Otter Realm
2005
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Otter Realm, February 17, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 8
California State University, Monterey Bay
Booze used at free movie nights -- President Smith resigns -- News: Graduation rates low -- Residential advisor shortage: Free rent, benefits, no takers -- Building Problems Normal -- AS Elections -- Black History Month Celebrations Continue -- Crash course in student vehicle maintenance -- Water shortage shocks Marina -- Sports: Together wit love and a good cause -- Uncommon Sense -- Righting the ship -- Hang Up Your Skates? -- Otters look to shock Coyotes, Tritons -- CSUMb's newest team takes the plunge -- Golfers Lend Hand For PRO-AM Tournament -- Arts & Essence: AXIS Dance Company finds freedom in movement -- Performers spread the vaginal word in name of violence prevention -- Goodbye Mammy and Sambo -- North Quad Activities -- The tattoo debate -- Underage students struggle to find entertainment in Monterey -- BBC turns eight -- The Naked Otter -- Ahead for VPA... -- Opinion: Letters to the Editor - Jody Rae Lasda, Junior, LS Teaching Major -- Letter to the Editor -- Editor Response -- Early Academy Awards predictions: Sideways of bust -- Otter Oops -- Student Spotlight: This guy and his music -- Person On Campus: If your genitals could talk what would they say? What do think social security is?
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Otter Realm, March 3, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 9
California State University, Monterey Bay
Marina to build University Villages -- Open doors invite theft in res halls -- News: Campus housing costs rise, still cheap -- 'Gimmicks' increase textbook costs, students pay -- Proposed Cal grant increase, tuition on the rise -- FAFSA: the beautiful and the beastly -- Students make a run for the border -- Conservative club has republicans reading -- Sports: Uncommon Sense -- Women's rugby readies for Banana Slugs -- Students to vote on sports referendum -- Seniors take a final victory lap at the Kelp bed -- Small waves, environment keep tow-in surfers out -- Solo senior closes out career with Otters -- Sailing makes history -- IM sports stay active -- Arts & Essence: Silent surrealism -- Faculty: visiting artists -- Adam's Picks -- Site gives students a chance for feedback -- The Naked Otter -- Opinion: Hybrid vehicles prove trustworthy -- Letter to the Editor: Hell hath no fury like a vagina scorned -- A cry for courtesy: Skateboarders, let us sleep: One Realm reporter throws her two cents in about twilight skaters -- Otter Oops -- Student Spotlight: Answering the call to intergalactic service -- Person On Campus: Have you ever had anything stolen from you on campus? What was it?
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Otter Realm, March 17, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 10
California State University, Monterey Bay
The living end: Hunter S. Thompson dies with the American Dream -- Sports fee referendum passes -- News: New safe seats, clean carpet for Music Hall -- Dangerous intersection gets traffic light -- 'Obscene' meal plans cost students -- Gay community center planned -- Scammers in CSUMB's First Class -- Surf will soon be up for CSUMB -- MIIS to hold 'femicide' forum -- Sports: Baseball club joins NCBA to prepare for NCAA Div. II -- Men's hoops reaches .500 record in season closer -- Senior guards leave mark on and off court -- Running for funds -- Uncommon Sense -- NO MORE MADDEN! Students Who Seek Entertainment In Sports Video Games May Have To Settle For Different Brands -- Arts & Essence: Birth control readily available, cheap at clinics -- St. Patty's Day celebrations to kick off Spring Break -- Internships offer students career experience -- Sustainable energy -- HPV a silent threat on college campuses -- The Naked Otter -- Adam's Picks -- Opinion: CSUMB Graduation Rates -- Letter To The Editor -- Feed me, I'm Irish -- St. Patty's Day Beef And Guiness Stew -- Otter Oops -- Person On Campus: St. Patricks Day is coming up. What is your green thing? -- Student Spotlight: Let's get acquainted with Karen Miller
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Otter Realm, April 7, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 11
California State University, Monterey Bay
Student targeted in campus hate crime -- New food contract proposed -- News: Thousands of parking tickets OK, says UPD -- Visitor center built with money, old wood debuts -- The Otter Blotter, All the police calls that are fit to print and laugh about -- No new president yet, CSUMB waits for news on presidential replacement -- Budget forecast looks partly sunny -- Local bands rock for relief effort -- Sports: Uncommon Sense -- Beer Pong: Blurring the line between athleticism and alcoholism -- Golf 'pumped' to win tourneys -- Former coach and major fundraiser -- Ten years at a glance -- Life after CSUMB athletes -- Arts & Essence: The Best Of... The Campus Spots -- Adam's Picks -- The next generation of jazz -- Cannibus clubs push pot -- Miss Epiphany goes to the porn theatre -- Latin Jazz at the World Theatre, Latin Jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo return to CSUMB -- Opinion: Internet blogs no substitute for newspapers -- Bounty Hunting S. Thompson -- Letter, Stop Cutting CSU Funding And Start Thinking Smarter -- Otter Oops -- Campus Life: Should marijuana be legal? Why? -- Simply a day's work: The life of Les Lamcke
