What is it about travel? The excitement associated with adventure? The expectation of a new escapade? Whatever the motivation, travel is something we all should experience.
This summer, I spent my days exploring the forest landscape of Pennsylvania. The first thing I
noticed was the architecture....
Over summer, many CSUSM students traveled, took on a part time job, or even went to summer school. Some students, however, opted to serve on a project called "Borderlands,” an alternative summer project put on by Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, a Christian organization that is present here on...
The semester I spent abroad was the best time in my life. It saddened me to have to return, but I got over my post-being-abroad blues when I realized that the time I spent in Australia is (hopefully) just the beginning of a lifetime of unforgettable travel experiences.
Students abroad are given the...
Halloween arrives early at ScareLA, the only summer Halloween event in Pasadena, CA.
For most people, summer calls to mind beach days and the Fourth of July, but at the Pasadena Convention Center, Halloween fans traded in their bathing suits for costumes and spent the weekend of August 8 and 9 getting...
Noelle Friedberg is graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Literature and Writing and an emphasis in Writing. She has attended CSUSM for the last two years after transferring from MiraCosta College and has written for The Cougar Chronicle since 2013, moving her way up from staff writer to Opinion...
By Gloria Magallanes
Assistant Opinion Editor
Gaby Sanchez is currently a senior who has studied at CSUSM for the past five years. She is graduating this semester with a degree in Global Studies and History.
She is involved on campus, most notably at the Office of Global Education. Sanchez...
Jeff Kennedy is a current senior here at CSUSM and will be graduating in May with a degree in Criminology and Justice.
He also holds two associate degrees from Palomar College in San Marcos, which he got before transferring to CSUSM in 2013. He’s been a student here over the past two years and has...
Izumi Furusawa is currently an international student here at CSUSM. She hails from Tokyo, Japan where she started her academic studies before transferring to this university. She’s been here for over two years studying Global Studies and will be participating in the commencement ceremony...
By Gloria Mallaganes
Assistant Opinion Editor
Viri Guzman is a senior at CSUSM. She is double majoring in Political Science and Sociology with a minor in Spanish. After five long years as a student here, she will be graduating in May, the first in her family to do so.
From first glance,...
By Tanya Camacho
Contributor
In January, President Obama proposed free community college for low-income Americans. But there is a catch: one must have a grade point average of 2.5 and have graduated from high school.
This becomes problematic when aligning college and low-income communities....
By Nate Honeycutt and Logan Honeycutt
“CSU Executive Order 1068”: a seemingly harmless document that when enforced as official California State University (CSU) policy has brought nothing but despair, frustration and isolation to many venerated student organizations affiliated with CSU campuses.
CSU...
By Pat Gantt
Contributor
Three years ago, Gov. Brown launched a four-year program of gradually increased budgets for the University of California and the California State University systems, contingent on keeping student fees flat.
Sounds pretty good, right?
The problem is, such small...
