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Cuesta College Music Faculty Chad Ruyle (left) and Marcy Irving (right) performing a selection from Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” on March 3, 2024. Photo courtesy of Jamie Soja.

Cuesta music faculty will perform to benefit art students

McKenna Zolty February 20, 2025

The 21st annual Music Faculty Concert returns to the Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center on February 22. This event features performances by Cuesta College faculty to fundraise scholarships...

The Fremont Theatre, pictured here on Feb. 14, 2025, will host Battle of the Bands on April 4.

Battle of the Bands returns: Get to know the bands competing

Lindsay McKee and McKenna Zolty February 17, 2025

The Battle of the Bands is returning to Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo on April 4 at 7 p.m.  For the past three years, in three cities across California, bands have competed for a chance to win...

Now former Cuesta College Director of Public Safety Rich Randolph (right) greets graduates at a November 2024 pinning ceremony.

Cuesta’s chief of police leaves college

Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor February 15, 2025

Cuesta College’s Chief of Police and Director of Public Health and Safety Rich Randolph has stepped down from the Cuesta College Police Department. His last day at the college was Feb. 12.  During...

The entrance to the San Luis Obispo Country Sheriff's Department on Kansas Avenue on Feb. 11.

Individual who died on campus identified as Cuesta College student

Lia Pagel and Lindsay McKee February 14, 2025

Three weeks after a death on the Cuesta College campus, the Cuesta College Police Department has disclosed that the individual who died on Jan. 21 was a student at Cuesta College.  Both the CCPD and...

Opening night of a new exhibition “Before These Witnesses” gallery, attendees were engrossed in the art. Shown is an unltiled piece of a family in a wedding along with orange vines, flowers and various textiles.

Cuesta CPAC welcomes new spring exhibition

McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor February 7, 2025

“Before These Witnesses,” an exhibition created by Daisy Patton, is currently being displayed at The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College.  The nine-piece collection explores various...

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 at Cuesta College's cafeteria. The cafeteria remains mostly...

Students passing through the Humanities Forum during the fall 2024 semester.

Cuesta Academic Senate searches for new president amid controversy

Lindsay McKee and Lia Pagel January 24, 2025

The Cuesta College Academic Senate is back in the process of nominating its president after the only nominee withdrew during the fall semester. Because no presidential appointment was made in the fall,...

Cuesta College Police at the scene where an unidentified person was found in their truck unresponsive on Jan. 21.

Foul play not suspected in death on Cuesta College campus

Lindsay McKee and Lia Pagel January 23, 2025

An unidentified person was found dead in their truck in Lot 2 on the Cuesta College campus Tuesday afternoon. While the official cause of death is still under investigation, Sergeant Jesse Herring of the...

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 in eventually bringing that system to its end. Titled “Apartheid...

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

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story identified Dream Center staff as "faculty" when, in fact, they are known as "staff." The article has been corrected. The Cuestonian regrets this error. Many...

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...

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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...

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