Noelle Friedberg is graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Literature and Writing and an emphasis in Writing. She has attended CSUSM for the last two years after transferring from MiraCosta College and has written for The Cougar Chronicle since 2013, moving her way up from staff writer to Opinion...

By Gloria Magallanes  Assistant Opinion Editor  Gaby Sanchez is currently a senior who has studied at CSUSM for the past five years. She is graduating this semester with a degree in Global Studies and History. She is involved on campus, most notably at the Office of Global Education. Sanchez...

Jeff Kennedy is a current senior here at CSUSM and will be graduating in May with a degree in Criminology and Justice. He also holds two associate degrees from Palomar College in San Marcos, which he got before transferring to CSUSM in 2013. He’s been a student here over the past two years and has...

  Izumi Furusawa is currently an international student here at CSUSM. She hails from Tokyo, Japan where she started her academic studies before transferring to this university. She’s been here for over two years studying Global Studies and will be participating in the commencement ceremony...

By Gloria Mallaganes  Assistant Opinion Editor  Viri Guzman is a senior at CSUSM. She is double majoring in Political Science and Sociology with a minor in Spanish. After five long years as a student here, she will be graduating in May, the first in her family to do so. From first glance,...