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  Otter Realm, February 14, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Speed Humping Around: New Speed humps, lumps, and bumps, are making a campus wide thump! -- What You Otter Be Doing February 14 - February 27 -- Safety Vs. Control: A Time Where Safety is Concern -- Pioneer of MOOCs Comes to Campus: Stanford's Sebastian Thrun on Artificial Intelligence -- UPD Addresses Campus Safety: Safety Measures Taken to Ensure a Safer Campus -- Nightclub Fire Creates Question of Safety: Are Students Safe at Campus Events? -- Nightclub Fire Creates Question of Safety: Are Students Safe at Campus Events? -- MB Instagram Hunt: Hashtags Take Over CSUMB -- Tech Hooks for Books: Local Bookstores Losing the Battle Against Online Book Retailers -- Chance to Study Abroad: Gilman Scholarship Takes Students All Over the World -- Pinnacles National Park Established: Closest National Park to the Bay Area -- Focus On the Prize: Sustainability Event Comes to CSUMB -- Have a Heart: Annual Scholarship Fundraiser to be Held Feb. 23 -- It's Never Too Late: Variety of Classes Offered for 50+ Students -- Flip Teaching: Faculty at CSUMB Convert Classrooms to a Nontraditional Form of Teaching -- Otter Be in the Community -- Producing Fresh Produce -- Recreating Activism 150 Years Later: CSUMB Students Team up with the Community to Celebrate One Man's Fight for Freedom and Equality -- Green Light for Immigration Reform -- Roof for Bikes -- Otter Realm Live!: Otter Realm and Otter Media Collaborate to Deliver News Broadcast Program -- President Promotes Community: The University House Hosts an Exhibition of Student Art -- Feeding Your Needs at the OBR: Otter Bay Restaurant Adjusts to Suit Student Requests -- Fandom Is The New Fan Club: A Look Into The World Of Fandoms -- OE Closure: Where Shall We Eat? -- CSUMB Football, Will It Happen? -- Forbidden City: A Hidden Beauty with the Ord -- Unplanned Pregnancies: CSUMB Brings Awareness to Protective Means of Sex to College Students -- Bass Team Successful at Lake Oroville: Team Heads to Clearlake, CA for Invitational -- Women's Rugby Kicking Off: A Closer Look at CSUMB Women's Rugby Team -- A Day-in-the-Life: Student-Athlete: Junior Women's Basketball Player Talks Athletics, Academics, and Injury-Recovery -- Otter Stats And Standings -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Valentine's Day: Ideas for the Taken and Single -- TIDES -- What is the most important safety issue on campus?

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  Otter Realm, February 28, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  A Catalyst for Climate Change: Focus the Region Highlights Systems and Sustainability -- What You Otter Be Doing February 28 - March 13 -- Interconnected Systems of Life -- Making Higher Education Obtainable: National TRIO Day Celebrates Higher Education for Disadvantaged Students -- A House is Not a Home: CSUMB Presents Changing Policies to Ire of Some -- Student Fundraiser Sets New Record: Have a Heart Celebrates 14 Years of Giving -- A Shining Star Amongst Men: Research and study of the skies abounds at CSUMB front door -- Hope For U.S. Education System: Future of Higher Education Initiative teleconference -- Students Who Sell SEX: Some Students in Norway Make Money for School in Another Way -- Make Life WORTH LIVING: Suicide Prevention Seminar in Identifying and Aiding Mental Health Issues -- CSUMB has Risen: One Billion Rising event gets student rising, striking, and dancing -- Take Me Out To the Ballgame: CSUMB Baseball Program on the Rise -- A-Day-In-The-Life: Collegiate Soccer Player Talks about Sports, Balancing and Trying to Graduate on Time -- Women's Basketball Team Looks to Finish Strong: Home Playoff Game St for March 5 -- Otter Stats And Standings: A Look at How CSUMB Athletes and Teams Are Fairing in Competition -- Students Venture Outdoors: Outdoor Adventure Club Provides Numerous Recreational Opportunities for Students -- A Campus for Cyclists: Campus Has Over 3.8 Miles Of Bike Friendly Boulevards -- Sailing Towards the Finish Line: The Sailing Club makes huge strides to reach nationals -- Disc Golf Throws Their Way Into Championships: Nationally Ranked Team Faces Challenges Big and Small -- New Pope, New Hope?: Picking Up Where Benedict XVI Left Off -- Swap Some Tags: A Thrifty and Sustainable Clothing Solution -- The Art of Chinese Lion Dancing: Students express Chinese history through music and dance -- Stomping for Culture: Professional step company Step Afrika! group visits CSUMB -- CSUMB Student and Idol Contestant: Stevie Rae Struggles Between School and Her Dream -- Dropping Beats With DJ SlugNa$ty: Student DJ Shares His Interest in EDM Music -- Textbooks vs. E-Readers: Which is Better for the 21st Century College Student -- More Than a Paycheck: The Benefits of On-Campus Employment -- Hidden Gem of Monterey County: Comedy and Karaoke Bar Promotes Diversity -- East Campus Has Issues: Students in uproar over East Campus changes -- Tommy's and Coffee Mia -- Otter oops -- Sexual Healing What's Your Confession? -- In Loving Memory Carrie Gonzalez Lujan -- TIDES - What financial sacrifices/measures do you make in order to attend college?

