Past members of the executive reflect upon their time at the CSU, how it’s changed, and what they hope for its future Bridget Stringer-Holden (she/her) // News Editor Perry Safari…
CSU and CapU Join Forces to Provide Additional Mental Health Supports to Students
Empower Me aims to reduce wait times and take into account diversity of student population Bridget Stringer-Holden (she/her) // News Editor April dela Noche Milne // Illustrator “If there is…
Do What You Can But Don’t Take On Too Much
Saying no as a form of self preservation Alexis Zygan (She/Her) // ContributorIllustrator // Jason Low I am a firm believer in prioritizing my needs above all else. A friend…
Don’t Settle For Seasonal Love
Don’t drop your standards just because it’s dark outside Matt Shipley (He/Him) // ContributorAnais Bayle // Illustrator It’s impulse dating season! Mercury’s slowly descending towards zero, the wind and rain…
Is Squid Game Worth The Hype?
Netflix’s hit show has more to it than just big budget violence Eric Bruce (He/Him) // ContributorValeriya Kim // Illustrator So you recently heard about a new South Korean Netflix…
The Best Christmas Movie of All Time
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Being Unoriginal is Beautiful
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Queeries
Allowing space for gender and sexuality exploration in the isolation of the pandemic Rain Marie (She/They) // Columnist March 2020 changed the world in a way that we never would…
How The Pandemic Has Changed Our Relationships
I look back on my middle-school self with a mixture of derisive amusement and pity. The kid who was so out of the loop, he didn’t even try to fit in, the kid who thought playing Minecraft at lunch and breaking the school beep test record twice in two days would do anything but alienate me from the general population. I had friends, but I couldn’t really be myself around them. The primal human instinct to gravitate towards other people was completely lost on me.