Day: March 16, 2016

By Crystal Vasquez The new organization, SAGE (Student Association for Gender Equality) is currently recruiting students that are passionate about civil rights. Dr. Ursula Klein is an advocate for feminism and was inspired by the interest of students Ezthela Rodriguez, Dalia Partida and Carolina Vasquez, to create the organization SAGE. (more…)

This article originally appeared in the February 2016 print edition. By Michael Hernandez When I was growing up my mother tended to be very lenient towards me and rarely did she ever punish me. In fact, she encouraged my random and brass behavior. Still she did so under one condition, respect others and yourself. As funny a combination as it may sound --- a young kid doing as he pleases yet respecting his elders ---I assure you it was true. Respect is a value my mother preached in the house hold. Still as expected this combination resulted with some hiccups, but my mother kept at it. Essentially as I got older I understood why she told stories regarding self-awareness and how one’s appearance in terms of how you conduct yourself can be important. All in all, the result simply was tha...