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  Otter Realm, March 14, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  International Music Project Finds Home in Monterey --What You Otter Be Doing March 14 - March 30 -- Millennial Generation at Work or Play -- Otter Realm Awards -- The Ideas of March: CSUMB prepares for the Second Annual App Competition -- Worming Our Way to a Greener Campus: CSUMB Continues to Go Green -- Sluts Unite: CSUMB Brings "Slut Walk" Event to Campus for the Second Time -- Knifes, Bats, Clubs? A-Okay?!: How Plane Trips May Have Become Much More Dangerous -- What Am I Going To Do After College: CSUMB Academic and Career Advising Offers Career Advising Events -- 'Atta Boy!: A Student's Narrative on Adderall -- The 411 on Taxes: Tax season deadline is around the corner -- A Community Coming Together: NAACP Meeting Gives Students a Chance to Greet Community Members -- Say You Wanna Revolution: CSUMB Professors Talk Timba -- What the Frack?!: Monterey County Potential #1 Oil Producer in America -- A Day in the Life Avery Ortiz -- No Mud Flaps Necessary: Annual Mud Run Comes to CSUMB -- Military Influenced Airsoft Games on Campus: Students Battle Throughout Heartbreak Ridge -- Women's Hoops Will Dance Again: Otter Women's Basketball heads to third straight NCAA tournament -- Golf Teams Tee Off Spring Season: Hard work, team-building is key to success on the course -- CSU Summer Arts --Harlem Shakin' On Campus: -- From Otter To A Published Writer: An interview with CSUMB alumna Kristin Leal -- Behind the Bar: Female Student Balances Bartending and School -- To Crawl For! Crawling Your Way Through the Restaurant Scene -- Stumbling into Broadcasting: An Inside Scoop of the New Otter Realm Live Show -- Restaurant Review Corner: Brophy's Tavern and Buffalo Wild Wings -- East Campus Housing Response: Student letter brings awareness to East Campus issue -- Sexual Healing Times Are Changin': One student's view on modern-day relationships -- TIDES -- What environmental issue(s) are most important to you?

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  Otter Realm, April 12, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Immigration Reform is Imminent: Raffles Around the Country, Hopes and Anticipation Among Local Immigrants -- What You Otter Be Doing April 12 - April 24 -- Stepping Stones: Started from the Bottom, Now We're Here -- Earth Day Calendar -- Prop. 8/DOMA Reevaluated in Supreme Court: CSUMB Out and About Blub Discusses their Struggles and Progression in the 'Alphabet Soup' Community -- Does Social Justice Fit in the Corporate World?: Annual Social Justice Colloquium Discusses the Social Responsibility of Corporations -- Forum Talks Big Business Success: Business Ethics Forum Focuses on Consumer Technology -- In PURSUIT of the Youth: An Inspiring Afternoon at the University Center -- MOOCs Now and Beyond: Founder of Udacity Explains the Origins of MOOCs and their Future -- From an Otter to a Hoosier: Provost Accepts Position at Indianan U -- And the WINNERS Are ... CSUMB Students Elected Their Next Associated Students Cabinet -- Technology in Our Brain?: The Internet could be available to access in our brain -- CSUMB Student Takes Global Leaders Program: TRIO Students Land Prestigious Summer Study in Spain -- Gun Laws Make Way to Congress' Desk -- Badge on the Sleeve: Offices Finding Solace from Crime -- School Through ADD/ADHD Eyes: Attending College with ADD/ADHD: Efforts to Provide Community Awareness of Disabled Students -- East of Eden: An Update on the East Campus Rates -- Sports Brawl Unnecessary, Controversial: The Negative Impact of Bad Sportsmanship in Professional Sports -- Rugby Club Provides Opportunity: CSUMB Rugby Club Continues to be a Strong Option for Students Seeking "Brotherhood" -- Men's Golf In Strong Position: No. 8 ranked Otters are Once Again Competing for a NCAA Championship -- Q & A Otter Women's Golf: Otter Women's Golf Head Coach Alexis Edwards Discusses College Athletics -- Making a Better Way to Stay: How CSUMB Can Better Retain African American Students -- Language Requirement a Cultural Privilege: Exploring the Benefits of the Language Proficiency Requirement -- Diary of a Mad Commuting Woman: Why Moving Home was the Only Affordable Option -- OR Reporter Does Mud Run: Staying Fit and Having Fun at the Same Time -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Sexual Violence on Campus: Are We Concerned? -- Chopped like a Weed -- TIDES -- What is your #FirstWorldProblem?

