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FEATURE

Ask John & John
SHOOTING THE SHIT WITH NEXT YEAR'S ASI PRESIDENT AND VP By Chelsea Stevens Photo by Laura Kaiser   Last month, John Haberstroh and Jon Bolin shook the foundation of Associated Students, Incorporated by winning control of the executive branch. Their memorable campaign and invigorating ideas stirred something in the heart of our complacent commuter campus, and more students came out to vote in this election than ever before in the history of ASI. This week, the Union sat down with our new president and vice president to learn more about who they are, where they’re going, and what the hell they’re doing here in the first place. John Haberstroh: We decided to run because we thought we could do a good job in terms of leading the school. We’ve seen what past ASI administrations have done, and we think there’s a lot of room for improvement. So we’re kind of motivated on the fact that we can do better. Jon Bolin: What ASI should represent is the students, you know? I think there’s been a lot of detachment from the students and ASI. I want to bring it back where we’re not only representing the 50 students, the senators and all of them, but we’re also representing the 36,000 students who go to school, who pay the tuition, who pay the ASI fees. They should all be represented. If one person has a good idea, I’m all about it. Even if it’s something I don’t t...

OPINIONS

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
GENTLY TO YOUR DEATH By Torie RiveraIllustration by Jweeba Legohaus Currently, there are 3,199 people th...

NEWS

Fight Tuition Hikes
CSU HUNGER STRIKER PRESENT DEMANDS TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES Donnie Bessom and Dalia Hernandez For the last...

ENTERTAINMENT

These Podcasts are Makin' Me Thirsty
Awesome Podcasts That'll Wet Your Whistle, Maybe Sexually Stop Podcasting Yourself Leo Portugal, Literat...

MUSIC

Not Your Mother's Dustin Hoffman
LONG BEACH'S RAINMAN STORMS OVER THE COMPETITION By >Steve Bessette Illustration by >Rachel Rufrano We’re living in an age where it’s easy to go online and download complete discographies of music you like, even music you don’t like. Every band can create their own genre and their own conventions. It’s like a big pile of pennies. There’s so much but earnestly valuing your finds isn’t that common. Then a band like Rainman comes a...Read more

LITERATURE

Short Story Contest Winners
SHORT STORY CONTEST WINNER: The Fools Ov Samhain By Torie Rivera The Streets were just busy enough to make an amateur bank robber nervous. But, Jesse and Chris could not back down from the robbery; The Lord had called upon them. Money to fund the bombing was vital. There was no way they could bring down the Abortion Clinic without funding. No one else was in on the mission but them. Philosophically they were not alone. The church they attend i...Read more

CULTURE

Future Talk
By Vincent Chavez Illustration by Rose Feduk BOOGLE: the common act of googling a potential boo (Ex: You haven’t boogled him yet? He could be a sex offender with bad credit and a limp. Know your boo, gurl.) POD PERSON: an individual so out of touch with technology, they do not understand the concept of a podcast (Ex: Me: Grandma, I’m starting a podcast. G-ma: That sounds nice. What’s a podcast? Me: Well, it’s like a ...Read more