P’Etra Elise, UT Community News Reporter
• December 20, 2018
Cal State LA student Giselle Velazquez remembers her first Uber experience.
It was a hot Spring day in March when she and a friend were standing outside Los Angeles Union Station.
“I know parking...
Marissa Chavez, UT Community News reporter
• December 20, 2018
“I really don’t think I’ll ever feel safe.”
“I shouldn’t have to feel vulnerable just because I’m a woman.”
“I don’t want to feel helpless against men.”
These are words from...
Like many undocumented immigrants across the country, Lizbeth Mateo moved to the United States with her family, worked through numerous struggles to acclimate, learned English as a teenager and worked...
Like many students on the Cal State LA campus, Claudia Rueda, 23, was an activist, working to help raise awareness about political issues and immigrants’ rights.
But last year, the tables turned and...
To this day, Yamileth Esmeralda Ramos Zavala cannot eat burritos and the smell of chicken makes her gag.
That’s because for one month and 10 days, during her 3,000-mile journey to the United States...
Anthony Quach, Contributing Writer
• December 4, 2018
Coming into the 2017 soccer season, Cal State LA’s Samuel Croucher was in high form. His training and conditioning, along with his gym workouts, kept him in top shape. In addition, Croucher kept up his...
Kiana Alexis, 24, is a face you may recognize. It’s plastered on billboards in Times Square in New York City and on the Beverly Center in Beverly Hills. Her eyes are projected on the top of the Cosmopolitan...
During the upcoming midterm elections in Nov., voters will have a shot at deciding if they want to repeal Daylight Savings Time.
A measure on the ballot proposes Daylight Savings Time to be applied...
On Thursday night, Nov. 15, friends and family gathered around the corner of 1st St. and Virgil Ave. to honor the death of, Cal State LA freshman, Andy Olivera. The flower adorned traffic light served...
Becky Nava, Contributing Writer
• November 13, 2018
The threat of finals week looms, both ominous and inevitable, striking a mixture of fear and relief into the hearts of both first years and seniors alike. Between work and Netflix, friends and family,...
Kids who attend the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club’s afterschool program have time to play, learn through science and other educational activities, and of course, have a snack.
And they come hungry....
As a child growing up in Michoacan, Mexico, I had taken my first footsteps on the small rural ranch where I lived, overlooking hills in the distance and a dam nearby that looked more like a lake. I would...
