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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

CSUSM Police Escort Service promotes safety

CSUSM Police Escort Service promotes safety

March 23, 2015

By Sydney Schabacker Senior Staff Writer CSUSM University Police offer a variety of services, including the Safety Escort Service. This service was established soon after the creation of the University Police Department in 1993, and is available from dusk to dawn Community Service Officers (CSOs)...

CSUSM works towards raising awareness for racial injustice

CSUSM works towards raising awareness for racial injustice

March 17, 2015

By Sydney Schabacker Senior Staff Writer A Resolution in Support of the “Black Lives Matter” Movement was approved on Feb. 11, 2015 by CSUSM’s Chapter Executive Board for California Faculty Association (CFA). The #BlackLivesMatter movement was spurred in 2012 following the death of Trayvon...

Spring Green at CSUSM: Environmental Studies program debuts on campus

Spring Green at CSUSM: Environmental Studies program debuts on campus

March 4, 2015

By Sydney Schabacker Staff Writer As of Fall 2014, students at CSUSM have the opportunity to declare a brand new major: Environmental Studies. This program focuses on providing a collaborative setting for students, faculty and community partners to study land-use and environmental issues. The...

Book Review: "Natural choice for criminal suspense"

Book Review: “Natural choice for criminal suspense”

January 27, 2015

By Sydney Schabacker Staff Writer Cassandra Hobbes has a special talent: she is a natural profiler. It’s a talent that her mother, who made a living pretending to be a psychic, helped Cassie develop. With one look, Cassie can discern more about a person than detailed studies could provide.  She...

What employers look for in college graduates

What employers look for in college graduates

November 8, 2014

By Sydney Schabacker Please raise your hand if you’d like to make some money. While it’s up there, wave and smile pleasantly at someone to practice social skills, and then make your way to the Career Center. There are people in the Career Center who want nothing more than to help you find...

Improv Club members smiling for the camera after practice

Think fast in Improv Club

November 6, 2014

By Sydney Schabacker Staff Writer  Fast-paced and action-packed, there is never a dull moment with the CSUSM Improv Team. What is improv, you may ask? Improvisation is anything made-up on the spot. The Improv Team specializes in concocting characters, scenes, dramas and laughs in seconds...

International Students Start to Feel at Home: How CSUSM has helped with cultural immersion and career-building

October 23, 2014

By Sydney Schabacker When students go to college, some seek to find what makes them special, what talents they may possess and what possibilities await. For international students Brian Park and O.C. Si, coming to CSUSM is a means for self-exploration. Brian Park, a Business Major, came...

Netflix Review: Odd Thomas is an odd failure

Netflix Review: Odd Thomas is an odd failure

October 20, 2014

By Sydney Schabacker Staff Writer It’s almost Halloween, when many of us may have a chance to see ghosts and goblins and spirits of old walking amongst us. But for short-order cook Odd Thomas, he sees the dead every day of the year. Blessed or cursed with clairvoyance, Odd lives a fraught life....

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