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Otter Realm, April 21, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 12
California State University, Monterey Bay
Students protest with Day of Silence -- Student debt at all time high -- News: Students speak out, make a difference at meeting -- Ord toxins threaten water -- Sick students fear black mold may be the cause -- Guilty by blogging -- Panetta draws few student spectators -- Students sit down to protest Salinas library closures, Activists pitch tents, read books, speak in outrage, then 24 hours later, leave -- Sports: Uncommon Sense -- The Wide World of Otter Sports -- Going the distance -- Women's water polo looks to improve -- Men's golf steps game up -- Arts & Essence: Land Ahoy -- Sea Side -- CSUMB's Third Annual Drag Ball -- BSU to sponsor Black Panther photo exhibit -- Miss Epiphany waits in line -- Adam's Picks -- First Annual One Act Festival -- CSUMB's Greatest Hits, Local Bands Fuse Talents For First School Compilation Album -- Opinion: Editorial Corporations have no conscience -- Quick college meals -- Campus Life: What would your favorite article of clothing be if you were the opposite sex? -- Ren Herring not afraid of sharks
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Otter Realm, May 5, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 13
California State University, Monterey Bay
Churchill speaks, community protests -- Grad job market strong -- News: Majority of campus sex crimes go unreported -- Internship: From mun2 crew to '2-girl crew' -- No cap on gas prices in sight -- Capstone crash course: senior projects demystified -- Child services center needs money, volunteers -- Otters in salmon season -- Catalog makes it way to the information superhighway -- Sports: Enthusiasts' motor revved -- Big time disc golf -- Dynamic women's water polo duo -- 2005 women's golf in review -- Uncommon Sense -- Arts & Essence: VPA students plant a 'Tree of Knowledge' -- Of the beaten path -- Stilwell Center hosts formal -- Adam's Picks -- CSUMB welcomes Jimmy Baca -- House of Jacob: Progressive Men's Club has rough start -- Miss Epilepsy has bad sex -- Opinion: 5% By Volume -- Otter Oops -- Horoscopes -- Campus Life: How do you feel about the news Dean's list?
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Otter Realm, May 18, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 14
California State University, Monterey Bay
TAT capstones draw outside contributions -- News: Life after CSUMB, Past CSUMB graduates reminisce on their CSUMB experience -- What's new for you? Changes starting Fall 2005 -- Green government changes cutlery on campus -- Residential Life changes campus housing policies -- Sports: Athletics Awards and Last Goodbye -- Uncommon Sense -- New women's softball coach is finally named -- Division II baseball begins, new coach named -- Surfing through summer -- 2005 Candidates for Graduation -- Arts & Essence: Seven years of multicultural graduations -- Adam's Picks -- Miss Epilepsy is bored -- Opinion: Letters -- Diary of a mad college graduate -- The Realm bids a fond farewell to these staffers -- Campus Life: What do you want to be when you grow up? -- Life and love of JTG
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Otter Realm, September 15, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 1
California State University, Monterey Bay
RIP Electronic Reserve, Cut down in its prime, survived by Blackboard -- Alleged rape investigation halted -- News: Res Halls locked round the clock, 'Safety Hours' implemented in response to theft -- Apartment fire could be arson -- HPW now a major -- CSUMB presidential search has begun -- Library groundbreaking stalled -- Campus telecommunications to receive upgrade -- California State University system to get green -- Sports: Sport fee hits gym -- Baseball team gets a facelift -- Men's soccer ready for NCAA competition -- Lady Otters look for change -- Otters set sails for future nautical victories -- Mike's Column -- Just dune it, sandboard style -- Recruits boost CSUMB's baseball program -- Arts & Essence: Fort Ord blasted to the past in WWII re-enactment -- Former student's film in works -- Sir Mix -A-Lot raps with the Realm at Octane -- BBC line-up promises to be better than ever -- A big blue fin in a small pond -- Students disoriented -- Adam's Pics, The dogs of war -- CSUMB bands are coming back -- Miss Epilepsy gets cultured -- CSUMB branded -- Opinion: Letters to the editor -- Campus Life: National News Briefs -- Person on Campus: What was your first impression of CSUMB?
