Club, Associated Students and University Student Union are collaborating to educate students on campus regarding various environmental issues in preparation for Earth Day on April 22 .
“The goal of this week of events is to raise awareness...
By Beulah Supriya
Staff Writer
As Cal State San Marcos has finished with half of the current semester, the seniors are preparing for graduation, one of whom is Raymond Ravarra, the Cougar Chronicle's Video Editor for the fall of 2014. As his time here in Cal State is ending he shares a few memories...
