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Costume Appropriation: Me Don’t Love You Long Time

By Jasmine Nguyen. Co-Lifestyle Editor Exotic dragon ladies. Giggling schoolgirls. Sensual  geishas. For the longest time, these seemed to be the only images of Asian women that mainstream America could conjure. While those stereotypes are slowly fading away in films and on TV,  they scream come Halloween season. Look around your local costume store and […]

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The Crime Rate on Halloween

By Matthew Alford, Staff Writer  Halloween ranks among the best nights of the year for children dressed as ghosts, zombies and other monsters, but it can also bring out an unfortunate real-life scary element.  From intoxicated party-goers who decide to get behind the wheel, to burglars taking advantage of empty houses of parents escorting their […]

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The Vibrant Life of the Day of the Dead

Photo by Nova Blanco-Rico By Violeta Rocha, Co-Social Media Manager  Christmas, Easter and Halloween are three examples of rituals and traditions with roots reaching back more than 2,000 years  that have become secularized and commercialized holidays emphasizing consumerism over culture. Is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, next on the list?  For […]