September 29, 2023
  • 12:08 pm Fall Convocation 2022: “The State of this University is Strong”
  • 9:37 pm Ogrin Brings the Thunder in Toros 12-3 rout; team plays for playoff championship tomorrow
  • 7:00 am Outstanding Professor Award Recipient’s Mic Drop Moment at Last Month’s Virtual Ceremony
  • 9:10 am Bookworms of the World Unite!
  • 7:46 pm Breaking News: All Students Living in Campus Housing Required to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
  • 9:00 am CSUDH Esports Creates International Competition
  • 9:35 am Spring Commencement Ceremonies Get Brighter
  • 3:46 pm Breaking News: Spring Commencement Ceremonies Recieve Stadium Upgrade
  • 8:00 am Testing the Teachers (and All the Educators)
  • 9:30 am CSUDH Educators and School Employees, Vaccinated Next
  • 10:30 am For White People Only: Anti-Racism Workshop Addresses Racial Bias and Unity
  • 2:43 pm Greatness Personified: Remembering Kobe Bryant
  • 10:02 am Straight Down the Chimney and Into Your (Digital) Hands: Special Holiday Edition of The Bulletin!
  • 2:44 pm Did You Wake up Looking this Beautiful?
  • 11:43 am A Long History for University’s Newest Major
  • 5:15 pm Issue 5 of Bulletin Live! Collector’s Item! Worth its Weight in Digital Paper!
  • 4:06 pm Special Election Issue
  • 4:03 pm Three best Latinx Halloween & Horror Short Films available now on HBO Max
  • 9:49 am Issue 3 of CSUDH Bulletin Live if You Want It
  • 3:24 pm Hispanic Heritage Month Update
  • 2:00 pm South Bay Economic Forecast Goes Virtual
  • 3:52 pm BREAKING NEWS: Classes for Spring to be Online, CSU Chancellor Announces
  • 9:39 am “Strikes” and Solidarity
  • 8:30 am March Into History: Just 5 in 1970, CSUDH Growth Shaped by Historic Event
  • 8:30 am Will the Bulletin Make Today Tomorrow?
  • 9:04 am Different Neighborhoods Warrant Rubber Bullets or Traffic Control For Protesters
  • 5:07 pm STAFF EDITORIAL: Even Socially Distant, We All Have to Work Together
  • 5:47 pm Transcript of CSUDH President Parham’s Coronavirus Announcement
  • 10:46 am Cal State Long Beach Suspends Face-to-Face Classes; CSUDH Discussing Contingency Plans
  • 5:26 pm Things Black People Should be Able to Get Away with This Month
  • 10:25 am Latinx Students Need a Place to Call Home
  • 2:35 pm Will Time Run Out Before Funds for PEGS? [UPDATED]
  • 8:41 am Year of the Rat? What’s That?
  • 6:20 am Artist Who Gave Life to Death and Inspired Countless Others Gets His Due at Dominguez Hills
  • 5:16 pm Why I’m Rooting for Dr. Cornel West
  • 5:00 pm Under Fire from the Feds, Vaping’s Future is Cloudy
  • 3:28 pm We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat; Tsunami 3.0 Hits Campus, Enrollment Swells
  • 1:22 pm THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN IS HERE
  • 4:48 pm University Weathering a Wave of New Students
  • 9:21 pm The Bulletin’s Public Records Request Offers Springboard to Launch Gender Equity Discussion at CSUDH
  • 4:27 pm Black is the New Black: Raising the Capital on the “B” Word
  • 10:53 am Guns Up for Arrest: Student advocacy group pushes for CSU No Gun Zones–Including the Police
  • 4:09 pm Staff Editorial: Words on the First
  • 8:42 pm Carson Mayor Blasts Media, Landmark Libel Case in Keynote Address
  • 9:27 am Free Speech Week Calendar of Events Update
  • 6:02 am Food for Thought: 40% of Students are Food Insecure
  • 3:12 pm Academic Senate Rejects CSU GE Task Force & Report
  • 3:06 pm Work To Be Done
  • 5:56 pm ASI Elections: What You Need to Know
  • 8:02 pm CSUDH President Parham Announces Cancer Diagnosis
  • 9:47 am CSUDH Art Professor’s 20-Year Journey Results in First Local Showing of Film
  • 9:13 pm Free Speech or Free Hate area?
  • 9:08 pm CSUDH’s Best & Brightest Shine at Student Research Day
  • 9:05 pm Academic Senate Approves Gender Equity Task Force
  • 12:37 pm When Dr. Davis speaks, Toros Pay Close Attention
  • 3:38 pm Investing in the Future: Dr. Thomas A. Parham Reflects on the Past Eight Months and Contemplates​ the University’s Future
  • 3:24 pm Green Olive to Open By End of Feb; Starbucks Not Until Fall
  • 3:20 pm Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Budget Hailed for Extensive Funding Increases
  • 3:08 pm Out of the Classroom: Labor and Community Organizing Course Aims to Teach Students How to Organize for Social Justice
  • 2:54 pm The Other Route in Professional Sports
  • 9:02 am Hail to the New Chief, CSUDH President Thomas Parham
  • 3:36 pm Career Center Holds Major/Minor Fair
  • 5:34 pm After Unexpected Delay, Undocumented Becomes More Intimate Theatrical Production
  • 1:30 pm What to Expect When You’re Expecting New Buildings
  • 6:30 pm September Events For Suicide Prevention Month
  • 6:30 pm Higher Parking Fees Squeeze Toros
  • 6:25 pm Study Abroad Opportunities Abound
  • 7:49 pm CSUDH offers qualified students free laptops
  • 1:17 pm Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
Photo by J. Simone @jssimonecreative

