Social media has lost its purpose and has become a platform to fake. Photo by Matt Barrero. Illustrations by Nova Blanco-Rico. By Matt Barrero, Assistant Sports Editor Remember a time when social media, apps, or even smartphones for that matter, didn’t exist? One might say they were simpler times where we sat around with friends […]
Category: Perspectives
Posted inOpinion, Pro sports
Words to the Dodgers
Dodgers hat rests on the dugout steps. Photo by Desmond Hester on Unsplash. After witnessing the Los Angeles Dodger’s win against the Tampa Bay Rays and becoming the 2020 World Series Champions after 32 years, our reporters and editors wrote entries of their thoughts and emotions towards the team that ended their decades-long drought. Here […]
Posted inOpinion, personal experience
Boba Liberalism: Confession of a Formerly Shallow Boba Liberal
Illustration by Darlene Maes. By Jasmine Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief In the year 2020, there’s a problem within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Being Asian or supporting Asian culture seems to be the trend right now. And that’s the problem, AAPI community is only focusing on the trends, which ignores the actual problems that plagues […]
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Sweet, Sweet Victory for LA Dodgers
The Commissioner’s Trophy is back in Los Angeles after a 32-year absence. Illustration by Nova Blanco-Rico. By Jeremy Gonzalez, Sports Editor After capturing the National League Pennant for the third time in four years on Oct. 18, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave an emotional post-game speech where he reassured Dodgers fans that the […]
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‘Tis the Season of Sweatha Weatha—Did Someone Say Sweata Weatha?
Limited sweaters but boundless of joy. Photo by Tijana Drndarski, Unsplash. By Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor The moment the temperature in Southern California is in the 70s and I feel a slight breeze, I know that it’s “Sweata Weatha” season. A term I first heard when I was 12, rebelling against my parents by staying […]