Courtesy of Darling Family By Jordan DarlingEditor-in-Chief The breeze that came off of the water carried a slight chill, that swept over the small group meandering in the parking lot of the McDonald’s next to the naval pier. Street lights let off a glow that illuminated the teary faces of the family preparing to say […]
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My Special Dead Family
By: Robert Rios, News Editor My family loves to celebrate the holidays. Every year we decorate my home and yard to the proper time of celebration. For Christmas we put up lights all around the house and put different corny inflatables everywhere. For Easter we like to put colorful eggs in the yard so the […]
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Three Cultural Centers One Drag Show
By: Brenda Fernanda Verano “Three queens. Three cultural centers. Head to head, whose crew will win?,” was the subject line of a three-hour event at CSUDH. With glamorous wigs, captivating outfits, fake lashes and bright lipstick, the drag queens owned the Drag Show Battle. Tara Nova represented the Toro Dreamers Success Resource Center, whose services […]
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Shake Me Awake
By Yesenia Flores, Staff Writer Sleep paralysis is when our brain is awake and our body is asleep, causing huge confusion and inability to move even when one tries to force themselves to move. When we begin to doze off, our brains tell our muscles to relax, which in turn causes our muscles to tense […]
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Costume Appropriation: Me Don’t Love You Long Time
By Jasmine Nguyen. Co-Lifestyle Editor Exotic dragon ladies. Giggling schoolgirls. Sensual geishas. For the longest time, these seemed to be the only images of Asian women that mainstream America could conjure. While those stereotypes are slowly fading away in films and on TV, they scream come Halloween season. Look around your local costume store and […]