Copies can be obtained for free for two days By Sarah Hughes Ron Mattos, a CSUSM staff member, has recently published a novel entitled Return to Violet. The novel is of the mystery genre, but also is said to feature moments of adventure and humor. There is a secret code to be solved and the prize...

By Annalee Magrann  Staff Writer  With so many shows to choose from these days, it can be difficult to find the right one. It truly is a commitment to sit down with a new show.  Luckily, Netflix created a new, alluring series entitled Orange is the New Black. Amongst other renowned Netflix-produced...

By Sarah Hughes  News Editor  Available through DVD and Netflix, this film is one of profound sadness. Soraya’s story contains themes of women’s oppression and unequal status in 1986 third-world Iran. A woman who has always done what she is supposed to, Soraya struggles for the sake of her and...

By Valeria Gironas  Staff Writer  “We’re The Millers” We’re the Millers by Rawson Marshal Thurber is finally available on DVD! It is a hilarious adult comedy that is about a fake family that goes through many adventures. A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move...

By Chelsey Schweitzer  Staff Writer  21 and over venues exclude many students from concerts and shows that they want to see. This is especially true when it comes to concerts, which many students wish to attend. 21 and over venues make it so that students often have to miss these shows and are unable...

By Faith Orcino  A&E Editor  Fans of pop culture will congregate at the Long Beach Convention Center to celebrate the comic and the horror industries. This year’s event, which takes place on Nov. 23 and 24, will be an anticipated one as it falls on their fifth anniversary of holding LBCHC....

By Liezel Herradura Staff Writer  This November, CSUSM will be hosting the last two events of the Arts and Lectures series for the fall semester.   Thursday Nov. 14, former professor and renowned author John Barell will be the keynote speaker for “Developing Curious Minds…” – a lecture...

By Katie Piccorillo Staff Writer Jack Johnson at Balboa Theater: Jack Johnson may live on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, but on Friday night, Oct. 18, he was right at home at the Balboa Theater in San Diego’s famous Gas Lamp District. After all, Johnson’s career started here in the heart of...

By Katherine Ramos Staff Writer In the light of the season, the Charity Wings Art Center will be hosting Halloween themed events this month just across the street from the San Marcos campus. Until the end of October the center will be open to the community for the creation of Halloween costumes...

Staff Writers   “My favorite movie for Halloween, right up there with the "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," would have to be "Hocus Pocus."  Every year I have to watch it at least once.  That movie is my childhood Halloween dreams wrapped up in a neat little package.  I remember...

By T.A. McElrath Staff Writer   Twenty years ago, I was 2 years old and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was released in theaters.   Too young to venture to the theaters, my mother eventually bought it for us on VHS. It fit her dark sensibilities and her whimsical take on the ordinary,...

By Thomas Whittington Staff Writer This time of year definitely transforms the media.   From "The Human Centipede" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to the classics like "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dracula," we celebrate all things horror or Halloween-themed in the month of October. So,...