
Providing For Passion
Art is one of the few key things that make humans, humans. It is so intrinsic to the human experience. Whether it be cave art from 10,000...
AS Officers: Elected voice of students
Who do you think is behind the organization of events like the Otterlands music festival? Or the ones advocating for affordable tuition...

CAHSS Deans need student voices to grow
On April 22, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS)’s Dean, Dr. Juanita Cole, hosted the department’s first “Meet...

Otter Clothing Drive and Swap
In recent years, CSUMB has been widely recognized as one of the most sustainable universities, not just in California, but all over the...
Getting to the Center of the Otter Sports Center By Kushal Thapa
What if you got up bright and early in the morning to start your day with a nice workout session in the gym, just to find out that the...
Summer move out: Relief or resentment?
Story and infographic by Branden Padilla Settled in the heart of Monterey County, California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) is...

Striving for Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is a core value here at CSUMB. More than half (60%) of students reported that sustainability was important...

Organizing an Idea
It is easy to see pictures of art exhibits and think that it was creation of the art that was the difficult part, that all the exhibit...

Otterlands: Baked Potatoes and Killer Whales
After a long wait, our Associated Students brought back the biggest music festival at California State Monterey Bay: the Otterlands...
An interview with Melyssa Spandri: Earth Day!
By Fernando Beltran and Chase Crawford You Otter Know (YOK): Hey, we’re here with You Otter Know and we just want to learn more about you...

Interview with Student Sports Photographer Malik Ross
Have you looked at the CSUMB sports catalog lately? If so, chances are you have seen some images captured by local artist and Cal State...

Invaders on Campus: Invasive Plant Removal at CSUMB
You’ve seen it, on campus, along the highways, and carpeting the coast: ice plant. The green succulent leaves, with tinted red tips, and...

Campus food complaints go unheard
A student, Sophia Denton, asked on MyRaft, “Food recommendations that aren’t dining hall poison?” On the campus-wide forum MyRaft,...

Isolated and Anxious: The Time is Now
For the last 26 months, the lives of all humankind have been desperately changed in part because of COVID-19 and although our...

Impacts of COVID-19 at CSUMB
We are now two years into a worldwide pandemic, and things have changed for many fellow otters here at CSUMB. However, it’s not just the...

