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Otter Realm, September 29, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 2
California State University, Monterey Bay
Shelter from the Storm -- Students to vote on fee reduction for new faculty housing -- News: Truck transformed to podium for expression -- Campus population affecting parking, UPD urges students to walk, ride bikes to classes -- CSUMB library loses floors, gains new name -- Housing handbook has parking ticket error -- Gas prices put a cap on student spending -- UPD receives upgrade -- Safe Rides rescues partiers -- Sports: At last, softball at CSUMB -- Cross country team runs towards victory for CSUMB -- Basketball season to begin, looks to recruits for success -- Soccer season shows promising start for Otters -- New pups on the block -- Arts & Essence: Spanish bands rock the BBC -- Otters to celebrate first homecoming in October -- Karnevil of Souls -- Perla Batalla to visit World Theater -- Adam's Pics, Two of a Kind -- Jewish Student Union brings band to North Quad -- Octane books: Monterey's 'Premiere' nightclub has it all: VIP, rock venue, top 40 -- Otters gone wild gets online -- Miss Epilepsy is moving out -- Marina Farmer's Market: Everyone's Harvest -- From Michaocan to Hollister -- CSUMB intern passionate about pesticides -- Person on Campus: What do you think of the Otter Realm? -- National News Briefs -- Otter Oops
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Otter Realm, October 13, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 3
California State University, Monterey Bay
Sleepy Seaside town to be revamped -- Bars to donate soft drinks for designated drivers -- News: Fighting against cancer -- CSUMB bookstore online: preorder available -- New wave of car thefts hits CSUMB -- Blood drive comes to campus -- Student tased in fight on Princeton -- Sports: Real life fantasy football -- Women's volley ball makeover -- High rollers: hockey club begins tournaments -- They're the otter dance team, not cheerleaders -- After midnight: Late Night with the Otters -- Arts & Essence: A grand afaire if ye have the loot -- BatBoy makes mark on Western Stage Theatre -- The screaming sky of the Salinas Air Show -- Whale watching blues -- The Realm gets high in stunt helicopter -- Miss Epilepsy loves to shop -- Adam's Pics, The Daddy of Rock 'N' Roll, Wesley the Sublime -- Public access television protects First Amendment -- Dining Commons delivers delicious delights -- Opinion: Letters to the Editor: Rape too serious for Realm to handle -- Scenes in movie Crash are no joke -- Otter Oops -- Campus Life: Where does your money go?
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Otter Realm, October 27, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 4
California State University, Monterey Bay
East Campus apartment trashed again -- Adjunct lecturer pissed off -- News: Where have all the mailmen gone? Students Frustrated With 'Slow' CSUMB Mail Service -- Schwarzenegger speaks at Marina town hall meeting, Democratic club protests -- Black Panthers to give women's view in presentation -- Clubs, groups work together to educate about alcohol -- College Democrat club hopes for 'friendly opposition' to Republicans -- California special election happens November 8, Ballot Measures and Polling Places on the Peninsula for Voting -- CSUMB gets electronic voting machine in OE -- Sports: Basketball team goes Aloha -- Soccer team forfeits five games in Fall season -- Cross country otters desire to win and improve -- Rojas runs on a dream -- Arts & Essence: Resident Tourist -- Adam's Pics Cronenbergian Realism -- Halloween events on Peninsula and beyond -- Opinion: Letters -- Campus Life: Scenes from Alcohol Awareness Week -- Person on Campus: How does this campus view right wing beliefs?
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Otter Realm, November 10, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 5
California State University, Monterey Bay
The Residential Tourist explores the Butterfly House -- Students protest fee for 2006 -- Burns on Fort Ord -- Service Learning grant to benefit Chinatown -- Dorothy's doors to be open for women's shelter -- Lightmare on Fredericksburg -- TAT student films documentary in New Orleans -- CSUMB Students helping to spread the word about the Safe Haven Law -- Women's soccer looks to the future -- Star-studded golf -- Michael's Nook-Playing by the rules -- Volleyball spikes controversy -- 'Rain of Gold' gives gift of passion storytelling -- Mariachis made in Monterey Bay -- Resident Tourist -- Laguna Seca motoring -- Adam's Pics-sex marks the spot -- Miss Epiphany fears the TV -- Three way draq queen -- Student says, "So long, Laverty" -- Renn faire no joke -- Person on Campus: Why did you choose CSUMB?
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Otter Realm, December 8, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 6
California State University, Monterey Bay
Learning to toe the state line -- Non-profits help make the holidays happy for all -- University Villages: the dawn of a new Marina -- Employee union may cut paychecks -- Master's in Public Policy to be offered -- City of Marina hits its 30th year -- TAPS gone Wild -- Michael's Nook -- Women's b-ball players will focus on effort, not outcome next season -- Just for the kelp of it: Crazies show support for Otters -- A ball of a season for women's volleyball team -- Otters, no match for Bruins in b-ball blowout -- Resident Tourist -- Jingle bell shop -- Be creative: Cheap and easy gifts for Christmas and Chanukah -- Realm sits shotgun with UPD -- Audience goes to the Pharcyde -- Adam's Pics: A funny thing called love -- CSUMB grad offers alternative eats in Toro Park -- In the Realm of the Wild -- Miss Epiphany goes on safari: part one -- Barrzo Brando, Pharcyde a success at BBC -- Person on Campus: What do you want for Christmas?
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Otter Realm, December 16, 2005, Vol. 12 No. 7
California State University, Monterey Bay
Down and dirty in the East Campus apartments -- TAT department blues -- Inspections -- Capstones on fest track for Fall 2005 -- Associated Students carry budget and classes -- Documentary helps break barriers for migrant workers -- Lamont to lead men's b-ball in Spring season -- Lady Otters' Lopez bids farewell to basketball -- Michael's Nook -- Water Polo team hopes for another 'awesome' season -- Resident Tourist -- 'Locals rule': Struggles continue between residents and visiting surfers -- Otter this world -- CSUMB birthplace of student record label -- Adam's Pics: Festival of Characters -- 9 Things To Do in February -- Student sounds off on TAT funding controversy -- Person on Campus: What is the craziest thing you're doing over the winter break?