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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

The Nth Power brings blended music style to local tavern

The Nth Power brings blended music style to local tavern

Tiffany Trent, Opinion Editor May 11, 2016

  The Nth Power, a quartet of talented and gifted world-­class players, is taking the music world by storm. The band, which blends funk, jazz and soul genres, continues to break out of the typical musical boundaries to create a whole new style of music. The band consists of creator...

Cougar Chronicle says goodbye to A&E editor

Cougar Chronicle says goodbye to A&E editor

Tiffany Trent, Opinion Editor May 11, 2016

  Graduating senior Lexy Perez is the epitome of strength, grace and beauty. She loves boldly and embraces life with a smile. Perez is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in literature and writing. She transferred from Palomar College in fall 2013 and has...

Become a force to be reckoned with

Become a force to be reckoned with

Jordan T. Waechter, Contributor May 11, 2016

  Have you ever heard the saying, “there are people who watch things happen, people who wait for things to happen, and people who say what happened?” What if instead, everyone in the global community — individuals, leaders, strangers and the like created a culture where people...

Do the rich pay their fair share?

Ronald Slater, Contributor May 11, 2016

  The top 1 percent earn $500,000 or more — a great income. Most people only get to that level after many years of hard work, and quite possibly the accumulation of serious debt to fund their education and build their business. Of course, there are people who make more than $500,000...

My graduating semester at CSUSM as an exchange student

My graduating semester at CSUSM as an exchange student

Mengna Zhou, Contributor May 11, 2016

  There are palm trees all alongside the roads. Cacti decorate the mountains. The sun is shining bright and I know I am now in California. In January 2016, I started my Global Undergraduate Exchange Program at CSUSM. In my home country of China, I am a senior, and while deciding to experience...

Advice for incoming freshmen and transfer students

Advice for incoming freshmen and transfer students

Rebecca Sykes, Sports Writer May 11, 2016

  As I reminisce about my time as a Cougar, I realize I learned a lot of useful life lessons that are important for college students to know, especially incoming freshmen and transfer students. College is a time to learn not only about a future career, but about yourself. When freshmen...

Graduation is an end and a beginning

Graduation is an end and a beginning

Pierson Cepeda, Assistant Web & Social Media Manager May 11, 2016

  As my time as a student of CSUSM comes to an end, I continually struggle with what graduating from college means. I believe these thoughts manifest themselves in other questions. Did I waste my time? What am I going to do after college? Where is life going to lead me? This does...

The journey through college

The journey through college

Tiffany Trent, Opinion Editor May 11, 2016

  College is quite the journey. Graduating from CSUSM in less than two weeks has me looking back on this adventure of mine. This road has taken me six full years to complete and not a moment was wasted. Leaving CSUSM is a very joyous and bittersweet event for me. I went to CSUSM as a...

Photography class provides growth, personal expression

Photography class provides growth, personal expression

Jessica Castro, Staff Writer May 11, 2016

  Life as an art student is pretty hectic at times. Though we may not be cramming for exams that require us to look through hundreds of pages in big expensive text books or even have two or three binders full of notes to go over, we know a different type of struggle. The number of...

Tiffany Trent (left) and Lexy Perez (right) all smiles.

Grad Spotlight: Tiffany Trent

Lexy Perez, Arts & Entertainment Editor May 11, 2016

  Sometimes it can be hard to have a kind heart in a cruel world, but for graduating senior Tiffany Trent, following her heart is the only way she knows how to live her life. For as long as she could remember, she has aspired to help those in need as a career, not for the sake of earning...

The journey through college

The journey through college

Tiffany Trent, Opinion Editor May 11, 2016

College is quite the journey. Graduating from CSUSM in less than two weeks has me looking back on this adventure of mine. This road has taken me six full years to complete and not a moment was wasted. Leaving CSUSM is a very joyous and bittersweet event for me. I went to CSUSM as a transfer student...

Advice for incoming freshmen and transfer students

Advice for incoming freshmen and transfer students

Rebecca Sykes, Sports Writer May 11, 2016

As I reminisce about my time as a Cougar, I realize I learned a lot of useful life lessons that are important for college students to know, especially incoming freshmen and transfer students. College is a time to learn not only about a future career, but about yourself. When freshmen and transfer...

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