Deconstructing tropes and uplifting black love in media
Jasmine Ayanna Garcia | Contributing Writer The Women’s Center explored the personal and societal influences of black romance tropes in their Black Love in Media…
pop culture
How The Horror Genre Made Me Who I Am
Valenti Govantes/Staff Writer Of all of the genres in fiction, horror is arguably my favorite, with science fiction at a close second. Taking away the…
Pancakes Aren’t An Injustice—Stop Cancelling History
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director The Black Lives Matter movement has resurged and with it we have come to question the very foundation of our most…
Corporations Are Exploiting Students’ Nostalgia
Gabriella Pinos/Opinion Director I have a love-hate relationship with a past I’ve never lived through. Nostalgia — a longing or affection for the past —…
Religion is becoming taboo in the entertainment world
Tanvi Hathiramani/Contributing Writer Hozier and Kanye West are two current artists who in subtle and direct ways infiltrate their religious beliefs into their art and…
Student Thoughts: Black queer characters no longer superficial pons
Denise, a character played by writer, director and actor, Lena Waithe, on Netflix’s critically acclaimed show, Master’s of None, and Titus Andromedon, played by musical theater star, Tituss Burgess, in Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are just about as refreshing as an empty canteen in a hot, dry desert.
Sitdown with Bayside of New York
Staff writer Claudio Zelaya sits down with Nick from New York’s Bayside.
How Low Can We Go?
Miguel Martinez-Viera/Contributing Writer Flipping through the channels, you stumble upon a scene of such indecency, that it makes you stop, and go, “Really?” Now, how…
An infectious experience
Ashley Orozco/Contributing Writer The day was Sept. 25, 2011. I was sitting idly at the check-in desk for my high school’s bi-monthly blood drive…
