Rising political tensions in the U.S. have produced a wide range of responses. Some have been motivated to act, speaking out and getting involved in political organizations. Others are choosing silence for their personal safety since they may identify with a vulnerable group. Both responses are understandable...
Recently, a development from CA Governor Gavin Newsom stated that the CSU system will be faced with a 7.95% reduction in funding (about $375 million). This dramatic decrease alone hurts students because it would affect the quality of mental health services, cause a hiring freeze for faculty and staff,...
National parks hit a world record in 2024 with 331,863,358 visits. And as of recently, more than 1,000 national park workers have been laid off by the Trump administration.
Terminations began on February 14 to national park workers across America in favor of “shrinking” the federal workforce....
Transgender people are being attacked across the country. From the stony walls of law and policy to the towering big cities and sprawling countryside, there is a great fear.
As progressive as San Diego appears to be, even our own politicians and community members would prefer to use us for political...
As CSUSM faculty, lecturers, librarians, and staff we denounce the current administration’s efforts to criminalize, penalize, and target student activists, and activism in general, on our campus. On February 20, 2025, students staged a series of nonviolent direct actions to disrupt the Social Mobility...
On February 20, CSUSM hosted the Social Mobility Symposium in the University Student Union—an event dedicated to faculty and universities uplifting their students to success. It was an event for brainstorming and suggesting solutions. Chancellor Mildred García, the Chancellor of California State University,...
Academic dishonesty has been prevalent in the past few years. Professors have had to keep an eye out for misinformation in students' essays, a student impersonating one of their peers when taking an exam, and plagiarism. But now, professors and teachers all around the world must be aware of the use of...
Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance was illuminating, powerful, and symbolic. It is no secret that Kendrick is a lyrical genius, but also a master performer. Many people were anticipating his performance to comment on the current state of America: politically divided, and to take it as another opportunity...
In today’s changing world, a new notion has started to take root in a small but very vocal group: the idea that books and politics should not share the same space. In social media, there is a growing trend of readers expressing their desire to escape political conversations by turning to BookTok and...
On the day of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on January 20, he signed an executive order that was a direct attack on the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment has been implemented in the U.S. constitution for 157 years, which grants those who were born or naturalized in the United States automatic citizenship.
After...
In the early days of President Trump’s second term in office, the promise of “free speech” on social media platforms has turned into a battlefield. As tech companies like Meta and TikTok face accusations of censorship, multiple users are starting to raise alarms about suppressed hashtags, limited...
Saturn Salama, Assistant A&E Editor
• December 16, 2024
Queers have been forced into a third category of gender: normative man, normative woman, and the elusive, unidentifiable queer—capital Q.
Here, I mean to define the social gender of queerness, a phenomenon I’ve recently noticed. This is not to be confused with genderqueer or any non-binary identity....
