By Jenna Birdwell, Staff Reporter As a high school student in Taipei, Taiwan, Luke Lin was a star guard for the Song Shan Senior High basketball team. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for eager fans to stop Lin on the street for a photo. The fame was something Lin had become accustomed to but […]
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Success of Toro Esports drives campus gaming culture
By Terynce Garner, Staff Reporter Back in 2017, the Esports team at CSUDH was just a three-person club playing Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch. Fast-forward seven years, and now the program is a thriving community of hundreds of committed team members who have scored major wins in the burgeoning world of collegiate Esports. They […]
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Toros Athletics needs more community support
Dedicated fandom can make all the difference for student-athletes As a Toro student-athlete, there’s nothing like lacing up your shoes for a big game against a crosstown rival. Walking onto the court for warm-ups, you can’t help but feel the electricity in the air – so thick you could cut it with a knife, so […]
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Toros ready to charge into NCAA tournament
No. 4 men’s squad play Central Washington on Mar. 15 This season has been historic for Toro men’s basketball. Last month, the team won the CCAA Regular Season Championship – only the fourth in the program’s history. Now, for the first time in 13 years, the team will return to the NCAA Division II tournament, […]
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Toros Softball: Defining Commitment and Culture
Team sets high expectations for upcoming season According to Senior pitcher Ashley Wies, May 6, 2023, was for CSUDH Softball, “the longest day of [their] lives.” On that day the softball team won a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship after two tight contests against Chico State University. The first game ended 8-5 after nine […]