Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• September 13, 2016
A new school year brings in a new crowd of students ‒ the freshman class.
Although each incoming class of undergrads is always different, the mixed feelings of anxiety and unease still remain the same. To provide some cushion to this blow of emotions, here are some words of advice to our future...
Amy Chastain, Editor in Chief
• September 13, 2016
When I tell classmates that I went to México before the start of school, they think of Cabo San Lucas resorts, beaches and American amenities. Before my Aug. 25 trip to Punta Colonet, I had a similar mindset.
This trip was my first to México and for several hours it didn’t seem bad, maybe just...
College textbooks continue rising in price. . .among other things. (Ahem. Parking permits).
So, don’t buy them. Plenty of alternatives exist.
Instead, use the cash you save for other college life essentials like food, gas, rent, booze, etc.
Take advantage of your school...
Most people dream of a magical experience, especially that of Harry Potter.
I was lucky enough to spend a day at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, Hollywood for my 22nd birthday this past summer. The magic was real when entering Hogsmeade and seeing Hogwarts Castle...
This past summer, I fell in love.
For the first time in my 22 years of life, I felt genuinely alive. I felt my heart beating from the exhilaration of each day. I was addicted to a feeling; I thrived on it; I needed it because of one little girl’s exhilaration for life.
I spent July...
Have you ever heard the saying, “there are people who watch things happen, people who wait for things to happen, and people who say what happened?”
What if instead, everyone in the global community — individuals, leaders, strangers and the like created a culture where people...
The top 1 percent earn $500,000 or more — a great income. Most people only get to that level after many years of hard work, and quite possibly the accumulation of serious debt to fund their education and build their business.
Of course, there are people who make more than $500,000...
There are palm trees all alongside the roads. Cacti decorate the mountains. The sun is shining bright and I know I am now in California.
In January 2016, I started my Global Undergraduate Exchange Program at CSUSM. In my home country of China, I am a senior, and while deciding to experience...
As I reminisce about my time as a Cougar, I realize I learned a lot of useful life lessons that are important for college students to know, especially incoming freshmen and transfer students. College is a time to learn not only about a future career, but about yourself.
When freshmen...
Pierson Cepeda, Assistant Web & Social Media Manager
• May 11, 2016
As my time as a student of CSUSM comes to an end, I continually struggle with what graduating from college means.
I believe these thoughts manifest themselves in other questions. Did I waste my time? What am I going to do after college? Where is life going to lead me?
This does...
College is quite the journey. Graduating from CSUSM in less than two weeks has me looking back on this adventure of mine. This road has taken me six full years to complete and not a moment was wasted.
Leaving CSUSM is a very joyous and bittersweet event for me. I went to CSUSM as a...
Life as an art student is pretty hectic at times.
Though we may not be cramming for exams that require us to look through hundreds of pages in big expensive text books or even have two or three binders full of notes to go over, we know a different type of struggle.
The number of...
