By Ulises Rodriguez Just by reading the title, I’m going to let you know that I will suffer the ultimate consequence and get a chancla (sandal) thrown at me. Oh yes, every Mexican’s worst fear until they leave the house their mother runs… the chancla. But who knew that our mother’s artillery practice (which has […]
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Killer Water
By Ulises Rodriguez, Staff Reporter As the toilet paper apocalypse started back in mid-March, everyone was fighting over hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and water bottles. Now the thing that stood out to me the most was how everyone was leaving only one brand of water on the shelves. Yup, Dasani. Is Dasani that bad? Would […]
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Protect Immigrants and Eradicate Nationalist Supremacy
Graphic by Andrea Mendez. By Brenda Verano, Staff Reporter Why exactly should immigration matter to an American nationalist? Because it should. It’s that simple. In my private utopia, I would end this piece on that, but of course, for the sake of immigration advocacy I will continue. And, no, white people who are not white […]
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Remembrance
By Jordan Darling, Editor-in-Chief She was smaller than me, her blue eyes were set in a wrinkled face and her smile was soft. She tapped my Star of David and nodded her head, “You must be Ashkenazi.” It was a simple connection, one that stemmed from a shared faith and a shared culture. Her name […]
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Student’s Research Connects Culture and Academics
Photo courtesy of Brian Cantero. By Destiny Torres, Arts & Lifestyle Editor Growing up in South Los Angeles, Bryan Cantero listened to a vast variety of music, but growing up in a Mexican household, the music that filled the walls of his home have always been corridos, traditional Mexican folk ballads. Cantero is a senior […]