ASI reports $80,000 in misused funds
Antonio Pequeño, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2020
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) reported today that a former professional staff member used $80,000 of its funds for personal gain. The report comes from a memorandum made by Kenneth Tran, president and CEO of ASI. “I am extremely disappointed to report that a former ASI professional staff member, whose responsibilities were to empower the student voice, allegedly too...
Student Health and Counseling Services advises students to take precautions and continues to offer resources
Adrianna Adame, News Editor
April 15, 2020
CSUSM’s Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) are providing services to students throughout the coronavirus crisis. Though SHCS currently does not provide testing for COVID-19, medical staff are focusing on offering physical, mental and pharmaceutical resources, as well information on their webp...
Academic Senate passes resolution to modify academic policies
Anneliese Esparza, A&E Editor
April 10, 2020
The Academic Senate unanimously passed a resolution that will ease several academic policies in the hopes of providing respite to students struggling during the pandemic on April 8. Entitled “Temporary Modification of Academic Policies due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the resolution alters polici...
Students advocate for credit/no credit grading option
Anneliese Esparza, A&E Editor
April 7, 2020
In this time of self-isolation, CSUSM students aren’t letting physical distancing get in the way of standing together to voice their support of a credit/no credit grading option. Several petitions on Change.org advocate for the grading shift. Chelsea Betancourt, JoAnna Mary Noel Brown and Tasha Ka...
ASI Cougar Pantry provides aid to students despite COVID impact
Antonio Pequeño, Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2020
In the face of the blow that COVID-19 has dealt to several campus entities and programs, the ASI Cougar Pantry quickly adapted its operations and continued its effort to lessen food insecurity at CSUSM. The ASI Cougar Pantry, which previously offered free produce distribution days in addition ...
Academic Senate considers whether to relax academic policies amid pandemic
Anneliese Esparza, A&E Editor
April 4, 2020
The Academic Policy Committee (APC) of the CSUSM Academic Senate is forming a resolution that would make changes to academic policies such as credit/no credit, withdrawals, probation, disqualification, internships and independent study. APC plans to complete a resolution by the upcoming senate meetin...
Faculty members share changes and challenges with transition to online instruction
Anneliese Esparza, A&E Editor
March 29, 2020
After the coronavirus pandemic prompted the university to transition to online instruction, faculty were forced to radically retool their course structures and quickly come up with creative solutions to adapt to current circumstances. To ease faculty members’ transition to online learning, the un...
CSUSM to postpone 2020 commencement
Adrianna Adame, News Editor
March 21, 2020
The 2020 CSUSM commencement ceremony will be postponed, announced the Office of the President via email on Wednesday, March 18. Commencement was originally scheduled to have 3,641 students walk on May 15-16, but the ceremony will be postponed to a later date this year according to the Office of Comm...
Coronavirus prompts campus preparations
Antonio Pequeño, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2020
As new updates on the coronavirus entered the news cycle over the past week, CSUSM shared further information on the respiratory disease with respect to the campus community. Campus Risk Manager & Director of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Erin Fullerton said that IRM is “taking the appropriat...
Results of audit expands to campus-wide investigation
Adrianna Adame, News Editor
February 22, 2020
An investigation by California State University Office of Audit and Advisory Services has found 33 instances of fraud by the former Dean of Extended Learning. Results from the Dean of Extended Learning’s audit investigation was recently announced in a campus-wide email by CSUSM President Ellen Neufel...
Extravagant spending questions where tuition is distributed to
Tania Ortiz, Assistant Opinion Editor
February 22, 2020
Have you ever wondered where our tuition and fees go? As students, we pay so much for our schooling whether it be out of pocket or with help from financial aid. But where does it go and how much of this investment returns to us? Last semester, we learned about the extravagant spending of Dean of...
CSU, ASI to integrate policy changes following lawsuit
Antonio Pequeño, Editor-in-Chief
February 21, 2020
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) and the California State University system will undergo changes to funding regulations and neutrality policies following the conclusion of a 2017 viewpoint discrimination lawsuit from CSUSM pro-life student organization, Students for Life (SFL). In spring 2017, SFL...
