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The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

All content by Shaymaa Abusalih
Students teach and celebrate during Día de Los Muertos

Students teach and celebrate during Día de Los Muertos

Shaymaa Abusalih, Copy Editor November 9, 2016

With every passing year, Halloween stores and Instagram feeds brim over with the image of beautifully-patterned skulls and flower crowns. But the importance of these images and what they represent are...

A year of culture and unity for the Latin@ Center

A year of culture and unity for the Latin@ Center

Shaymaa Abusalih, Copy Editor September 28, 2016

The tones of Norteñas music filled the fourth floor of the USU on Thursday, Sept. 15 during the Latin@ Center’s Heritage Month Kick-off event, Norteñas on the Terrace. The event gave students an...

Being the thread

Shaymaa Abusalih, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

  People are patchworks. No person is ever made up of one single thing. It’s the several parts that make a whole and all of them are important. One patch might be race, the other, religion;...

The charming power of feminist cartoons

The charming power of feminist cartoons

Shaymaa Abusalih, Staff Writer March 30, 2016

  Women are capable of doing the same great things men can do, including being a little boy’s hero. In the Cartoon Network show “Steven Universe,” created by Rebecca Sugar, a super...

Obligations of a person of color

Obligations of a person of color

Shaymaa Abusalih, Staff Writer February 23, 2016

It’s Black History Month and I’ve decided to write an article, not because I want to, but because I’m black. From a very young age, I’ve been possessed by an involuntary obligation to speak...

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