By Robin Renay Bolton, Co-Opinion Editor At the 2017 Emmys, a red carpet reporter asked Issa Rae a very simple question, “Who are you rooting for tonight?” Rae, a multifaceted actress, producer, writer and all-around bad-ass responded, “I’m rooting for everybody black.” To some, that comment might have been seen as divisive. Why root for […]
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Under Fire from the Feds, Vaping’s Future is Cloudy
By Iracema Navarro, Staff Reporter Note: This story was updated Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. to reflect the CDC’s announcement Thursday that illnesses suspected of being related to vaping increased from 530 to 805 in the past week. Leave it up to President Donald Trump to help usher in an apocalypse. In this case, it’s […]
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Under Fire by Feds, Vaping’s Future Looks Cloudy
By Iracema Navarro, Staff Reporter Leave it up to President Donald Trump to help usher in an apocalypse. In this case, it’s a “vapocalypse,” a term CNN used this week to describe those fearful of a potential ban on flavored e-cigarettes stockpiling flavors like “Dinner Lady Lemon Sherbet, Vapetasia Killer Kustard and Aqua Sweet Cereal […]
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EOP Honors Its Past
By Robert Rios, News Editor Born from the demands that roared across college campuses in the 1960s for institutional change and greater access to higher education for economically disadvantaged and minority students, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) has given thousands of California State University students the opportunity, resources and support to help get into college […]
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Black Honors Society Forming at CSUDH
By Monique Davis, Staff Reporter The public university with the largest percentage of Black students in California now has an honors society named after one of the largest names in Black, and American, history: the W.E.B. Dubois Honors Society, the first on the West Coast. The first interest meeting for CSUDH’s chapter is today at […]