Alex Franco Sports Editor A record that has withstood seven years of trial and error is no more. CSUSM Junior Maurice Strickland from San Diego, has become the school’s “greatest athlete,” a title that has traditionally been given to decathlon winners since King Gustav V bestowed the honor upon...

Alex Franco Sports Editor It was Senior Day at CSUSM on Saturday, April 20, where the No. 11- ranked Cougar baseball team honored its nine graduating seniors. The team’s seniors include: Kody Sepulveda, Marcus Meraz, Steve Messner, James Dykstra, Mike Guadagnini, Kyle Secciani, Frank Charlton,...

Curtis Bovee Staff Writer According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 80,000 deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use in the U.S. each year.   In the U.S., a standard drink consists of 0.6 ounces of pure alcohol. This amount is typically found in...

  Curtis Bovee Staff Writer   In 2009, America, representing roughly 4 percent of the world's population, produced 88 percent of the world's legal amphetamine, Adderall.    Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a neurologically based behavior disorder characterized by the inability...

By Alex Franco Sports Editor In the midst of a four-game losing skid, the 11th-ranked Cougars began the weekend with a four game stretch against visiting La Sierra University with hopes of ending their longest losing streak of the season. In the April 5  doubleheader against La Sierra, CSUSM was...

By Alex Franco Sports Editor Saturday afternoon the 20-2 Cougars baseball  took on Point Loma Nazarene University who will be a familiar foe of the Cougars in the coming years as CSUSM leaps into the NCAA. The Cougars wasted no time setting the tone for the first game of the scheduled doubleheader...

By Curtis Bovee Staff Writer Most would agree our brain is pretty important. Arguably, it is the most important organ in the human body. How come we don't maintain our brain like we do the rest of our body? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alzheimer's disease is the 6th...

By Juliana Stumpp Staff Writer This baseball season, our Cougars have been on their top game with impressive win-loss ratio of 22-2. The team has started the season off right and by the looks of it, will end the season even better. The Cougar Chronicle sat down with one of the team’s pitchers, Hunter...

By Alex Franco Sports Editor CSUSM’s very own No. 1-ranked softball team carried a 10 game winning streak and 23 game home winning streak into the 2013 Cougar Clash at CSUSM as the Lady Cougars hosted Arizona Christian, Hope International and La Sierra for the two-day softball event. Friday,...

By Alex Franco Sports Editor The offensive struggles appear to be over now for the CSUSM baseball team as they trounced the visiting Ashford Saints Monday, March 4 in San Marcos. The cougars scored a combined 22 runs in the double header, in what Head Coach Pugh called their best performance...

 Curtis Bovee Staff Writer Concussions are the most common form of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and any blow to the head should be taken seriously. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1.7 million people sustain a TBI annually, or every 21 seconds...

By Karla Reyes Staff Writer Senior Kyle Peterson is captain, president and co-founder of the CSUSM men’s lacrosse team He, alongside every member of the undefeated team, is enthusiastic about this season and hopes to see fellow students attend every home games this season. Question: How long...