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The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

Opinion

Being the thread

Shaymaa Abusalih, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

  People are patchworks. No person is ever made up of one single thing. It’s the several parts that make a whole and all of them are important. One patch might be race, the other, religion; a patch here, your gender; a patch there, your sexuality; health; body type; financial stability....

Listen before you label

Listen before you label

Gayana Parsegova, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

  “I’m sorry, can you please say your name again?” “Do you have any nicknames, something easier to pronounce?” “Is that even a name?” The majority of my life has consisted of these questions regarding my first name alone, but that’s only the beginning. After tearing apart...

Asian Pacific Islander cultural  influence on a Latino

Asian Pacific Islander cultural influence on a Latino

Erik De La Cruz, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

  I grew up in Mira Mesa, a town with a huge community of Asian­Pacific Islanders. Being Latino, I was always surrounded by the influence of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. I absorbed the culture because my closest friends invited me into their homes and lives. One thing I have...

I’m Chamorro and I’m proud

I’m Chamorro and I’m proud

Pierson Cepeda, Assistant Web & Social Media Manager April 13, 2016

  My name is Pierson Cepeda. I am originally from the island of Saipan, which is a part of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States, and that makes me Chamorro. When my family made the move to California, I was still very much a young kid (nine years old) and...

The beauty of Guam, an unrecognized culture

The beauty of Guam, an unrecognized culture

Lexy Perez, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 13, 2016

  In today’s world, people are encouraged to love the skin they’re in. My skin color is brown, and I am proud of it. But it can be hard to for one to love his/her skin when society as a whole has such a narrow-­minded concept of ethnicity. This is a perspective which does not recognize...

Am I Not Filipino Enough?

Am I Not Filipino Enough?

Jeffrey Davis, Photographer April 13, 2016

  I fight with the expectation of being tied to my Filipino culture, but I am a proud Filipino. It’s difficult telling people, I’m 1⁄2 Filipino, a 1⁄4 Mexican, and a 1⁄4 Welsh/Swedish, when I just look Filipino. I’ve visited the Philippines once in my life, as a baby, which...

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Female superheroes need a bigger spotlight

Elizabeth Jaffari, Design Editor March 30, 2016

Where are all the badass women? In the world of comics, they are just too few and far between. For the sake of our culture, girls and boys need to look up to more than just male superheroes. I am an avid collector of comic books and an aspiring comic artist. I won’t lie; my favorite superhero is not...

Members of CSUSM's Feminists Unite group march on International Women's Day.

No olvides a las mujeres indocumentadas

Karen Ambrocio, Student Life Reporter March 30, 2016

  On International Women’s Day, which occurred March 8 this year, men and women came together to participate in a Feminists Unite march to advocate for immigrant working women saying, “Ya basta” (“Enough is enough”), to the sexual harassment they face. I accompanied Feminists...

Women’s bodies don’t look like that

Kendra Fitzpatrick, Design Editor March 30, 2016

  When I logged onto “Star Wars: The Old Republic” for the first time, I felt a sense of excitement at creating my first character—a sense of excitement that quickly faded away. I’d seen a sample male character with a body that didn’t fit into the usual category of chiseled,...

Letter to the Editor

Luis Higinio, Contributor March 30, 2016

  For the past few weeks, demonstrators at CSUSM, protesting on behalf of diversity and in response to the sudden departure of former Diversity Chair, Arturo Ocampo, have been chanting: “Ain’t no power like the power of the people because the power of the people don’t stop,” and “Say...

Celebrating womanhood

Tifanny Trent, Opinion Editor March 30, 2016

  Herstory Month is one of my favorite months because it gives us a moment to stop and celebrate women of all races, ethnicities, religions, shapes, ages and backgrounds. Herstory often focuses on famous women in history who have achieved success and fought against societal oppression....

What gender equality means to me

What gender equality means to me

Jasmine Demers, Managing Editor March 30, 2016

  Gender equality is arguably the most important issue that we are facing in today’s society. We no longer live in a time when we can say men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and expect that to be some type of justification for treating each other differently. We have to start treating...

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