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Lola Salgado (left) organizer of the Cigarette Butt Clean Up event held at the US-U Plaza on March 27th, explaining what the event is and what she hopes it can accomplish for the school.

Pick Up Your Butts

Monica Tamayo, Staff Writer April 9, 2019

The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) hosted its second annual Cigarette Butt Cleanup on March 27 at the university. Students and other attendees participated by picking up cigarette butts around...

The final session includes a simulation for R.A.D. students to practice their techniques on. The male instructors dress in protective gear as the female students fight off their aggressors.

Equipping Women Through Self-Defense

Mya Taylor, Contributing Writer April 9, 2019

R.A.D., or Rape, Aggression, Defense, is a women’s self-defense program contracted by Cal State LA to offer a 12-hour-long seminar once a semester. The seminar is divided into two consecutive days on...

Sandy Kriezel, a coach with the Golden Eagle Tennis organization will be retiring soon after spending 10 years with the team.

Kriezel Sets Down the Racket

Jesse Palomera, Reporter Intern April 9, 2019

Nearly 25 years of coaching, over 200 wins, two hall-of-fame inductions and a lifetime of memories; after the 2018-19 tennis season comes to an end, so will the coaching career of Cal State LA tennis head...

Cal State L.A. Housing Press Release render of what the new housing can look like.

A New Way to Dorm

Marissa Chavez, Digital Editor April 9, 2019

Starting fall 2021, Cal State LA will be home to 1,500 new beds in the first ever traditional style- student housing. However, the new eight story building, equipped with elevators, a courtyard and...

Danielle Mayan, member of the Golden Eagle Justice Coalition, celebrates the decision to approve the Resolution of No Confidence in President Covino at the end of the ASI special board meeting scheduled on Friday, March 29.

ASI Votes No Confidence in Covino

Marisa Vasquez, Managing Editor April 9, 2019

UPDATE: Tuesday, April 9 @ 6:38 p.m. On the Friday before spring break, the Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI) held a special meeting to vote on a single action item on the agenda: the Resolution...

Students, faculty, and community members chant "Change it!" in an attempt to derail the ASI Board meeting on Thursday, March 28.

Special Meeting Scheduled by ASI for Removal of President Covino

Marisa Vasquez, Managing Editor March 29, 2019

Students, faculty and community members associated with the on-campus coalition, Golden Eagle Justice, filled the public seats at the Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) Board Meeting on Thursday where...

Painting of a butterfly wearing a graduation cap, under the sunny blue sky.

Dreamers, Fly High

Monica Tamayo, P.R. Assistant March 28, 2019

Commencement 2019 is a few weeks away. In addition to the general ceremony where seniors walk across the stage with their classmates from their college, there are several other ceremonies such as the Cross...

Cal State LA students wait in line casting their vote on their phones or through paper or pen while they wait for free In-N-Out.

ASI Voting

Monica Tamayo, Public Relations Assistant March 28, 2019

Associated Students Incorporated hosted the first day of the ASI elections Voting Party on Tuesday March 26th in the USU - Plaza at 12pm. Students were encouraged to come out and vote for their favorite...

2019 Golden Eagle Film Festival canceled due to lack of available Television Film and Media administrators to take on the event after the TVFM Chair, Dr. John Ramirez, announced his retirement

Film Festival Gets Cut

Joshua Letona, Contributing Writer March 26, 2019

The Golden Eagle Film Festival has been canceled for the spring 2019 semester. The event, which has gone on for the past 21 years, gave Cal State students the opportunity to showcase their films, and to...

A picture of a voter ballot design.

ASI Candidates Address Their Platforms

Becky Nava, Staff Reporter March 26, 2019

Funding, undocumented students, and outreach were the most common topics discussed at the Q&A for Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI) candidates. The candidates spoke to a room of students composed...

Students and staff in attendance of the rally against impaction that was held at the Golden Eagle Statue last Wednesday.

Impaction: What’s next?

Marissa Chavez, Digital Editor March 26, 2019

Cal State LA administrators made the decision to move forward with impaction despite the opposition from many of the students, faculty, and community members. The Final Admissions Proposal was submitted...

quote from an audience member at the meeting

Impaction Talks Continue at ASI Board Meeting

Darwin Lopez, Contributing Writer March 19, 2019

Last Thursday at an ASI board meeting, Golden Eagle Justice presented Provost Mahoney with a petition containing “over a thousand signatures” that critique the job that President Covino, Provost Mahoney,...

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