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  Otter Realm, April 25, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Marathon of Events: UPD Officer Participated in Boston Marathon -- What You Otter Be Doing April 25 - May 8 -- Disregard Media Acquire Knowledge -- Now What? Expectations of Next Year's Student Government: Expectations of Next Year's Student Government -- Housing Conversations: Interpersonal Solutions Event Held with Residential Life -- New Faculty Finds Her Home -- A Call Against Gender Violence: The MENding Monologues Makes its Way to Campus -- Race and Disability Panel Talks Tolerance, Oppression: Students Share Their Stories of Discrimination -- Chancellor Comes to Town: Chancellor White and Trustees Review Ochoa's Work -- Gobble, Gobble, Gobble This is a Season of Love...For Turkeys -- Local Authors Bring New Approach to Racism: Combined Destinies Shares Views on Individual memories of Racism and Segregation -- Come On, and Take a Free Ride! -- Students Question Sodexo: Democratic Participation Project Dedicated to Reforming or Removing Sodexo Dining Services -- Loving our Planet: Events Celebrating Earth Day Flow Through Monterey Bay -- Earth Savvy Rideshare -- A Poseidon of Protection: Invisible Boundaries of he Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary Offer Protection -- Fracking Unearthed: First Peer Review of Modern Gas Drilling Released to the Public -- All the County's a Stage -- Emcees Breaking Borders in Salinas: Rappers Create Hip-Hop Social Justice Learning Opportunity -- Remember the Good 'Ol Days? Block Party: Fair Food, Rides, and Entertainment -- Student on Track for Success: Thousands Flock to Annual Cyclist Event -- Otter Baseball Making Playoffs Push -- A Day In The Life, Water Polo Style: Senior Alex Tyrrell Talks Water Polo, Graduating and Balancing it All -- When "NO" Should Only Mean "NO": A View on Rape Culture from a Women's Perspective -- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Inside Look into the Otter Realm as a Class -- Students Respond to Panetta Visit: Challenging Systems Constructs, Breaking Society's "Fundamentals" -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Accepting Terms of Use: Harsh Words Used too Casually -- Red Roses -- Waiting... -- Naani for the Apocalypse -- TIDES -- What are the after effects of the Boston Marathon events on your life?

