What if an active shooter appeared on this campus? “If we’re hearing gunshots, we are not stopping to help victims, we are not stopping to talk to people, we are actively moving toward that threat until we can address the threat. So it is an immediate action response,” said University Chief of...
On Feb. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., CSUSM’s Student Health & Counseling Center hosted keynote speaker Stephanie Covington Armstrong for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. This year’s theme is Let’s Get Real focusing on tearing down the stereotypes of eating disorders.
Armstrong,...
A new Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) initiative discourages student’s use of plastic straws.
During the month of February, ASI Sustainability Representative Kimberly Anderson helped create the Straw Free February campaign. Students were only given straws upon request along with a 10 cent...
In a closet adjacent to the Student Life and Leadership office on the fourth floor of Craven Hall, the Multicultural programs office was inaugurated in March of 2003.
By 2007, the program was renamed as the Cross-Cultural center.
“We were one of the first or longer serving here on campus. It...
Adrianna Adame, Assistant News Editor
• February 21, 2018
On Feb. 15 at 12 p.m., the Latin@ Center held a Carnival of Brazil Festival, originally a five-day Lent celebration. During this celebration, people don’t eat meat. In many cities in Brazil, this festival fills the streets with parades of people in extravagant costumes, samba music and street block...
Dylan McCall, Assistant Entertainment Editor
• February 21, 2018
On Feb. 15 at 3 p.m., the College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences (CHABSS) hosted their fall 2017 semester Dean’s List Mixer in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building (SBSB) 4111.
The Dean’s List Mixer is an informal opportunity for students excelling academically, a 3.5...
Jadan Smithers, Assistant News Editor
• February 21, 2018
CSUSM officials are aware of a recent lawsuit by a Los Angeles community college student against his school for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights by enforcing its free speech zone policy.
In the lawsuit, student Kevin Shaw from Pierce College says that in November 2016 school officials...
Art, women empowerment and música (music) are all descriptors of the Xingona Festival.
In Spanish, the word ‘chingona’ is used as a derogatory term toward women. The Xingona Festival uses this word as a positive connotation and the term is being reclaimed to signify a “badass” woman.
“It’s...
Tyler Abrahams, Assistant News Editor
• February 7, 2018
The CSU board of trustees have given a green light to a six-story, $81.4 million building and a parking structure that will house the Extended Learning department and offer 709 parking spaces.
The project, which will financed by revenue bonds repaid by parking fees and rents, will be located to the...
Jadan Smithers, Assistant News Editor
• February 7, 2018
The budget for Associated Students Inc. (ASI) increased by roughly $700,000 after students passed a referendum to increase the ASI semester fee from $50 to $75 last spring.
This fee increase will fund initiatives, including the library’s 24-hour zone, the Cougar Pantry, Festival 78 and a sustainability...
On Thursday, Feb. 8, President Karen Haynes will give her “President Report to the Community” from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., resulting the closure of Lot N. More than 550 guests are will be attending. Traffic and delays are expected in Barham Drive and Campus Way entrance. Parking structure entrance will...
Adrianna Adame, Assistant News Editor
• February 7, 2018
On Feb. 6 at 12 p.m., the American Democracy Project (ADP) hosted the first of two Speaking of Democracy talks at CSUSM in the USU Meeting Room 2310 A and B. This first Speaking for Democracy event focused on the power of political intimidation. Members of the ADP, community leaders from Leadership North...
