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The food pantry is back

Mia Alva, Intern Reporter November 24, 2020

Over 300 students and their families who have faced job loss, homelessness and hunger due to COVID-19 are finding relief as the Cal State LA food pantry makes an impactful comeback this semester by providing...

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Free drive-thru flu shot clinic at Cal State LA

Mia Alva, Intern Reporter November 19, 2020

A free drive-thru flu shot clinic will be hosted at Cal State LA this Friday, Nov. 20. Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Queens Care Health will be hosting the event along with the university.  The...

Struggling to adjust to online testing

Struggling to adjust to online testing

Mia Alva, Intern Reporter November 12, 2020

With midterms over and finals around the corner, testing has morphed into a different animal under the pandemic. In-person exams are out of the question and online exams have become the norm.   Lauren...

Cal State LA becomes a voting center | News Break Ep. 2

October 30, 2020

Today on the News Break, we’ll talk about cal state la becoming a voting center. Students from the campus share who they will be voting for and ASI breaks down the California propositions. We’ll also...

Dodgers championship win brings joy to Cal State LA fans and families

Dodgers championship win brings joy to Cal State LA fans and families

Nicholas Juarez, Marisa Martinez, and Meghan Bravo October 30, 2020

Being a Dodgers fan isn’t always easy said Diana Chavez, Cal State LA’s Associated Students Inc. president. But over the years, watching Dodgers games kept her connected to her father who was detained...

A volunteer sports her mask while assisting one of the 200 families that showed up to the food drive. Photos courtesy of Belen Vargas. Photo by Robert Huskey.

Cal State LA teams with the YMCA and Optimum Seismic to help more than 200 families

Lurdes Villalpando, Intern Reporter October 29, 2020

In an attempt to support the community, Cal State LA partnered with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Metropolitan Los Angeles and Optimum Seismic for the fourth time to help supply meals...

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ASI and local nonprofit break down California propositions

Rosio Flores, Staff Reporter October 26, 2020

Cal State LA’s Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), recently hosted the “Ballot Breakdown: Know Your Propositions” event to help students cast their vote for measures that will be on California’s ballot. The...

In the informal survey of 56 students, some members of the Cal State LA community will be voting for the former vice president. Survey made by Joshua Letona.

Cal State LA students share who they are voting for in this Presidential election

Mia Alva and Tahiti Salinas October 25, 2020

In an informal survey conducted by the University Times, Cal State LA students look to be voting overwhelmingly blue for the upcoming national election. The survey of 56 responses showed 82% of students...

Early voters cast their vote in at the new electronic voting booths in Panorama City on March 2, 2020.

Cal State LA gym to open as a voting center

Joshua Letona, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2020

Starting Saturday, Cal State LA students and local community members can vote on campus for the upcoming national election. The University Gymnasium is opening its doors for those looking to use...

Housing Student Tests Positive for COVID-19 | News Break Ep. 1

Catherine Valdez, Staff Reporter October 16, 2020

Welcome, Golden Eagles, to our very first news show, News Break with your host Catherine Valdez. Take five minutes to sit down and recap yourself with current events of the last two weeks provided by the...

Tavengwa Gwekwerere (upper center) and his family snap a photo with Leon Tafirenyika (upper right). Photo Courtesy of Leon Tafirenyika. Photo courtesy of Leon Tafirenyika.

International student averts homelessness with help of professor

Catherine Valdez, Staff Reporter October 16, 2020

When Leon Tafirenyika was effectively kicked out of the dorms, he called the only person in Los Angeles he could think of who could possibly help him: his favorite professor. Tafirenyika has lived in...

The theater department rehearses and practices using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to create backgrounds for the first upcoming play. Photo Meredith Greenburg.

The show must go on: Cal State LA’s Department of Theatre and Dance moves plays to virtual

Lurdes Villalpando, Intern Reporter October 15, 2020

The pandemic led events to be canceled, but that was not enough to keep the Department of Theatre and Dance down.  Department chair Meredith Greenburg has been working with the cast and staff members...

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