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  Otter Realm, May 8, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Clouds of Color for a Cure: Holi Festival Celebration Raises Money to Help End Polio in Third World Countries -- What You Otter Be Doing April 8 - May 18 -- Our Final Farewell -- Associated Students Inc.: Restructuring Bylaws has Past and Future AS Members Hopeful for a Cohesive Future -- Swearin' In -- You Say Hello: Brett Roberts -- I Say Goodbye: Duane Lindsay -- In Spanish and English: Youth Voices Reaching the Airwaves -- Higher Education Issues Illuminated: CEO of Lumina Foundations Speaks of "Attainment Goal" -- Petition to Keep Fort Ord Accessible: Discontent Citizens Gather Signatures to Preserve the Forest -- Death of the Death Penalty? -- Go Green...or Go Home: CSUMB Named one of the Most Environmentally Friendly Campuses in the US -- Writers for the Win!: Students Win Otter Realm Awards -- King/Chavez Challenge Complete: Awards for Service to the Community -- Nitrate Contamination: Ongoing Problem for Salinas Residents -- One More for the Road: Students Protest Against East Campus Rate Increase -- Moving Out, Green Style: Sustainable Ways to Get Rid Unwanted Items -- W.T.F. Welcome to Finals -- Sharing the Wisdom: Three Seniors Reflect on their Knowledge -- Fight Against Domestic Violence -- Capstone Dives into Marine Education -- Breaking Stereotypes -- I'm Graduating...Now What? -- Seniors Share their Last Words before Graduation -- Making a Difference for Foster Youth: Compass Program Points Students in Right Direction -- Clouds of Color for a Cure -- A Golfer's Mecca -- Just Keep Swimmin': Strong Postseason Play has Returning Players Excited for Next Season -- Greeks Unite! Greek Community Hits Gridiron for End-of-the-Year Event -- Baseball Team Snags First Regular Season Title: Senior featured as ESPN Student-Athlete of the Week -- Honoring Boston: Big Sur Marathon Kicks-Off Once Again -- Surfing Girls: A Non-Profit Surfing Organization for Young Girls -- Awards Galore: Graduating Seniors Receive Special Honors for Academics and Contributions to Campus -- Ten Summer Reading Suggestions -- Otters Abroad: A Different World Across the Ocean -- Regaining Possession: Student-Athlete's Life-Changing Decision Alters Future -- Work...School...Social Life? The Majority of Students in a Balancing Act -- A Student-Parent's Journey Balancing Parenthood and School -- Purposeful Service CSUMB Students Honored for Community Service -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Staying Cool Between The Sheets...or not? -- Broken Smile -- TIDES -- What is the theme song of your life?

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  Otter Realm, September 19, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Meet the New Otter Express! -- What You Otter Be Doing September 19 - October 2 -- New Beginnings: Making this Our Year -- AED's Popping Up Around Campus Defibrillators Become a Priceless Precaution -- The Facts on Obamacare: How the Next Phase Could Affect College Students -- Here There Be Whales: Anchovy Bloom Brings Whales to Monterey Bay -- Making Bikes Safer on Campus: New Bike Registry Available to Students -- Humanities Professor Receives Large Grant: CSUMB Makes Efforts to Bring Salinas History to Present Day -- Student's Taste Buds Crave the Organic: Downtown Monterey Feeds a Fresh Fantasy at the Farmer's Market -- New Parking Fees and Regulations: Increases in Parking Fees and changes in Permit Regulations -- The International Season: The Highest International Enrollment in CSUMB History -- Celebrating Diversity: Chicano(a) Latino(a) Heritage Month at CSUMB -- Working on the Dream: Guest Speakers Grapple with Civil Rights issues 50 Years Later -- First Prescribed Burn of the Season: Army in Search of Perfect Conditions for Controlled Burn -- Summer Lovin'...First Ever First City Festival, West End Celebration, Salinas Rodeo Still Ropin', Ch-ch-chickens, Black Box Cabaret Concert Review, President & Provost, Trayvon Martin, Plastic Bags Go Off the Hook, Gay Rights Prevail in CA, NSA Knows All About You -- Minimum Wage Increase, Alza del Salario Minimo -- Peak of the Week "Hump Day!": College Students Are Familiar with GEICO's "Hump Day" Commercial -- Humps, and Lumps and Stop Signs. Oh my!: Some Speed Bumps Are Out and Stop Signs Are In -- Women's Volleyball Off to a Hot Start!: Lady Otters Kick Off the Season at the Sixth Annual Otter Classic -- Should College Athletes Be Getting Paid? Manziel and O'Bannon Cases Spark National Debate -- A Voice for he Movies: In a World...2013 Review -- Murals with a History: Past and Present Murals on Campus Give University a Rich History -- Success for Second Summer Arts Program: Summer Arts program impacting lives of students -- Education Isn't Only About Profit -- Violence in Salinas Streets But Not in Community Spirit -- Students with Ink: Phases and images needled in the skin for encouragement -- Sexual Healing Summer Lovin' -- Greek Life on Campus The rush is on -- TIDES -- As a Freshman, how are you adjusting to campus life?

