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CSUSM welcomes new Chief Diversity Officer

CSUSM welcomes new Chief Diversity Officer

Stephany Mejia, News Editor February 12, 2017

President Karen Haynes, introduces Dr. Joe-Joe McManus and his family to CSUSM by holding a welcoming reception.   Dr. McManus was selected out of 101 applicants. According to Haynes, Dr. McManus has 20 years of experience in the area of diversity. As a first-generation college student and...

Breaking News

Layda Galvan, Editor-In-Chief January 31, 2017

According to a warning issued by the University Police Department, authorities are investigating a report of a rape at about 11 a.m. Tuesday in Parking Lot B.   The warning did not contain information on the victim's current condition or on details of the assault.   The suspect...

CSUSM programs help homeless students

Karen Ambrocio, News Editor December 9, 2016

Student homelessness is prominent in the majority of colleges and universities, especially in California State Universities (CSU) and here at CSUSM. A 2015 study authorized by the CSU Chancellor, Timothy White conducted by a faculty member in CSU Long Beach concluded that 1 in 10 students experience...

ASI hopes to increase student life on-campus

Hannah Snider, Club Sports Reporter December 9, 2016

The Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) held a town hall, proposing a possible $25 increase in ASI student fees. The ASI’s goal is to educate students about the possible ASI student fee and encourage students to go on their website to vote. The meeting was on Nov. 29 held during U-hour, the increase...

The search for an associate director for the Black Student Center intensifies

The search for an associate director for the Black Student Center intensifies

Stephany Mejia, Faculty and Staff Reporter December 9, 2016

One out of the four candidates for the position of the Associate Director for the Black Student Center, Ariel Stevenson presented her plans for the center. Students and faculty gathered in Academic Hall 102 on Dec. 1 to meet Stevenson, who is currently the Diversity Coordinator in the Office of Diversity,...

Gender Equity Center Defines Machismo

Gender Equity Center Defines Machismo

Jeffrey Davis, Photo Editor December 9, 2016

The term Machismo means the strong or aggressive masculine pride. The term was discussed by the Gender Equity Center (GEC). Peer Educator of the Gender Equity Center, Yvette Ibañez hosted the discussion at the (GEC) on Nov. 29 to explore the complexities of machismo. Ibañez asked how the attendees...

Student-run Whiteness Forum provides insight into race relations in the U.S.

Cory Kay, Staff Writer December 9, 2016

A Critical Look at Whiteness offered all students the chance to participate and explore what it means to be white versus a person of color in our society. On Dec. 1 in the USU Ballroom, students from Dr. Dreama Moon’s Communication of Whiteness course (COMM 454) hosted a forum presenting race relations...

ASI will hold fee referendum vote

Karen Ambrocio, News Editor November 28, 2016

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 students can vote on a proposed $25 fee increase by Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) that will go towards student programs. If passed, this fee will go in effect Fall 2017. “The ASI budget is pretty much exhausted and we don’t really have any room for expansion, so...

Assemblywoman Gonzalez speaks to students

Antonio Pequeño IV, Staff Writer November 28, 2016

The Office of Diversity Educational Equity & Inclusion hosted the “Conversations that Matter Series”on Nov. 15, inviting professor Stephen Nichols and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of California’s 80th State Assembly District to speak on student voting and civic engagement. Gonzalez was...

Faculty panel analyzes election results, impact

Faculty panel analyzes election results, impact

Antonio Pequeño IV, Staff Writer November 28, 2016

Students, staff and faculty packed Markstein 210 on Nov. 10 to attend a post-election panel where faculty discussed the outcome of the presidential election. Moderator and political science professor Staci Beavers opened the panel with fellow political science professor Stephen Nichols, speaking...

Students react to election with peaceful protest

Students react to election with peaceful protest

Alejandro Picasso, News November 28, 2016

Donald Trump’s presidential election victory over Hillary Clinton has sparked nationwide protests that have even appeared on college campuses like UCLA, Ohio State and here at CSUSM. On Nov. 10 just two days after the election came to a close, a protest took place during U-hour at the Kellogg Plaza....

Campus Crime Report

Layda Galvan, Managing Editor November 28, 2016

Nov. 4 through Nov. 21 CSUSM University Police Department reported various incidents reports. Highlights of the crime log are two Hit & Run Non-Injury, nine Lost and Found items located at the Clarke Field  house, University Hall, Kellogg Library, University Village Apartments, and University...

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