Valentine’s Day has always been a great day to me, even before I was ever in a relationship. My parents would always buy me and my siblings little gifts including stuffed animals, chocolates and cards expressing their love for us. However, I still longed to have my “knight in shining armor” take...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 10, 2017
While walking the halls and seeing pink stuffed bears to heart-shaped chocolate boxes, you may ask what is the best gift to give your special someone?
Stuffed animals seem cliché, and chocolate is always a given, but those items are continuously given on an annual basis. Take it from a woman writing...
Gayana Parsegova, Why you should be single on Valentine’s Day
• February 9, 2017
You’re single and ready to mingle: need I say more? I mean really, the world is just your oyster, and the possibilities are endless! You can only imagine how adventurous your Valentine’s Day is going to be!
First of all, you’ll have the opportunity to save a lot of money. Ladies, I’m sure...
What does Valentine’s Day consist of for a couple?
The typical Valentine's date involves romantic places such as the beach, the park, or a restaurant for dinner, but what makes it special is to have that exclusive lover on this unique day I’d like to call Love.
Many will funnel their...
Oh my goodness gracious, your favorite part of the newspaper is back and better than ever! That’s right, I’m referring to your friendly editorial corner of the Opinion Section!
For those of you who are new, the editorial consists of various types of topics! From serious concerns such as speaking...
Hannah Snider, Club Sports Reporter
• December 14, 2016
This semester has been a crazy one; the amount of classes, work and the paper have been overwhelming and the last thing on my mind was getting engaged.
I’m a third year at CSUSM and my fiancé and I have been dating since freshman year of high school. We plan on getting married AFTER college of...
Welcome back to the final segment of The Cougar Chronicle’s inaugural semester of editorials ‒ a place where the voice of our independent, student newspaper speaks candidly on topics that matter to us.
We’d like to give a big thank you to everyone who helped make this editorial a fun read this...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• December 14, 2016
‘Twas the night before finals, when all through the house,
The coffee was brewing and I spilled on my blouse.
The phone never did rang; it’s on silent over there.
To focus and study because now, I finally care.
My stomach growled, for it had not been fed.
Just built up stress;...
I plan to go to graduate school for Biology, become an endocrinologist and a geneticist and dedicate my life to solving that complex, nagging riddle/elephant in the room that we all fail to acknowledge: Death.
It sounds like I have a lot on my plate. Maybe I’ve bit off more than I can chew, but...
Hannah Snider, Club Sports Reporter
• December 14, 2016
Christmas is by far the best holiday of the year, at least in my book.
I am fortunate to have grown up with a very tight-knit family that loves food, which is the best combination. I also grew up in a very Christian home; both my grandparents were pastors and I pretty much live at church. Christmas...
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.”
Ferris Bueller is correct and I did not notice this until I entered college. I feel like I moved into the dorms as a freshman yesterday and now, here I am, graduating this December.
I will admit,...
Coming into my freshman year of college, I had tons of questions and preconceptions. I questioned what it would be like to live with people other than my kinfolk. I pondered the thought of what kind of student I would become. These uncertainties were only the surface.
Although, amongst all of my thoughts...
