Justin Gans is a staff writer for The Cougar Chronicle double majoring in History and Political Science. As a student worker, he is passionate about organized labor and social justice.
Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of sexual abuse.
On Tuesday, March 17, it was announced that Cesar Chavez had been accused of sexual assault allegations. The United Farm Workers released...
The illegal war launched on Iran by the United States and Israel is not just the workings of one person or one government. This is not the U.S. being “dragged into war” by Israel, because the U.S....
On Thursday Oct. 30, students gathered on campus to celebrate Día de Los Muertos with ofrendas (altars), food, art, music, and dance.
The Latinx Center hosted over a dozen groups across campus in...
From July 2025 to June 2026, the CSU will pay $15 million to make ChatGPT available for all students. But students, staff, and faculty are raising questions about the CSU’s decision to embrace artificial...
Rising political tensions in the U.S. have produced a wide range of responses. Some have been motivated to act, speaking out and getting involved in political organizations. Others are choosing silence...
On Thursday, Feb. 13, more than 100 students, faculty, and staff crowded into Academic Hall 102 to hear biology professor Dr. Erika Díaz-Almeyda speak. As part of this semester’s seminar series focused...
Since it broke ground last May, the milpa has created a surprising amount of attention through word of mouth alone.
Dr. Erika Diaz-Almeyda, who directs the project, conceived of the milpa with Ethnic...
As we near the 2024 Presidential Election and pass the one-year mark of Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, many feel disillusioned about the future. Community organizing and education will...
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Students have long advocated for better wellness and recreation services on campus. According to Campus Recreation, “when surveyed in the fall of 2023, 91% of students indicated that a new facility should...
Last Tuesday, Oct. 1, the Cross-Cultural Center featured the Borderlands Relief Collective (BRC) for an Activist Lab workshop covering humanitarian relief volunteer opportunities along the US-Mexico border.
Sarah...
Like many others who are younger than the film, my first exposure to “The Matrix” was through my father. I always knew “The Matrix” as that cool movie with a rebel group of slow-motion bullet dodgers....
Discussions around who should control public higher education have amped up in recent years. Students, faculty, and workers increasingly feel the impact of university disinvestment, budget cuts, and institutional...
Last Thursday, Aug 29, the CSUSM Library celebrated its 2024-2025 Campus Common Read selections with a special kick-off event and book giveaway in the Kellogg Plaza. The library is continuing its ongoing...
Justin Akers Chacón is an activist, labor unionist, and educator based in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. He is currently a Professor at San Diego City College. Chacón has published three significant...
The ongoing genocide in Palestine has prompted university students around the world to demand academic institutions denounce the state of Israel and divest their investments. With many universities penalizing...
On Friday, April 19, CSUSM Campus Recreation announced that the measure to increase students’ Recreation Fee did not pass. If passed, the increased fee would have supported CSUSM’s proposed Wellness...
On April 9-11, CSUSM students will be eligible to take part in a campus-wide vote on a proposed increase to their student fees. This fee increase would support the development of a Wellness and Recreation...
The finalists have been announced for the CSUSM Symposium on Student Research, Creative Activities, & Innovation. They are now moving on to represent CSUSM at the 38th annual CSU Student Research Competition....
San Diego County has a whopping $8.2 billion budget, handled by the County Board of Supervisors.
Have you ever wondered what the San Diego County Board of Supervisors does? If so, the local San Diego...
At noon on February 29, the library unveiled The Makery, CSUSM’s brand-new makerspace on the library’s second floor. The library wants The Makery to be a place where “members of the CSUSM community...
ASI announced on Tuesday the headliners for CSUSM’s art and music festival, Festival 78. The event will take place April 13 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Mangrum Track and Field.
The two headliners...
First off, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Could you start by introducing yourself and the general focus of your work?
My name is Ibrahim Al-Marashi, and I am a professor of history. The area...
Mainstream media’s portrayal of the upcoming 2024 presidential election is seriously flawed. Right now, there is a dire need for the press to stop covering the election like business-as-usual.
Democratic...
Justin Gans, Assistant News Editor
• December 8, 2023
What is the speech and debate club, and what do you guys do?
An analogy I would give for our club is that it is similar to something like track and field. You are running and doing hurdles, but there...
Justin Gans, Assistant News Editor
• November 1, 2023
Armand Hammer—a rap duo comprised of underground legends Billy Woods and ELUCID—released their latest album, “We Buy Diabetic Test Strips,” to widespread critical acclaim on September 29, 2023....
Campus Common Read is back! The 2023-2024 theme, reprised from last year, is banned books. Book bans have been an increasingly dire issue for libraries and schools. This year’s selection of five books...
4/18/23 Update
Great news! According to Detective Timothy Dow, officers have made an arrest in one of the cases:
“On April 13, San Diego Police officers arrested a suspect in possession of the...
