Alyssah Hall, Community News Reporter
• May 2, 2022
When I was 4, my parents, sister and I left West Covina, California, for Virginia, 2,234 miles away.
We ended up moving to the city of Lynchburg — a name that seemed to figuratively foreshadow our...
Last semester, I was texted a link to an online petition, “Provide More Online Courses for All Majors in the Spring Semester at CSULA,” which at the time had more than 3,800 signatures. For perspective,...
Brian Perez, Community News Reporter
• January 26, 2022
It happened about one year ago, Jan. 7 — the loss I never imagined facing, at least not for decades to come.
My mom woke me up that morning at around 8 a.m.
“Brian, I think something is wrong...
As a little girl growing up in Germany, I loved playing around with my mom’s makeup and high heels.
I would tell my mother how I wanted to be on television one day, and she would just laugh.
A...
The “nummy'' phase, as my friends call it, is having the taste buds of a child. Anytime I go out to eat with my friends, they tell me I’m stuck in the nummy phase because I always order chicken...
It took me five-and-a-half years to finish college.
Go ahead. Make fun. I can laugh about it now because I am on the other side.
I have a degree that nobody can take away and found a career that...
It started when I was 10 years old.
“You need to start eating less,” my friend told me.
That’s when it hit me: My classmates are almost all thin. Over the next few days and weeks, self-doubt...
“Godzilla vs Kong.” I keep wanting to write “King Kong vs Godzilla” since that was the title of the original 1962 showdown between these two nasty heavyweights. A film that I actually owned on...
“Sweetheart, could you transfer me over to a guy? I’d like to speak to someone who knows what they’re talking about.”
I had heard versions of that a number of times before working at the Guitar...
In some ways, Oct. 29, 2017, was a typical morning. I woke up early, showered and got ready for work.
But something gnawed at me all morning and my anxiety only grew worse when my mom, Susan Raya, called...
I will never forget the night my dad returned from work to our home in Highland Park.
It was March 18, 2020. COVID-19 had done little damage on the United States at that point, so I didn’t expect...
The University Times editors would like to acknowledge Black community members, activists, and professors from campus for their achievements and the impact they’ve had on the Cal State LA community.
Melina...
