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True Feminism

True Feminism

Cameron Bessette, Reporter February 19, 2019
Partially influenced and driven by the #metoo movement, feminist movements have both grown and decreased in popularity. However, as is well acknowledged by many, fame is not everything. While feminism has seen a rise in popularity among pop stars, celebrities, and in our culture in general, the term “feminist” still has a negative connotation for many people. Why?
History is rewritten for white comfort

History is rewritten for white comfort

Hillary Teixeira, Reporter February 19, 2019
Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks are irrefutably the faces of the American Civil Rights Movement. Despite their prominent role in elementary and high school education, the history of these well-known activists are whitewashed and shaped according to the comfort of white Americans. Contrary to popular belief, Rosa Parks never sat in the “Whites-Only Section” but instead refused to move further back for the new white passengers to take her seat. Rosa Parks was an avid Civil Rights activist, not “some black person who just got tired of racism.”  
SNARKNADO: Height Stereotypes

SNARKNADO: Height Stereotypes

Rayven Cann, Sports Editor February 14, 2019
Weather?! Do you want to know how the weather is down here?! It’s freaking cold so move out of the sun’s way you towering giant!    But really. We get it we’re smaller than you, trust us we have eyes. But please, go ahead and continue joking about our height. I mean, really, does your ego have to be the same size as you. I may be a tiny bundle of anger and cold, but you are filled with ‘unique’ jokes.
Confronting Toxicity in the Workplace

Confronting Toxicity in the Workplace

Sierra Yost, Photo Editor February 12, 2019

You walk into the local fast food joint and slide the cashier your application. This is a big moment-- the day that you become a working individual. It comes with a new kind of confidence and feeling of...

Growing out of Friendships

Growing out of Friendships

Rayven Cann, Sports Editor December 17, 2018

As people grow old, so do their passions and their interests. Losing friends will always cause lots of pain, but it is inevitable. Losing friends is devastating, for some it is worse than others. “During...

El individuo y su cultura al exponerse a otras culturas

José Yanez, Spanish Editor December 14, 2018

En nuestra sociedad, las personas pueden definirse de muchas formas, y una de estas es por su cultura, refiriéndose a la cultura del lugar de donde son, o del lugar de dónde vienen. Debido a que últimamente...

La temporada navideña llega a la ciudad

La temporada navideña llega a la ciudad

José Yanez, Spanish Editor December 14, 2018

La nieve cubre ya los techos y el pasto en los campos, y la ciudad se mira blanca, casi pura. La navidad se acerca, y muchos estudiantes estamos felices por el feriado para estas fechas, esperando con...

Gift Giving

Gift Giving

Diego Torres, Reporter December 14, 2018

The end of Thanksgiving not only brings lots of leftovers but also black Friday shopping, and with it gift giving. The constant struggle of ‘Oh no! What’s their sweater size?’ and ‘Is this their...

How Leadership Roles Positively Influence Students

How Leadership Roles Positively Influence Students

Rayven Cann, Sports Editor December 14, 2018

Jobs, clubs, home, no matter where you are, being in charge would be better than having no say. It’s those in charge that choose what to do, and only they have authority. Leaders are what hold the aspects...

Illustration by Danika Shane

Awkward Encounters

Madilynn Gonzalez, Reporter December 14, 2018

So...you just broke up with your significant other who was in three of your classes, had all the same friends as you and now you have to go to those same classes with those same friends tomorrow...what...

Ace and Aro

Ace and Aro

Lia Lynn, Reporter December 14, 2018

Although awareness is increasing in and outside of the LGBTQ+ community, the majority of people do not know that asexuality exists.  But it does exist only 1 in every 100 people are asexual. This is the...

Snarknado :Shark movies

Snarknado :Shark movies

Audrey Helm, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2018

Shark movies are anti-shark propaganda, and they’ve got to stop. You are more likely to be killed by a vending machine than you are to be killed by a shark. “Jaws” marked the beginning of a new...

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