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Sports
Fantasy Sports Influence: Has fantasy football changed the way fans watch games?
Casey Budlong, Sports Editor • September 23, 2025

Football is back, and so is fantasy football, turning every Sunday into a rollercoaster of touchdowns, stat checks, and bragging rights. For...

Coach Dennis A. Pugh
Sports
CSUSM Baseball Field Renamed to Honor Former Coach
Hannah Crawford, Features Editor • April 21, 2025

On April 12th, a ceremony was held at the CSUSM Baseball Field to celebrate its renaming to “The Dennis A. Pugh Baseball Field.” Dennis...

Graphic by Casey Budlong.
Sports
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Who Redefined Sports
Casey Budlong, Staff Writer • March 24, 2025

As we celebrate Women's History Month, we must honor the remarkable women who broke barriers and paved the way for future generations of female...

Some of the candidates that swept over the country.
News
Democratic Sweep in U.S. Elections Signals Turning Tide
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts and Entertainment Editor • November 11, 2025

Democrats celebrated major wins Tuesday night as voters in New York, Virginia, New Jersey and California delivered strong results in the first major elections of President Trump’s second term.   The most visible result came in New York...

News
DACA May Reopen for New Applicants, With some restrictions
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts and Entertainment Editor • October 24, 2025

After four years of being close to first time request, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program might soon welcome new applicants again. The Justice Department filed a proposal this week that would reopen DACA for initial applicants...

Should college students use ChatGPT?

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Opinion
Stop Making Live-Action Remakes
Lola Ferguson, Staff Writer • December 14, 2025

Lilo and Stitch (2025) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025) are Disney and DreamWorks’ newest additions to their collections of live-action...

Film Review: “Wicked: For Good”
Arts
Film Review: “Wicked: For Good”
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts and Entertainment Editor • November 24, 2025

Thanks to a special Amazon Prime preview, I was able to see “Wicked: For Good” as an early pre-release. When the first film was released,...

Promotional poster for “Frankenstein” (2025)
Arts
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Finds Humanity in Horror
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts & Entertainment Editor • November 7, 2025

On the surface, “Frankenstein” is a gothic horror story about a man’s arrogance and the cost of playing God. But under Guillermo Del...

From The New Yorker
Arts
“One Battle After Another:” A Political and Hilarious Epic
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts & Entertainment Editor • October 13, 2025

On the surface, it's a political thriller rooted in paranoia and government overreach, with a narrative that touches on immigration, authoritarianism,...

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 Cover Art
Arts
The Last Chance: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Natalia Ortiz and Ruby Pulido-Perez October 1, 2025

One of the most talked-about TV shows this summer was the final season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. The Amazon Prime series, based on...

Video
VIDEO ESSAY: Students Should Vote Down the Wellness and Recreation Facility Proposal to Avoid Sky-High Student Fees
Justin Gans, Opinions Editor • October 18, 2024

Read the article here: https://csusmchronicle.com/23916/opinion/students-should-vote-down-the-wellness-and-recreation-facility-proposal-to-avoid-sky-high-student-fees/?draft=live

Video
Thanks For Watching – Fall ’22
Luke Vore, Nadia Houneini, and Cole Mirza December 16, 2022

Thanks from Cole, Luke, Nadia, and the entire Cougar Chronicle Team! Keep on the lookout for new articles and videos next semester.

Milpa Communidad's ofrenda in the USU Forum Plaza.
Features
Milpa Comunidad Celebrates Día de Los Muertos at CSUSM
Justin Gans, Staff Writer • November 12, 2025

On Thursday Oct. 30, students gathered on campus to celebrate Día de Los Muertos with ofrendas (altars), food, art, music, and dance.  The...

Proposed Integrated Science and Engineering Building
Features
Ongoing Projects on Campus
Lola Ferguson October 13, 2025

CSUSM is a growing campus with new opportunities and experiences every day. Our school started with 600 students in Fall 1990 on a six-building...

Makery staff members, Kodie Gerritsen and Ryan Dorsett
Features
Makery’s First Birthday: Here’s What the Makery has to Offer
Alexzandra Valdez, Staff Writer • May 5, 2025

On April 15, The Makery celebrated its first birthday during U-hour. They had stations where students, faculty, and staff could create bookmarks,...

Downtown Oceanside
"Love Island USA" Season 7 cast
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Arts
Love, Loss, and Loyalty: How Season 7 Played Out in Fiji
Amara Abaquin-Brown and Casey Budlong September 18, 2025

After a captivating 2024 season of "Love Island” that produced some of the most memorable reality TV personalities, it is no doubt that fans...

Watermelon Pictures
Arts
Review: “The Encampments”
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts & Entertainment Editor • May 5, 2025

In “The Encampments”, directors Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman assembled a clear portrait of a student movement that was both criticized...

REVIEW: CSUSM’s Bluelight Theatre Company masters ‘the bit’
Arts
REVIEW: CSUSM’s Bluelight Theatre Company masters ‘the bit’
Saturn Salama, News Editor • April 9, 2025

30 plays in 60 minutes. Or maybe 90 (there was some supernatural manipulation of time). Only the Bluelight Theatre Company could take on a feat...

Arts and Lecture: The Veterans History Project
Arts
Arts and Lecture: The Veterans History Project
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts and Entertainment Editor • April 9, 2025

On Wednesday, March 19, the Veterans History Project: An Unveiling of the Journey brought together students, veterans, and community members...

Context Events: Meeting Isidro Pérez García
Arts
Context Events: Meeting Isidro Pérez García
Nahomi Garcia Alarcon, Arts and Entertainment Editor • April 9, 2025

On Tuesday, March 18, students, faculty, and community members gathered at the University Library’s Fifth Floor Reading Room for a compelling...