By Carolyn Solar |Staff Writer| Classes are done for the day, now what? Let's go explore! Once the mundane school day is complete, students are eager to hang out with friends, read some books or enjoy live entertainment—anything to distract them from the responsibilities of school and work. A Shop Called Quest, Augie's Coffee House and Raquel's Jazz Lounge are among CSUSB favorite hangout spots. Students are loving the variety that the Inland Empire has to offer. A Shop Called Quest in Redlands, is a local comic book store that sells a vast collection of comics, t-shirts, collectibles and art. Student Casey Ysaguirre enjoyed the book selection, but the local art is what … [Read more...] about Local spots to try
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Saverino’s Italian Deli & Market — Restaurant Review
By Christina Raney |Staff writer| Saverino’s Italian Deli & Market, located just outside of historic Downtown Redlands, is the place to go for good and reasonably priced Italian food in the Inland Empire. Saverino’s offers a variety of dishes that include: cold and hot sandwiches, pasta dishes, salads, soups, and desserts. You can also purchase different kinds of meat by the pound in the deli. Their cold sandwiches have unique names to them, like “Godfather,” “Wise Guy” and “Raging Bull.” They even have a sandwich named after the City of Redlands and the restaurant itself. Saverino’s also provides the customers with a “create your own” option where … [Read more...] about Saverino’s Italian Deli & Market — Restaurant Review
High school graduates get a spot at CSUSB
By Marlyn Rodriguez |Opinions Editor| CSUSB signed a contract giving automatic acceptance to high school students who maintain regular attendance satisfactory grades and meeting the A-G requirements. These changes will be implemented with the graduating class of 2015. The San Bernardino Sun reports that the San Bernardino Unified School District signed a memorandum with President Dr. Tomas Morales granting local students acceptance on Friday April 11, 2014. Superintendent of San Bernardino Unified Dale Marsden states, “Collaboration is a core value for us, as we enter into this historic agreement.” Similar deals have already been signed by CSUSB with Chaffey, Colton and Rialto Unified … [Read more...] about High school graduates get a spot at CSUSB
Reinvestment in higher education
By Mariela Limon |Staff Writer| Governor Jerry Brown’s newly released 2013-2014 state budget proposal gives back to higher education, including an extra $125.1 million for the California State University system. If passed, the budget guarantees that the CSU system will receive a total of $2.2 billion in state funding. According to the Governor’s Budget Summary, in order to improve student success, the funds will be directed towards, “...improvements in time-to-completion, improvements in graduation and completion rates in all segments, increases in transfer students enrolled at CSU and UC and successful credit and basic skills course completion.” The proposal also caps the number of … [Read more...] about Reinvestment in higher education
Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference
By Tiffiny Gaston |staff writer| Cal State San Bernardino will be holding an informational Pre-Medical and Pre-Health conference on Saturday Jan. 19. The Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Student Society here at CSUSB organized the conference to prepare students for medical school and to provide them with an insight into future job opportunities. According to an earlier press release from news.csusb.edu, “For students who live in Southern California, our goal and our hope is that they come back to the community and actually help their community; serve their community in the healthcare profession,” said Rick Cordova, a CSUSB biology major and member of the executive committee. The CSUSB … [Read more...] about Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Conference
December 8th 2012 Shooting of Bartholomew Williams
By Luz Hernandez |Staff Writer| A 38-year-old Cal State San Bernardino graduate student was shot and killed by campus police on Dec. 8. Bartholomew Williams died during an altercation with campus police, just after the CSUSB Commencement Ceremonies. The tragedy has left students, faculty and staff at CSUSB in shock. University officials have been holding open forums for members of our university community to express their sentiments and concerns regarding the shooting. They began having these forums in December shortly after the tragedy occurred. The goal of these forums is to keep an open line of communication between the university community and university officials regarding the … [Read more...] about December 8th 2012 Shooting of Bartholomew Williams
If we have the ingredients, we’ll make it
By Gabbie Corral |Staff Writer| The secret is out about local restaurants’ secret menus and the hidden items they have to offer. Inland Empire residents, especially students, are always looking for new and exciting things to try at franchises. However, their menus begin to look redundant across town which leaves students desiring something different. Well, look no further students. Secret menus are popping up everywhere across Southern California. “My favorite thing to order from Del Taco is actually not even on the menu,” said alumnus Jon Frisch. Frisch’s quick pick-me-up food item is called a “bold burrito,” or more commonly known throughout the area as “the stoner burrito.” It is … [Read more...] about If we have the ingredients, we’ll make it
Wild Lemon
By Gabbie Corral |Staff Writer| The Wild Lemon Project draws awareness to San Bernardino native writers and artists. A local non-profit organization, the Wild Lemon Project welcomed students and San Bernardino County residents to its kickoff night held on Friday, April 13 at the National Orange Show Art Gallery. Its mission is “to support and propagate love for reading, writing and for creating and experiencing art [throughout the San Bernardino Valley],” states wildlemonproject.org. The event displayed the artwork of local artists from the Inland Empire Latino Artists Association, featuring paintings, sculptures and photographs. There was also poetry readings by published poets … [Read more...] about Wild Lemon
Bands bring a local flavor to the SMSU
By Justin Mathew Dennis |Staff Writer| Music from the Rock-A-Holics Happy Hour filled the student union on Feb. 23. The Underground Music Society held an event to support and promote local bands from the Inland Empire. The Underground Music Society is all about promoting music culture and conscience on CSUSB campus. The Local Band Spotlight introduced three local bands: Psychedelic Milk, Feather Static and Violet Sun. These bands offered a good variety of rock music, from a classic rock sound to an acoustic feel. The first band, Psychedelic Milk, has an interesting music style that does a good job of grabbing the listener's attention. “It's rock and roll with a hint of … [Read more...] about Bands bring a local flavor to the SMSU
Bleed and lead: donate blood
By Emerald Collins |Staff Writer| LifeStream urges people to donate blood to continue to accommodate patients in need of blood. The organization strives to supply blood to local patients within the Riverside, Los Angeles and San Bernardino County area, including Loma Linda’s Children Hospital cancer patients. The local blood bank of San Bernardino and Riverside county focuses on helping people locally, but “only a range of three to five percent of eligible donators are only donating for those patients in need,” said Don Escalante, Lifestream’s public relations specialist, “There is at least 40 percent of local citizens who are eligible to donate.” Their mission statement reads “we … [Read more...] about Bleed and lead: donate blood