By Lissette Nunez Staff Writer CSUSM welcomed a guest speaker, Dr. Dennis McCullough, a physician and geriatrician who has brought a compassionate approach to caring for the elders. McCullough visited campus on Oct. 23 and educated students about his ideas. Dr. McCullough’s approach begins with...

By Chelsea Nicole Brown Staff Writer Media representations of autism have led to issues with labelling, causing those with the condition to feel hurt and frustrated.   We all remember the movie "Rain Man.” It was the story of an autistic "savant" named Raymond who is Tom Cruise's character...

By Brando Casino This past week, CSUSM’s Filipino-American organization, Kamalyan Alliance, participated in an adrenaline-charged, high-spirited, S.P.U.F-tastic event called Friendship Games. Friendship Games originated in 1985 to help unify different schools that had a Filipino-American organization....

By Noelle Friedberg Staff Writer Students using their phones during class lecture serve as distractions to those around them and as a thorn in their professors sides. We all know professors find it rude when we pay more attention to our cell phones in class than we do their lectures. So why...

By Professor Peter Levine We Americans are in a bad mood about our nation and our public life. Three quarters of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. Some of us may be especially angry at the current Congress, at President Obama—or both—but the roots of our discontent go deeper than...

By Lauren Hammond Opinion Editor In the last issue of The Cougar Chronicle, Features Editor Rico Palmerin discussed the controversial nature of lab-grown meat. The CSUSM students and professors reviewed in the article suggested that this form of meat production was impractical and disgusting. Being...

By Saika Pitre Staff Writer While there are many wonderful attributes to our campus, it is quite widely perceived that the campus food is not one of them. The food on campus is not terrible but it’s not considered to be top cuisine either. There have been quite a few complaints concerning...

By Katalina Lawrence Staff Writer   I was recently watching an episode of "20/20" in which Diane Sawyer interviewed a petite, young and seemingly ordinary girl from Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai.   But as the show continued I realized that she is definitely out of the ordinary; she...

By Rico Palmerin Features Editor   CSUSM offers two locations to get fresh coffee, Campus Coffee and Starbucks, and each are located a short distance from Craven Circle.   Want to avoid hiking even more stairs before that hot roast hits the spot? Campus Coffee is still another double set...

By Chelsey Schweitzer Staff Writer The comments that people post in forums are less about expressing ideas and more about insulting others. With freedom of speech and the internet allowing people to comment on anything, opinions have become a common part of any online experience. This ability to make...

By Lauren Hammond Opinion Editor   Taking time to get more involved with campus affairs can help CSUSM students gain a sense of community as well as achieve scholastic success.   As an undergraduate student, I have been told repeatedly throughout the past few years of the importance of...