Illustration by Darlene Maes. By Robert Rios, Campus Editor It’s always rough during the holidays for anyone dealing with food and housing issues. Compound that with living in a pandemic, and this year those insecurities are only harsher. But a number of campus organizations are doing what they can to ease some of the difficulty. […]
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Toros band together to help out students in need
Basic Needs Coordinator Morgan Kirk prepares food bags as the Food Distribution event and pop-up thrift opens in Parking Lot 1 on Nov. 12. Photo By Carlos Martinez. By Carlos Martinez, Web Editor With winter nearing and California now surpassing 1 million coronavirus cases, California State University, Dominguez Hills students are feeling the financial burden […]
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Coats and Food available for Toros in need
Photo by CSUDH Sustainability and Basic Needs Initiative. By Carlos Martinez, Web Editor The Basic Needs Program and the Office of Sustainability are collaborating to host a pop-up thrift store for California State University, Dominguez Hills students who are in need. The event will be held in Parking Lot 1 on Nov. 12 from 10 […]
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Food for Thought: 40% of Students are Food Insecure
By Gary FongStaff Writer The California State University is the largest system of higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, 50,000 faculty and staff, and 484,000 students. The CSU educates the most ethnically, economically and academically diverse student body in the nation. And, while tuition at the CSU has tripled over the past 20 […]