By Taylor Helmes, Editor-in-Chief

Procrastination has been a common characteristic throughout my college career; this letter was no different. But now that I’ve waited until the last minute to write this, I feel as though I have more knowledge and reason to write. My time at the Bulletin has been the highlight of my college career. I’ve met incredible people that have shown me points of view that I wouldn’t know otherwise. That is the beauty of California State University, Dominguez Hills.

The students who make this campus a community are first-generation students, Dreamers, believers, all ages and who represent a true melting pot of culture. These are the same students who have been a support system for each other, for me, during the past year. 

Unfortunately, I spent more time learning and studying online than on campus since transferring in fall 2019. But fortunately, we get to return to campus one last time for graduation. I even received confirmation that Teddy the Toro will be there, albeit socially distanced and masked up. Commencement will be bittersweet, but mostly sweet. That sentiment sort of sums up my time at CSUDH. 

I’ll miss the walks across campus and running into Teddy high-fiving students and dancing. I’ll miss grabbing a coffee and studying in the library by myself. I’ll miss grabbing a hard cider at the DH Sports Lounge, a place where I happened to be when a live student jazz band played. 

But most of all, I’ll miss the Bulletin Newsroom. The corner of the third floor of the library was a safe space for journalism students to gather, talk, or write. Instead, our bedrooms or garages turned into our own little cubicles. We virtually collaborated and continued to produce award-winning stories

The students and team behind the Bulletin are unmatched. The time, dedication, thought, and creativity that is brought to issue is a testament to what these students are capable of. To be a part of this team, let alone lead it, has been the most rewarding opportunity of my seven years in college. 

Photo By Darlene Maes

By Darlene Maes, Managing Editor

I never thought this moment would arrive – That my seven-year journey to chase an undergrad degree would come to an end. 

The time it took to reach this moment was not ideal. For as long as I can remember, when I decided to pursue higher education I always compared my timeline to others. I would feel discouraged that my finish line kept creeping farther and farther away while others received their degrees. 

As students, we all have had to overcome our own set of obstacles, big or small. Still, I never would’ve imagined that a pandemic would have made its mark on our education at CSU Dominguez Hills, but it did and yet here we are.

We made it through this unprecedented time and for me, I couldn’t have done it without the Bulletin newspaper and the supportive professors here at CSUDH. My time here has helped prepare and motivate me to go for anything, no matter the uncertainty. More importantly, the support and hands-on production experience I’ve received from the Bulletin staff has made an impact in my life that will last forever.

I look back at the times when I thought I wouldn’t live to experience a moment like this. A moment full of hope for the future and the opportunities to come.

As a first-generation student, I share this moment with those who truly felt like giving up. Who second guess their ability to achieve or pursue something that seems bigger than themselves. I share this accomplishment with those who live their life believing they could never achieve something like this, this moment is for us.

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