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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...

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...

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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,...

Color throw at the Holi Festival in Los Angeles.

Color in the Air

Marissa Chavez, Digital Editor March 12, 2019

Thousands of LA residents celebrated the arrival of spring this past Saturday and Sunday by mirroring the Holi tradition of singing, dancing and throwing a mass of colors in the air. In North India,...

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Alumni Highlight Intersectional Feminism

Becky Nava, Staff Writer March 12, 2019

On one of their many walks amidst the Griffith Park backdrop, former Cal State LA graduate student Stephanie Abraham and former director of the Cross Cultural Center, Daria Tudacufski, came up with the...

Picture of Cal State LA students helping with a beach cleanup.

Catch of the Day

Becky Nava, Staff Reporter March 5, 2019

Gnarled fragments of Wingstop containers, green Starbucks coffee stirrers and plastic car parts are just some of the keepsakes left over from the Associated Students Inc. (ASI) beach clean up this past...

Veterans aligned as they look out towards the horizon

University Recognized as a Military Friendly Institution

Monica Tamayo, Contributing Writer February 18, 2019

Cal State LA has recently been recognized as a military friendly institute for higher learning. This consideration was given to the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) by Military Friendly, a brand owned by...

Shake, Rattle; There’s An App For That

Shake, Rattle; There’s An App For That

Joseph P. Pinto, Multimedia Journalist February 6, 2019

On Dec. 31, 2018, Mayor Eric Garcetti–in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey, AT&T and The Annenberg Foundation–released the ShakeAlertLA app for Apple and Android Phones. The...

One Million Dollar Grant for Student Filmmakers

Monica Tamayo, Public Relations Assistant February 6, 2019

Cal State LA’s undergraduate program in the Television, Film and Media Studies department has received a grant of $1 million to support diversity in filmmaking. This donation is part of an ongoing five-year...

Fyre vs Fyre

Fyre vs Fyre

Marisa Vasquez, Managing Editor January 29, 2019

White sandy beaches, brunch on a yacht, sexy celebrities galore and enough alcohol to quench the thirst of the USC and UCLA fraternity rows combined; this was the image that Fyre Festival sold when...

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