By Ciara Walker Staff Writer How many of you have wondered if your black female classmate cut her hair whenever she wore it curly and suddenly her tresses shrunk several inches? What about judging the texture - does it feel as soft as it looks? Does it stink? What exactly is holding that afro...

By Ciara Walker Staff Writer Saturday, Feb. 7, 2014 was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. I had no idea. Disappointed about my failure to keep up with Black History Month happenings, I decided to be proactive and attend an event sponsored by CHASE North County, San Diego (Curbing HIV/AIDS...

By Elizabeth Roush Staff Writer  Spring semester is just beginning. We’re all getting a feel for our new class schedules and professors, our legs are re-acclimating to the scores of unavoidable stairs and our binders are yet to become the chaotic masses of loose papers that they’ll inevitably...

By Caleb Hogland Staff Writer  Martin Luther King Jr. Does anyone really remember who he is or what he did other than have a dream and tell the world? It must have been a moving speech. MLK, Jr. was a black Civil Rights activist who was unjustly beaten, jailed and eventually assassinated for...

By Melissa Derr Contributor  This winter break I had the opportunity to explore Europe, a trip which included London, Paris and Rome, three of the most influential and iconic cities in the European Union. Traveling has always been a dream of mine. As a history student I have always wanted to...

By Tiffany Trent Staff Writer  There are many stereotypes associated with riding the SPRINTER. Let me take a moment and set the record straight. As a rider of the SPRINTER myself, here are some of the comments I’ve heard that just aren’t true. “Oh my gosh, the SPRINTER is dangerous!”...

By Kat Diltz  Staff Writer  A popular theme in today’s culture is the evolution of the average woman. Many women have gained a radiating sense of empowerment and independence, simply by expressing their individuality. However, even though some women exert confidence and boldness, men should...

By Zach Schanzenbach Senior Staff Writer It’s no secret that racism was deeply embedded in American culture in the past.   In fact, black men didn’t succeed in obtaining the same rights as white men until President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, a mere 50 years...

By Noelle Friedberg Opinion Editor  With the start of another semester comes the same dream of good grades and success in the classroom. One sure-fire way to help these dreams come to fruition is to talk about what you’re learning in class outside of the classroom. By this I mean that talking...

By Will McCurdy Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief Single’s Awareness Day. To some it’s a rallying cry, others are apathetic and still more consider it, with a snort of derision, as the preferred term with a cynical lens directed toward a day celebrating a celibate Christian martyr. Valentine’s...

By Zach Schanzenbach Senior Staff Writer  New Year’s resolutions. Lots of people make them. 99 percent of people break them. No, that’s not an official statistic. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was, though, given the knowledge of how easily these resolutions are made, only to be broken...