Free drive-thru food bank to set up at Cal State LA
Joshua Letona, Editor-in-Chief
June 23, 2020
Cal State LA will host a free drive-thru food bank this Thursday, June 25, by partnering with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Los Angeles County Board Supervisor, Hilda Solis. The first 2,700 families that arrive will receive a donation, according to its website. Food distribution will take plac...
ASI and BSU collaboration brings peaceful protest to Cal State LA
Joshua Letona, Editor-in-Chief
June 7, 2020
Cal State LA students took it upon themselves to put together a peaceful protest on campus on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Associated Students Inc. (ASI) and Black Student Union (BSU) collaborated once students on the Cal State LA Facebook exchange began speaking about gathering to protest po...
Cal State LA students speak against police brutality
Tahiti Salinas, Managing Editor
June 6, 2020
While states across the nation experience protests and riots due to the death of George Floyd, Cal State LA students across the political spectrum expressed upset in the police, but mixed reaction when it came to the protests. Ryan Perez, a third-year human resources and business administration major,...
BREAKING: CSU announces most fall 2020 classes to be online
Joshua Letona and Marisa Martinez
May 12, 2020
Classes will remain mostly online during the fall semester for all 23 campuses in the CSU system. During an online CSU Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Chancellor Timothy White announced the move as he anticipated the coronavirus pandemic to continue being an issue later in the year. There will be s...
BREAKING: Cal State LA to be COVID-19 testing site
Joshua Letona, Entertainment Managing Editor
May 7, 2020
Cal State LA will be open to the public, by appointment only, for free coronavirus testing. According to a press release sent out by the school on Thursday, those looking to be tested must first make an appointment. Appointments can be made now at Los Angeles County COVID-19 testing website or by c...
BREAKING: Commencement confirmed, date unknown
Joshua Letona, Entertainment Managing Editor
May 6, 2020
Soon-to-be Cal State LA graduates will get their chance to walk. President William Covino announced in an email addressed to the class of 2020, after much discussion, commencement will be held but at a later time. An exact date will be determined, along with parameters, based on the guidance of pu...
CARES Act Funds received: Most students to be granted financial help amid the pandemic
Denae Ayala, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Cal State LA has received and will be distributing at least $18.9 million to most students registered at the university. According to an email sent out on Thursday from President William A. Covino’s office, Cal State LA confirmed that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Ec...
Cal State LA researchers join fight against COVID-19
Tahiti Salinas, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2020
Researchers at Cal State LA have united in a fight against an insidious enemy. Computer science and statistics are the Golden Eagles’ weapons of choice in the ongoing war against the coronavirus. A faculty-student team in the College of Business and Economics, “created an interactive data visu...
Cal State LA to receive fourth-most emergency federal aid out of over 500 California colleges and universities
Richard Tzul, News Managing Editor
April 16, 2020
Out of all eligible colleges and universities in the state, both public and private, Cal State LA will be receiving the fourth most federal aid to be disbursed to students in need and other potential causes. The allocated money is a drop in the ocean compared to the $2 trillion CARES Act signed in...
Students with disabilities navigate online shift
Rosio Flores, Staff Reporter
April 9, 2020
The transition to learning remotely has not been easy for many students — those with disabilities can be especially impacted. “It’s getting a little hard,” said Claudia Escamilla, a rehabilitation services major with two kids. “Both of them ask me for help at the same time.” Her daughter...
Cal State LA hits highs and lows in its graduation rates
Richard Tzul, News Managing Editor
April 8, 2020
Cal State LA is at the very bottom in four-year graduation rates in 2019 for freshmen out of all the CSU universities. On the upside, it saw significant improvement in its two-year graduation rate among transfer students that same year. The UT analyzed data of graduation rates at the 23...
BREAKING: Cal State LA students offered ‘credit/no credit’ option
Marisa Martinez and Joshua Letona
April 7, 2020
Cal State LA students can breathe a sigh of relief as the campus made the decision to give students the choice to be graded on a "credit/no credit" basis for the spring 2020 semester. Undergraduates and graduate students have until May 9 to change to the new grading system. The decision came aft...
On this week's episode of Time to Talk, we're talking with freelance photojournalists who have been covering the recent anti-racism protests that have been sparked by George...
On this week’s special edition of Time to Talk, the University Times and Golden Eagle Radio 2020 graduates come on to discuss some of their favorite moments in their respective...
This week on Time to Talk, Golden Eagle Media leaders, Adrian Bennett de Avila station manager for Golden Eagle Radio and sports editor for the University Times, Marisa Martinez...
