By Yeymy Garcia, Managing Editor Years after his tragic death, Ronald Erwin McNair’s legacy lives on through the McNair Scholars Program designed to further the academic dreams of students who are underrepresented at the graduate level. With our campus being 90% of people of color, this is a program you need to know about. McNair […]
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Why I’m Rooting for Dr. Cornel West
By Robin Renay Bolton, Co-Opinion Editor At the 2017 Emmys, a red carpet reporter asked Issa Rae a very simple question, “Who are you rooting for tonight?” Rae, a multifaceted actress, producer, writer and all-around bad-ass responded, “I’m rooting for everybody black.” To some, that comment might have been seen as divisive. Why root for […]
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Under Fire from the Feds, Vaping’s Future is Cloudy
By Iracema Navarro, Staff Reporter Note: This story was updated Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. to reflect the CDC’s announcement Thursday that illnesses suspected of being related to vaping increased from 530 to 805 in the past week. Leave it up to President Donald Trump to help usher in an apocalypse. In this case, it’s […]
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Under Fire by Feds, Vaping’s Future Looks Cloudy
By Iracema Navarro, Staff Reporter Leave it up to President Donald Trump to help usher in an apocalypse. In this case, it’s a “vapocalypse,” a term CNN used this week to describe those fearful of a potential ban on flavored e-cigarettes stockpiling flavors like “Dinner Lady Lemon Sherbet, Vapetasia Killer Kustard and Aqua Sweet Cereal […]
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EOP Honors Its Past
By Robert Rios, News Editor Born from the demands that roared across college campuses in the 1960s for institutional change and greater access to higher education for economically disadvantaged and minority students, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) has given thousands of California State University students the opportunity, resources and support to help get into college […]