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The Cuestonian x KGUR Radio present The Shabang 2025 Preview Podcast
The Cuestonian x KGUR Radio present The Shabang 2025 Preview Podcast
Lindsay McKee and McKenna Zolty April 25, 2025

The Cuestonian teamed up with KGUR, Cuesta College's student radio station, to create the Shabang 2025 Preview podcast. Multimedia Editor Lindsay...

Parking lot 2, where a Cuesta College student died on the first day of the spring semester, Jan. 21 in San Luis Obispo.
SLO Sheriff: Investigation into death on Cuesta campus continues
McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor • April 24, 2025

Thirteen weeks following the death of a student on Cuesta College’s campus, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office told The Cuestonian...

The Cuestonian x KGUR Radio present The Shabang 2025 Preview Podcast
The Cuestonian x KGUR Radio present The Shabang 2025 Preview Podcast
Lindsay McKee and McKenna Zolty April 25, 2025

The Cuestonian teamed up with KGUR, Cuesta College's student radio station, to create the Shabang 2025 Preview podcast. Multimedia Editor Lindsay...

Toad receives their $1,000 in the Fremont Theater stage after winning the majority vote at the end of the night for Battle of the Bands.
REVIEW: Toad wins Battle of the Bands SLO
McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor • April 8, 2025

Shabang Music Festival held the third-annual Battle of the Bands at Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo on April 4. Five bands performed for the...

Tiny Plastic Everything performs first at the Battle of the Bands at the Fremont Theater.
PHOTOS: Third-annual Battle of the Bands SLO
Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor • April 8, 2025

Freshman first baseman Tristan Usher bats during game two of the series against Allan Hancock College on March 15, 2025.
Cuesta baseball defeats Allan Hancock in conference series
Zack Alldredge, Reporter • March 17, 2025

Cuesta College baseball defeated Allan Hancock two out of three games in their three-game series.  The Cougars took the first game by a score...

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Cuesta men’s, women’s basketball defeated in 3C2A playoffs
Zack Alldredge, Reporter • February 27, 2025

The Cuesta College men’s and women’s basketball teams were both defeated on Wednesday on the road in the 2025 3C2A Regional Playoffs.  Men’s...

Sophomore guard Reese Pasternik taking the ball up the court for the Cougars on Feb. 12, 2025.
Basketball: Cuesta men, women defeat Oxnard at home
Zack Alldredge, Reporter • February 14, 2025

The Cuesta College men’s and women’s basketball teams defeated Oxnard College at home on February 12. Women’s basketball took an extended...

Cuesta History Instructor Billy Keniston's book "Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground" is available at most major book retail outlets. Image courtesy of Billy Keniston
Cuesta history instructor publishes book about social change
Sarah Harvey, News Editor • January 22, 2025

Cuesta College History Instructor Billy Keniston recently wrote a book about South African apartheid and the activist movements that assisted...

Jaime Pierce in the cat lounge while her friends visit for the first time Dec. 12, 2024
The Central Coast’s first cat cafe opens in Grover Beach
Abigail Olson, Contributor • January 17, 2025

Jaime Pierce, owner and creator of The Caffeinated Cat Cafe, has opened San Luis Obispo County’s first cat cafe in Grover Beach. Proving a...

Cuestonian Contributor Kimber Draughton (left) speaks with Cal Poly student Beth Motta (right).
VIDEO: Cal Poly student offers advice for Cuesta transfers
Kimber Draughon, Contributor • December 11, 2024

The town hall audience cheers for California Senator Adam Schiff (left) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (right) after answering audience questions on April 22.
OPINION: Hosting a dinner party without being invited
Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor • April 23, 2025

My evening on April 22 started with driving to campus at 5 p.m. after receiving a breaking Slack message from The Cuestonian team about a town...

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OPINION: Cuesta Campus Climate: lacking trust, transparency, communication
McKenna Zolty and Lia Pagel March 24, 2025

The general consensus among Cuesta College faculty is that the administration is corrupt, uses a talk-down approach and doesn't seem to trust...

REVIEW: Taste-testing Cuesta's campus vending machine food
REVIEW: Taste-testing Cuesta’s campus vending machine food
Lia Pagel, Lindsay McKee, and McKenna Zolty February 5, 2025

Social Media Editor Lia Pagel, Multimedia Editor Lindsay McKee and Arts + Entertainment Editor McKenna Zolty tried the vending machine foods...

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