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 […]
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Journey to Freedom
Phuong Nguyen and his wife, Phuoc Nguyen, in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Phuong Nguyen. By Jasmine Nguyen, Culture Editor The small coastal village of Phuoc Tinh was thrown into chaos. The relatively quiet community made up of fishermen had remained peaceful throughout the conflict between the Communist and Southern Vietnamese army. But as the month […]
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Five–no make that six–Things NOT to do in Quarantine
illustration courtesy of Morgan Payne By Destiny Jackson The world went to hell and now we all have to suffer the consequences by staying inside. There’s a lot of lists floating out there about what to DO during the COVID-19 pandemic but not many about what we shouldn’t be doing, ironically, of course. Just remember: […]
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Top Five TV Shows/Movies to Watch During Quarantine
By Sarai Henriquez, Staff Reporter To all my fellow Toros who would get criticized for staying on the couch all day and watching Netflix, our time has arrived. Thanks to streaming platforms, movies are just one click away. Since we are all in lockdown due to COVID-19 and we can’t go out to the movies […]