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A year of culture and unity for the Latin@ Center

A year of culture and unity for the Latin@ Center

Shaymaa Abusalih, Copy Editor September 28, 2016

The tones of Norteñas music filled the fourth floor of the USU on Thursday, Sept. 15 during the Latin@ Center’s Heritage Month Kick-off event, Norteñas on the Terrace. The event gave students an opportunity to experience Norteñas (Spanish for northern music) for the first time while others got...

Study abroad fair gives students the opportunity to explore the world

Study abroad fair gives students the opportunity to explore the world

Hannah Snider, Club Sports Reporter September 28, 2016

Students filled the USU plaza on Sept. 22 with excited chatter, crowding around the annual Traveling Tukwut Study Abroad Fair. Thirty program providers such as Semester at the Sea, ISA (International Study Abroad) and faculty-led programs like Cal State University International Program (CSU IP) attended...

Campus Crime Report

Cory Kay, Copy Editor September 28, 2016

Dozens of police reports were recorded by CSUSM’s University Police Department between Monday, Sept. 12 and Wednesday, Sept. 21.   Three incidents of petty theft were reported, the items stolen being a bicycle (taken from a bike rack), a pair of sandals (stolen in Kellogg Library) and a...

RAINN Day brings sexual assault awareness to CSUSM

RAINN Day brings sexual assault awareness to CSUSM

Stephany Mejia, News and Faculty Reporter September 28, 2016

CSUSM Student Health and Counseling Services wants to spread the word that they are an accessible campus resource to those impacted by sexual assault.   The Student Health and Counseling Center hosted RAINN Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Sept. 15 at the Forum Plaza to raise sexual assault awareness....

Latin@ Center celebrates Hispanic Heritage month

Latin@ Center celebrates Hispanic Heritage month

Karen Ambrocio, News Editor September 28, 2016

The Latin@ Center held a kickoff event, “Norteñas on the Terrace,” from Sept. 15 at the USU Greenroof to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month and the center’s one-year anniversary.   “[Our] community [came] together to celebrate the initiation of heritage month and to celebrate comunidad...

CSUSM students participate in Aids Walk and Run

CSUSM students participate in Aids Walk and Run

Korie Houston, Videographer September 28, 2016

At the 27th AIDS Walk and Run in San Diego on Sept. 24, participants and volunteers came together in recognition of the continuing struggle of HIV in the LGTBQA+ community.   The 5k run is held annually in the Hillcrest neighborhood in San Diego. People can sign up in groups, as a runner,...

Anti-abortion display towers over Kellogg Plaza, sparks student counter-protest

Anti-abortion display towers over Kellogg Plaza, sparks student counter-protest

Rebecca Sykes, Sports Editor September 13, 2016

A dozen protesters demonstrated against an on-campus anti-abortion presentation prompted by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform on Tuesday, Sept. 13.   The Lake Forest, CA-based advocacy group informed CSUSM officials last week that the group wanted to share a presentation for students entitled...

AAFSA holds welcoming event for new African American students.

Ramon Flores, Assistant News editor September 13, 2016

African American Faculty and Staff Association (AAFSA) welcomed incoming African American freshmen to campus with their Each One Teach One event on Friday, Sept. 9.   AAFSA held the event to provide the new students with information they might not have gotten at orientation and to help them...

President Haynes discusses budget, campus issues

President Haynes discusses budget, campus issues

Karen Ambrocio, News Editor September 13, 2016

CSUSM President Karen Haynes held a forum during U-hour on Sept. 9 in the Performance Arts Building, to discuss the university’s budget, graduation rates, diversity awards and free speech.   For the 2016-17 academic year, the university has not received as much funding from the state as...

Campus crime report

Amy Chastain, Editor in Chief September 13, 2016

Police reports filed through the University Police Department between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 were relatively few in number and low in consequence, but despite this, trends in campus crime were evident.   In the nine day period, there were six instances of Hit and Run, Non-Injury. Two happened...

CSUSM receives award for support of minorities and diversity in education

CSUSM receives award for support of minorities and diversity in education

Stephany Mejia, News and Faculty Reporter September 13, 2016

CSUSM ranked in the top 100 of more than 4,000 U.S. colleges and universities for graduating minorities and won a national award for its diversity in recruitment and retention of both students and employees.   The magazine, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, said CSUSM placed 74th for Hispanics...

New CSUSM app provides innovative way for students to connect

New CSUSM app provides innovative way for students to connect

Karen Ambrocio, News Editor September 13, 2016

The new CSUSM mobile app allows students to explore their university through their mobile device. The app will have newer functions next semester, making it accessible and functional for students.   The upgrades will include access to students’ MyCSUSM account and the ability to view their...

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