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...

By Jarratt Robinson Contributor   The smoking benches by Markenstein Hall should remain open to smokers. These benches are a way for students to alleviate the stress of school as well as developing lasting relationships with other students they might not have ever met if it were not for the...

By Gloria Magallanes Staff Writer   Cal State San Marcos has multiple options when buying coffee, but if you are a student who enjoys the wind’s breeze, the shade of trees and originality, Campus Coffee is for you.   When you think about coffee, you imagine the taste of it in your mouth...

By Rico Palmerin Staff Writer 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 of stairs away so...