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The San Diego State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Union is changing its name to Queer Student Union beginning next semester. SDSU LGBTSU President Michael Manacop said the group could just keep adding letters to the name, but instead, it has decided to revamp it to include everyone, using the umbrella term “queer.” “There are [...]

A team of 60 San Diego State faculty, researchers and students entered Qualcomm’s X-Prize Tricorder Competition to revolutionize health care and win $10 million. Team captain and graduate student Lambert Ninteman’s said if the team wins, all of the money will go back to SDSU. The competition is named after the futuristic series “Star Trek” [...]

The California State University Chancellor’s Office released its annual fact book, which includes information about the CSU’s funding, student costs and enrollment. According to the CSU system’s document, for every dollar the state invests into the system, the CSU returns $5.43. The CSU is the state’s leading producer of bachelor’s degrees, with approximately 100,000 graduates [...]

This Thursday, Friends of the Guardian Scholars will be hosting a fundraising event to raise money for 11 San Diego State Guardian Scholars. Guardian Scholars are students who have been homeless, lived in foster care or have been under legal guardianship. Event proceeds will fund a business attire shopping trip for the students. Finance junior [...]

State Street Grill seemed like any other restaurant near a college campus: cheap beer, slightly rambunctious waiters and an alluring happy hour. But, the owners of the local restaurant have been charged with 21 felony counts violating minimum wage laws and California theft laws, according to a press release sent out yesterday by the San [...]

“Volumes and volumes of artillery fire and surface to surface missiles” would be directed straight at South Koreans if North Korea decided to attack, retired Maj. Gen. James Marks illustrated to CNN as the most likely plan of attack. The Washington Post recently posted a music video released by North Korea this past week. The [...]

In light of the recent retirement announcement of San Diego State’s Vice President for Student Affairs James Kitchen, SDSU President Elliot Hirshman announced Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Eric Rivera to stand in for the position starting May 18. “I definitely have big shoes to fill, figuratively and literally,” Rivera said. For the past [...]

Thousands of future San Diego State students and their families joined together on Saturday to the Explore SDSU Open House. Booths for student organizations, lined Campanile Walkway to Hepner Hall for new Aztecs to check out. Parents of incoming freshmen spoke to professors as their children perused on-campus groups they could potentially join. Even those [...]

Professional Woman’s Magazine placed San Diego State’s College of Business Administration among “Best of the Best” universities and master’s degree schools for women. Each year, the magazine’s publisher, DiversityComm, Inc. and four other magazines evaluate businesses and universities. The evaluation process involves looking into outreach and accessibility that is available to the female, black and [...]

As white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church was chosen. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected the 266th successor of St. Peter and will lead 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. At 11:05 a.m. yesterday, the white smoke signified the appointment of [...]

Associated Students candidates for executive vice president and vice president of financial affairs squared off in a lively debate yesterday. The four candidates for executive vice president focused on how they plan to enhance the Aztec community and approach the new A.S. government structure. Executive vice president candidate and civil engineering junior Kyle Anderberg said [...]

Even though the manhunt for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner came to its fatal ending, controversy still persists. According to the autopsy report by the Riverside County coroner’s office, Dorner’s cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head. The origin of the gunshot wound is still under investigation. Dorner, who [...]