By Jasmine Nguyen, Co-Lifestyle Editor Thanksgiving is only a week away, and while some are worried about what side dishes to prepare or how to keep your mouth shut around your relatives, many stores have already planted the holiday shopping spree tree that will grow out of control into long lines, irritated shoppers and limited […]
Category: Perspectives
Honoring the People of the Past: A Different Take on Giving Thanks
By Yeymy Garcia, Managing Editor Thanksgiving and the enormous turkey, heaping piles of mashed potatoes, giving thanks to friends and family (maybe) and then braving the nightmare of Black Friday shopping (definitely) are familiar traditions to many this month. But one campus organization is more interested this month in honoring the past and respecting the […]
Guest Editorial: Land Acknowledgement for Native American Heritage Month
“We acknowledge that the land on which we are gathered here today is the home and traditional land belonging to the Tongva Nation. Today we come with respect and gratitude for the Tongva people who still consider themselves the caretakers of this land. It is through their examples that we are reminded of our greater […]
Hate Symbol Found at QCRC
By: Angelica Mozol, Social Media Manager & Destiny Torres, Staff Reporter University Police are seeking any witnesses who saw suspicious activity the night of Nov. 7 and morning of Nov. 8 around the entrance of the Queer Culture and Resource Center in the Loker Student Union. A symbol was found Nov. 8 that has been […]
Tagalog Not Required, but an Interest in the Philippines Won’t Hurt
By Lavielle Hibbert They are the second-largest group of Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants in the United States, the islands they or their ancestors came from comprise the third largest Catholic nation in the world, and the U.S. fought a four-year war with the nation soon after it declared its independence from Spain. But the […]