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The Cougar Chronicle
The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle
The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

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“MEGATHRUST” QUAKE DEVASTATES JAPAN

March 15, 2011
Just weeks after New Zealand experienced a magnitude 6.3 quake, an even larger natural disaster happened off the north coast of Japan, an 8.9 earthquake, last Friday at 2:46 p.m. local time, causing widespread damage and a devastating tsunami.

SPRING FLING CANCELLED: THE THOUGHTS BEHIND ITS CANCELLATION

March 15, 2011
Road blocks and timing issues recently forced Associated Students, Inc and Campus Activities Board to cancel Cal State San Marcos’s big campus spring event.

MIDDLE EASTERN PROTESTS AWARENESS SPREADS ON CAMPUS

March 15, 2011
On Tuesday, March 8, the Political Science Club at Cal State San Marcos hosted the event “Protests and Political Change,” which featured Political Science professors Dr. Cyrus Masroori and Dr. Scott Greenwood discussing current protests in the Middle East.

CSUSM FACULTY, STAFF SHOW SOLIDARITY: UNIONS DEFEND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN WISCONSIN

March 8, 2011
The Wisconsin State Assembly passed legislation stripping state employees of most of its collective bargaining rights in mid-February. The bill was backed by Wisconsin’s newly elected Republican governor, Scott Walker.

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES PARADISE: NEW ZEALAND FACES WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION

March 8, 2011
On Feb. 22, 2011 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 devastated the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, leaving in its wake a current death toll of 75.

RESEARCH REWARDED: ACADEMIC FINALISTS EN ROUTE TO NATIONALS

March 8, 2011
Thirty-seven different scholarly research topics were presented between 9-11:30 a.m. in various rooms of Markstein Hall On Friday.

PARKING FEE FORGIVENESS: STUDENTS SAVE FOR LIMITED TIME

March 8, 2011
Parking and Commuter Services offer to waive the $25 late fee to anyone with unpaid parking citations. The Late Fee Waiver program allows for students and community members to save big money by offering this fee forgiveness for a limited time.

POLICE BEAT 3/8

March 8, 2011
An update of the most important police incidents around CSUSM.

STUDENT FUNDING SLASHED

February 22, 2011
Students depending on Pell Grants will have to look at other options to pay for school next year.

INTERNET “KILL SWITCH” LEGISLATION BACK ON TABLE

February 16, 2011
Days before the protests and riots started, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak effectively shut off the Internet to the entire country, the rationale being, “Kill the Internet, kill the dissent.”

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK RESIGNS

February 16, 2011
After numerous protests and continued crisis in the streets of Egypt, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned last Friday, Feb. 11 and handed over the much needed power to the military after 30 years in power.

CAMPUS CONTINUES TO MOURN GREEK TRAGEDY

February 16, 2011
Four California State San Marcos students and fraternity brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon were sentenced to 80 hours of community service and three years probation.
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