By Robert RiosStaff reporter For centuries, artists have wielded satire, irony and wit as weapons expressing their ideas and feelings concerning serious social issues. One of the modern masters of that was Jose Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican-born, prolific illustrator who lived from 1852-1913 and whose work was a backdrop to the Mexican Revolution and future […]
Category: Perspectives
Posted inOpinion, Sports
The Strangest Career in NFL History
By Malena Lopez, Staff Writer NFL star–sorry, former star– Antonio Brown has recently fumbled his entire career along with making this year one of the strangest in league history. How has a wide receiver once viewed as a living legend been reduced to a guy with a bleached mustache? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you. But […]
Posted inArt + Entertainment, News, personal experience
Putting the Corrido in its Proper Perspective
By: Destiny TorresStaff Reporter Alexandro Hernández grew up in the small Texas town of Del Río, just across the border from the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila. But what drove him to become a musician wasn’t the traditional border town soundscapes of conjunto, the Texas-Mexican version of norteño, but metal and hardcore punk. But as […]
Posted inBasic Needs, News, Opinion
The Ins and Outs for Free Food at CSUDH: Office of Student Life Food Pantry
By Jaclyn Okwumabua, Staff Writer Hate the feeling of hunger? As college students, starvation should be the least of our worries. One thing in common is when that disgruntled knot disturbs our stomach, it triggers the evilness in us. Earlier this year, The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice reported around 48 percent of […]
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Stressing About Midterms? Here Are Seven Studying Hacks
By Malena Lopez, Staff Writer If there is one thing to understand about college students, is that if you see someone crying into their laptop or book, let them be. That just means midterms and finals are here. As if paying hundreds of dollars on books and fighting about 15 people for a parking spot […]