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  Otter Realm, October 3, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Protest Raises Voter Awareness: Decision on Voting Rights Act Sparks March in Seaside -- What You Otter Be Doing October 3 - October 16 -- Adapting to Life As It Comes Our Way -- National Tutor Appreciation Week -- Chopstix Wrongfully Exposed? Scathing Craiglist Post Creates More Questions Than Answers -- New Bike Sharing Program a Huge Hit: Should It Be Considered on College Campuses? -- Night Safety Complications On Campus: Blue Light Emergency Phones a Thing of the Past, or a Beacon of Safety -- Addressing Hot Issues While Keeping His Cool: Professor John A. Powell Talks Student Life, College Pranks, and Staying Positive -- Shutdown: Its Cause and Effects: Obamacare Creates Dissension Among Congress -- Father of Chicano(a) Theater Visits CSUMB: Luis Valdez Talks Theater and Activism -- Padre del Teatro Chicano(a) Visita CSUMB: Luis Valdez Habla de Teatro y Activismo -- Adobes Under Pressure: Cooper-Molera Buildings Resisting Commercialization -- Aware of the Otter: Friends of the Sea and Their Constant Struggle to Survive -- The NSA Gets Animated: David Rees Lampoons Spy-Center in Cartoon -- The Great Outdoors: Outdoor Recreation Club Provides A Student Escape -- Educational Opportunities Spring to Life: CSUMB Majors Fair 2013 -- Unresolved Differences: The Nuclear Challenges of North Korea and Iran -- In Memory of: Jesse Baza -- Carmel Art and Film Festival: Bringing a Triage of Art & Film to the Monterey Peninsula -- Discounts Galore! -- Film, Music, Culture and Community: Days and Nights Festival Featuring Philip Glass -- Will 2013 Be The Year of the Shark: Sharks Get Ready to Sink Their Teeth Into the New Hockey Season -- Big Fines Fall to Deter Dirty Hits in NFL: League Struggles to Find a Punishment that Would Discourage Players from Excessive Violence -- Men in Pink: Raising Awareness About Male Breast Cancer -- Columbus Day, Worth Celebrating? National Holiday Misrepresents the Historical Events -- Sexual Healing Art of SEX -- A Project of Everyone's Harvest: Bringing Fresh, Local, Organic Produce and Flowers to CSUMB -- TIDES --Do you prefer warm or cold weather?

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  Otter Realm, October 31, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Dia de los Muertos: When Life and Death Go Hand in Hand -- What You Otter Be Doing October 31 - November 14 -- Shifting Priorities and Making Decisions -- Giving for the Sake of Sharing: "Really, Really Free Market" a Success in North Quad -- Volunteering for the Youth of the Nations: Village Project in Seaside Provides Opportunities for Service Learning -- Campus Prepares for New Business and Information Technology Building: Parking Options Subject to Change with New Construction -- No Privacy in Public Locations: City of Seaside May Install New Surveillance Cameras -- Gatorade Pong A Splash: Otter Sports Center Features Non-Alcoholic Event -- Know Where to Vote in November: Polling Places and Voting Information For the Monterey County Elections -- Hitting the Books: Midterms Have Ended, Panic is Postponed -- Theta Alpha Sigma Confronts Domestic Violence: Heightening Consciousness Around Domestic Violence on Campus -- CSUMB Pays Homage to Native Americans: Events Honoring Native American Heritage Month To be Held On Campus -- Possible Link Between Alcohol and Breast Cancer: Can Women Who Drink Be More at Risk for Breast Cancer? -- Behind the Kitchen Door: A Night Out With Saru Jayaraman -- Breaking the Silence of Egyptian Women: Activist Speaks Human Rights for Egypt -- Dia de los Muertos When Life and Death go Hand in Hand -- Padre with a Mission: Junipero Serra and the Legacy of California Missions -- Faculty Reclaims Their Voice: Town Hall Discusses Shared Governance -- "Six Months, Three Days" Remembers the Future: Hugo Award Winner Charlie Anders Shares Insight on Short Fiction -- Future of Art and Music -- World Cultures on the Reel: International Film Festival Comes to Town -- New Season, New Coach, New Plans: Behind the Scenes with Women's New Basketball Coach Kerri Nakamoto -- Otter Athletic Update! An Overview on CSUMB's Fall Sports Teams -- Building Relationships and Learning Through Activity: Intramural Sports Keeps Students Active -- World Series All Inclusive in Baseball? Many Questions if the Title "World Series" Needs to be Changed -- Does Tradition Justify Racism? Growing Opposition of the Washington Redskin's Name -- The Impact of Employment: Full Time, Part Time, or No Job? -- Tailgating Problem on Inter-Garrison: Speed Reduced to 35 mph Causing Tailgaters -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing When You Don't Get A Room -- TIDES --Do You Have Any Post-Midterm Resolutions?

