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Press release posters of Zombieland Double Tap and Maleficent.

Blockbuster Sequels Underperform at the Box Office

Joshua Letona, News Editor October 22, 2019

The weekend of Oct. 18 saw two long-awaited sequels underperform at the box office.  Disney’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and Sony Pictures’s “Zombieland: Double Tap” both released in...

Fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and bread are shown on a flatlay ready for the farmers market.

We Need an Edible Garden on Campus

Alicia Papanek, Contributing Writer October 22, 2019

In 2013, Cal State LA started what was sure to be a promising garden across from La Kretz Hall, by where the greenhouse currently is.  In fact, the Student Dietetic Association’s “Eatatorial”...

The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center is located on the 2nd floor of the USU.

Pronouns: More Than a Part of Speech

Lauren Diana, Contributing Writer September 24, 2019

Pronouns are used in the English language to replace nouns, but to many, this particular part of speech means much more. The LGBTQ+ community recognizes the use of personal pronouns as a basic, yet...

Billie Eilish performs at the KROQ Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum.

The Girl who Rules the World with Music

Kayla Misa, Contributing Writer September 24, 2019

Billie Eilish, the world’s chart-topping 17-year-old popstar, has drawn in the world to her music whether it be nonsensical, melancholic or addressing climate change.  At the age of 14, Eilish started...

Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, California.

The Best Movie Theater Experiences in LA

Joshua Letona, Copy Editor August 20, 2019

With so many films released and so many theater options, it can be difficult to decide where to see a movie. There is only a handful of theaters that offer some of the best movie-going experiences out...

Oscar Hernandez preparing food for a party hes catering.

From ‘corn man’ to caterer: My father’s journey

Fernanda Hernandez, Community News Reporter May 28, 2019

Oscar Hernandez, my dad, was a “corn man.” Street vending was his only job since he immigrated to the United States in February 2004. Every day, he’d wake up at 5 a.m. to get the best corn at...

A striking graphic protesting impaction at Cal State LA.

Letter to the Editor

Kolya Ludwig, Golden Eagle Justice May 14, 2019

The student struggle against impaction has exposed all that is rotten in the California State University (CSU) system. That effort’s most recent actions occurred at the Academic Senate meeting on Tuesday,...

Cannabis plants grow at a craft grow operation. Photo by Ben Nelms/Bloomberg

Farm Bill Hemps Up Agriculture

Marisa Vasquez, Managing Editor May 7, 2019

As of Dec. 11, 2018, President Trump implemented the farm bill, which allows hemp to become an agricultural commodity. The bill was heavily considered after President Donald Trump’s “trade dispute...

False Alarm

Anthony Quach, Sports Editor April 29, 2019

Cal State LA was identified by the LA County Department of Public Health as one of several sites in the LA County where the measles exposure may have occurred. The exposure was believed to have occurred...

A girl is holding up a sign which says Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is Violent: Free Speech

The True Cost of Free Speech

Chloe Littleton, Contributing Writer April 29, 2019

On the morning of Monday, April 22, a large banner stood outside the campus bookstore messily spray-painted with the phrase “Build the Wall”. The students tending to this banner claimed it was their...

Colourful overlapping silhouettes of people voting in USA elections.

Irony: Rock the Vote

Anthony Karambelas, Staff Reporter March 26, 2019

California’s 2018 midterm election set a record for the highest turnout in recent memory, closing in on 65 percent. Sure, we have a long way to go before we reach the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...

The Second-Class Citizen at Cal State LA

Anthony Karambelas, Staff Reporter March 19, 2019

Walking through King Hall is a bit like strolling through a museum. It is a wonder that the 57-year-old walls still hold strong (probably just courtesy of the asbestos). For years, students and faculty...

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