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CSUEU organizers at the demonstration on November 19th.

CSU Employees Union Student Workers Rally in Administration Building to Demand Fair Treatment

Nahomi Garcia Alarcon and Emilio Serrano November 26, 2024

The CSU Employees Union student workers delivered a petition, consisting of 4,000 signatures, to President Neufeldt’s office on Tuesday to express their frustrations with California State University leadership. The CSUEU represents over 35,000 student workers and career staff across the CSU system....

Students protesting outside the Social Behavioral Sciences Building

CSUSM Community Rallies Against Anti-Immigrant Signage

Danya Rodriguez and Nahomi Garcia Alarcon November 4, 2024

A 'No Human is Illegal' protest, led by the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) and the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), took place at Kellogg Library Circle on October 24. The protest directly addressed recent displays by the CSUSM Republicans student organization, whose signage...

Library staff informed students and guests about the resources the Kellogg Library provides.

Celebrating The Kellogg Library’s 20th Anniversary

Danya Rodriguez, Editor-In-Chief October 23, 2024

The Kellogg Library is a five-story building that cost $48 million and opened its doors in the Spring of 2004. Twenty years later it still is a crucial resource and plays a key role in the teaching and learning of students. On October 10, current library staff members gathered around the Kellogg...

Cross Cultural Center Workshop Features Borderlands Relief Collective

Cross Cultural Center Workshop Features Borderlands Relief Collective

Justin Gans, Opinions Editor October 7, 2024

Last Tuesday, Oct. 1, the Cross-Cultural Center featured the Borderlands Relief Collective (BRC) for an Activist Lab workshop covering humanitarian relief volunteer opportunities along the US-Mexico border.  Sarah and Kirsten led a presentation covering the BRC’s work, immigration politics, and...

Fall Plan for Campus Rec Fees and New Wellness Center with Celeste Torsney

Saturn Salama, Staff Writer October 7, 2024

Last spring, students voted to keep the Recreation Fee at $35 instead of increasing it for a new Wellness and Recreation Center. Since last spring, staff at the Rec Center have reconsidered their plan based on student feedback, resulting in another referendum, or campus-wide process of adjusting...

The Kellogg Library is still awaiting its new Library Dean.

CSUSM is Searching for a New Library Dean

Saturn Salama, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

On June 18, 2024, CSUSM began advertising for a new Library Dean. The Kellogg Library has been without a dean since last spring semester so the university recommended August 5, 2024, as the cutoff date for applications. This would allow time for the candidates to be fully considered for the role.   The...

CSUSM Students Vote Down Fee Increase Proposal for a Wellness and Recreation Facility

Justin Gans, News Editor April 25, 2024

On Friday, April 19, CSUSM Campus Recreation announced that the measure to increase students’ Recreation Fee did not pass. If passed, the increased fee would have supported CSUSM’s proposed Wellness and Recreation Facility. The special referendum election ran from April 9 through April 11. Nearly...

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CSUSM Announces Student Research Symposium Finalists

Justin Gans, News Editor March 26, 2024

The finalists have been announced for the CSUSM Symposium on Student Research, Creative Activities, & Innovation. They are now moving on to represent CSUSM at the 38th annual CSU Student Research Competition. The competition intends “to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly...

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Upcoming ACLU Event to Explain San Diego County Board of Supervisors

Justin Gans, News Editor March 11, 2024

San Diego County has a whopping $8.2 billion budget, handled by the County Board of Supervisors. Have you ever wondered what the San Diego County Board of Supervisors does? If so, the local San Diego affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is hosting an event that explains how the County...

Octavio Martinez and Moy Valdez Compete for ASI Presidency

Octavio Martinez and Moy Valdez Compete for ASI Presidency

Hannah Crawford, Features Editor March 4, 2024

ASI election season is ramping up for the 2024/25 school year. Now is an exciting time on campus with a variety of opportunities to meet the candidates and learn about their hopes for the CSUSM community. Recently, ASI announced the candidates for the upcoming election, with two candidates for president. The...

CSUSM Library Unveils New Makerspace, The Makery

CSUSM Library Unveils New Makerspace, The Makery

Justin Gans, News Editor February 29, 2024

At noon on February 29, the library unveiled The Makery, CSUSM’s brand-new makerspace on the library’s second floor. The library wants The Makery to be a place where “members of the CSUSM community can gather, create, invent, tinker, explore, discover and learn new skills using a variety of tools...

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CSU Student Assistants Win Union Election, Form Largest Student Worker Union in History

Hannah Crawford, Features Editor February 27, 2024

The long-anticipated results of the CSU student assistants’ union election are here. On Friday, February 23, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) announced that student assistants were granted their right to unionize. 7,050 out of 7,252 votes cast were in favor of unionizing,...

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