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Cuesta’s Monarch Dream Center at the North County Campus. on Nov. 27, 2024.

Cuesta College Dream Center has resources for undocumented students

Sarah Harvey, News Editor December 11, 2024

Many of California’s approximately ​​10,000 undocumented college students are experiencing uncertainty due to the incoming federal administration’s views on immigration. For students at Cuesta...

Madeline Fletcher (#163) races opponents at the Western State Conference Finals in Oxnard, CA on Oct. 25, 2024.

Meet Cuesta’s star athlete and coach, Madeline Fletcher

Colby Love, Sports Editor December 10, 2024

Madeline Fletcher finished up her 2024 cross-country campaign with a 13th-place finish at the CCCAA State Championship on Nov. 23, helping propel Cuesta College’s women’s cross-country team to 17th...

VIDEO: Discovering the Hollister Adobe

VIDEO: Discovering the Hollister Adobe

Chelsea Cooke, Contributor December 6, 2024

Quietly nestled behind iron gates on Cuesta's campus lies the Hollister Adobe. Named after its third owner, the well-known California family, the adobe housed several families for over 100 years....

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Cuesta College explores 16-week semester calendar

Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor December 4, 2024

Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuesta College faculty have been discussing and developing a potential 16-week semester calendar. According to Cuesta College faculty and staff, the conversation of...

A Cuesta College Police Department vehicle sits outside the library on campus.

Cuesta Police tackles parking on campus

Lia Pagel, Social Media Editor November 25, 2024

Parking on any campus is a hot topic, whether at a four-year university or a community college. Whether students purchase the semester pass or a daily pass, driving to school comes at a cost. Because community...

PSO Tyler DeMello, his father Scott DeMello and Cuesta College Police Chief Rich Randolph (right) at the badge ceremony on Nov. 18, 2024.

Cuesta Police honors four new student public safety officers

Lia Pagel, Social Media Editor November 22, 2024

To ensure it has adequate staff, the Cuesta College Police Department often appoints students as public safety officers (PSO). This program offers experience and tools to help them to the next stage in...

Video studio production students Cait McCormack and Muriel Emmons work behind the scenes of the November Cuesta Sports Monthly broadcast on Nov. 12, 2024.

Behind the scenes of Cuesta Sports Monthly

Colby Love, Sports Editor November 21, 2024

Cuesta Sports Monthly has been a program at Cuesta College for 15 years, highlighting student-athletes and giving students a hands-on opportunity to learn TV studio and video production.  The program...

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Cuesta explores AI and its role in academics

Sarah Harvey, News Editor November 19, 2024

Cuesta College faculty and staff are exploring how to best incorporate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the college’s Academic Honesty Agreement. “This was brought forth as a concern...

Women’s Basketball player Reese Pasternik (#5) drives to the basket against the Hartnell Panthers on Nov. 5, 2024. Photo courtesy of Natalie LaMalfa

Cuesta women’s basketball wins home opener against Hartnell

Colby Love, Sports Editor November 6, 2024

The Cuesta College women’s basketball took home their second consecutive win of the season on Tuesday after beating the Hartnell College Panthers, 62-45. It was a back-and-forth battle in the first...

OPINION: To voters who are undecided or disengaged, please cast a vote for empathy

OPINION: To voters who are undecided or disengaged, please cast a vote for empathy

Sarah Harvey, News Editor November 2, 2024

As the presidential race comes to an apex, people all over the country are digging their heels in to back up a candidate. News feeds are drenched in endorsements, advertisements and inflammatory rhetoric....

Cuesta women’s wrestling club team members Ayten Elbarbary (left) wrestling Aubree Kooren (right) at practice on Oct. 24, 2024.

Women’s wrestling has made it to Cuesta

Colby Love, Sports Editor November 1, 2024

Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the nation, and it is now impacting Cuesta College. Women’s wrestling has historically been a sport with minimal numbers and...

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