By: Matt Doran, Contributor

For those who will soon graduate, the real world is an impending dark cloud looming on the horizon. Not only will it block out the sun of sleeping in late and beer pong, it will also be raining student loan bills. Students who have secured future employme...

By: Nicole Callas, Features Editor

Imagine chopping off 10 inches of hair. All the years spent styling, coloring or growing it out — gone. For women, cutting off their hair may make them feel as though they lost a sense of femininity, and many people feel as though they need their ha...

By: Susan Healy, Staff Writer

EDITOR’S NOTE: Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved. In October of last year, President Barack Obama’s administration directed the U.S. Department of Justice to end the prosecution of state-compliant medical ma...

By: Hardik Shukla, Staff Writer

A credit score may appear to be a small, three-digit number, but it’s powerful enough to make or break a consumer’s application to buy a new house, purchase a car or set up a cell phone plan. This is the number used by lenders to determine how...

By: John P. Gamboa, Staff Writer

The game Monopoly may be one of the first experiences where children learn about finances. The brightly colored money may not be worth anything, but once it’s gone, children understand its importance: They’re out of the game....

By: Susan Healy, Contributor

From the Apple iPod to high-definition television and smart phones, there is no argument that the past decade has pioneered several high-tech success stories. What most people don’t know is that the same market-leading companies that instituted thes...

By: Susan Healy, Contributor

Many college graduates find themselves in the market to purchase a new car, and after endless hours of studying, homework, tests and dreaded professors, many students want a car that showcases their hard work....

By: Jared Whitlock, Staff Writer

After being hurt by the unstoppable juggernaut of globalization, many small businesses may have found a solution to their woes: Hyper-localism....

By: John P. Gamboa, Staff Writer

It’s not what he knows, but who he knows. Oftentimes this phrase is repeated by parents, friends and other family members. For those who need to jump that social gap and meet other people, Career Services has introduced ways to make that easier. On ...

By: Jared Whitlock, Staff Writer

The music industry is in a freefall. Unlike formerly thriving businesses that blame the recession for their shrinking profits, the bad economy is only the most recent obstacle for an industry that’s been declining for nine years....

By: John P. Gamboa, Staff Writer

With Americans feeling the effects of the recession with a lack of available jobs, those who help others in need are also being hit hard. Around San Diego and the country, the number of charitable donations to nonprofit organizations has decreased, accord...

By: Nicole Callas, Assistant Features Editor

Alex Tew was like any other college student with a low bank account, student loans waiting to burden him after graduation and dreams of making millions of dollars. Except there was one difference: He made the million. Tew was an undergraduate determined t...

By: Natalia Van Stralen, Staff Writer

College students work hard for their money, and are aware of how quickly loans add up in debt. Conversely, top executives at American International Group, Inc. are seeking out bonuses, even with a company debt to taxpayers of more than $87 billion....

By: Kayce T. Ataiyero, MCT Campus

Just about every time I check out at a department or clothing store, a friendly clerk asks, “Would you like to save 20 percent today?” It seems like a no-brainer. But to get the discount, I have to open a store credit card. Would I get a good ...

By: Jared Whitlock, Staff Writer

Economic reincarnation is the newest trend and it could help you find a job. Attitudes toward government intervention in the economy have shifted back and forth throughout the past century. The nation favored a free market-based economy in the early 20th ...

By: Joshua Lyon, Staff Writer

If you haven’t heard the buzzword “green” then you have been living in a cave. Many associate the green movement with projects that take environmental impact into careful consideration. San Diego State’s e3 Club organized its own G...

By: Joshua Hoffman, Staff Writer

The economic climate that continues to engulf this country is affecting almost every business — including the multibillion-dollar professional sports industry that, for a while, appeared to be recession-proof....

By: Joshua Lyon, Staff Writer

Who ever said a new year should only be celebrated by dancing on tables? This year there has been plenty of dancing in the streets as well....

By: Matt Clifford, Staff Columnist

From Wall Street to Main Street, an epidemic has taken America by storm. America is facing not only an economic meltdown, but a moral one as well. Have our country’s business leaders simply lost all integrity?...

By: Matt Clifford, Contributor

Before you know it, graduation will be right around the corner, intuitively meaning it's time to start preparing cover letters, fine-tuning the résumé, attending interviews and most importantly, shaking as many hands as possible....