Editorial Staff
April 19, 2017
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
The United States became directly involved in Syria for the first time in six years with a missile strike earlier this month.
A deadly chemical attack on Syrian civilians prompted President Trump’s approval for use of force. Trump sent a clear message to the world with 59 missiles in a couple of minutes: the United State...
Steven Bryla, Staff
April 19, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Opinion
When you want to see a change in the world and people are in desperate need of help for donations, you can get the support of other people’s money if you make a GoFundMe account.
This differs from the hard-earned money of a young child selling lemonade in the hot summer sun in front of a driveway attempting to sell a gla...
Jannah Khalil, Staff
April 19, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Current Affairs, Opinion
A Pepsi ad that was released on Tuesday starring Kendall Jenner and a few “colorful” extras has striked massive controversy and is an excellent example of what is wrong with advertising today.
The ad depicts several diverse individuals doing their respective activities when a crowd of “protesters” passes by them. Th...
Kristi Doan, Staff
April 19, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Current Affairs, Opinion
I never really understood what it meant to look or be “too Asian,” but I spent my entire life avoiding that epithet.
Vietnamese was my first language, and my dad took pride in me retaining it as I was struggling to be bilingual in my English as a second language classes.
Not only was I struggling verbally, I was strugg...
Justin Cordero, Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
With political tensions rising across the country, people within the Golden State of California have already started to speak up and encourage the idea of seceding from the United States.
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, to secede means “to withdraw from an organization.” But historically, and ev...
Kristine Yabumoto, Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Opinion
Cage the Elephant will be coming to Sacramento on April 15 at the Crest Theatre. Many fans are excited to see their favorite band, but they might be surprised when they find out what the band will ask of them.
The event will require all audience members to put their phones in high tech lock boxes made by the compan...
Missy Amaya, Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
It seems like everywhere you go you can’t escape the bombardment of Donald Trump media coverage. This makes sense, on account that he is the 45th president of the United States and he is making big changes to the country, but is the media’s harsh portrayal of him justified?
It isn’t hard to see that many news outlet...
Editorial Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Editorials, Opinion
The concept of free speech is essential to the fabric of American society. The Founding Fathers thought it to be so important that they made it their first order of business when they wrote the Bill of Rights, which they intended to be a growing catalogue of legally-defined human rights.
As such, one can say that there are few thin...
Justin Cordero, Staff
April 5, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Current Affairs, Opinion
It is a phrase almost everyone has heard at least once in their lifetime, in reference to the one thing we are all made to drink in the first infantile years of our life. But as people grow up, should adults still be asked the question “got milk?”
As you grow up, you’ve probably already heard the list of reasons why m...
March 27, 2017
It is impossible to ignore the impact that we as humans have on our environment, whether that be obvious, like c...
March 22, 2017
With exquisite scenery, intriguing narration and a spotlight on all the different aspects of our planet...
Justin Cordero, Staff
March 8, 2017
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
Where can you find news that is biased, yet “true?” Where can you find information that can tell you more about the world in a brutally honest, yet light-hearted tone? Where can you find “news reporters” who point out and laugh at the shortcomings of our government leaders?
That place is the cynical, sarcasm-filled wo...
March 8, 2017
In just a few years, it will have been 100 years since the 19th amendment was ratified, and women were al...
Missy Amaya, Staff
February 20, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Current Affairs, Most Recent, Opinion, Top Stories
The celebration of Black History Month is a time of the year where we learn and are reminded of the great accomplishments and hardships that historical and present day African American citizens have had to experience during their fight for equal rights. It is an important tradition, designed to include the African American na...
February 20, 2017
My father’s father immigrated into the United States from the Philippines in 1927, making me the granddau...
February 17, 2017
Who makes mixtapes anymore? It’s such a 1980s to 1990s gesture that you’d give a good friend or s...
Ashley Navarro, Features Editor
February 16, 2017
Filed under Current Affairs, Most Recent, Opinion, Split Decisions, Top Stories
The day of the election, I woke up early to drop off my ballot. It was the first presidential election I was able to vote in. Despite not favoring either candidate nor the candidate of my party, the Libertarian party, I voted for who I thought would protect my basic human rights along with millions of others.
That night I...
February 16, 2017
This is quite an interesting time that we live in. It seems as though Americans have come to the agreement...
February 14, 2017
Valentine’s Day is a day solely committed to love and the emphasis we put on it, but it can be loo...
February 7, 2017
Taking on college courses, working a part-time job and extracurricular activities can put a strain on ...
January 19, 2017
It seems now that each new tweet composed by our ever-articulate President-elect Donald Trump sparks an entirely...
