By Sheena Hutchinson Staff Writer Cal State Dominguez Hills, known for its diverse student population, also helps undocumented students here at home through an immigrant student alliance called Espiritu de Nuestro Futuro. Founded in 2001, ENF has been a support group for many undocumented students. CSUDH is one of the first campuses in the CSU […]
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University Police to host free women’s self-defense course
By Esther Cruz Staff Writer University Police is encouraging Cal State Dominguez Hills’ women to attend a free self-defense course. No prior experience with self-defense is required. It is, however, recommended that participants wear active or gym attire to the three-day course. The class is based on a program called R.A.D., or Rape Aggression Defense […]
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Seven scholarships and counting
By Alyssia Gilchrist-McPherson Staff Writer Crystal Yanez, 24, took the fear of applying for scholarships and turned it into a hobby. Yanez, a human services major, says that she applies to scholarships every year and hopes to win at least one. She did better than that this time around. She won seven of the 20 […]
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CSUDH scholarship winner overcame homelessness and drug addiction
By Lili Ramirez Staff Writer Surviving homelessness, addiction, teen pregnancy and abuse is not something many people overcome. Bertha “Betty” Solares, a human services major at Cal State Dominguez Hills, did. In fact, her ability to articulate how she faced these and other challenges on her scholarship application led her to win the 2016 CSU […]
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‘Not Anymore’ program a prerequisite to spring registration
Think you know everything there is about preventing sexual assault? You may not. By Julissa James Editor in Chief Cal State Dominguez Hills is attempting to minimize campus violence by requiring all students to complete “Not Anymore,” a mandatory online training program designed to prevent sexual assault. Requiring students to complete this program in order […]