CSUDH Student Newspaper Collection

Collection

Identifier: DH-1900-020

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains print issues of student newspapers published between 1965 and the present, arranged chronologically by title and year. It includes early publications such as The Mariner (1965–1966) and El Trompetero (1966–1968); activist-focused titles of the late 1960s–1970s including Weekly Bull, Free For All, and The Daily Planet; and later long-running titles such as The Dominguez News (1979–1993), The Rainbow (1993–1998), The Toro Times (1998–2000), and The CSUDH Bulletin (2004–present).

The newspapers cover a wide range of topics, including campus politics, student government, cultural events, athletics, social justice movements, and responses to national and international issues.

Because the newspaper titles changed frequently, the following chronological listing provides a timeline of each title with corresponding years and box numbers.

Chronological Listing of Student Newspaper Titles

The Mariner, 1965–1966, Box 1

El Trompetero, 1966-1968, Box 1

CSC-DH News, 1968, Box 1

Weekly Bull, 1968–1969, Box 1

LA Boca, Voice of the Turtle, The Naked Truth, 1968, Box 1

Doing What We Can Newsletter, 1968, Box 1

The Newspaper, 1970, Box 1

The Bull Sheet, 1969 and 1970, Box 1

Free For All, 1968 and 1970, Box 1

Weekly Bull, 1970–1974, Box 1

The Daily Planet, 1975, Box 2

Nameless News, 1976, Box 2

Weekly Journal, 1977, Box 2

Journal, 1977, Box 3

Dominguez Hills Journal, Dominguez News, 1978, Box 3

Dominguez News, 1979–1980, Box 3

Dominguez News, 1981–1982, Box 4

The Bulls Eye, 1982–1983, Box 4

The Bulls Eye, 1984, Box 5

Dominguez Weekly, 1985–1986, Box 5

Dominguez Weekly, 1986–1988, Box 6

Dominguez News, 1988–1989, Box 6

Dominguez News, 1990–1993, Box 7

The Rainbow, 1993–1996, Box 8

The Rainbow, 1996–1998, Box 9

The Toro Times, 1998–2000, Box 10

The Informer, 2001–2003, Box 11

CSUDH Bulletin, 2004–2007, Box 11; 2007–Present, Boxes 12–14

Dates

1968-Present

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the University Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University Archives as the owner of the physical materials

Biographical / Historical

Early publications such as The Mariner and El Trompetero reflect the campus’s transitional period as it relocated from Palos Verdes to Carson and began serving a growing, diverse student population. In the late 1960s and 1970s, titles like CSC-DH News, Weekly Bull, and The Newspaper documented student activism around the Vietnam War, the civil rights and Chicano movements, and debates over the mission of the university itself.

By the 1980s and 1990s, newspapers such as The Bulls Eye, Dominguez Weekly, and The Rainbow captured campus life during a time of enrollment growth and increasing emphasis on diversity and multiculturalism. In the 2000s, The Toro Times and later The CSUDH Bulletin documented everyday campus events, sports, and student advocacy within a broader digital media environment.

Extent

14 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Student Newspaper Collection (1965–present) consists of 14 boxes of student-run newspapers produced at California State University, Dominguez Hills. The collection includes more than a dozen distinct titles spanning six decades, reflecting the diversity of the student body and the shifting social, political, and cultural landscape of the campus. These publications provide insight into student life, activism, and campus identity, serving as both historical documentation and a record of evolving journalistic practices at CSUDH.