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May 13, 2013 10:32 PM
Clouds of Color for a Cure
Cassandra Lim

Students with brightly colored powder covering their clothes and faces danced to a mix of both Indian music and contemporary pop music in celebration of the Indian festival of Holi, a celebration of the coming of spring.

April 30, 2013 06:58 PM
Chancellor Comes to Town
Henry Houston

 

In what was supposed to be a review of President Ochoa’s job performance became a public forum praising Ochoa and Chancellor Timothy White, as well as criticizing Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) President Ochoa and Cal State University (CSU) policies.
April 30, 2013 07:02 PM
GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE
Estella Porras

 

With elegant pace, carefully displaying his tale as a fan of black, grey and brown long feathers, extending his long neck, and taking his time, a male turkey crosses Intergarrison Rd. Why did the turkey cross the road? This is not a chicken joke; it’s the call of nature: mating season is here and wild turkeys of the Fort Ord woodlands are totally into it.
April 30, 2013 06:42 PM
Housing Conversations
Lynell Morgan

 

Over 60 students from Main Campus and East Campus came together to discuss roommate lotteries, rates, and, most important, the quality of communication with Residential Advisors (RAs). On April 16, Professor Hugh Haiker, with his HCOM 214 class, and Student Housing and Residential Life, held an event known as Interpersonal Solutions.
April 30, 2013 07:08 PM
Local Authors Bring New Approach to Racism
Nursal Matsu

 

Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Griefs About Racism released on February 28, 2013 offers a new approach to how racism affects not blacks, but whites.
April 30, 2013 07:08 PM
Local Authors Bring New Approach to Racism
Nursal Matsu

 

Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Griefs About Racism released on February 28, 2013 offers a new approach to how racism affects not blacks, but whites.
April 30, 2013 06:48 PM
New Faculty Finds Her Home
Joanna Iwata

 

Dear Students, Why I chose to be at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) revolves around our institutional mission and vision in serving the diverse needs of our students and campus community; our institutional focus on innovation; and most of all, our aspiration to serve as the movers and shakers if not social change agents in transforming the norms within higher education not only within the state and the region but the nation. Go Otters!
April 30, 2013 06:37 PM
Now What?
Katie Shoneff

With a voter turn out of about 19%, CSUMB has elected 16 out of 18 (elected) positions for your 2013/2014 school year. Inside are the new cabinet’s intentions!

April 30, 2013 06:53 PM
Race and Disability Panel Talks Tolerance, Oppression
Maritza Bautista

 

Panelist and visitors lined the stage at the Alumni and Vistors Center hoping to create discussion and awareness around issues of race and disability. The Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) Health and Wellness Services, Otter Cross Cultural Center, and the Student Fee Advisory Committee sponsored the Diversity Dialogue event, creating opportunity to examine ways race, white privilege, and racism impact inclusion and diversity issues. Keep in mind that, like race, the subject of disability is also socially and culturally constructive.
April 29, 2013 04:11 PM
Marathon of Events
Katie Shoneff

More than 17,000 runners crossed the finish line before two bombs exploded on Boylston St. in Boston and University Police Department’s Sgt. David Ham was close to the finish line that day. 

April 27, 2013 03:51 PM
Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) Students Take a Stand for Social Justice
Ariel Barry

 In alignment with the Democratic Participation outcome required by all students on campus, students are involved in group projects addressing a particular social issue and promoting social justice on the CSUMB campus and in the community.

April 27, 2013 03:59 PM
Autism Society spreads awareness throughout April
Ariel Barry
April 21, 2013 03:51 PM
East of Eden
Henry Houston

 

The rates of Cal State Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB), rates have not changed in quite some time. Because of this, controversy still remains although CSUMB has decided to lower the costs back to the $1,210 rate, for one year, for students who are current residents at East Campus.
April 21, 2013 03:40 PM
School Through ADD/ADHD Eyes
Lynell Morgan

 

School work scattered about the table, multiple books with bookmarks in them, and a student sitting in front of a computer trying to finish an essay that should take an hour or two. This is the average day of a student with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
April 21, 2013 03:45 PM
Turning Disabilities into Abilities
Alyssa Malfatti

 

The folks of Student Awareness Disability Empowerment (SADE) are looking to dispell the stigma of being disabled through outreach support within the Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and local communities.
April 16, 2013 09:45 PM
CSUMB Student Takes Global Leaders Program
Samantha Gonzales

 

Only 20 college students nationwide are selected to participate in the Keith Sherin Global Leaders Program and Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) student and Jesus Garcia-Valdez is the one of those students.
April 16, 2013 03:30 PM
Does Social Justice Fit in the Corporate World?
Cierra Bailey

 

For 17 years organizers of the Social Justice Colloquium have explored a wide range of social issues including healthcare and worker’s rights. This year’s event pondered a complicated question: Is it possible to conciliate social justice with the goals of the corporate world?
April 16, 2013 03:36 PM
Forum Talks Big Business Success
Martiza Bautista

 

“It isn’t easy being big,” read the motto of the annual business ethics forum that took place on March 27. The forum was hosted by the Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) school of Business and Information Technology and Communication Design. 
April 16, 2013 03:52 PM
From an Otter to a Hoosier
Cassandra Lim

 

Our Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs here at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB), Dr. Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, has accepted the position as the new chancellor at Indiana University East and will begin in this position this summer, on the first of July.
April 16, 2013 09:39 PM
Gun Laws Make Way to Congress’ Desk
Greg Will

 

A bipartisan compromise concerning gun control in the United States was reached by the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) which proposes to impose background checks for all gun show and Internet sales, but does not address all private transactions, according to a press release from the National PTA.
April 16, 2013 04:04 PM
In Pursuit of the Youth
Greg Will

 

On April 5, high school students from all over the central coast came together at the Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) University Center ballroom to learn more about their strengths and goals, as well as how they can make difference in their local communities and the world.
April 16, 2013 03:42 PM
MOOCs Now and Beyond
Lynell Morgan

 

Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, started becoming popular once Sebastian Thurn Professor of Computer Science and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University created Udacity.com. Thurn, who spoke at the President Speaker Series on March 27, explained what MOOCs are and how they are changing education globally.
April 16, 2013 09:56 PM
Technology in Our Brain?
Lynell Morgan

 

Imagine being able to access the internet without turning on your computer. But is it worth it? I do not believe so.
April 14, 2013 12:57 PM
Immigration Reform is Imminent
Maritza Bautista

A bipartisan group of eight senators is coming to an agreement on a comprehensive proposal to overhaul the country’s immigration system. Although the bill they are drafting will take time to be approved by congress, and even more time to be implemented, the agreement on the controversial proposal raises hopes among undocumented immigrants and their families.

April 10, 2013 02:23 PM
Job Fair at Cal State Monterey Bay
Chris Ziel