Clearing the clutter from your mind like you would clean up your work area is one technique that might help you keep some of that mind intact. Photo by Carlos Martinez. By Carlos Martinez, Web Editor 2020 is like a never-ending marathon, you keep thinking that you see the finish line, but there’s still 20 […]
Category: Perspectives
Posted inOpinion, Perspectives
Dear Distance Learning: I’m Burned Out
Student burnout is an unfortunate fact of life for many at this point in a semester. But in the midst of a pandemic, it can feel like it will never end. Niklas Hamann on Unsplash. By Raven Brown, Staff Reporter Every semester, I start off with the same anticipation, excitement and willingness to get back […]
Posted inCulture, Opinion, Video Games & Tech
Less Selfies, More Reflection: Three Tips to Avoid Social Media Narcissism
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 […]
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 […]