North Korean Missile Threats

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May 13, 2013 • Karla Salinas  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

The North Korean missile threats have been the talk of everyone’s conversation lately. However, are the threats something we should really worry about? It’s no secret that North Korea has missiles pointed directly at various U.S. locations, and have tried in the past to send one our way. However,... Read more »

Student Devices to Be Allowed

February 8, 2013  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

Schools these days have a lot of strict policies demanding things such as dress code and having an electronic device out at school. Should students be allowed to have electronic devices out at school or should they be banned? Having a certain type of device out at school can have its positives as well... Read more »

It’s the end of the world… Again

December 17, 2012 • Alberto Garcia, Dante Guzman, Patricia Elvira  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

It is the end of the year 2012, and many people believe that it is also going to be the end of the world (December 21st to be exact), and all I can say is that it’s about time. Since the days of Ancient Rome, people have believed that our world is taking in its last breaths.  From religious Armageddon... Read more »

Storm of protests, attacks leave U.S. floating upon a sea of uncertainty in Middle East

October 28, 2012 • Alberto T. Garcia IV  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

The United States embassy in Benghazi, Libya was attacked amid Middle East protests, leading to the deaths of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.  The attack commenced on September 11, 2012; the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. “This just shows how... Read more »

Clear Skin

February 24, 2011 • Itzel Vela  
Filed under Columns

Many teens today suffer under the tyrannical rule of some of the most horrible, despicable, horrendous creatures in the world, zits. Dermatologists say that not everyone knows how to take care of their own skin type, because some don’t even know what type they have. To help keep acne away it is helpful... Read more »

Peanut Butter Balls

January 13, 2011 • Zoe Sesin  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

Everybody loves a good candy: M&M’s, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey’s Candy Bar, and Snickers. But what about family recipes for homemade sweets, doesn’t everybody love those too? Well I’m here to share my family’s Peanut Butter Balls Recipe. Peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate.... Read more »

An Unforgettable Experience

January 12, 2011 • Michelle Villanueva  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

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Bad Day

January 12, 2011 • Bianca Perez  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

I wake up, feeling unusually restful. Either today is Saturday or I’m extremely late…I look at my clock.  Yeah, I’m late. Great. Usually I have to wake up at 6:30 but today I accidently woke up at 7. Leaving me with 55 minutes until the first bell rings. Fifty-five minutes to go to the restroom,... Read more »

The Real Meaning of Christmas

December 14, 2010 • Daisy Madrigal  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

Is it the joy of getting presents? Or is it the smell of food coming in from the kitchen? Perhaps, it’s the sound of laughter coming from the people next to you. Or, maybe it’s the good feeling you get when you give a gift to someone….What is the real meaning of Christmas? Two thousand years ago,... Read more »

Santa Who?

December 10, 2010 • Devin Pruitt  
Filed under Columns, Opinion

I still remember the first time I ever heard of Santa Claus. It was a week or two before Christmas, and my grandfather had come over to our house to cut down a tree…or something like that. I simply remember him coming back into the house with an axe. Perhaps that was what made the memory so vivid.... Read more »