2018 CSUSB ITS Tech Talk

The 2018 ITS Tech Talk brought together faculty and staff from various colleges on April 17 to encourage the implementation of technology into education and provide resources to use in the classroom. The event coordinators included Faculty Director Mihaela Popescu, Instructional Designer Tracy Medrano, and Academic Multimedia Developer James Trotter, who strive to inspire educators… Continue reading 2018 CSUSB ITS Tech Talk

How I: Made a Laptop Case from an Old Sweater

As a poor college student, you want to save money whenever possible but still possess the items you need as a student. This is why I decided to re-purpose an old sweater into a cute laptop case. Materials Needed: a hot-glue gun and sticks of glue thread and a needle scissors an old sweater of… Continue reading How I: Made a Laptop Case from an Old Sweater

Live Concert: Motionless in White (feat. Ice Nine Kills and [not]Chelsea Grin)

On Feb. 22, I got to attend the second Graveyard Shift Tour concert with my partner at the House of Blues (HoB) in Anaheim. The event opened with Ice Nine Kills (I9K), one of our favorite bands at the moment, and Every Time I Die (ETID) leading up to the main event, Motionless in White… Continue reading Live Concert: Motionless in White (feat. Ice Nine Kills and [not]Chelsea Grin)

Shots Fired on CSUSB Campus

On Jan. 10 at 5:20 p.m., only five weeks after the two-year anniversary of the 2015 San Bernardino shooting, University Police received reports of gunshots heard near the Visual Arts Building and Parking Structure West. Members of the CSUSB community received 12 emails and text messages in total during the incident. The first messages directed… Continue reading Shots Fired on CSUSB Campus

Celebrating Yuletide for the Modern Pagan

This is an article I wrote for The Coyote Chronicle , about the Pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice, Yuletide. Let me know what you think in the comments and check out other articles on the Coyote Chronicle website! With the commencement of the holiday season, Christmas and Hanukkah are in the spotlight, but the Pagan celebration… Continue reading Celebrating Yuletide for the Modern Pagan

2015 San Bernardino Shooting Remembrance at CSUSB

Michael Nguyen rang the bell outside of the Chemical Sciences building in the Peace Garden. The bell is to be rang once a year on Dec. 2 in honor of the anniversary of the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino. Former CSUSB student, Syed Rizwan Farook, shot and killed 14 people and severely injured 22 others. An attempted… Continue reading 2015 San Bernardino Shooting Remembrance at CSUSB

CSUSB’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Team

CSUSB’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) team participated in the first of two invitationals on Nov. 11. The team is preparing for the next invotational on Dec. 2, the Qualifier on Jan. 20, the Regional Competition Mar. 24-26, and hopefully Nationals Apr. 13-15. "CCDC is a simulated computer operations competition. Teams are placed into an… Continue reading CSUSB’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Team

La Puente Marijuana Dispensary Posed as a Church Busted

After a three-week investigation, a marijuana dispensary posed as "The Citadel Church of La Puente" at 15554 Amar Road in La Puente, CA was busted at 1 p.m. on Nov. 15. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department uncovered more than 20,000 dollars worth of marijuana, about four to five pounds. Authorities also found three small digital scales,… Continue reading La Puente Marijuana Dispensary Posed as a Church Busted

Teacher held hostage in Riverside

SWAT officers shot and killed an elementary student's father that had been holding a 70-year-old teacher, Linda Montgomery, hostage for over six hours. The parent, Luvelle Kennon, had barged through the Castleview Elementary School office around 11:15 a.m. before breaking a substitute teacher's nose. The substitute teacher had tried to stop Kennon from avoiding mandatory visitor… Continue reading Teacher held hostage in Riverside

Fires Sweep Through Northern California

Since Oct. 4, wildfires have been scorching through Northern California, taking the lives and homes of people young and old. These fires have burned over 221,000 acres of land, killing 31 people and destroying 2,800 residences. Winds of up to 70 miles per hour aided the rapid spread of flames, but the cause of the outbreak… Continue reading Fires Sweep Through Northern California