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  Otter Realm, November 21, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Honoring President Ochoa: Celebrating the President's Investiture -- Perspective and Persistence -- What You Otter Be Doing November 21 - December 11 -- History Sails Into Moss Landing: The Lady Washington Provides Educational Tours -- Sustainability Days! -- Thanksgiving's Market Value: Retail Stores Slash Holiday Traditions -- A Season for Giving Abroad: Philippines Typhoon Creates Immense Need for Money and Gods -- Pentagon Unveils 2013 Military Budget Cuts: Army Slow to Change -- "Ohana" Means Family: Asian Pacific Islander Association Addresses Campus Identity -- Students Express Registration Frustration: Questions Raised After Spring Registration -- Jamboree Jolts Jellyfish Awareness: Aquarium Exhibit Educates the Public on Jellyfish Life -- Honoring President Ochoa Celebrating the President's Investiture -- Making His Mark: President Ochoa Talks About Past, Present, and Future -- Leafy, Green and Legal? Exploring What California Can Expect if Marijuana Is Legalized -- PC Talks: An Interview with "The Daily Show's" John Hodgman -- World Culture on Stage: The World Theater Seeks to Blossom this Spring -- The Making of Mural Legacies: Behind the Canvas of Campus Murals -- Celebrating 50 Years of "Doctor Who": Popular British Television Show Returns -- Good Food, Good Wine, and a Good Cause: Monterey Food and Wine Festival Supports Local Charities -- Otter Athletic Update: An Overview of CSUMB's Fall Sports Teams -- San Francisco Batkid: Recovering Stolen Mascots and Stealing Hearts -- No Shave November: Exploring the Origin of November Facial Hair -- Risky or Safe? E-Cigarettes: Regulation Up in the Air -- Justice for Women Farmworkers: Sexual Exploitation in the Fields -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Passion Parties -- A Passionate Patience: On the Investiture of Dr. Eduardo M Ochoa as President, California State University Monterey Bay -- TIDES --What's the most Awkward Thanksgiving Conversation You've Had?

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  Otter Realm, December 12, 2013

  California State University, Monterey Bay

  Reducing the Campus' Carbon Footprint -- Empowerment and Raising Voices -- What You Otter Be Doing December 12 - December 20 -- Full-Time Respect for Part-Time Faculty: Working Conditions are Cause for Concern -- Future College Students of America: Exceptional Local Teachers Empower High School Students -- "A Future for Fort Ord" Plans for Building 44: CSUMB Student's Eager to Bring a Museum to the School -- Once Soldiers Now Students: CSUMB Students Explore the Stories Behind Local War Veterans -- What's Open Over Winter Break? -- Trans/Gender Awareness Week Raises Issues at CSU Monterey Bay: Difficulties a Transgender Student May Face at College -- Internet Freedom @ Risk: TPP Proposals Limit Citizens' Use of the Web -- Homecoming: CSUMB Celebrates its Annual Homecoming Week -- Capstone Compilation: Seniors Prepare to Present Projects for Graduation -- Salinas Youth: Seen and Heard: Senior Capstones Focus on Strides of Salinas' Youth -- Slow Start for Crab Season: New Crab Laws Help Local Fishermen -- Reducing the Campus' Carbon Foot Print: CSUMB's Senate Approves the Climate Action Plan -- Exploitation in the Fields: Author of "Lettuce Wars" Addresses California Farmworker System -- Keeping Ahead of the Flu: Clearing Up Flu Virus Misconceptions -- "One City, Many Cultures" Salinas 13 Annual Holiday Parade of Lights a Success -- Art Walks Among Us: Salinas Celebrates the Arts Every First Friday of the Month -- Otter Athletic Update An Overview on CSUMB's Fall Sports Teams -- Otters Still Undefeated! Lack of a School Football Team But Plenty of Spirit -- Race, Abuse and The Human Psyche: Bullying and Hate Crime in the Public Eye -- Obama and the Change of the Filibuster Rules: What Will Happen Now? -- The "Smart Drug" Epidemic -- Deteriorating Oceans: Greenpeace Saving the World One Donation at a Time -- Otter Oops -- Sexual Healing Single For the Holidays -- Childhood in the Fields: The Case for Regulating Child Labor in the U.S. -- TIDES -- What is your New Year's Resolution?