By Elizabeth Taylor |Staff Writer| For over 30 years the Bottle Tree Ranch continues to thrive as one of Route 66’s most iconic hot spots. Thousand's are drawn to this artistic desert oasis, to find out what the ranch is all about. The bottle tree oasis, located on a desolate stretch of roadside in Helendale, Ca, glistens and gleams as travelers and locals continue to stop by and check it out. “I found this place on Yelp as one of the destinations to stop at along Route 66 to get to Vegas,” said Joshua Tree resident, Jung Lee. “I just thought I’d stop by, take a few pics and make my way Vegas.” The attraction to the ranch is a non-stop process full of photo ops, but the beauty … [Read more...] about Visit the Bottle Tree Ranch
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Coyotes vs. Food competition
By Kim Dailey |Staff Writer| ASI hosted their third annual Coyote vs. Food competition May 10 in the Santos Manuel Student Union lobby. Students gathered around the table, some waiting to participate and others just waiting to watch. After signing a liability waiver, participants partook in three different rounds of competitive eating. In round one, students had to eat a foot-long “garbage” burrito weighing up to 5 pounds, in 30 minutes or less. There were eleven competitors, 10 men and one woman. Students tried all different ways to defeat the burrito, but the winner, student Alex Weis, had eaten the whole burrito in only 6 minutes. The time was little over four minutes faster than … [Read more...] about Coyotes vs. Food competition
Weather at CSUSB made easy
By Angelina Garibay Staff Writer Jocelyn Pascual is walking about on campus in crop leggings, a t-shirt with a thin sweatshirt and flip-flops on a 48 degree day. “It was warm in Chino and the sun was out when I left,” said a shivering Pascual. Other students have the opposite problem, it’s freezing cold in their hometown, like Wrightwood, and then it’s hot at school. Since the university seems to have its own special climate because it is located up against the foothills the temperatures vary greatly just a few miles away. Sometimes the wind is so fierce you feel like you are in a wind tunnel being blown about with your hair standing on end. There is a solution for this … [Read more...] about Weather at CSUSB made easy