Service dogs: A student’s best friend
Lacey Simon, a Cuesta student who brings her service dog Beck to class as a psychiatric aid. Photo courtesy of Lacey Simon / Cuesta Student By Rachel Barnes Editor-in-chief Man’s best friend can sometimes also be man’s greatest ...
Summer Preview: Classic Cinema at ‘The Movie Experience’
The Downtown Centre Cinema is showing different classic movies every month this summer. Photo by Aric Sweeny / Special Contributor – Journalism 201A By Aric Sweeny Special Contributor Journalism 201A Although the moviegoing experience is one slowly fading into history, ...
A new media club is coming to Cuesta
Graphic courtesy of Next Gen Productions. Club’s Facebook page By Holly Walsh Life & Culture Editor A new club will be joining Cuesta College for the upcoming fall semester called Next Gen Productions. Maryann Talino is the clubs founder and ...
Leaky roofs are causing problems at Cuesta
Photos by Paige Fairchild / Cuestonian Staff Photographer By Holly Walsh Life & Culture Editor The rain may have brought spring flowers — but it also dumped water, mud and debris into a multitude of classrooms campus-wide — causing many to ...
The grass-roots music scene in San Luis Obispo
A crowd gathered around a stage at the Big Surreal in 2015. The event is an intimate gathering nestled in the hills of Big Sur. Photos courtesy of Zack Gingg / LuvLab Productions By Clara Applegarth...
Elephant seals come ashore for annual molting ritual
Photos by Adrian Martino / Special Contributor – Journalism 201A Student By Adrian Martino Special Contributor – Journalism 201A Once a year, elephant seals return to shore to simultaneously change their top layer of skin and hair in a process ...
ASCC to hold end of semester de-stress events
Cuestonian file photo Allison Turner Opinion Editor The Associated Students of Cuesta College will be teaming up with the Cultural Center to provide de-stress activities in the two weeks before finals. The next events will be held on Tuesday, May ...
Black Panther continues to make history
By Allison Turner Opinion Editor Marvel Comics’ “Black Panther” is a fantastical portrayal of a near-utopian society existing in a secret and secluded country in Africa: Wakanda – a country with numerous connections to the real world. “Black Panther” was first released ...
Mars Insight Lander scheduled to launch from the Central Coast
The Mars InSight probe lander is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on Nov. 28 and will conduct a series of samplings. Artist’s rendering courtesy of NASA/ JPL By Taylor Saugstad Managing Editor of ...
Cuesta takes aim at campus safety
“I don’t think that [arming teachers] is the solution,” Cuesta Police Chief Brian Millard said. “You don’t normally solve guns with more guns.” Photo by Josh Pachio / Cuestonian Staff Photographer By Austin Brumblay Managing Editor ...
Sheriff defends statements amid inmate death controversy
Photo credit: Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s Facebook page By Holly Walsh Life & Culture Editor Amid allegations that San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson made seemingly conflicting statements regarding his agency’s responsibility in the death of jail inmate, the ...
Fake IDs flood downtown SLO: Up to $1,000 fine, jail
SLOPD records indicated that there were 20 arrests in 2016, and 28 arrests in 2017 for minors in possession of fake identification. Public Domain / Courtesy of the U.S. Southern District Court of New York By ...