By Marta Sanchez Calvo Staff Writer Not everyone knows the requirements that international students attending college in the U.S. must meet. There aren’t many but if you don’t meet them, your visa will be revoked, and you will be deported. Among those requirements are that every undergraduate international student must be enrolled in a minimum […]
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¡Alto! To Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community
By Liliana Ulloa Lifestyle Editor “No te juntes con los negros.” If you’re part of the Latinx community, then you’ve undoubtedly come across anti-black comments from your tias and tios, abuelitos, and even your parents. From avoiding black neighborhoods and holding onto our purses when a black person walks by, we’re all guilty, or at […]
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Passion and Politics 101
By Chayan Garcia Staff Writer On the first day of school last semester, the professor in my Political Science 101 class introduced herself as Dr. Brooke Mascagni. She was high energy, passionate, very well-educated and intense in the best of ways. Little did I know just how much of an inspiration she would be by […]
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Standing Up to Nip-Lash
By Liliana Ulloa Staff Writer Boobs. They have become weapons of marketing products and services and shoved down our throats in almost every visual media we consume. Like product placement, breasts are usually used to draw your attention to a particular subject, only not so discreetly. But, while the objects of so much visual attention, […]
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Commuting for Higher Education
By Maria Villa Staff Writer Living in the greater Palm Springs has its benefits, such as the weather, clean air and the terrific tourist shopping. But higher education is not one of them. Most four-year schools are in the greater Los Angeles Area. So, as in my last semester at the local community college, College of […]