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City of Orgs hosted a wide variety of student clubs and organizations. Photo by Erik Adams.

City of Orgs gives student-run groups visibility

Erik Adams, Senior Multimedia Reporter February 9, 2023

Dozens of student organizations tabled along Cal State LA’s main campus walkway on Tuesday, Jan. 31, as a part of City of Orgs, an event that gives the groups a chance to connect with new and returning...

Deadline to apply for textbook help is Monday, Feb. 6 by 5 p.m. Graphic by Will Baker.

ASI Textbook Scholarship Program aims to help students afford textbook costs

Anthony Aguilar, Multimedia Reporter February 6, 2023

An expanded Textbook Scholarship Program has been implemented to help cover textbook costs for full-time students. The program provides financial support to those who might need help with covering costs...

Studio arts major Shannon Turner sitting on the newly installed benches around campus.

What’s up with the new benches?

Oscar Torres, Community News Digital Editor February 2, 2023

When the spring semester started, students walking to and from Martin Luther King Hall, student may have noticed new benches that were installed, along with water that was filled up on both sides, due...

2023 graduating students will hold commencement on a campus parking lot, just like last year.

BREAKING: The countdown to commencement comes with disappointment

Denis Akbari, Digital Editor February 1, 2023

This article has been updated to add a statement from the university. One hundred and nine days until commencement and graduating students have mixed feelings about what Cal State LA has in store for...

Graphic by Oscar Torres.

How to ensure you graduate from Cal State LA

Oscar Torres, Community News Digital Editor January 25, 2023

For every student, it can feel rewarding to finish their time in school and acquire their bachelor’s or master’s. However, there are requirements that students have to know about.  With many preparing...

Cal State LA hires new food contractor after claims of poor quality food

Cal State LA hires new food contractor after claims of poor quality food

Victoria Ivie, Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2023

Over the winter break, Cal State LA canceled the contract it had with Aramark as a food service provider and contracted Chartwells. The Chartwells dining officially opened Jan. 20 and has foods such as...

Cal State LA students walking in front of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. Photo by Anne To.

Students weigh in on this semester’s COVID safety protocols

Erik Adams, Senior Multimedia Reporter January 23, 2023

As Cal State LA heads into the Spring 2023 semester, data from the CDC suggests that rates of new COVID-19 cases in California have slowed down significantly since January 2022. However, the university’s...

Cars parked in one of the Cal State LA parking lots.

BREAKING: Cal State LA increases parking permit fees by 10% due to Los Angeles Tax

Anne To, Multimedia Reporter December 8, 2022

In a campus-wide email, Cal State LA’s Parking and Transportation services stated that starting Jan. 1, 2023, all permits, including hourly, daily, monthly, and semester permits, will include a 10% tax.  The...

a graphics of Fentanyl.

Fentanyl, the opioid that is laced to the on-going epidemic

Erick Cabrera, Multimedia Reporter November 28, 2022

Happiness, drowsiness, nausea, confusion, and even death. These are the effects people experience when taking the synthetic opioid, fentanyl. Considered to be 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times...

ormer ASI president, Jaime Arellano with his hands up and wearing a mask.

BREAKING: ASI president resigns for undisclosed reasons

Anne To, Will Baker, Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter & multimedia and social media editor November 16, 2022

In an Instagram post, ASI announces that Jaime Arellano resigned as president on Nov. 15. The post explained that according to ASI bylaws, “The Vice President for Administration will assume the responsibilities...

a face shot of all the board of trustees in Cal State LA.

President Covino’s annual salary raised by 29%

Erik Adams, Multimedia Reporter November 15, 2022

Cal State LA’s president, William Covino, is seeing a new bump in his salary. As of July 2022, Covino’s new salary is $451,103, an increase of over $100,000 from his previous pay of $348,423. The...

The search committee forum was hosted in the Luckman Theatre on campus, although Cal State 
LA community members were able to attend either in person or virtually.

Diversity and the presidential search

Jessica Lopez, Multimedia Reporter November 13, 2022

Faculty from all walks of life stood in solidarity with one another to voice their concerns during the Cal State LA presidential search open forum held in Luckman Theatre on November 2.  The forum...

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