You only live once. We’ve all read it on social media at some point, probably more often in its popular abbreviated form: YOLO. The problem is, despite however much we tweet or share or story about it, most of us probably don’t live a true YOLO lifestyle. That is a shame, considering how...

As of October 2019 the United States has had over 300 mass shootings. Eight of those shootings have occurred at schools or universities. The media typically covers these tragedies with full coverage, highlighting the shooter, motives, and the number of people wounded and killed. It may feel to some that...

  Do right. It’s the basic, fundamental rule that helps form the foundation of the fabric of societies. However, this seemingly-basic rule can lead to legally-gray waters in cases of vigilantism: the action of a member of the public taking justice and the work of law enforcement into his or...

The fall season is in full swing. With that season comes everything-pumpkin-related, ghouls, horror and what many consider to be the beginning of the holidays. For college campuses across the nation, the advent of fall also means that football is back. This begs the age-old question our campus has said...

Doing research over the summer can be beneficial and valuable for future professional and career development.   No, I don’t mean the boring, dull, book research reports many of us had to do over our high school careers. Nor do I mean the writing of college-level research papers on some obscure...

The payment of tuition and fees is the bane of many a student and the Cougars of CSUSM are no exception.   As a paying student myself, I understand and commiserate with the dismayed reactions of many students and administrators when news broke of CSUSM Extended Learning Dean Michael Schroder’s...

If you walk on campus at night, it sure seems like the cost for light is at a premium.    But if you walk on the pathway towards the sprinter station and even towards the student housing and parking structures available on-campus, you wouldn’t be faulted for thinking that the cost for light...

Lights-out on campus is way too conversative.    That’s right, I said it: CSUSM needs to tone down their power-saving platform.    I completed my undergraduate degree at my alma mater San Diego State University (SDSU), where the lights did not automatically get switched off...

We all have our opinions of our professors throughout the semesters we’ve spent at CSUSM. Thinking about past professors can either bring good or bad memories to mind. Every professor on campus is different and creates different dynamics for each of their sections. Some may provide an effective...

Mass shooting after mass shooting,t has become a new normal in American society and prayers won’t help  stop them. They can occur anywhere at this point: schools, places of worship, your workplace, concerts and even the grocery store. There isn’t really a way you can be prepared for this type of...

Save the trees. Save the Amazon. Think about the sea turtles. You might have heard these phrases in the past couple of months, all of them concerning the environment and the sustainability of the place we call home. Advocating for and spreading the word concerning this issue has spread in a multitude...

Humans are social animals. The only problem is that we aren’t taught how to be effective at being “social.”   Regular social interaction is key to a healthy life. Thanks to technology and social norms, however, many of us lack such regular interactions.    I am one of those...