Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 28, 2016
The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday kicks off the start of the Christmas shopping season.
According to Sarah Pruitt, writer specializing in historical narratives and contributor to The History Channel, this term arose in 1869 during the crash of the U.S. gold market on Sep. 24. Two Wall Street...
The traditional American Thanksgiving comes equipped with stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and turkey. However, my family and I are not traditional, especially when food is involved. This will be our second vegan Thanksgiving and we could not be more excited for the array of food that we will enjoy.
You...
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day.
According to the American Diabetes Association, there are 1.4 million new Americans, diagnosed with diabetes annually in the United States.
Of the 1.4 million new cases, approximately 1.25 million of Americans diagnosed...
“Can I get your name for your Starbucks order?”
“Uhm, sure. It’s Ana.”
No, no one calls me Ana and never will. This is just a random identity I created for myself one day because I can’t help but feel that my name is an inconvenience at times for people.
My biggest childhood fear...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 9, 2016
I was born into a big Italian family in a small town outside Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In my culture after a stressful week, my family and I would gather at my grandparents lake home on Sunday afternoons.
Although they were considered my great grandparents, I was able to live out a piece of my...
Welcome back to another compelling editorial for The Cougar Chronicle, where we give praise to people, organizations or other subjects to our liking and throw unnecessary objects at everything we felt could be handled better at CSUSM.
In this edition, we’d like to take a moment to give praise to...
“If you want to be rich, don’t be an English major.”
“English? Wow, what can you do with that? Be a teacher?”
Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t a defense on English—or any of the humanities for that matter. These are a few of the common questions floating around, involving a...
To live near campus? Or to live off campus? I know many of students go through this dilemma of deciding where to live during our upcoming semesters.
From my personal experience, living on campus and living off campus both have pros and cons. I have commuted to CSUSM for four years but this will be...
Have you ever woken up in bed with a stranger, one whose name you can’t seem to remember? Or how about waking up with last night’s clothes and the remnants of beer stains all over it? You’re just reeking of alcohol and cigarettes and then you have to do the “walk of shame” the day after Halloween?...
As we approach the end of the semester, students are beginning to feel anxious at the thought of finals approaching.
After months of hard work, your grade comes down to one greatly-feared exam, the final. What makes it so stressful for students is that most finals are compacted into one long week...
“CSUSM is my only option left, really?”
My senior year of high school, I was excited to be accepted into a four year university, but I was bothered that UCSD and SDSU rejected me, leaving me with only Cal State San Marcos as my last option.
CSUSM was my safety school that I didn’t care for....
Five years ago, I found a lump on my left breast and the first thing that came to mind was, “Could I have breast cancer?”
I was terrified and began searching for answers on the internet.
I started to monitor my lump for about six months and in those months, I noticed that it was increasing...
