Do something. In the face of hatred, apathy will be interpreted as acceptance — by the perpetrators, the public and, worse, the victims. Decent people must take action; if we don’t, hate persists. — Southern Poverty Law Center
By Teri Figueroa The FBI is looking into what may be the largest theft of Cal State San Marcos students’ computer passwords in the school’s 23-year history, authorities said. It is the latest development in an odd case involving allegations of election tampering by a candidate running to be the school’s student body president. University… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
700 Students caught up in ASI election scandal CSUSM is not Animal House Should CSUSM have expected this?
March 25, 2012
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt Click here for an update. Last Friday afternoon, Matt Weaver, Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM) student government candidate and editor of The Koala at San Marcos, a hate tabloid, was scheduled to appear at his first court hearing since his arrest March 15 for suspicion of election fraud, 10 counts of… [Read more…]
March 24, 2012
By Blaine H. Mogil While I do not agree with the commentary that Matt Weaver has been promoting rape in The Koala, I do believe that what he has been promoting is far more serious and potentially threatening in the long run — the normalization of rape. No woman, no child, no person should ever… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt Better election fraud than rape. That’s what I always say. Not really. That’s what I’ve been saying since Friday, when I learned that Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM) student Matt Weaver was arrested. But he was not arrested for repeatedly promoting rape — along with homophobia, misogyny, pedophilia and racism — in the… [Read more…]
March 16, 2012
Update on Cal Sate San Marcos ASI Elections: According to Margaret Lutz, CSUSM Public Information Officer, last night, 15 March 2012, at approximately 5 p.m. PST, CSUSM’s ITS noticed suspicious activity on a campus computer. The Campus Police Department (CPD) was contacted; they went to the location of the suspicious activity; and CSUSM student Matt… [Read more…]
March 15, 2012
COTK does not publish anonymous comments or posts. The reason is twofold: Public online comments in support of The Koala — or against a Koala critic — have often been posted anonymously or using another person’s identity. Such anonymity allows people to avoid responsibility for their words and, among the less enlightened, often results in… [Read more…]
March 13, 2012
Channel 10 News: Koala editor running for CSUSM student body president North County Times: SAN MARCOS: Campus tabloid editor seeks student body presidency
March 11, 2012
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt Nitwits run for office at every level in the United States. They’re almost a form of entertainment here, except that some of them manage to get elected and then the manure spreader goes full throttle. Thankfully, a lot of them tend to trip up on the campaign trail. At the national level… [Read more…]
November 27, 2011
By Erin LeClair When you read the “Lists” in the Koala you see a lot of titles like Top Ten Advantages to dating an Underage Girl, Top 5 ways a Burrito is Like a Woman, Top 5 Things 40% of Women do in their Sleep, and Top 5 Advantages to Marrying a Single Mother. But… [Read more…]
The Koala is a hate tabloid distributed on college campuses.
It is not student led; it is a for-profit business owned and led by George Lee Liddle III.
There are three active Koala editions, at CSUSM, SDSU and UCSD.
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April 18, 2012
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