Lexy Perez, Arts & Entertainment Editor
• May 11, 2016
Sometimes it can be hard to have a kind heart in a cruel world, but for graduating senior Tiffany Trent, following her heart is the only way she knows how to live her life.
For as long as she could remember, she has aspired to help those in need as a career, not for the sake of earning...
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 transfer student...
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 and transfer...
When I first found out what vegan meant, I thought the concept of not eating milk, dairy, eggs or honey was very unusual. When I first tried a vegan cookie, I thought it was disgusting. I never thought I would become a vegan one day.
I have been a vegan for over a year now, and changing my lifestyle...
Reading is one of my favorite things to do in this world. The bookshelves in my room are overflowing (literally) with books of all kinds. While Barnes & Noble is the most obvious place to purchase books, Amazon is superior in nearly every way.
Being on that infamous starving student budget,...
In any story, there is a protagonist and an an antagonist. The audience generally rallies behind the protagonist to overcome the antagonist, but what if there is no antagonist? What if there are two protagonists fighting against each other and the audience is divided about which side they should stand...
Pierson Cepeda, Assistant Web and Social Media Manager
• April 27, 2016
During my time at CSUSM, I have learned that there is one action we all perform which serves as our most important humanizing connection: communication.
Communication is at the heart of everything we do and it might well be the one universal thing that we can all agree upon. Therefore, it is...
Disneyland ticket: $105. Disneyland Parking: $18. Mickey Mouse pretzel: $4.25. Making memories that will last a lifetime? Priceless.
Disneyland is known for being expensive, but it is also known for being the happiest place on earth. Whenever I go to Disneyland, I feel as if my stresses from...
Motherland, I am your borders.
I am full of borders crossed
over and over again.
Rigid lines separating
my dark brown skin to my
American tongue to my
too stout with no bridge and my
ilong (1)
love for vinegar with my longanisa (2) and bangus (3)
. I have cracks and fissures...
As a person who identifies as an AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander), it’s extremely important to know my history, to understand that everything we do now was made possible because of the sacrifices made by our forefathers in the Philippines. Freedom is not gained by being passive,...
Moving from the Philippines to America was an experience for me. I was about nine years old, knew little about the world beyond my culture at the time and the transition from a third world country to a first world was brand new.
I remembered receiving benefits that were nonexistent...
Being Pilipino American is an experience that one might view as confusing.
For me, I’ve never really experienced an opportunity where my family members spoke about the Philippines except in the small facets of culture like language, music and food. I was taught that being Pilipino...
