RUNNER ON THE ROAD:

How do you feel about your first year fully back on campus?

By Kristen McGuire, Opinions Editor and Kiara Zabala, Outreach & Recruitment Manager

Rafael Guevara- Computer Science Major

“It’s my first year here. I’m a freshman. It’s amazing, I learn new things, I meet new people. The feeling of being in person is so amazing.”

“I feel better than I did on Zoom because it is a lot easier to concentrate. I feel like if you need help from any other professors, they’re easier to access.”

“I would definitely say it’s a drastic change, but it’s a good drastic change.”

“It feels better. It’s easier to connect with my classmates and teachers.”

“As a freshman, you don’t really know what to expect, but it was alright. It was pretty awesome. I did kind of feel like the spirit was kind of dead. I have a lot of older siblings and cousins who have gone here. They said it was more spirited and now it just died down and everyone is to themselves.”

“It’s really amazing. All of the instructors are really good to me. I’m an overseas student and everyone knows that English is my second language and so they really help me a lot.”

Jennifer Vandever- Philosophy and Psychology Major

“It feels, honestly, really good. I’m really happy how CSUB has regulated the procedures to keep most people safe. I like that in this campus, most of the time, people do follow the procedures, and it’s just been really fun getting to interact with people sociably again and getting to go to the events and just having a fun time at school besides just studying.”

“My department, we’ve been back for a little while. We didn’t take too much time off because a lot of our labs are hands-on. Having more people back feels more normal, higher energy and more enjoyable working here seeing more students and more things going on.”