CARSON- For the first time, students in the Digital Media Arts department documented an entire athletic season through a six-episode sports documentary series produced in DMA 495: Sports Documentary. The project follows the Toro men’s soccer team, capturing not only action on the field but the relationships, setbacks, and defining moments that shaped the journey. […]
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Dodgers fandom meets complex history of Chavez Ravine
Historians and Toros reflect on Los Angeles’ role in displacement of Latine families. Los Angeles is a baseball town, and on any given day at CSUDH, you see Toros showing off their pride for the Dodgers. As the team made their play for another World Series Championship last month, the campus was awash in Dodger […]
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Toros chase legacy after back-to-back CCAA Season victories
Squad looks to veteran leadership, work ethic as No. 2 seed in NCAA Div. II bracket. For the second consecutive year, the Toro men’s soccer team clinched the CCAA Regular Season Championship, becoming only the second program in three decades to accomplish back-to-back titles. But their postseason took an early hit on Nov. 14, when […]
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One-on-one with Adam Afifi
Toro men’s alum talks historic season, preparation for Portugal’s Proliga. When I spoke with Adam Afifi on the phone earlier this month, he was preparing to leave Los Angeles in less than 24 hours. After helping the Toro men’s basketball team make a historic run to the NCAA Div. II national championship last season, Afifi […]
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Toros volleyball: Accountability, grit the keys to success this season
Coach Esko: “I want the players to be better people when they leave the program.” Women’s volleyball struggled last year, going 7-19 for the season. This year, head coach Teddi Esko hopes things will be different—and that starts with accountability. This year marks Esko’s second season at the helm of Toros volleyball. She told The […]