Cancel culture has gotten out of hand. Examining why cancel culture is not beneficial. By Aliyah Brown, Staff Reporter The term “cancel culture” refers to the trend in which social media users are prepared to use one adverse action by a public figure to justify writing them off as bad people forever. But when does […]
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Bye Bye Brady
Tom Brady may find himself in a headset more often than he ever has before. Photo courtesy of ESPN. By Sara Bhatt, Staff Reporter On Feb. 1 Tom Brady announced his retirement from the National Football League… again. Exactly one year prior, Brady had announced his retirement for the first time only to publicly change […]
Why I Chose Not to Walk
This year will be the first in-person CSUDH Commencement Ceremony since 2019. Photo by: CSUDH.smugmug.com (CSUDH Photo Archive). By Ben Verbrugge. Staff Reporter. I am counting down the days until I can finally throw away the notepad I have been using since 2016 when my higher education journey began. Over the years I have torn […]
Grieve and Excitement, Honoring My Mother in Graduation
Holding my mother’s hand while in the hospital on July 15, 2021. Photo courtesy of Annais Garcia. By Annais Garcia, Staff Reporter. I never thought I could hold the amount of emotions that have come along after losing my mother to pancreatic cancer, while also being a few weeks away from graduating from California State […]
An Unwelcome Return
The fear of being forced to socialize after nearly two years of at home learning is more frightening than the pandemic regardless of mitigating procedures. Image by Halfpoint on iStock. By Lloyd Bravo. After nearly two years, the inevitable has happened–students are returning to the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus. This was not a […]