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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....

Election Day is Nov. 5.

Students can cast their ballots in multiple ways in SLO County

Sarah Harvey, News Editor October 31, 2024

With election day right around the corner, Cuesta College students have the options of mailing in their ballots, dropping off their ballots in designated locations or voting in person in SLO County polling...

Social media editor Lia Pagel (left) spoke to Cuesta students about the importance of voting.

VIDEO: Cuesta students discuss importance of voting

Lia Pagel and Lindsay McKee October 28, 2024

The Cuestonian talks to students on the Cuesta College campus about the importance of voting in the upcoming election.

Lucia Landeros in front of the Cuesta College Library. Photo by Lindsay McKee

Meet Lucia Landeros, Cuesta College’s student government president

Lindsay McKee September 27, 2024

The Cuestonian sat down and talked with Associated Students of Cuesta College (ASCC) President, Lucia Landeros. Landeros is a geography and engineering major who has been a student at Cuesta College for...

Gen Z will have voting power in the 2024 election. Photo by Garry Knight

Gen Z is voting in record-breaking numbers

Linda Gonzalez April 2, 2024

With the 2024 presidential elections looming, your right to vote has never been more vital. Gen Z is expected to come out by the millions to vote on pivotal issues like abortion, gun control and LGBTQ...

University tuition fees and funding. A massive concern for so many students. Photo by www.exampapersplus.co.uk

Should college tuition be free?

Ryah Taylor December 1, 2022

On August 24, President Joe Biden issued a plan for forgiving student loan debt which caused a multitude of questions, with one being: Why are students paying for college in the first place? When we break...

Adrienne García Specht, a financial aid counselor at Cal Poly, and Peter Sysak, current member of the Cuesta College Board of Trustees, face off for the hotly contested District 4 Board of Trusteed seat. Photo by Adrienne García Specht and Peter Sysak

Specht vs Sysak: District 4 race makes for highly contested trustee election

Thomas Rodda November 3, 2022

One of the many races in the midterm elections this year is between Adrienne García Specht, a financial aid counselor at Cal Poly, and Peter Sysak, a current member of the Cuesta College Board of Trustees. Sysak's...

Voters line up outside a Voter Assistance Center in Davis, California to cast their votes early in the 2020 General Election. Photo by Owen Yancher

SLO County student voter guide

Jennaca Ortiz November 3, 2022

California's general election is Nov. 8. Voter turnout jumped a historic 66% among college students in 2020. As young adults gain more voting power, it is important to be well informed to make the most...

The general midterm elections are next Tuesday, November 8.

Student priorities in election

Ryah Taylor November 3, 2022

The 2022 General Election is rapidly approaching, and students at Cuesta College are preparing for any and all possibilities. Besides Proposition 1 (Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom. Legislative...

Black Lives Matter and anti-discrimination signs line a fence in Washington D.C. after protests following the murder of George Floyd. Photo by Ted Eytan

Why Proposition 16 is valid

Peyton Gadbury November 3, 2020

2020 marks a year of turbulence with regard to the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19, mounting socio-political tension due to a spark in popular human rights movements like Black Lives Matter...

Photo from Wikimedia Commons, by user Heitordp

The 2020 election, agonizing reality

Joseph Acquafresca November 2, 2020

As the opinion editor for The Cuestonian in the wee year of 2020, it is my obligation to go about talking about this year’s election candidates.  A fun year we have had on our hands; with a...

Located outside of Transitions-Mental Health Association in San Luis Obispo is a display sign encouraging people to register to vote. Photo by Peyton Gadbury

Young voter registration guide

Peyton Gadbury October 20, 2020

As the Nov. 3 general election quickly approaches, the deadline for voter registration also grows closer, leaving eligible Americans only a small amount of time to solidify their plan to vote. How to...

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