Mat riders in Point Loma and Encinitas
Doesn’t require much time to master
Chris Ahrens 8:30 a.m., Feb. 19
CSU San Marcos Stories
Grad student takes Cal State San Marcos to court over sex case
Court won't grant temporary restraining order
A San Diego male, Student Doe, who was completing his master's degree at California State University San Marcos, has sued the university in federal court, claiming that the school falsely accused him of sexual misconduct, ...
He said he wasn't suicidal is why
Review board says deputies screened Robert Lubsen adequately
A San Diego County law-enforcement review board did not find sufficient evidence that deputies could have prevented the suicide of a 26-year-old man who had been arrested for stealing laptops from dorm rooms at Cal ...
CSU San Marcos and nonprofit high-hog hospitality
Foundation with $50 million funding drive called out for messy bookkeeping, missing data
When it comes to big-money hospitality, California State University at San Marcos and its so-called auxiliary organizations don't stint, and that's become more than a minor problem, according to a report released June 17 by ...
Disabled man's "leering" leads to suspension at Cal State San Marcos
Autistic and with Asperger's and Tourette's syndromes is no excuse
A Cal State San Marcos student diagnosed with autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Tourette's syndrome claims the college unjustly suspended him for "leering" at a female student while in class. In the complaint, student Jason Lo ...
So-called "Booty Bug" has San Diego college kids on high alert
Students at UCSD, SDSU, USD, PLU, CSSM, Palomar College, and other schools throughout San Diego are reporting high levels of anxiety this week following multiple hospitalizations caused by the deadly meningococbloccal bacteria. The disease, which ...
CSU San Marcos to study surfers
Seeks to qualify wave-riding as viable exercise routine
While surfers have long agreed that their pastime provides for an intense workout in addition to its recreational and psychological rewards, a professor at California State University San Marcos has set out with a team ...
He gets a year for rigging campus election
He wanted to be student body president, so stole identities and passwords
Matthew Weaver, former Cal State San Marcos student, was sentenced to a year in prison today (July 15) for stealing identities and passwords of more than 700 fellow students so he could win the campus ...
Report on teacher training programs rips local universities
A report released last week by the National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group founded in 2000 and boasting board membership of veterans from the former Reagan, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations, blasts ...
Pomp and Resistance
It had been cold and cloudy when I’d dressed that morning, and the commencement ceremony wasn’t scheduled to begin until 4:30 p.m.; it never occurred to me that I might find myself trapped for over ...
State university tax-exempt foundations funnel cash to Brown's tax hike bid, spurn Munger measure
Proposition 30, the ballot measure backed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown to raise California taxes, is getting a significant financial lift from tax-exempt foundations that were set up to benefit and perform services for the ...
Sorry, Charley
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I was given detailed directions on how to get to Charley’s party. He was graduating from Cal State San Marcos. But the beachfront condos in Oceanside, where he lives, all had gates I couldn’t get ...
tenSHUN!
A Cal State San Marcos study group held a public forum on Tuesday, February 24, to hear the pros and cons of allowing a ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) program on campus. The study group, ...
Don't: Ask, Tell, Discriminate
At Cal State San Marcos, controversy has been raised over the possible introduction of Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) courses to the curriculum. Similar to the ROTC programs of many surrounding high schools, classrooms ...
Grad Bash
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A friend of mine was going to a party in Irvine and asked if I wanted to write about it. I told him that Irvine was outside my scope, but I went anyway. When I ...
No Ice Cream Social
Levi, “social chairman” of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Cal State San Marcos, says, “Most of the students don’t live within a five-mile radius of the campus. There isn’t much to do on campus. ...
SDSU Preserves San Diego's Political History
Elected to the House of Representatives in 1952 and serving for 14 consecutive terms, Republican Bob Wilson saw plenty of paperwork come across his desk. In 1973, he began depositing it for future researchers at ...
Another Man's Purse
Economy and History Talk in San Marcos
'I read the news. I know our foreign trade deficit and levels of credit card debt are at historic highs. People tend to talk about these things as if they were something new, some sort ...
Touch One, Touch All
When Michael Moore finally arrived at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on October 12 to rail against a second term for President Bush, he promised to devote the ticket proceeds to scholarships for the biggest hell-raisers ...
Digital Hometown
Out of Hemet Premiere
'My mom bought some property in Hemet and I went with her and I was like, 'Who the hell lives in Hemet?' I thought it was the weirdest little town in no-man's land. It looked ...
Web of Contention
A group of Kansas City boosters claims that Cal State San Marcos has ripped off the name of its website and won't give it back. The Kansas City Area Development Council, which touts the area ...
