By Tanisha Bell Editor-In-Chief After its cumbersome stories of defeat and neglect, Compton Unified has risen to a higher level of improvement. I grew up in Compton and attended four different schools there. Although I was a child, I noticed many teachers were not teaching; they were discussing who’s the smartest, worst-behaved, cutest or who […]
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How my college experience differs from films
By Fernanda M. Tovar Staff Writer If I could, I would stay home and watch movies all day. My interests range from comedies to horror to dramas to documentaries, pretty much everything other than Westerns. I do enjoy a crazy college movie, though. When I was in high school, I constantly heard about different majors, […]
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We need safer societies, but not martial law
By Tanisha Bell Editor-in-Chief The stakes should be raised when it comes to protecting the public from violence in targeted locations such as schools and shopping centers but not at the expense of civil liberties. Too many innocent lives have been taken, and there is no telling how many more innocent lives will be taken […]
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Take a spin on Record Store Day
By Tyler Shultz Staff Writer Over the past few years, vinyl is making its way back into the homes of music lovers, whether it’s because it’s the cool thing to do, or because it just flat out sounds better. But in a time where most people order everything online, and music is mostly digital, people […]
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Art is a powerful and therapeutic stress-reliever
“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso By Olya Podorozhko Staff Writer Where does our stress come from? Do we ever ask ourselves the question, “Why am I so stressed, and what can I do to make it go away?” We experience stress and anxiety in our lives often […]