The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released new policies for Best Picture eligibility as a part of their Aperture 2025 initiative on Sept. 8.
According to the Oscars’ website, the initiative is a “five-year effort to diversify our organization and expand our definition of the ‘best.’”
Films...
The pandemic has played an unusual role in amplifying social justice issues through social media.
Stripping away all the distractions and noise - like, for many, physical school, jobs and socialization - has revealed the truth of and alternatives to what we actually do. It revealed who...
Social media has become a tool for activism, socialization and self-expression. Over the past several years, it has become the ideal platform for cancel culture’s growth.
We have witnessed cancel culture affect people’s lives, from celebrities to regular people like you and me. This trend on...
With the nation mobilizing and becoming aware of the social injustices occurring to minority communities, there is a growing demand for schools to require an ethnic studies/social justice class for their students.
The need to learn about systemic inequalities has become a priority, inspiring many...
Campus life is on hold for the time being and now that we know classes will unfortunately remain online through the spring, the question remains if we will feel comfortable returning in fall 2021.
With campus being closed, students are not receiving the same amount of socialization with peers as...
As we embark on this new virtual semester, I can’t help but look back to last semester to reflect on what went wrong and what worked for me.
Last semester felt foreign when logging onto Zoom instead of being on campus. Being at home for the latter half of the academic school year at first felt...
Ariel Lopez, Assistant A&E Editor
• September 14, 2020
When COVID-19 hit, our lives drastically changed, making 2020 the worst year ever for many of us.
Now that we are six months into the pandemic, it does not seem as bad as it was when everything first shut down. This has become a way of life that I know is temporary, but does not bother me as much...
Tania Ortiz, Assistant Opinion Editor
• May 7, 2020
As this whirlwind semester is nearing its end, many students are reflecting on how this last half of the semester has thrown us through the wringer and how unexpected all of this really was. I’m not so sure about you, but I find myself thinking about how at the beginning of this semester I had a positive...
Tania Ortiz, Assistant Opinion Editor
• May 7, 2020
As we continue social distancing, we are taking everything day by day in hopes of returning to normality. For all we know it could take another couple of weeks, even months, until this is all over. Which could lead to more time quarantined in our homes, without being able to interact with people we care...
In the current year, many Americans have been affected by the blatant political polarization that has taken hold of the nation since 2016.
Many may scoff when the term "civil war" is brought up regarding this new political landscape. Still, I see the disheartening truth in it. We are in a civil...
The California Presidential Primary on Mar. 3 arrived on one of the most delegate-rich contests during the primaries on a single day, known as “Super Tuesday”. Holding fifteen primary elections and caucuses, amounting to one-third of all delegates pledged to the Democratic National Convention to...
The Oscars came and went on Feb. 9 with essentially no drama and scandal. Does that mean there were no calls for activism or political commentary? Absolutely not.
The Hollywood Reporter published a good summary of the political moments of the show. Steve Martin and Chris Rock lambasted the Iowa caucus...
